Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-04

ton of delegate to congress held a.
Albuquerque. But the northern fellow.
! could not see it, and as they held the
proxies and had the majority, why, OF
course, they fixed the convention al
Santa Fe. This is the best place for it
but it does not suit the interests of the
friends of Judge Fall. The Republicans
can afford to be Indifferent, because II
| matters little to them who the Demo.
| cratic candidate will be, but Larrazola
will likely have the central and north
ern New Mexico delegates.
The Republicans of San Miguel coun-
ty are actively at work and are setting
most excellent example to Republic
ans in other sections of the territory.
The Hammer and Tongs club recently
organized in Las Vegas, has over 300
active members, many who have been
heretofore Democrats having joined it.
Among these may be mentioned Saul
Rosenthal, Edward Hamblin, Charles
Stevenson and others. Cleofas Romero,
at present chief deputy sheriff, and
who is making a fifst-class record in
that position, will likely be nominated
as sheriff. ]. S. Duncan and Charles A.
Spiess, both ex-members of the legisla-
tive council, and who served with cred
it and ability, are again being men
toned for council nominations. Marga-
rito Romero, the present efficient col
lector and treasurer, it is very possible.
will be renominated. The Democrats
have not much of an organization, but
they are trying to get near to Hon. Eu-
genio Romero and to induce him to en-
ter into some sort of a combination that
would benefit them. 1t is not believed
by those who know Don EugeniJ best
that such a scheme can or will succeed.
1t is not believed that a man of his
knowledge and experience In public af-
fairs, and who has for so many years
borne very prominent part as lead
er of Republicans in his county and in
the territory, can be taken in by Demo-
cratic promises and f1attery. Mr.. Eu-
geniO Romero has the respect and con-
fdence of the Republicans all over the
territory, and it is not reasonable to
suppose that Democratic Vaccinations,
chicanery and tricks can or will influ-
ence such man.
In his speech at the Republican meet
ing at Las Vegas on Thursday evening,
which opened the campaign in this ter
ritory, Governor Prince took UP the
subject of Imperialism, as that was pro-
claimed in the Democratic platform to
be the paramount issue Of the cam
paign, and showed by the course of his
tory, which he illustrated by maps, that
expansion had always been the policy
of the American people, and that the
present power and glory of the republic
would be impossible If it had confined
itself to it's narrow limits. At the time,
he said that so far as New Mexico was
concerned, the most important issues
We're the tariff and statehood, and he
pointed to the fact that on that very
day ne .rly $4,000 pounds of wool were
sold to Las Vegas dealer at cents,
being the same clip which last year
brought 16E cents, and that Las Vegas
houses had actually in
over 100000 pounds of wool
which they were forced to carry on ac-
count of the fall in prices, thus tying
up half million dollars till after the
and this, he said, resulted
simply from a remote fear of possible
Democratic victory which would re-
move projections; and if this was the re-
suit of a fear, what would be the effect
of reality?