Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-18
A SHORT CAMPAIGN
The Democratic Territorial Conven-
ton Will Be Held a Day After
the Republican Convention.
CANDIDATES FOR DELEGATE
0. A. Larrazola Favored an Earlier Oonven-
tion-A Number of Republicans Who
Are Spoken of as Candidates for
the Legislature.

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the Legislature.
Vegas made great struggle for an
early convention, thinking thereby to
help the boom of it's candidate. But the
friends of the other candidates did not
see it that way. Hence a short cam
paign. to the disgust of Mr.. LarrazoIa
and his friends.
1t may be that Hon. r. p. Barnes, of
Grant county, who made a very good
record in the 3Sd legislative assembly
as member of the house and who did
great work for Grant county, will be
nominated for member of the house
from Grant, Dona Ana and Sierra
counties on the Republican ticket. The
district and Grant county, in case of
his election, would have the right kind
of a man in the house of the next as
sembly.
1t seems to be right certain that Hon.
j. f. Hinkle will be nominated for the
council on the Democratic ticket for
the counties of Lincoln, Chaves. Eddy, :.
Otero, Dona Ana and Grant Mr.. Hin
kle has served twice very creditably in
the house of representatives and is
strong man. The Republicans in the
southern tier Of counties will have to
make very strong fight to beat him,
and their best efforts will be none too
much.
Captain A. B. Fall, so the New Maxi-
can is informed, made speech on the
fourth of July last, in which he ex-
pressed himself as being "forninst the
Democratic planks of imperialism and
anti-expansion.' The former he
knows to be fake and the latter is an
accomplished fact and only means
Porto Rico and the Hawaiian islands.
How he can accept the nomination on
a platform that will re-affirm and
adopt the Democratic Kansas City plat
form is not exactly clear. However, if
he does so accept, he will be beaten
This Is not official, but true neverthe-
less.
At last evenings meeting of the ex-
ecutve committee of the territorial
Democratic committee, the only out of
town member present was Hon. An
tonic Joseph, Of Taos county. c. F.
Easley, chairman, Marcelino Garcia
and A. b. Renehan, of this city, were
also present kilograms We're received
from o. N. Marion of Albuquerque,
Antonio Lucero Of Las Vegas and 9TH
ers, expressing their opinions, and Oc-
tober 4th was fixed as the date of hold
ing the territorial Democratic conven-
ton at Santa Fe. 1t is understood that
all were in favor of this date save
Committeeman Lucero, who urged the
selection Of an earlier date.
The Republican territorial convention
to select a candidate for delegate will
be held at Santa Fe October Sd, and
the Democratic convention to select a
candidate for the same Office, also at
the capital, Thursday, October 4th
next. In the meeting of the Democrat
ic executive committee, held here yes
terday, there was a pretty fight devel-
oped. The adherents of LarraZola
wanted the convention held on the 18th
Of September, but the counsels of Ex-
Delegates Antonio Joseph and H. B.
Ferguson and Of Captain A. b. Fall
and the convention was fixed
a day later than the Republican con-
vention. The New Mexican has certain
that there will be five can
didates before the Democratic conven-
ton. The aggressive candidates are
Captain A. B. Fall, of Dona Ana, and
o. A. Larrazola, of San Miguel. The
expectant candidates are Hon. Antonio
Joseph, of Taos, Hon. H. B. FERGUSON,
Of Bernalillo and E. V. Chaves, of Ber-
nalllo. The Larrazola contingent from
San Miguel county insisted on an early
but the influence of the
other four candidates prevailed and a
late convention was ordered. This will
give short campaign and is what the
Republican party leaders expected.
They are not afraid of the issues and
certainly not afraid of any man men,
toned as a Democratic candidate. To
be sure, aggressive work will have to
be done during the four weeks cam
paign, but this will be done.
Hon. Z. l.. Bartlett, on behalf of the
executive committee Of the Republican
territorial central committee, appeared
before the Democratic executive COM
mittee at it's meeting last evening and
made the following proposition: That
the Republican executive committee
was ready and willing to join with the
executive committee to-
wards the adoption of a strong state
hood plank in both platforms, and in a
request to the governor to call a consti-
tutional convention to meet during De-
cember and frame constitution; there
after to request the governor to appoint
a non- partisan delegation of leading
citizens to go to Washington and urge
the approval of such constitution and
the immediate passage of an enabling
act. General Bartlett's proposition was
received, but, as far as known, no ac-
tion thereon was taken by the COM
mittee. The Republican executive
committee empowered General Bartlett,
one Of it's members, to make this propo-
sition, as it was believed the Demo-
cratic convention to select candidate
to congress would be called before the
Republicans held their convention. As
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