Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-28

Now sallies forth the candidate.
Throughout this beautiful land,
And, anxious now about his fate, ~
Aud says to each, You are my friend.
The incest nan that lives"
And thus with speech that has no end,
He lots OF "tafry" gives.
Members OF the nnIon party had . rous-
Ing meeting, out At La Manga, last
night.
The betting rates In New York are
known to be kept up by republican cam
paign money.
T.. B. Catron, who already sees defeat
staring him in the face, went through for
Ration. to-day. ~
In Texas, the gold democracy organise
ton is termed the republican aid society, a
very appropriate name, by the way.
George NJ. Bradford, the California bill
lard champion, is said to be quite an elo-
quent speaker, and a populist at that.
H. B. Ferguson, the next delegate TO
congress from New Mexico, is making .
lively campaigning tour Of Taos and Rio
Arriba counties.
The Prince club, which has not been
dead, but sleeping, will have q meeting In
Winternitz hall, Thursday evening, no
preventing providence.
II a man enters politics and cannot take
the usual filings made at politicians, he has
certainly missed his calling and should re-
tire from the business instanter.
1t is stated on pretty good authority that
the republicans in San Miguel county have
virtually given up the election of their
ticket and they will swap of everything
and everybody for votes for Catron and
Cleofes Romero.
M. Jimenez, a candidate on the %republi-
can ticket in this county, is said to be
! working openly for Manuel Sanchez, can-
| didate for the legislature on the union
ticket, Stranger things than this have
happened and will happen again.
| The republicans engaged all Of Danny
| Rodes' hacks for election day, Immediately
upon the adjournment Of their Territorial
convention, in this city. But the union
party will ''get there all the same, v
though they have to walk to the polls, or
hobble there on crutches.
C~atron's check for $500 isn't a drop In
the bucket to what will be needed to carry
San Miguel county for him. Come again,
Massa Tom, aud see to 1t that you do bet
ter, next time. The tide has set in against
you heavily, this time, and even a whole
mint of money may not be able to stem 1t.
The numerous populist candidates up the
Sapello canon, like Cincinnatus Of old,
were found digging in their fields when
the news of their newly-acquired honors
was brought to them. And what 10 more,
they kept on digging and will have pota-
toes, tlrnips aud cabbage to sell when
other candidates will be wondering where
their summer wages have gone.
The passage of Speaker Thos. b. Reed
through the city, the other evening, re-
minded a Las Vegas real estate agent that
the distinguished citizen Of Maine own
property at u hot springs. Some days
ago, he wrote to the agent, inquiring what
the chances were for selling the realty at q
good price, the speaker being informed by
return mail, Every poor, indeed, till we
get statehood and free silverp
The Santa Fe county democrats have re.
nominated W. P. Cunningham for sheriff,
the remainder of their ticket being com
posed as follows: For senator, A. B. Rene
han for representatives, Ed. d. Jones and
Arthur ~Seligman; for county commits
sioners, DIR. J. III. Sloan, Burnett M.
Donaldson and Juan a.. Archuieta; for
probate judge, Higenio Martinez; for pro-
bate clerk, Adolfo 2. Hill; for county col
lector. Sol Spiegelberg; for county asses
scr, j. s.. Candelario; for county treasurer,
Peter M. Dolan; for school superintendent,
Eugenio Ssna; for coroner, Ascencion
Rael; for surveyor, Albert #. Easley.