Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-02-03
REPUBLICANS MEET
The Meeting Today More Largely
Attended Than Any Ever
Before Held.
SOCORRO GETS CONVENTION
The Committee Attended to Business In
Harmonious Manner and With Dispatch
Basis Of Representation From
the Counties Fixed.

The Republican territorial central
committee met at the office of the sec
retary this forenoon at 10 o'clock, pur
suant TO call. Every county except
Guadalupe and Eddy was represented.
1t was the best, most harmonious and
well attended meeting the committee
has had.
There were present: John S. Clark.
chairman; Max. Frost, secretary and
E. l.. Bartlett, of the executive COM
mittee. The counties We're represented
by T. A. Finical and Thomas S. Hubbell,
Bernalillo; w. S. Prayer, proxy for Ma
than Jaffa, and w. A. Finlay, Chaves
A. G. Dawson and Fred Brueggeman,
proxy for T. B. Hart, Colfax; Eugene
Van Patten, for himself and proxy for
A. j. Fountain, Dona Ana; w. II. Jack.
for himself and proxy for Jo E. Sheri-
dan, Grant; Rocco Emilio and Deme-
trio Perea, proxy for G. w. Prichard.
Lincoln; Cristoval Sanches, Mora; l.. B.
Prince, Rio Arriba; T. B. Catron and
Antonio Ortiz y Salazar, Santa Fe
Granville Pendeton, for himself and
proxy for A. L. Dustin, San Juan; John
S. Clark and Secundino Romero, San
Miguel Max L. Kahler, proxy for j. M.
Webster, and ]. E. Smith Sierra; Es-
tavan Baca and H. o. Bursum, Socor- .
70: Juan Santistevan and Malaquias
Martinez, proxy for r. c. Abbott, Taos
r. p Ervien and Bonifacio Gallegos.
proxy for E. Gallegos, Union; ]. Frank
Chaves and Solomon Luna, Valencia.
The following prominent Republicans
also attended Judge Frank A. Hub
bell, Albuquerque; DR.. T. P. Martin.
Higinio Romero, Taos; Hon. c. A.
Spiess, Las Vegas; A. J. Nisbet, Ros-
we'll.
After calling to order routine business
was transacted. Messrs. W. A. Haw-
kins and J. F. Manning were elected
members of the committee from the new
county Of Otero upon recommendation
Of the Republican county committee Of
that county.
Desiderio Gallegos was elected
member of the committee from Guada-
lupe county 70 NIL aAvacency caused ~
Me deaihf ~. ascua Baca.
The committee then took a recess un-
til p. ~
The committee met again at p. m,
when Messrs. W. A. Hawkins and ]. F.
Manning were admitted as members
from Otero county.
The resignation of Albert j. Fountain
as a member of the committee was ac-
cepted and H. D. Bowman was elected
to fill this vacancy from Dona Ana
county.
Mr.. Luna moved that the city Of So
zorro be selected for the holding Of the
Republican territorial convention on
March II next, at 10 a. M, to elect six
delegates and six alternates to the Re-
publican national convention at Phila-
delphia, June 10, 1900. The resolution
was unanimously adopted, and the date
and place fixed for Saturday, March IT.
1900, at the city of Socorro.
On motion OF Col. J. Frank Chaves the
representation was fixed by q unani-
nous vote as follows:
That each county be entitled to one
delegate at large and to one delegate
for each 200 votes cast for the Republic
an nominee for the delegate to con-
gress cast in the November, 1898, cleo
ton, Within the present limits OF each
county, and also one vote for each addt-
tional 100.
On motion OF Mr.. Luna it was unani-
mously resolved that all county conven-
tions shall be held on or before the 10th
day of March, 1900.
After transacting more routine busi-
ness the committee adjourned to meet
again at the call of the chairman, at
9 o'clock OF the morning Of March II
next, at the opera house in the city OF
Socorro.