Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-29
Republican Club.
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ARTICLE v.
Bylaws. Resolutions and Amend
Sec. L. All Bylaws and resolu
tons OF this club shall require q ma
jori,y vote OF the members present
At any regular meeting. for theii
adoption.
Sec. 2. Amendments TO this consti
tuition shall only be made upon pre-
| yfous motion Of two ees In writ
ing and shall require for their adop
ton an affirmative vote OF twothird,
Of the members present at a regular
meeting, the ,woihirds affirmation
To be not less than one quarter Of
the members Of the club
The report Of the committee al
! submitted was unanimously adopted
| and the committee discharged.
Officers for the ensuing year were
then elected az reported above.
After the election OF president, Col
Twitchell requested permission o.
the chair to address the club al ht
was compelled TO leave shortly Il
catch a train.
MFR. TwitchelI then proceeded tt
make an eloquent plea for a big re
publican vote in Precinct 20 for thf
republican nominee for delegate t
congress. He spoke with great force
and his words carried conviction. He
said IL was commonly current oyeI
the Territory that precinct 20 would
give a big vote for the democratic
candidate, Mr.. Money. Mr.. Twitcheil
said II was the duty of the republi
cans OF this precinct to cast theii
usual republican majority for the re
publican candidate and proceeded u
cite aso for this statement The
next congress OF the United States
would be republican. III every mar
In San Miguel county" said Mr.
Twitchell. was sent to congress as O
democratic delegate, they could alto
gether not accomplish one solitary
thing for Las Vegas. II we expect
our delegate 10 be able TO do any
thing in our interests. we must send
a man there who viii be allied with
the party In control"
Continuing, he stated, that he was
In the Albuquerque convention as q
delegate and having given his prom
ise to Mr.. Rodey he kept that prom
ise and voted for him straight
through. Az a member Of that con
vention, he knew who was most In
strumental In bringing about the
nomination OF Senator Andrews. Don
Eugenio Romero. the leader OF the
republican party in San Miguel was
the one man who had most to do with
securing the nomination OF MI. An
drews. without the San Miguel
county delegation, Mr.. Andrews
would not have been nominated,
Therefore the people OF San Miguel
county and OF Las Vegas could right
ly consider Mr.. Andrews to be their
candidate and as such he should have
their support.
Mr. .Twitchell speech was short but
to the point and received an enthn'
f. siastic reception from the members
OF the clue.
It was then moved by A, T. Rogers,
Jr., that the chair appoint a finance
committee and also a registration
and election committee which was
duly seconded and carried.
On the suggestion OF +. o. Blood,
"a paper was passed around and all
present signed up AZ members OF the
new organization
A number OF citizens OF the west
side were present mt the meeting,
and upon request that they be heard
from. remarks were made by several
| Donaciano Otero stated that they had
! come over TO show their good will
and their desire TO cooperate In
every way possible with the east side
republicans but that they had a club
of their own in Precinct 26 and could
| not therefore become Identified with
the organization in Precinct 20
The meeting adjourned, subject to
the call OF the president. The follow
Ing are the committees as appointed:
Executive and Finance. ).
Clark, r. r. Twitchell. s. b. Davis,
Jr.. A. T. Rogers, Jr, J. s. Duncan.
Registration and Election-N b.
Roseberry, r. F. Clay. p. G. Carpen-
ter, J. I. weiser. Filomeno Gonzales,
| Miguel SENEGAL. Ed sporleder. w. w,
| Wallace. otto Cantor, Ed Ward.
Committee on Entertainment--F.
o. Blood. Leroy Helfricn, r. ID. Ray
nolda, r. W. Rich. e. McWenie.