Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-09-12

The county republican convention,
which convened at the court house this
morning, was one of the largest ever
held here, and was equally as enthu-
siastic.
The big court room was crowded,
and every precinct was fully repre-
sented.
At 10 o'clock, Hon. F. A. Hubbell, as
chairman of the county central COM
mittee, called the convention to order,
and, in doing so, delivered a few ap-
propriate remarks
This was followed by the secretary
of the county central committee read
ing the call, both in English and Span
ish.
The next order of business was the
election of temporary chairman, and
Thos. Hughes nominated Thos. N. Will
kerson for the place. The nomination
was seconded and promptly endorsed
by the convention, Mr.. Hughes and
Thos. S. Hubbell being appointed a
committee to escort the temporary
chairman to the chair.
In his speech introducing Mr.. Will
kerson to the convention, Chairman F.
A. HubDen paid the gentleman a high
compliment as one of the rising young
politicians of the future state of New
Mexico, and heartily welcomed him
into the ranks of the republican party.
In assuming the temporary chair
manship of the convention, Mr.. Will
kersen made the following speech:
WiIkerson's Speech.
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Citizens:
1t is little bit of strange position
for man who has virtually taken no
part in politics for about four years,
and who has never before acted as a
delegate in a republican convention,
to be called upon, Unexpectedly and
without any premonition, to act as a
chairman by as large and enthusiastic
republican convention as is here to-
day.
AS many of you know, l was, as Mr..
Hughes has stated, raised and edu-
Gated as democrat, even to the point
of believing that there was no good
outside of the democratic party, but
we have the old saying in Missouri
that the proof of pudding is in the
eating" and how any intelligent demo-
cratic citizen who lived through the
Cleveland administration, and who
lives, especially in the west, can re-
member the distress and calamity that
overlook the country during that ad-
ministration, followed by the prosper
ity, unexampled and unprecedented in
the entire history of the United States,
that Immediately followed the election
and Inauguration of President McKin-
ley, (applause) can fail to be con-
vinced that there was something
wrong in his logic, is more than | can
tell. When on top of that the demo-
cratic party abandoned the only strong
and safe plank they had, of safe and
honest money, and would have cast
this country into an era of fiat money
on top of the existing misery and dis
tress, every business man and man of
property had to again stop and pause
and think, and the administration of
President Mckinley has absolutely
demonstrated that for these United
States, and especially for the terri
tory of New Mexico, the principles of
the republican party are the princi-
pies of success and progress.
You remember, and | remember,
when you could not give your sheep
away in this territory; and that when
the sheriff had an execution to levy
upon a man in possession of sheep, the
plaintiff had to put up the value of the
sheen with the sheriff to get him to
keep them.
In addition, We today have in the
presidential chair a man who in the
honesty of his purposes, in the integ-
rity and purity of his private life, has
never been surpassed, and in his cOur-
age in demanding even from his own
party. what he believes to be right and
Just. has never been equaled. No man
could blush, nor be afraid to follow the
lead. and to advocate the principles of
political economy and justice and right
that are presented to his party by our
beloved president. Theodore Roose-
welt. (Applause) More than that,
gentlemen of the convention, believe,