Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-09-30
Proofs of Stolen Primaries and Rotten
Methods DiSregarded By Leaders Who
Need Hubbell in the Party
NO PRETENSE OF GOING
INTO MERITS OF QUESTION
Special to the Morning Journal.

Las Vegas, n. M. Sept 29.-Frani,
A. Hubbell and his delegation from
Bernalillo county were seated in the
republican convention tonight when
the report of the convention commit
tee on credentials, headed by Alexan-
der Read, of Rio Arriba county
brought in a renort recommending
that the temporary organization be
made permanent and that the contest
made by the republican delegation
from Bernalillo county be dismissed.
The report was adopted without divi-
sion or an effort at division and after
hearing of the contest in the central
committee and before the credentials
committee which was a farce
throughout. The central committee
did not go deep into the merits of the
case and the credential committee was
even more superficial in its examina-
ton into the. merits of the cause.
Whether or not Hubbell's primary
methods were honest, whether the
call was regular, whether delegations
were elected fairly or by fraud, We're
not considered. II was merely a ques-
tion of whether the Hubbell conven-
tion was regularly held, and the cen-
trail committee and the credentials
committee decided that 1t was regular
and that the republican convention
was not.
Two things saved Hubbell his seats
in this conventions. One Is the fact that
he Is the chairman of the county COM
mttee and that the county committee
was regularly named.
The other Is that certain leaders in
rf ~ II,thhnlI In
ton that is now developing I'm New
Mexico These men desire to control
the next New Mexico legislature. They
need a man like Hubbell and they
need his following, should he have
one. They know that the men who
lead the movement which resulted in
, the cOntesting delegation can not be
used and these few leaders will do
what they can to help Hubbell win his
fight to regain control of the county
government. One or two of these men
are enemies of Hubbell, one or two
are his friends. They need him now,
and so they won his fight before the
committee for him today
AS to the hearing before the cred
entails committee, 1t was farce.
Packages of affdavits were submitted
showing the illegality and fraudulent
nature of the Hubbell primaries. Hub
bells representatives did not attempt
to dispute the facts presented, Chair
man Read, of the committee. and his
followers simply heard and voted,
save for a few fearless men, to seat
Hubbell's delegation.
The fight in the central committee
tells the story of the fight through
out. Facts were not disputed, but the
leaders were with Hubbell
The Central Committee Meeting.
The territorial committee was call
ed to order at half past ten O'Clock in
the rooms of the Commercial club IN
the Duncan theater building Every
member of the committee was pres
ent in person or by proxy, save X. M.
Turner of Grant county. The number
of proxies was small and consider
able number of ectators--delegates
to the convention, were present.
Chairman Bursum, after the roll call
and reading of the official call Tor the
committee meeting, announced that
credentials for the formation OF the
temporary roll of the convention
should be called, and that those hold
ing such credentials should file them
with the secretary. He also announc-
ed that contesting delegations should
also file their credentials.
F. w. Clancy, for the Bernalillo
county delegation. announced that
that delegation had already filed It's
credentials with the secretary; while
Mr.. Childers. representing the Hub
bell delegation, announced that his
delegation had also filed its creden-
tials. The roll call proceeded. There
were no further contests.
The secretary then read the list of
delegates forming the temporary roll
call OF The convention.
The Hubbell delegation showed six
teen names. but Mr.. Childers, backing
down from the Hubbell claim of six
teen announced that Hubbell claimed
but nine votes.
| The roll was ordered entered as
! read. Chairman Bursum said that II
seemed to be the unpleasant duty OF
| the committee to decide contest
| from Bernalillo county, and that such
unpleasant duties were always left t.
the last, the contest would be called
up after the other business had been
attended to.
/ FuIIen Temporary Chairman.
Nominations for temporary chair
man we're then called for and Solo
mon Luna at once nominated j. o
/ Fullen. of Carlsbad, as temporary
| chairman. There were no other nom
nations and Mr.. Fullen's election
was made permanent.
John Florence and Charles V. SAT
ford we're elected temporary secreta
ries of the convention, and Eugeni'
Salazar and Marcelino Ortiz wer'
elected interpreters for the temporar!
order of business In the convention
The Contest In Committee.
Chairman Bursum then took III
the Bernalillo county contest an'
called for the arguments of the tw'
delegations as TO why they shoult
be placed on the temporary roll
"The delegation known as the Hub
bell delegation will now be given al
opportunity to present their claims,