Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-10-17
SOCORRO REPUBLICAN SPLIT
Democrats Put Up Strong Ticket
and the Independent Republicans
IndOrse 1t.

AS lntlmateu IN Gn6S0 columns yeeter'
day "hellsapoppin" down in Socorro
county. The Democrats met on Monda y
snd nominated this excellent ticket:
Sheriff, Dan Walker, of San Marcial
collector, @. s. Bahney, of Socorro; as.
SCISSOR, Justiniano Baca, of La Joya, pro.
bate clerk, Ed. Fortune, of Socorro; treas.
urer, Abran Abeyta, of Socorro; probate
Judge, Max Armijo, of Sabinal; superin.
tendent of public schools, j. G. Bartlett
of Mogollon; commissioners, Eutimio
Montoya, of San Antonio, Manuel A.
Pino,of Magdalena, and W. W. Jones, OF
San Marcial; senator for the counties Of
Socorro and Sierra, Luciano Chavez, Of
Socorro county; representatives from the
counties of Socorro and Sierra, Clements
Castillo, of Socorro county, and A. NJ.
Reynolds, of Sierra county; coroner, Dr.
H. j. Alternately, of Socorro.
| The platform Endorses Gov. Thornton'a
administration, Fl. B. FERGUSON and 16
to l, and invites all who desire to have
the country return to its former financial
condition before the Republicans secured
control of IL, to join their ranks and cast
their votes for the party led by such q
fearless champion as H. B. Ferguson, the
silver nominee for congress.
| On Wednesday the Republicans of So
zorro county went into convention and
after lively bout the Bursum faction
trumphed. This ticket was nominated:
| Sheriff, H. 0. Bursum; probate Judge,
j. E. Torres, probate clerk, Estevan Baca
collector, M. Cooney; treasurer, J. G. Han.
ma; assessor, Severe M. Vigil; school So
NJ NJ - t.
sioners, E. E. Baoa, LIST district; Francisco
Armijo, I'd district; A. Schey, Sd district;
territorial council, W. e. Martin, Bias
Chaves, Seferino Sanchez.
Then the trouble began. Such lifelong
Republicans as Juan Jose Baca, j. W.
Terry, E. W. Eaton and score more of
influential party leaders bolted the con.
vention and on Thursday they held an
independent Republican convention and
designated a ticket of their own, indors-
ing many of the Democratic nominees,
including Ferguson for congress. This
makes the contest in Socorro highly in.
teresting. Chairman II. II. Dougherty
and Others we'll informed figure that the
county is safe for an unprecedented ma
jority for the Democratic ticket.
OTHER COUNTY TICKETS.
In Sierra county the Republicans met
in convention and split on free coinage.
The goldites nominated this ticket:
For representative, Bias Chaves, for
sheriff, Max L. Kohler; probate clerk,
Thomas O. Hall; assessor, Alloys Preisser;
probate Judge, Julian Ohaves; county
commissioners, Jose Apodaca, August
Wohlgemuth, George r. Baucus; superin-
tendent of schools, Henry Chandler;
treasurer, Will M. Robins; river commits
sioners, Jose Trujillo, Davis Dissinger,
Thomas Rivera.
Messrs. Bernard and Mister, delegates
from Kingston precinct, and several other
delegates quit the convention and walked
out because free coinage and Ferguson
we're not Endorsed.
In Union county the following Demo-
cratic opulist ticket has been nomi-
mated:
territorial council, F. Miera; repre-.
sentative, q. 3. Smith; county commits
sioners, M. Dewey, Dolores Romero, Al
bino B. de Garcia; probate Judge, Pre-
centacion Vigil; county clerk, Juan NJ.
o. de Baca; sheriff, L. B. Gallegos; as
SCISSOR, T. E. Mitchell; treasurer, Telesforo
Casados; superintendent Of schools, Sera-
fin Otero; surveyor, VIM. Harris ST..
coroner, Alexandra Baca.
! The Republican county ticket in Union
county 10 as follows: Legislative council,
P. L. Pinard; representative, NJ. Dewey;
county commissioners, Claus Schluter,
Prudencio Ortega, Nupumucsno Martinez;
probate Judge, Presentation do L. Vigil;
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carnacion Sandoval; assessor, Edward W.
Fox; superintendent of schools, Juan @.
Martinez; treasurer, Augustin Sanchez;
surveyor, Milton Harrison; coroner, Mar
cslino Montoya.