Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-04-04
S0C0RR0 COUNTY
DEMOCRATS
Hold Convention at County Seat De.
nounce Republicans as Usual and
Select Delegates to Silver. City.

Socorro, N NJ, April 1.-The Demo
cratic County convention was called
to order at o'clock by Hon. Green
wald, chairman of the central commit
tee.
H. M. Dougherty was made
chairman; Benjamin Sanchez, secre
tary, and A. C. Torres, interpreter.
The following committees were ap
pointed:
Credentials, James Berry, Carpio Pa.
dilla, Manuel A. Pine, Hilario Gonzales
and J. R. Nesbit.
Permanent organization, Julian Sc
vadro, w. H. Sanders, Gus Leasman
Geronimo Padilla and Apolonio Valles.
Resolutions, James G.. Fitch, Abel
Chavez, l.. M. Lassley, Elesio Barreras
and Frank Johnston.
Committee to recommend delegates
to territorial convention: B. A. Pine,
John Greenwald, Doniciano Torres, Pc
dro Armijo and Mauricio Miera.
The delegates chosen to represent
the county at Silver City are: James
G. Fitch, J. r. Nesbit, Leandro Baca,
l.. M. Lassley, w. H. Sanders, w. T.
Redding, B. A. Pine, H. M. Dougherty,
James Berry and A. G. Torres.
Alternates: Leo Leowenstein, Abel
Chavez, w. H. Russell, Urvano Bena-
vedes, Amado Chavez, Melquiades Ar
milo, M. A. Pine, Adolfo Torres, Pedro
Armijo and Severro M. Vigil.
The delegates selected were request
ed to do all in their power, at the ter
ritorial Democratic convention, to OBJ
tain the selection of Hon. James G.
Fitch as one of the delegates to the
national convention.
The following resolutions were
passed:
We, the Democrats of SocOrrO Coun-
ty, in convention assembled do hereby
reaffirm our adherence to the time
lonored Democratic principle of equal
lights to all, and special privileges for
1one While recognizing the fact that
he free coinage of silver is not an is
sue in the coming presidential contest,
We believe that the Kansas City plat
orm contains true exposition of
Democratic principles, and that those
principles ought not to be departed
rom.
We denounce the duplicity and de-
,eit practiced by the Republican party
lpon the people of New Mexico on the
question of statehood. We would call
he attention of all residents of New
Mexico to the fact that the Republican
President at the Rough Riders reunion
It Las Vegas several years ago, ac-
'ording to Republican authority made
n substance the following pledge:
when the people of New Mexico
want statehood, let me know, and will
20 to Washington and see that they
,et it, or words to that effect.
That national Republican conven-
ions have repeatedly declared in their
latform in favor of statehood for all |
he territories and that the Republi- |
ans of this Territory for the last six
r eight years have made use of the |
logan "if you want statehood, vote the
republican ticket"
We all know how these pledges have
cen fulfilled; how a Republican
resident and Republican Congress
re now attempting, in direct viola
ion of their pledges, to foist upon the
eople of this Territory scheme
vhich their own officeholders reject |
nth Indignation. We would also call
ttention to the fact that the Demo-
ratio representatives in Congress
ave unanimously advocated and voted
Or single statehood for New Mexico
nd Arizona. Can the people of this
'erritory longer doubt that in the
'emocratic party alone lies hope of
ltimately obtaining statehood for
lew Mexico?