Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-08-26
MONEY WAKES
THE MARE GO
Las Vegas Candidate Gets the Nom-
ination for Delegate by liz to
Jerry's 36-..Magnificent StraddIe
on Statehood Question.

v The Democratic Territorial CONVEX
ton at Las Vegas devoted last eve1
8 ing to speechmaking. AS one orato
had put it at the opening of the col
vention in the forenoon, there were q
least fifty orators among the one hu1
dred delegates present and all wante
to be heard. However, last evenin
the floor was given to Senator Money
of Mississippi, and EX-Congressmal
Jerry Simpson, of Roswell The Simr
son following had hoped that tn
Simpson address would electrify hi
delegate boom into new life, but i
failed this purpose
This forenoon quite number of del
egates were missing from their seats
as they had gone home. The commit
tee on credentials reported in favor o1
seating the so-called regular or Lar
razola San Miguel County delegation
and after the report had been adopted
the convention organized permanently
in accordance with the report of the
| committee on permanent organization
as follows: Chairman, o. N. Marion
of Albuquerque; vice-presidents, Sam.
uel Eldodt, of Chamita; Horton Moore,
of Albuquerque; Matias Contraras, OF
Socorro; Vicente Mares, of Mora; E.
]. Bujac, of Carlsbad, and Eduardo
Martinez, of Anton Chico secretary,
H. NJ F. Baer, of Roswell; reading
clerk, John L. Zimmerman of Santa
Fe; interpreters, Camilo Padilla, OF
Santa Fe; and Antonio Lucero, of Las
Yeas. :.
1t was 1890 this afternoon before
the committee on resolutions reported
The much discussed platform, which
aft.r the usual buncombe about ma.
tional affairs. straddles the statehood
question in a most ingenious way, ap-
proving both the stand of the nation
al plank for single statehood and the
Silver City plank which agrees to take
joint statehood castor oil Then follows
the expected denunciation of the ter
ritorial administration.
o. A. Larrazola put in nomination
George P. Money, of Las Vegas, as the
Democratic candidate for delegate to
Congress His address was most elo-
quent one and was cheered to the echo.
Judge Gatewood, of Roswell, nomi-
mated Hon. jeremiah Simpson, in an
address that was eloquent as we'll as
logical. Nearly every county made
a seconding speech. On the first bal
lot, Money received 1T votes, and
Simpson So votes. Simpson moved to
make the nomination unanimous,
which was done. Both Money and
Simpson then addressed the conven-
tion
The platform adopted disposes of ma
tional issues ais follows:
The Democrats of New Mexico, in
regular biennial convention assembled,
take pleasure in publishing our alle-
glance to the essential principles OF
the Democratic faith so clearly and
forcibly set forth in the platform, unan-
imously adopted by our late rousing
national convention, and we applaud
the convention for opportunely sum-
marizing and embodying in that plat
form the fundamental tenets Of Demo-
cratic faith as set forth in that political
classic, the first inaugural address OF
the father of Democracy. They are
the principles which underlie free gov
ernment as exemplified in the Great
Republic, and their faithful observance
alone, can guarantee our national sta
bility of our institutions.
1. To the end that our party through
out the Territory from leader to the
humblest in the ranks, may be again
reminded of the cardinal principles OF
our political faith, and thus be edited
and freshly inspired thereby, we deem
is appropriate to republish that sum.
mary, to wit:
"The freedom of the press, of con-
science and of speech, equality before
the law OF all citizens, the right Of tri-
al by jury, the freedom Of persons de-
Tended by the writ of habeas corpus,
the liberty Of personal contract, un-
trammeled by sumptuary laws, the su-
premacy Of the civil over the military
authority, q we'll disciplined military,
the separation Of church and state,
economy in expenditures and low tax
a,, that labor might be lightly burden
ed, the fulfillment Of public and pri-
vate obligations. fidelity to treaties
and peace and friendship with all ma
tfons, entanling alliances with none, alb
solute acquiescence in the will of the
majority, the vital principles of repub- |
lies. These are the doctrines which
Democracy established as the proverbs
of the nation. and they should be con. |
stantly enforced.
We take much pleasure in approving
and ratifying the action Of our national