Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-09-15
THEY ARE
VERY HOPEFUL
Republicans of otero County Propose
to Make an Active Campaign
This Fall.
Special to the New Mexican.

Special to the New Mexican.
Alamogordo, N, NJ, Sept. 13, 1904
Much to the regret of the Democra
cy, the Republicans of Otero Count,
are showing decided signs of life. Thu
county organization, which had beer
allowed to go into retirement, will be
rejuvenated and an aggressive cam
paign inaugurated. 1t was the sense
of the convention last Thursday, which
nominated delegates to the Territorial
Convention, that the county organiza.
ton should Immediately pull itself to-
gether, and to that end a resolution
was adopted directing Territorial Com
mitteeman Upton to appoint mem
Der of the County Central Committee
in each precinct where vacancy ex-
lists; that such new committee should
Immediately meet and fix time for
holding county convention, at which
convention full Republican ticket
will be put in the field Mr.. Upton
will make such appointments within
the next few days, and it is then that
the Republicans of Otero County pro.
pose to show they are still in the ring.
All things being considered, 1t is not
folly for the Republicans to consider
success in this county possible his
fall. The Democrats are in consider
able of quandary as to whom to nom.
mate for some of the offices. Justice
O'Reilly, who seeks the nomination for
assessor, is openly fighting T. F. Flem-
ing, the present incumbent and aspir-
ant for third term, accusing him of
incompetency, or of gross neglect in
the discharge of his duties, wherein,
had it not been for the diligence of the
board of commissioners, the county
would have lost about $3,5OO Of taxes
for the year 1902. Mr.. O'Reilly also
calls attention to the fact that the
present assessor pockets four per cent
of the poll tax, as his fees, and does so
illegally, this money belonging, as Mr..
O'Reilly AYERS, to the school fund "for
the benefit of the little school chill.
dren." An investigation, attended by
many of the voters, was held in the as.
SCISSORS Office at the request of Mr..
O'Reilly, and the latter claims it prov.
ed his position. One thing is comment
ed upon by the Democrats, and that is,
Immediately after this investigation of
Fleming's books, he closed his Office
and hied himself away to the outly-
ing precincts, presumably to offer de-
nial of all charges and go into train
ing for the primaries on the 18th inst.
Contractor Quinliven, who was
awarded the building of the New Mex
leo Blind Institute, has failed to file
his bond within the required time, and
the contract now goes to Jolly & Love-
lady, of this place. they being the next
lowest bidders. Jolly & Lovelady will
qualify and push the work
to completion. Eight carloads of brick
are already on the ground.
Contractor Phelphry has commenced
work on thirty of the one hundred
houses which the Railroad Company
will build for their machinists, and
they are being pushed, several of them
being now ready for the roof. Mr..
Phelphry has also been awarded the
contract for the building of the annex
to the county court. house, to be used
as Judge Mann's chambers and rooms
for the, United States attorney and
United States marshal, and will break
ground about the middle of the present
week. HI.
Mrs. Mann, wife of Judge Mann, who
has been suffering for some time with
affliction, is rapidly improv-
ing since coming to Alamogordo, CIV
ing hope of her ultimate recovery.