Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-07-07
inaugurate An Early Campaign.
Delegates to Territorial and
Legislative Conventions
Named.
WELCOME RAINS COME
Stockmen Feel Easier...Protest Against
Construction Of Hondo Reservoir
Explained...CarIsbad Steadily
Improving.
Special to the New Mexican.

Special to the New Mexican.
Carlsbad, NJ NJ, July 5-Carlsba'
and Eddy County are just now rejoic
ing in the advent of very generou
showers, and have been blessed will
at least one general rain. AS conse
quence the grass on the ranges Il
starting nicely, the water holes arr
full and both the emaciated cow ant
her owner are experiencing a more
comfortable feeling. A continuation
of the rains throughout the summer
months will do much towards re-estab
fishing Old conditions and easing up
past financial tightness, but it will re-
quire several seasons to wholly over
come from the disastrous effects of the
past two years severe drouth.
The late rains have added to the
stock of storage waters of the irriga
tion company and the farmers down
the valley are getting whatever water
is needed The past two years have
demonstrated very conclusively, how.
ever, that every drop of water to which
the company is entitled. must be pro.
tected in order to insure absolute safe
ty and protection to the farmers under
its canals. and this fact is responsible
for the protest which has recently been
filed with the secretary of the interior,
by Manager F. G. Tracy against the
construction of the Hondo reservoir, if
the construction thereof is to in any
way interfere with any irrigating wat
ers to which the Pecos Irrigation Com
pany is entitled and to which it has
by long years of possession, appropri-
alton and use, acquired title.
The proposed construction of the
Hondo proposition, with what it threat
ems, is very serious menace to the
farmers and people of the lower Pecos
Valley, and only in the light of the pro-
lection of home interests and an al
ready established industry, has the
protest been made. The citizens of
Carlsbad and Eddy County desire the
upper valley to have every possible
success and development, and will
speed it whenever possible, but this
present project strikes too close to
their homes and safety to be disre-
garded. The people of Roswell, in the
first flush Of disappointment and re-
sentiment, are saying some very bitter
and idle things, but when the holiness
cools a little it cannot be doubted that
they will regard the matter in a more
conservative manner, and perhaps join
hands with the people of the lower val
ley in working out the proposition in
some manner that will injure no single
interest or section, but benefit all. The
protest of the irrigation company is not
fancied or idle one, and the people
who are disposed to treat it lightly will
very soon find out their mistake.
The local Democracy is playing
politics fast and hotly these days. The
uncontested success of the unterrified
in the late primary election stimulated
them to further political movements,
and Saturday night, the I'd instant,
convention for the purpose of naming
delegates to the different district and
territorial conventions was held There
was good attendance and everything
went as it had been ordered.
A wordy platform was adopted
which took the usual political shots at
the gang" in Santa Fe, charging it
with responsibility for all the evils on
the earth and in the heavens above the
earth; threw little soft soap at the
local Republicans, telling them what
noble and glorius patriots they are
all of which makes the stalwarts here
who have grown wise by experience,
wink one eye and chuckle inwardly;
and threw a bunch of blossoms at the
man who just at this writing seems to
have the Democratic organization of
Eddy County in his rear end pocket
and well sat upon. That was all there
was to the platform, and it was just
like the countless number gone before
after reading it, one at once proceeds
to forget all about it.
There was a little labored oratory,
but it soon exhausted itself, and the
different delegates were named. They
are as follows:
Council convention: ]. T. Patrick, ].
T. Cooper, J. o. McKeen, J. D. Walk
er, M. G. Stewart, J. Mack Smith, T.
"A. Gray; alternates: A. R. Smith, ].
E. Laverty, w. G. Woerner, w. E.
Bass, j. T. Rives.
Territorial convention: R. X. Jacks,
Gayle Talbot, C. D. Cleveland, s. T.
Biting, ]. O. Cameron, ]. G. Hale, s.
w. Gilbert. w. P. Riley; alternates:
J. c. Gage, Boston Witt, w. U. DON
nelly, w. H. Hull. DR.. J. M. Ross.
Legislative convention: M. G. Stew
art, J. L. Emerson, William Robinson,
w. R. Allison, Gayle Talbot; altern-