The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-05
THE DEMOCRATIC
COUNTY CONVENTION
Fusion Of Democrats and Repub-
leans in San joan County.
Rinaina ResolutIons Tor Free
Coinage Of Silver and Inns
periaIism and Trusts
Denounced.

eussion 10 efforts at compromise and In
waiting for committee reports, the
Democratic county convention Of San
Juan county witnessed bolt Of part Of
its members, and at last agreed to a fu-
sion with the Republican party and
nominated the strongest ticket that has
been before the people for years, and
one that is sure IT success at the polls
in November
The convention was called to order by
Chairman W. j. Wright, OF he county
committee, who directed the secretary
to read the call.
Nominations for temporary chairman
we're declared in order. Q. q Mead
nominated M. H. Real, Of La Tlata, and
=. s. Whitehead nominated L. j. Ar
rington, Of Pennington.
The secretary Of the committee read
the temporary roll Of delegates to the
convention. as prepared by the county
committee, as follows
No. l-Paz Lopez, r. Lobato.
No. 2 g. w. Mccoy, M. Fields, G. e.
Mead, u. @. Grove alternates, G. 4.
Brown, James Scott, J. T. Green. D. E.
nobato
No. 3-M. H. Real, Harry Regnier,
Everett Wright A. O. Thomas.
No. Al. B. Ashcroft, w. G. Black, w.
Wightman.
No. BE. s. Whitehead, f. M. Pierce.
I. j. Arlington, John W Brown, Robert
Breeding, Robert Townsend.
No. 6-M. Mckenzie, Val Finch,
No Nv, A. Collins, Pedro Montana,
Baltzar Montana.
No. ST. T. Hickman, J. T McQuil.
Ian. Lee shelhamer
No. 9-Juan B. Valdez, J. H Thiehoff.
No. l0-J. W. Flack, AL Farley
The secretary Of the committee stated
that in making up the roll, the commit
tee had recognized the delegates as en-
titled to vote whose credentials pore the
signature Of the regularly appointed
committeeman in each precinct
'Che vote was then taken on temporary
chairman, and resulted in the election Of
Mr.. Real The vote stood, Real, IS; Ar
rington, 13
@. E. Mead was placed 10 nominetion
for temporary secretary, and elected by
acclamation.
A oommitte on credentials was then
appointed by the chair, it having been
agreed that the three precincts in which
there we're contesting delegations =
Largo, Blanco aud Cedar Hill-should
not have representation on said com
mittes The committee as appointed
was as follows Pine River. No. /, Paz
Lopez; Aztec, No. 2, L. G. Grove; La
Plata No. 3, Harry Regnier; Fruitland
No A, j. B. Ashcroft; Pennington. No.
5, E. s. Whitehead; Bloomfield, No, g.
NJ. MeKepzie; Flora, Vista. No 8, f. T.
Hickman
A committe on resolutions consisting
Of T. ]. Arlington. w. 6. Black and G.
E. Mead was appointed.
Committee on permanent organization
consisted Of Paz Lopez, @. 3. Mead, A.
Thomas, Robert Breeding. W Wight
man, J. T. McQuillan and Val Finch.
Upon reassembling the majority of the
committee on credentials reported in
favor Of seating the delegates from each
precinct as given in the temporary roll
call. The majority report was signed by
Messro Lopez Hickman, Regnier and
Grove. The minority report seated con-
testing delegations in each precinct
Mr.. Grove moved that the report Of
the majority Of the committee, in so far
as it referred TO Largo precinct, be
adopted Before the motion was voted
on the chair was asked to rule on the
proposition as 70 what delegates would
be allowed to vote, and his decision was
that all delegates whose names appeared
on the temporary roll call should be al
lowed to vote on all questions except
their own individual cases, on the ques-
tioB Of seating their own delegations
When this ruling was made known.
thirteen members OF the convention re-
tired from it's deliberations, "and the
subsequent proceedings interested them
90 more" ETC. The majority report on
all contests was then adopted.
The committee on permanent organi-
zation and order Of business recon
msnded that the temporary organization
be made permanent Carried
Mr.. Mead, from the committee on reso-
luiiona, submitted the following
RESOLVED, That The democratic party
OF San Juan county, in convention as
sembled. declares it's unwavering faith
and devotion to the nominees Of the
Democratic National eOpyention, and
sees in tine election Of William jennings
Bryan aud Adlai h. Stevenson the best
and RuraHr hope Of the great cause OF
the millions as against The millionaire
We affirm our unWavering allegiance
% the principles OF the kaneaa City
platform, iD body. letter and spirit.
We donOuace the imperialistics trust
breeding policy of the Republican party
and declare our sympathy with the cause
Of freedom 60 every land aad under
every SUM-
We favor the fres aud unlimited coin-
age ol silver az the ratio ul ia 10 ], and
beiiaVe ihar ine maierial interesis ol