Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-10-31
AN EXPLANATION
AND A PROTEST
The Justice Of the Cause Represent
ed by the Regular Republican
Ticket.
AN APPEAL TO THE VOTERS
The Unlawful Attempt to Control the Re-
publican County Convention Must Be
Rebuked-A Solemn and Earnest
Warning Against Un-Repub-
lican Methods.

llCau M6LH0uS.
The undersigned members of the Re-
publican central committee deem it lusl
to you and ourselves 10 briefly explain
our action in Withdrawing from the So
called convention OF October 20 and in
nominating the regular Republican
ticket when there was already a ticket
called Republican.
|. The central committee which call
ed and attempted to control the conven-
ton of October 20 was illegally chosen
at the convention called September 20
to select delegates to the convention of
October 3, which was to name ii dele
gate to congress. That convention had
absolutely nothing to do with our coun-
ty organization, and the old committee
should have held over until it was re-
placed by another selected at regular
county convention called for that pur-
pose and to nominate county officers.
2. This illegal committee of seven, as
we have excellent reason to believe,
manipulated the actions of the various
precinct chairmen with the intention
and for the purpose of absolutely con-
trolling the precinct primaries when
they We're called in the interest of this
central committee and of the candi-
dates whom it desired on the county
ticket but when the primaries were
called it was found that many of these
chairmen We're unwilling or unable to
carry out this part of the arrangement,
and the result was several contesting
delegations, among them being the one
CT which the chairman of that commit
tee is a member. Several of the pre-
cinct chairmen under the control of this
committee manipulated the precinct
conventions in a brutal, unlawful and
rowdy-like manner, using force and ig-
noring the rights Of the majority abso-
lutely.
3. If the universal rule in such cases
had been observed, and all contesting
delegations had been excluded from the
convention on preliminary organization,
we would not have had so much cause
for complaint; but rules and precedent
were utterly ignored, and the chairman
announced that "the committee had
made up list of delegates to be recog-
nized as members of the convention"
It is stated to us on good authority that
this decision was arrived at by vote
of four to three in the committee.
a. After we had protested in vain
against this method of procedure and
against the chairman being a candi-
date for presiding officer while his right
t. sit as a delegate in the convention
was contested and undecided, the chair
man directed the secretary to call the
list of delegates from the list So made
up by four interested parties. The first
precinct called was Pojoaque. No. |,
and instead of calling the names of the
regularly elected and certified dele
gates, viz, Epimenio Romero, David
Quintana, Teoiilo Lopez Jose Jesus Or
tiz and Benito Lujan, the secretary
read entirely different names from the
Thereupon. being satisfied that there
was a deliberate and determined effort
to overrule the majority of the conven-
tion and only to recognize such persons
as it chose, regardless of the delegates
selected by the people, thirty-nine duly
elected delegates out of the total num-
Der of siXty-seven, and representing
twelve out Of the twenty precincts in
the county. withdrew from the hall to
avoid personal encounters and being
held responsible for, or bound by the
nominations to be made at that meet
ing. We proceeded regularly and in or
der to nominate candidates for the va
rious county offices and to select CEN
trail committee on which each precinct
in the county is entitled to one men,
ber The gentlemen named for office are
all old residents and taxpayers, well
known to you as capable and honest
Republicans; seven of them are also on
the so-caled Republican ticket, and we
present them for your votes, with per-
feet confidence in their ability and
worth.
s. Our movement is not merely for
the election of our ticket on the 9Th of
November, although we believe it Is the
best ticket before the people and will be
elected. but it is a solemn and earnest
protest and warning against the meth
ods attempted to be used, by which the
majority can be throttled and small
minority, even four men, a majority of
the county committee, can decide who
shall constitute the convention and thus
dictate its nominees. We believe such
methods to be contrary to the doctrines
and traditions of the grand Republican
party. which, since the days of the i'm
mortal Lincoln. nearly half century
ago has prevailed in this great nation
upon the fundamental principles of the
peoples voice and that the majority
shall rule. And we cordially invite all
voters who believe in these great prin-
ciples of right to join with us in admin
istering a fitting rebuke to those would
be leaders who attempt to trample
these cardinal principles in the dust.
And the only method by which this can
successfully be done is to vote for the
candidates placed in nomination by the
majority of the Republican delegates
whom we represent A copy of our res
olutions and list of candidates nomi-
mated goes with this for your further
Information.
BY order Of the committee.
EDWARD T.. BARTLETT