Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-09-05

Pursuant to call of the chairman,
the territorial republican central COM
mittee met at 10 o'clock this morning
at the Commercial CLUB. with Chair
man Bursum in the chair and c. V.
Stafford as secretary.
Those Present at Meeting.
The roll call showed the following
members present either in person or
by proxies:
Bernalillo county-W. S. Strickler
and F. A Hubbell.
Colfax-J. Van Houten. proxy j.
Leahy; J. Leahy.
Dona Ana-W. H. II. Llewellyn and
H. B. Hart proxy by Eugene Van Pat
ten.
Grant-w H. Newcomb and r. NJ.
Turner, proxy by w. d. Murray.
Lincoln-G. W. Prichard and w. S.
Brady, proxy by G. w. Prichard.
Guadalupe-F. d. Morse and NJ. c.
de Baca, proxy by F. d. Morse.
McKinley-Gregory Page and Steve
Canavan. proxy by Gregory Page.
Mora-Juan Navarro and Steve
Burnbaum, proxy by Juan Navarro.
Otero-O. G. Cady and W. d. Tip
ton, proxy by o. G.. Cady.
Rio Arriba-Alex Read and V. Jara-
milo, proxy by Alex Read.
Sandoval-E. NJ. Sandoval and Il. A.
Miera, proxies by Alexandra Sandoval.
San Juan-C V. Stafford and Gran
Vile Pendleton.
San Notwithstanding Romero,
proxy by Eugenio Romero; John S.
| Clark.
Santa Fe-J. E. Lacome.
Sierra-W. H. Bucher
Socorro-H. o. Bursum and Elfego
Baca.
Taos-Malequia Martinez and T. p.
Martin.
Torrance-Candido Padilla and VIM
Mcintosh.
Valencia-Solomon Luna and Carlos
Baca, proxy by Solomon Luna.
Member at Large-W. II. Kerr, of
Santa Fe.
Executive committee-Eugenio Ro-
nero, proxy by Chas. A. Spiess; w.
| G.. Sargent; ]. w. Akers. proxy by j.
E. Lacome; w. H. Newcomb, proxy by
w. d. Murray; T. d. Burns, proxy by
Alex Read; Max Frost, proxy by Wm.
Baer; David NJ. White; T. B. Hart,
proxy by ]. Leahy; T. s. Hubbell; w.
E. Martin; Martin Lohman, proxy by
Eugene ]. Van Patten; H. ]. Hager-
man, proxy by ]. Leahy; Harry F.
Lee, proxy by w. B. Childers, and
Levi Hughes.
Visitors Not Admitted.
At the conclusion of the roll call
Chairman Bursum stated that as many
matters of Importance would be under
discussion by the committee, before
taking action he would request all
those present not members of the
committee and not press representa-
tives to absent themselves from the
meeting, and at the suggestion of the
chair quite a large number of citizens
tiled out of the ROOM Chairman Bur
sum, before making the above request.
made "a strong argument in favor ol
harmony. and predicting rousing vic
tory for the republican party at the
fall election.
Convention Sept. 2e.
The chair stated that it would be
in order to proceed to the fixing of
time and naming of place when the
convention TO nominate a delegate to
the SiXtieth congress would be held.
MI. Luna LlOheu iudl lut .llllt LCi
holding the convention be the 29th OF
September, 1906. This motion was
seconded by Mr.. Van Patten and was
carried.
Mr.. Romero made a motion that Las
Vegas be selected as the place fol
holding said convention. Santa Fe
was named by Mr.. Read and Albu-
querque by Mr.. Childers. After some
discussion by the members Las Vegas
was chosen unanimously.
Apportionment Resolutions.
The question of apportionment as
the basis of representation to the ter
ritorial convention was then taken up
and after discussion Mr. Hughes Of
fered the following:
That the representation be based
on one delegate for each $50 votes
and fraction over 70, cast in the last
election for Delegate Andrews" It
was seconded.
Mr.. ChildeTs offered an amendment
10 the effect that the apportionment De
on the votes cast at the last general
election for members of the council in
each county, and when two members
were elected from any one county, i'm
that event the appOrtiOnment be based
on the vote of the member receiving
the highest vote
Mr.. Chuuers spoke az length in sup
port of his amendment pleading that
while the republicans did not support
the delegate that yet they were re-
EubliCans and were repentant, and
that they be allowed representation
rot based on the delegate vote.
After much discussion by members
o. the committee, Mr Read proposed