Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-10-22
NEW TICKET
PLACED IN FIELD
Democrats and In
dependents Fuse
on Nominees.
M|ERA ANOABBOTT |NOORSEO
For the Assembly,. Precursors
Hard Political Campaign
BADLY Mixed.

--.Badly Mixed.
After being in private caucus near.
| .y all Of Saturday afternoon and until
almost 9 O'Clock that evening, while
a committee was in consultation with
a like committee of Independent Re
pubicans, the Democratic county con
vention was finally called to order by
the temporary chairman, Marceino
Garcia at the court house. The COM
mittee on permanent organization
made its report with the result that
the following officers were declared
permanent: Chairman Francisco Del
gado; vice cnairmen, Jose Silva and
Matias Dominguez; Secretary O. c.
Watson and interpreters, A. p. Hill
and Jose Ortiz Y Baca. Committees
then escorted the officers to the stand
where the chairman made a brief talk,
pledging himself to conduct the con.
vention with fairness to all.
Upon motion of Arthur Seligman
which was amended by Judge ]. P.
Victory, the following committee on
resolutions was appointed to confer
with like committee from the 9th,
er party whoever it may be- as to a
proper set of resolutions and to report
at later date Judge y. b. Laugnlin
Charles r. Easley and Marcelino Gar
cia.
The convention then went into ex.
ecutive session which was to have
lasted for fifteen minutes but fully
half an hour elapsed before the dele.
gates filed back into the court room
from the Office of Probate Clerk Mar.
cos Castillo where they had been in
earnest consultation.
Was Wearisome For Spectators.
When the convention was again
ncalled to order number of the
scarce hundred spectators had left
No band had been provided and there
was IA noticeable lack of enthusiasm
Charles f. Easley made motion
which was carried by an unanimous
rising vote, endorsing the nomination
for Delegate TO the Sixtieth Congress
of O. A. I.arrazolo, by the Democratic
Territorial Convention in this city
September 12. There was a slight out
burst of applause as the candidates
name was mentioned but this died ou
as quickly as it began. The work Of
nominating ticket was then taken III
and pushed through in regular cut
and dried form.
e. A. Mera was endorsed for the
Legislative Council from district 6
composed of the counties of Santa Ft
and Sandoval.
r. G. Abbott was endorsed for mem
: ber of the Lower House from the 10tl
Legislative District.
: o. c. Watson was nominated fo
member of the House from the 9tl
Legislative District of the Legislature
, Marcelno Garcia was nominated foI
county commissioner from the frs
district, and A. l. Kendall. of Cerril
! los for district two.
Antonio j. Ortiz, the present sher
iff, was re-nominated as candidate fo
that Office
Marcos Castillo, the present incum
bent was re-nominated for the Office
of probate clerk.
Manuel Delgado was nominated TO
| treasurer and ex-officio collector.
, Charles F. Easley, as has beel
, currently reported for the past week
+. was nominated for the Office of as
/ SCISSOR.
} Jose Segura, editor Of Spanisl
t weekly paper, was nominated fo
5 county superintendent of schools.
John H. Walker was placed in TIL
: field as the candidate for county SUI
: veyor. The executive committee ar
! pointed by the central committee wa
: empowered to select candidate TO
probate Judge and place his name OF
] the ticket.
: The following, two Democrats an
! two Independent Republicans, wer
then nominated as delegates to tn
constitutional convention in the even
r of the passage of the statehood meas
| ure:
9 Judge n. B. Laughlin, Judge Joh
e p Victory, Levi A. Hughes and Jos
g eph Il. Lacome.
e Had to Adopt New Name.
i, The convention being in no wa
l. Democratic, it then became necessar
/ for the selection of name unde
r which the candidates could grou
b themselves for the campaign. As wi
i be seen, the Independent Republican
l. placed their men in the most impor
y ant positions on the ticket. The ma
ter was finally settled by dubbing tn
n combine" The Democratic lndepent
e ent Republican Ticket with the Goa
of arms of the Territory of Ne'
Mexico as its emblem. BY this tim
s even some of the delegates had TO
: lowed the wearied spectators out {
l. doors.
J. Judge N. B. Laughlin read resol,
n ton before the convention which h
n explained vas not for adoption br
# which he simply wished referred t
e the committee on resolutions for a.
n ton. 1t advocated the nomination {
e candidates at the primary election
and asked that the Legislative Assem-
bly, of New Mexico be urged to pas
d a law making such requirement ne