Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-09-21
POLITICS In NEW MEXICO
Republican Committeeman G.. w. Hart.
man Sends in His Resignation
from San Miguel County.
GOOD REASONS FOR QUITTING GoLDBUGS
Democratic Primaries-TheR Republican
County Convention Captured by
Frost-Rio Arriba for Silver
-Colfax Convention.

-Colfax Convention.
mocratic primaries we're held in tht
several precincts of the CITY of Santa FL
on Saturday evening for the purpose Of
selecting delegates to the Democratic
county convention, to be held in this
city on Wednesday evening September
2S. In spite of the fact that it was an
exceptionally inclement night, being
very dark and very moist, the attendance
at the several primaries was good and
much interest was manifested. The fol.
lowing delegates were selected without
friction or opposition:
Precinct No. 3-Francisco Delgado,
Francisco Sandoval y Lopez, Juan Del
gado, Simon Vigil, Patricio Sandoya Ca.
milo Padilla, Manuel Lobato, Candelaric
Martinez, Nestor Sena.
Precinct No. 4-Leandro Sena, Juan
Gallegos, A. p. Hill, Pedro Quintana,
Jesus Ortiz, Tomas Smith, Juan B. San
doval, N. B. Laughlin, j. H. Sutherlin.
Precinct No. III. s. Candelario, W.
P. Cunningham, Lorion Miller, H. L.
Ortiz, Ned Gold.
Precinct No. l8-Sol Spiegelberg, ].
W. Thompson, Melton Castillo, Doni-
ciano Vigil, Ascencion Rael, Antonio
Borrego.
| REPUBLICAN RESOLUTIONS.
| Soon after the NEW MEXICAN went to
press on Saturday afternoon the Repub-
lican county convention completed it's
work and adjourned. Besides the selec-
tion of eight delegates to 60 to Las We
gas, printed in these columns on the af-
ternoon above mentioned, some very
mild resolutions we're adopted.
Gen. Bartlett, chairman of the commit
tee on resolutions, explained that, mas
much as this was a convention to select
delegates to the territorial nominating
convention at Las Vegas, it had been
deemed best not to frame resolutions
touching purely county affairs until the
meeting of the county nominating con'
vention. He therefore offered resolu-
tions renewing allegiance to the "great
principles of the Republican party, which
in the past has given us peace, plenty
and prosperity in lieu of the trouble,
want and misery which have afflicted the
people for the last three years under
Democratic administration; )" recognizing
in tho nomination of Major Mckinley
at st. Louis the embodiment of those
principles and that his election would re.
new the prosperity of the country and of
the territory; approving the course of
Delegats Catron IN congress in his efforts
for statehood. to get a separate court of
appeals for the territories, in pro-
curing the passage of the anti-prize
fight bill, in limiting the expenditure of
public money by the legislature so that
such wastefulness as was witnessed in the
last legislature would il future be i'm.
possible; declaring that the best inter-
ests of the territory. especially in regard
to statehood, in order that he might carry |
out the measure he had SO far advanced,
demanded the denomination and re-elec-
tion of Mr.. Catron to congress, ETC., etc.,
ad nauseam.
ANOTHER BEPuBLIuAN QUITS.
In an open letter to Gen. E. L. Bart
lett, chairman of the New Mexico Re-
publican central committee, Geo. W.
Hartman, of Las Vegas, has rendered his
resiR nation as a member of the terri.
torial committee for San Miguel county.
Mr.. Hartman says:
"Confronted as am, for the first time
in the history of the Republican party,
with a platform advocating the adop-
tion of single gold standard, as adopted
by the national Republican convention
at st. Louis, and believing as do from
my honest convictions, that the financial
policy of this government is paramount
to all other questions in the present cam
paign, and that to continue under the
present gold standard will be ruinous and
destructive to all the great interests of
the American people, feel it my duty
to withdraw from the committee and
place myself in such position that
may be at liberty to support, in the COM
ing elsction, any candidate for congress
in New Mexico whose declaration of
principles and honesty of purpose may
meet my views on the money question.
"The Republican party, for which
have been constant worker and voter
since 1868, has never, before this year,
1896, come out squarely and advocated a
single gold standard. The Republican
party was organized by bimetallists, was
always until now bimetallic party.
1t declared for bimetallism in 1885
and again in 1892, and whom in 1896,
at st. Louis, it ignored all its former
financial teachings and declared for a
single gold standard, it left outside OF
the pale Of party lines many thousands of
its former pupils and sdherents, who
stand firm in their convictions that there |
can be no permanent prosperity to the
American people without unrestricted
and unrestrained bimetallism, as it exist
ed prior and up to the year 1873. have
no faith in an international agreement
with the great commercial nations OF the |
earth for the free coinage of silver, and
especially with England, which is the |
Britain is our most powerful competitor
in trade, and it is not to her interest to |
open her miDts to the free coinage of
silver, nor will she permit the United
States to do so % long az it Is in her
power to dictate our financial policy.
Low prices and declining values are to
her advantage, and the restriction Of the
silver coinage In 1878 was brought about
through the influence Of her agents.
ITO the tariff policy of the st. Louis
platform I can heartily subscribe.
have advocated it for many years, but do
not believe that protective tariff, with
gold standard, can be successfully main
tained. y
ITO depart from these principles means
sure defeat for the Republican party in
New Mexico in 1896; not only in the COM
ing election, but probably for many to
come. Feeling as I do that the financial
policy Of the American government 10
naram omit to all other questions at this