Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-03-27
THEY GET TOGETHER.
fhs Meeting Of the City Republican Central
COMMITTEES Ends In q wsIk-0ut,
rwo TIoKnrs no nE NoMINATEp.

The City republican central committee
met, last evening, at the office OF Judge
II. y. Wooster, In response to a call recent
ly published In those columns. The. mem
bers present were: Geo. W.. Hartman,
chairman; A. ID. Higgins, H. @ Coors, w.
g. Koogler, J.E. Moore, II. 3. Wooster.
Oh Gregory, b. II. Forsythe and Chas'
IL. 5porlsder.
A resolution previously promulgated
was Q by the secretary, whereupon, b.
+. Forsythe moved it's adoption. A
lengthy discussion followed, al to
whether the committee IS . republican
organisation could adopt 10 and stiIl re-
tain Its organization, it being contendsd
by Messrs. Higgins, Gregory and Sporled-
or, that they could not.
After warm words, pro aud con, Judge
Wooster moved to amend the resolution 90
as to read, 1--WE recommend to the voters
etc. which wal carried. Mr.. Forsyths
then moved the adoption OF the resolution
as amended, which wal carried.
The following is the resolution as amend
ed be IL
Resolved, By the republican central com
mittee Of East Las Vegas, N. M, that we
recommend 1t to be to the best interests Of
all the pc sple OF this city to drop politics
entirely out Of the coming city election,
and In the interest OF harmony and o good
city government, we declare 1t 10 be OF the
greatest moment, hat In the selection OF
| candidates for the various city Offices, only
such men as are thoroughly competent,
and have the bcst interests OF the city at
heart, should be selected to all the city Of
fees, viz: One mayor, n city clerk, and
one treasurer; and, to this end, We call
upon all good citizens Of all political par
ties, democrats, populists, silver republic
cans, and others, to unite with ne by send
ing duly authorized delegations from their
respective wards to Q citizens- union con-
vention to be held at the city hall In East
Las Vegas ON Friday evening, April I'd,
1897.
Mr.. Higgins here quietly asked, "What
are we to do about a republican organiEa-
tion for. two years hencei"and said that the
committee could not bind republicans TO
their action, as no provision had been
made for republican primaries.
Mr.. Sporleder wished things done prop
erly that the resolution was not In order.
He said, "Let the committee call y con-
vention and unite with other parties, II
possible"
Mr.. Coors suggested that by the adop-
tion of the resolution, they were new .
citizens union meeting and as such would
call the precinct primaries.
Amid mumbled mutterings Of sharp |
practice, political jobbsry, etc., Judge
Wooster moved that ward primaries be
held on the evening Of April list, the CON-
venton to be held on the End; carried.
The ward primaries will be held as fol-
First ward, public school building;
second ward, Wooster's office; third ward, |
city hall; fourth, seminary building.
II. G. Coors moved that seven delegates
be elected from each ward, to the conven-
The motion carried, whsrsupon the
meeting adjourned. |
MI. Higgins announced that he would
call q republican meeting, and togsthsr
with those OF the committee who were
against the res ~olution, and tho o~n-lookers, |
proceeded to the city hall to perfect plans. /
At the city hall meeting, the following
resolution was adopted as the sense Of
those present:
We. the undersigned, republicans Of the |
city OF East Las Vegas, assembled, disap- |
proving OF the action of q majority Of the |
so-called city republican central commit |
tee Of our city, at their meeting held this |
evening, at the office of II. 8. Wooster in
~endeavoring to destroy and ignore party
lines Ia our coming city election, and be- |
lieving that better results will inure and
better selections be made for candidates to
fill our city offices, by m~aintaining party
lines; and believing 1t 10 the wish Of all
good citizens OF our city, that we sail under
our trne c%olors, that our political ~organixa-
tions should be maintained under our true
names; and especially disappearing Of .
certain resolution passed by q majority of
said pretended republican committee. at
their meeting at the office Of H. 8. Wooster,
In substance, attempting to disrupt the
organization of our city and ig-
noring the democratic and populist parties,
being all the great political parties of eur
and attempting to foist upon our
people an organization without either
or principles, we, the undersign-
ed, do, therefore, in convention assembled, |
call a meeting of all the republicans, and
the aid and support Of all good
and populists, who believe in
maintaining party organizations, to as
'embie in each OF the Tour wards Of our
,ity on the evening Of the 8Oth, day Of
March, A. ID. 1897 to elect ten delegates
each ward to attend o republican |
invention to be held at Wyman's hall,
IN the evening Of Friday, the 2nd day Of
April at 8 o'clock to select candidates for
he following offices to be voted for at the
,ity election to be held on the 9th, day of
April A. d. 1897: One mayor, one city
'lerk and one city treasurer.
The ward meetings will nominate from
UGH ward and select, to be ratified at the
'ity convention, candidates for members
the board of education and msmbe rs Of
he city council from such ward.