Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-04-24
The 1898 CAMPAIGN.

OF course Mr.. Catron ought to have
some influence as to appointments but
he is not the head of the Republican
party and he is not the party. Today he
is individually no more than any other
voter who affiliates with the party now in
power. l suppose when he comes back
he will tell us just how the play came up
and all about it. He won't have much
else to do politically until the next Re-
publican convention which will nominate
candidate for delegate to congress. He
will be in the fight then all right and then
we will see who ls the political leader of
Santa Fe, Mr.. Catron or Mr.. Spiess.
Really, this is amusing. There is no dis.
guising the popularity of Mr.. Spiss.. He
ran aaead of Mr.. Catron last fall. He has
been elected mayor. There is no dis
gulsing the position of Mr.. Oatron. He
was defeated for reelection TO congress-
But that nomination wont 60 for the ask.
ing or the bossing next time. There is
our friend, the speaker, Hon. W. H. H.
Llewellyn, he of the many good qualities.
Also the Hon. M. A. Otero of this city. If
he fails for the marshalship, it is a safe
ten to one bet that he will be an active
Then again, Mr.. Catron's most influential
friends in conventions heretofore are
both apt to be candidates for congres.
sional nomination. | mean Hons. Pedro
Perea and Sol Luna.
1t occurs to me that both Mr.. Catron
and Mr.. Spiess will have a warm fight for
the nomination with all these Republican
war horses actively in the field. believe
their fight will be confined to who shall
have the delegation from Santa Fe coun-
ty, and the first ballot will be about as
far as they can get, if the talk of politi-
clans in all localities amounts to much.
Such is fame and opportunity. Mr..
Catron could have declined to run last
fall and retired upon his record, and all
would have been serene, at least he could
have made that kind of talk and he
doubtless would have found some who
would have believed him. But no, he
must run even though advised that he
could not be elected. Was it fear that
the man nominated might displace him
in his position with the party? l hope
not. Rather give him the credit of be.
lieving that he was the only man that
could be elected whether or no. An hon.
est belief in such an emergency needs no
apology.
y PEDRO PEREA OR SOL. LUNA. |
In all seriousness, am of the opinion |
that either Pedro Perea or Solomon Luna |
will be our candidate next time and |
either one of them could beat Mr.. Fer.
gusson as badly as he beat Mr.. Catron.
Both of these gentlemen have had a taste |
of official life and they don't want to quit.
They can't get federal appointments, SO
they propose to show the powers that be
in Washington who is the Republican
party in New Mexico. That's right too.
The native people of New Mexico don't
stand any more show in Washington with
either party in power than a Populist
stood Of being called to cabinet position
by President Mckinley. THERE'S one thing
though that can be done and that is to
see to it that they are properly taken care
of in the territory. Who can blame them
for wanting the Offices. don't. Partic
ularly those who are Republicans in their
faith. Did it ever occur to You that
about rs per cent of the vote is Mexican
This is fact. There are not 10000
American Republican voters In this ter
ritory. TheAmerican vote is overwhelm-
ingly Democratic.
The Republican party then should take
care of it's biggest contingent when il
comes to distribution of the offices. But
will 1t do sof Ifit don't, look out for
splits which will make the Lopez Romero
fight in this county look like boys play in
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