Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-09-27
Mr.. R0DEY.
KNOWS NOT
As Yet If He Will Accept Inde.
pendent RepublicanlNomina.
tion as Candidate for
Delegate.
$4,000 IN HARD CASH
Are to Be Paid By Democratic Cam.
paign Leaders If He Makes
the Race.

SIC NotS'
The New Mexican has it from rell
able authority that the Democratic
campaign managers have raised th
sum of $4,000 in cold, clean cash, gold
silver, treasury notes or greenbacks
as preferred, as the contribution to the
campaign fund of B. S. Rodey, now
delegate from New Mexico to the 58tf
Congress, to induce him to run as q
candidate of the Independent Republi
cans of the Territory for delegate tc
the 59th Congress. This information
reaches this paper in such a manner
as to leave no doubt of it's truth. 1t
was accompanied by >the report that
Mr.. Rodey had about made up his mind
to make the race and was waiting up
on the action of the Margarito Romero
faction of unionists in San Miguel
County at it's convention held there
yesterday. Before the result of this
convention was known in Santa Fe
last evening, the New Mexican is in
formed that George P. Money, Demo
cratic candidate for delegate to- Con-
gress, told his friends that he was sure
that Delegate Rodey would accept the
nomination and all, if the Romero un-
ion faction of San Miguel County nom-
mated or endorsed him for the posi-
tion. The New Mexican is also in
formed that one Of two plans is to be
pursued. Delegate Rodey is to make
the race as an Independent Republi-
can and take as many votes as pos
sible from the regular Republican nom-
inee, Senator w. H. Andrews, or if
later on in the campaign it appears to
be of advantage, he is to withdraw and
turn the votes that would have been
given to him over to the Democratic
nominee, Mr. Money. The Democrat
ic campaign managers assumed that
mirers grabbed in such manner as to
turn them inside out or any other way
as he will demand of them. In connec
tion with these reports the New Mex
ican publishes the following Associat-
ed Press dispatch dated Las Vegas,
September 27:
Delegate B. S. Rodey; who was de-
feated for denomination for Congress
in the regular Republican Convention
by William H. Andrews, has been NOM
mated by the Independent Republicans
in convention and agrees to rum"
The Independents at Las Vegas.
Special to the New Mexican
Las Vegas, Sept 27.-The Margarito
Romero faction of the Republican par
ty organized here yesterday as the In
dependent Republicans of San Miguel
County. Margarito Romero was elect
ed chairman and Fulgencio G. de
Baca secretary. Jose Santos Esqui-
bel, the present county assessor, an
nounced his allegiance and Joined the
convention. During the sessions OF
the convention in the afternoon, a tel
egram was received from Louis w.
Gales, of Albuquerque, urging the con-
vention to nominate B. S. Rodey as it's
candidate for delegate to Congress. |
This was not done, but Delegate Rodey |
was endorsed for such nomination as. it
is the intention of the Independent Re-
publicans to hold Territorial conven-
tion.
Felix Martinez, owner of La Voz del
Pueblo, who has Been resident of Ell
Paso, Texas, for five or six years, and |
Antonio Lucero, editor of the same pa |
per, who was turned down in the reg
ular Democratic County Convention
here a few weeks ago, are supporting |
the Independent Republican move
ment. Nothing more was done in the
which adjourned without
making any nominations.
Rodey Did Not Authorize Use OF His
: Name.
The Morning Journal, of Albuquer-
que, this morning printed the follow
ing interview with Delegate to Con-
gress B. S. Rodey and Louis w. GALES:
II did not authorize the use of my
name in the sense of being an inde-
pendent candidate before the San MI
guel County Independent convention,
nor did I allow Mr.. GALES to do so"
said Mr.. Rodey Monday night when
shown the dispatch given above by
representative of the Morning Jour-
nal
. Il cannot say at this time whether
approve or disapprove of the action of
the San Miguel convention.
"At this time am not a candidate
for the delegateship. I do not care to
say, however, that would not become
p candidate in the event that other
sections OF New Mexico should show
the same desire for me 70 head an In
dependent ticket, as has 6sen shown ia I
San Miguel County have hot, how.