Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-03-16
Republican oOunty Convention.

'G tApNou ludu WIS was u mlSOdNc
however, a nan who long has beer
prominent as a democrat, who wa
not elected a member OF the cOnven.
lion appeared TO have a good griponit II,
The convention was called to order
ny Chairman Wm. II. Newcomb, and
Robert Black Of Silver City was elect.
ed temporary chairman, and Ed Pen.
nington OF Deming secretary. The
usual committees we're appointed.
The committee on credentials r
ported sixty-nine votes in the conven.
zion. The committee on permanent
nrganizati0n recommended that the
temporary officers be made perma-
neut Officers, which was done. A ma.
lority OF the committee on resolu-
lions reported the following, which
we're unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we, the Republs.
cans OF Grant County 10 Convention
assembled, do hereby re.afirm our
allegiance to the time honored princi-
Plies OF u party as euuuciated in its
National Platforms, and point with
pride to the redemption of all its
pledges: to the reunion aud resrnera-
ton OF our entire country, and to the
unexampled prosperity prevailing
throughout the nation, and tha un-
der the wise and benedcent admins
tration Of Il |iuvinclble leader,
William Mckinley, we have estah-
lished our influence supreme anon
nations, and carried the blessings of
our liberty TO remote anf distant
lands. Especially do VIC rel &C that
Ia the general prosperity, New Mexico
is generously participating, and that
under the influence and labors OF our
Delegate In Congress, Hon. Pedro
Perea, as well as the able admiulstra-
tion OF our Governor, Hon. Miguel A.
Otero, the attention OF capital has
been so widely directed TO our great
natural resources, aud its confidence
Ia the stability Of u Institutions so
strongly established, and that under
its stimulation OF our every industry,
oLr mines, our herds, our hocks, and
our lelds are Welding d more bountl
ful return to the eXertlon Of u people
than every before in the history Of the
Territory. Directing the attention OF
every thoughtful voter to our i'm
proved conditions over those existing
four years ago, we challenge a compar-
ison, confidently pledging a contin-
uauce OF our good fortune, through the
,pe%rpctutation of Republican policies
and the reelection of William Nc
Kinley.
Resolved, That orr special thanks
are due and hereby extended to Hon.
Pedro Perea, delegate to Congress,
for his earnest, energetic and success
ful effort for the reopenlng OF the Mex
lean Custom House at Las Palomas.
Mexico, a measure for the good OF not
only New Mexico, bat OF all the
Southwest.
A minority report was made from
the committee, objecting to the en-.
dorsement OF Governor OtcFo, aud the
uiud reading reporter for the Euter-
prise said 10 would have been adopted
by the convention, only that it was
Withdrawn in the interest of ha my.
The LIBERAL is Informed by her
mind readers present that it never
could have carried.
The following gentlemen were elect
ed delegate to the Socorro conven-
ton: Q. g. Shoemaker and A. B.
Gaird of Silver City, Thomas Carr OF
Deming, j. Crockett Givcns OF Central,
and James Swartz OF the Lower MIN
bres. as Grant county isonly entitled
to four delegates in that convention
one Of these five will be known as a
delegate at large, and will have tc
light for a seat.
a motion was made i%nstructing the
delegates to present the name Of w.
II. Jack IS "A delegate tn the Phiia,
delphia convention. Mr.. Jack re
Quested the withdrawal Of this resolu
ton, %whereupon Mr.. Chas. f. Grevson
Of Silver City, who was not elected d
member of the convention, made q
speech against the resolution, and il
was Withdrawn. AS a director O
republican conventions Mr., GreysoI
seems to be Il lOol0o.
With Mr.. GreYson's approval tn,
convention adjourned.
Monday afternoon bridge No. 10, OIL
the Arizona & New Mexico road be
tween Guthrie and Clifton, caugh
fire. 1t is supposed the fire wa
caused by Goals dropped from a pass
ing engine. The are was discoverer
; and an alarm sent. Engines wit.
water cars were sent to work on III
FIRE, but before 10 could be extir
+, guished fourteen bents were destroy
ed. This was one Of the larges
, bridges on the road. 1t crossed a RI
, vine eighty feet deep in the centeI
and there was an enormous amount {
: lumber in IL. The bridge gang tina
was working on the renewal work O
tho road Wac nodfafaIv pnt - mon