Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-09-28
THE COLD CROWD AT VEGAS
Delegation After Delegation ImplOred
Catron toQuit-But Nobody Would
Help Them Let Go.
A SAD AND TRUTHFUL POLITICAL TALE
A Platform That Is a Real Curio-
McFie Wrote 1t and Twitchell
Presented It-Brilliant Word
Painting.

riba and Taos counties to the Republican
territorial convention returned last night
from Las Vegas. There doesn't appear
TO be any sort of enthusiasm among
them over the work of the convention.
None of them are inclined to talk much
for publication.
4 private letter to the NEW MEXICAN
from Las Vegas states that the oonven-
tion was muddle from start to finish.
Everybody was at sea, and it was only
after Delegate Cstron and his supporters
there were only fourteen outspoken
Catron men in the entire convention of
ninety three delegates had done tre-
mendous amount of whipping in was
there anything like methodical action.
Our informant further states that it was
positively pathetic to see the leading Re-
publicans vince under the Catron lash;
all forenoon on Saturday the politicians
poured into Catron's room and three out
of four of them frankly told him that he
could not be elected if nominated, still
Catron insisted on receiving the nomina-
tiou. Some he cursed; others he threat
ened; others he cajoled. They all
So uirmed, and retired, promising to be.
have as best they could, "under the cir.
cumstanoes."
At one time more than half of the lead
ing men in the convention met and
charges and counter charges were in
order. "WhY in hades does your delega-
ton support Catron?" would come the
query from one, and another would an
swer: Support hims Why, don't talk
won't help us lst 60 of him!'
This conversation, or words of similar
effect, was the rule rather than the excep.
tion during the whole time the conven.
tion was in progress.
The actual goldite strength in the con-
vention was sixty.five, ont of ninety
three delegates, so that if at any time
they had desired to prevent the repudla.
tion of the straight party plank they
could have done so with ease.
PLATFORM ouRIo.
The financial feature of the platform
was prepared by Judge J. R. McFie, of
Las Cruces. The platform deals at
sions; protective tariff, ETC.; favors a
public celebration of Labor day; wants
artesian wells sunk at government ex-
pense; condemns the ''infamous conduct
of the territorial secretary in organizing
the last Democratic legislature; declares
that the Republican party stands for the
nationality Of the American government
--'sthis is nation, not league Of stntes;'
believes that the government has power tc
enforce its laws in all parts of the coun.
try; demands New Mexico's admission as
state, and commends Delegate Catron
"for his able efforts in behalf of the ad-
mission of New Mexico as a state, and
other interests beneficial to the people of
our territory"
On the paramount subject of finance
the platform read thus:
eve heartily indorse the platform
adopted at st. Louis by the Republican
National convention; We are in favor OF
bimetallism, or the coinage and concur.
rent circulation of both gold and silver
as money, on q parity with each other in
debt paying and purchasing power.
"We are in favor Of international bi'
metallism as final and desirable settle.
ment of the money question, inasmuch
as it would open the markets and mints
of other nations to the coinage and use oi
silver as money, and establish and main.
tain at all times a parity between the
metals.
eve believe it to be the duty of the
United States to coin free of charge tht
product of it's gold and silver mines &C
long as the equality of the dollars coined
can be preserved; We are opposed to th'
coinage of foreign silver in the American
mints as an unjust discrimination BY
this nation against its own citizens, anc
we denounce the Democratic party fol
declaring in it's platforms, national an6
territorial, in favor of opening our mint
to the free coinage of foreign silver ant
it's refusal to declare in favor of preserv
ing the parity between the metals coined
thus endangering the equality in the
value of our money and jeopardizing tn
business interests of our country with ,
fiuctuating and unstable currency.
"We hold that American citizenship il
underestimated when an American citizel
may be compelled to wait while foreign
ers are nsing our mints for the free coin
age of foreign silver. We are oppose,
to the exclusive use of gold or the exclu
sive use OF silver as money metal. bn
are in favor of the use of both as fxe'
policy of the American governments"
Under the sub heading of "irrigation"i i
this additional allusion to the fnancia
issue:
1--WE are opposed to any substitute il
congressional legis lation ofa free silvel
provision for tariff measure, or tarif
measure for free silver provision, bu
insist that all legislation on these sub
jects stand on its own merits"
The committee on resolutions laboret
four solid hours In preparation of th,
above and 1t was reported by R. +
Twitchell and adopted after wild pro
test from Grant, Sierra, Socorro and Ri
ArribA counties.