The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-09-26

| mltLee on credentials, read Its re
port. The committee recommends,
that Roosevelt county be given eigh
votes in place of four, the numbe
of votes given the county in the call
Allison offered a minority report Civ
ing Roosevelt county four votes
| w. F. Hendrix of Roosevelt spoke il
favor of the majority report Mr.
Hendrix said that the call had beer
made giving the county the customa
ry number of delegates given to new
counties. But since then the Terri
torial convention at Las Vegas, and
the COuncilmanic convention at the
same place had accorded his county
a representation based on it's prima
ry vote. The majority report was jus;
| in its recommendation and in line
| with the rulings made by the Terri
| torial and Councilmanic conventions
Allison and Bujac of Eddy spoke for
the minority report, claiming that
| the call should be followed. Ryther
of Roosevelt stated that Bujac who
now was opposing the increased vote
for Roosevelt had voted for the in
| crease at the Las Vegas convention.
Bujac warmly retorted that he had
voted that way in the interests of
Billiards. candidacy. The discussion
waxed warm, but the majority report
was adopted, Chaves and Lincoln
counties casting SO votes for and Ed
dy county 10 votes against. The or
der of business and the resolutions
were adopted by unanimous vote.
The temporary organization was
made permanent
Nominations being next in order,
the roll of counties was called Cha
yes county passed Eddy county
passed for the present. In behalf of
Roosevelt county, w. F. Hendrix in
an appropriate speech nominated Geo
F. Ellis of Portales. j. J. Jaffa pre-
Captain. Eddy county being again
called, Capt. ..Bujac having left the
room when the convention adopted
the report of the Credentials commit
tee, Will Robinson took the floor and
in speech of more than half hour
defined the Eddy county position,
and concluded by placing in nomina
ton c. r. Brice Space forbids re-
production of the speech. 1t was a
medley of complaint, attack and
threat; there was confession of
shame and a boast of loyalty, and
all through an undisguised bitterness
against the prospective nominee of
the convention. He began by saying
that Eddy county was against the
Roosevelt candidate because che did
but he failed to enumerate
these things. He claimed that it was
Eddy county's time, and nothing
should stand in the way of it. He
severely criticised the Lincoln county
delegation if they should vote against
Eddy county and went back over the
history of the district nominating
conventions. He appealed ito the
manhood of Lincoln county not to for
get the past He was ashamed of
the men who had been writing letters
up here against their candidate, and
it was because of such knockers"
that Carlsbad had not grown as fast
as Roswell. He confessed with
shame that they had such men in
their midst, but if this convention did
not respect the traditions of the
party it would walk through the
slaughter house to the open grave"
While in one breath he proclaimed
that Eddy county would abide by the
result of this convention, in the next
he intimaeed that while he would |
vote for the nominee, he wanted IL
that he could not speak
for the mass of the voters" He con
cluded by nominating w. R. Brice. J.
S. Crozier followed in TRADE against |
the prospective action of the cOnyen- |
tion. Later he left the convention
room disclaiming, however, that he
was bolter The vote was soon TAX |
en-, Eddy county casting 10 votes for
Brice, Chaves county 18 votes for Ell |
lis, Roosevelt votes for Ellis, Lin
coin ii votes for Hall. AS Ellis had
the majority the chairman
was about to declare him the nominee
when Robinson demanded that the |
Lwo-third rule be enforced. By vote
Of 40 to 10 it was decided that ma
Iority vote should rule. and George
Ellis was declared the nominee Of
the convention. Jaffa, of Lincoln
moved that the nomination be made
unanimous. The Eddy county delega-
ton went wild. Crozier left the room
Robinson asked that the motion be
withdrawn and pleaded that '.it be
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