Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-30
Nine Primaries, A City Convention and A Ratifi-
cation Meeting, Within Two Hours
DEMOCRATS RATIFY NoN-PARTlSAN TICKET
Delegates From City Wards Ensst Primaries and Convention
3. beings On the West Side

take recess Of ten minutes to give
the primaries from the various wards
q chance to act Mr.. Bunker didn't
believe such measure was neces-
sary. He said the committee had
been consulting with many democrats
and that it had acted for the best In
terests Of the people. He thought II
would be all right II the meeting rat
ifed the ticket without primaries or
convention. Geo. Hunker declared II
wouldn't be all right. He said demo-
cratic principles involved beginning
all action with the people In the pri-
maries and while the ticket named BY
the committee would doubtless be rat.
flied, he urged the Importance of not
establishing q dangerous precedent.
W. A. Givens expressed surprise
that Mr.. Bunker, who few moments
before had asked that all action re-
gariing nomination CT county dele
gates be taken in open convention III
accordance with democratic meth
DDS, should now ask that the action
of committee be ratified in a who'll
" irregular and unprecedented man
ner. He for one would be entirely
dissatisfied II the primaries were not
held.
Many democrats had not heard Of
any caucuses being held. 1t was
necessary to hold primaries In order
that the city central committee for
the ensuing year be properly named.
Eugene McElroy, Howell Givens and
others followed In support Of Mr.. AL
lens motion, which prevailed unani.
mously.
A recess OF ten minutes was held
after which the chairman OF the var
ious precincts reported In each In
stance that the choice of the commit
tee had been ratified. The republi-
can members of the ticket were then
endorsed and ratified and the demo-
cratic members OF. the ticket were
regularly nominated and also ratified.
The primaries reported the follow
ing selections for central committee:
First Ward, Geo. Hunker p. f. Nolan
I'd Ward: F. p. Waring, Fred Brefeld.
Third ward, w. J. Lucas, p. d. Nc
Elroy. Fourth Ward, w. B. Bunker
and Frank A. Manzanares, Jr.
The central committee was empower
ed to select its own delegate-at-large.
The convention passed a resolution
expressing gratitude to The Optic for
its fearless and able advocacy of a
non-partisan ticket The Optic repre-
sentative in accepting the vote OF
thanks urged the Importance Of q
uoH-puTtipdu liShSI# Uut pUiutcu Out
that before a coalatlon with the re-
publican party could become effective
1t would be necessary for the repub
licans to do as the democrats had
done, ratify the choice Of the com.
mittees in primary and convention.
Precincts 5. GA, and rs held primar.
les last night and elected delegates
for the democratic county convention
Saturday. In precinct 5. Candalerio
Montoya was elected chairman. Man
uel Lucero, vice-chairman and Luis
Ortiz, secretary. The following dele
gates were elected. Andres Sena,
Gumecino Ulibarri, Luis Ortiz. Canda-
lerio Montoya. In precinct "a the
delegates elected were Susanne Or
tiz, Demetrio Silva, Juliano Trujlllo,
o. A. Larrazolo, Clemente Angel. j.
NJ. Hernandez.
J. N. Tafoya was elected chairman
Of precinct 26 and Antonio Lucero
was elected secretary. The delegates
elect are: J. NJ. Tafoya, ]. G. Plno,
Antonio Lucero, E. G. de Baca, Mo
desto Booth, Eulogio Salas, Hipolito
Romero. GIlberto Gueran and Adelaide
Tafoya.
There seems to be little doubt but
the voice OF the delegates elected last
night will be for Antonio Lucero as
delegate to the national convention at
ST. Louis. Mr. Lucero has received
assurances from every part Of the dis.
trict, which make his selection as