Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-03-21

nalillo County. T. S. Hubbell; Waller
cia, Juan c. Jaramillo; San Juan, {
V. Stafford; Chaves County, e. A. ca
hoon Eddie County, l.. o. Fullen
Sierra County, l.. H.. Bartlett: Don
Ana County, Jose Gonzales; San NJ
guel County, Canuto Lucero; Lincoll
County, Ira Witmore; Grant Coun
ty. W. S. Newcomb; Union County
Charles Slater; Colfax County, A. G
Dodson: Quay County, Demart
Stoval; Santa Fe County, Ricardo
Alarid; Taos County, e. B. Steward
Socorro County, Estevan Baca; Otert
County, A. J. King; Mora County, Ri
cardo Martinez: Luna County, A W
Pollard; Leonard Wood County, Sefe
rino Romero; Rio Arriba Count, Per
fecto Esquibel.
The report of the committee on ere
dentials was accepted without ever
being read for there were no contests
The report of the committee on rules
caused some debate over the rule tC
limit addresses to five minutes. M. c.
de Baca of Leonard Wood County
moving to make it 80 minutes. This
was voted down and the report was
adopted as read.
The resolutions including the separ-
ate statehood plank. passed without a
voice raised in opposition or protest,
the disturbing element reserving it's
wind for the proposed stampede.
The Tug of War.
The mOnOtony was broken when E.
c.. Abbott of Santa Fe moved that the
following be declared the choice of the
convention for delegates to the ma
tional convention at Chicago: Delegate
at large, Governor Miguel A. Otero, al
ternate. w. H. Greer; First Judicial
District, delegate, w. G. Sargent. al
ternate. George w. Armijo: Second
judicial District, delegate w. e. Dame,
alternate, Clark M. Carr; Third Judi
cial District, delegate, w. H. H. Lie
wellyn, alternate w. H. Newcomb;
Fourth Judicial District, delegate. Da-
vid ]. Leahy. alternate. John Van
Fifth Judicial District, dele
gate, H. O. Bursum. alternate, H. j.
Then the carefully prepared stage
thunder broke forth The oratorical
pyrotechnics of the Twitchell adher-
ants filled the air, the galleries shout
ed applause while the majority of the
sat in grim silence. In rap
i'd succession Margarito Romero mov-
ed to substitute the name of R. E.
Twitchell for that of David ]. Leahy;
w. B. Childers seconded Twitchells
on behalf of Bernalillo
County; w. H. Andrews on behalf of
Sierra County; M. c. de Baca on be-
half of Leonard Wood County; J. Fra.
60 Chaves, on behalf of Valane'a
County; George W. Prichard on behalf
If Lincoln County, the last named in a
surprising attack upon the men who
lold public Office and upon one of the
delegates to the national con-
1ention of whom he said 'It is unpre-
Tented that New Mexico Republican
should send Democrat to
he Republican national convention"
Twitchell rounded out the carefully
effort by most bitter, vim
lictive and poisonous, though yelled
lttack upon the territorial administra-
ion and of those who chose to sup
BORT it whose collars and "chains
,lanked to them sweet music" His in
,ective and sarcasm were as venomous
Is they were eloquent. Zacarias Val
lez arose three times and in Spanish
lurled lightning at the so-called ad-
supporters.
Then the other side had it's inning
Glfigo Baca of Socorro; Ralph S. Con-
lell of Otero; F. c. Stevens of Taos,
md others spoke in temperate terms,
asst and best of all, David J. Leahy of
Ration, who pointed out that it certain
Y seemed strange that since the oppo-
ition to the administration was veil
ng behind alleged repugnance to office
holders and ex-Democrats, that the
,oint of attack should be one who was
lot an office holder and was life long |
Republican. This punctured the sham
md Mr.. Leahy carried delegates and
galleries with him. He pointed out
low the Republicans of Colfax Coun-
" had turned Gibraltar of New
Mexico Democracy into a safe Repub-
ican majority of 500; how Colfax
County had never been given any po-
;ition of honor by Republican terri
orial convention.
The Previous Question.
The previous question, the effect OF
which was to close debate was carried
and then the test came on
The amendment to substitute the name
If Twitchell for that of Leahy
Bernalillo County awas called first
The delegation was on the fence and |
asked to be passed until it could dis
cover for whom the Fourth Judicial
District would vote. Sandoval and
asked to be passed in SINH
lar manner. San Miguel cast it's vote
for Twitchell; so did Lincoln County's
four delegates; four out of the five OF
Leonard Wood County's delegation;
Sierra County's three delegates and
two of Valencia County's delegates.
But there il stopped. When Quay cast |