The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-12
The Republican ConvfFon.

| Last Saturday at Aztec occurred
one Of the most remarkable conven.
tions ever held by the Republicans oi
san Juan county Believing shat a
faction supporting Granville Pendle-
ton was attempting to force his nomi-
nation upon the party contrary to the
wishes OF the majority, number of
men who will be named hereafter
Joined forces to get a fair deal and
drive machine politics and rotten
political practices from the Republi-
can rank Of this county for the pres
ent, at least.
! The matters leading up to the out
burst Of last Saturday are of several
years standing. The immediate
causes were several. At Pennington
the Pendleton faction attempted with
the aid Of the county central commit
eeeha rman tounseat George Griffin,
the regularly elected precinct COM
initteeman, and ignoring his primary
cal held second primary. W. w.
McilWensigue1 the credentials of the
Cold Stcrageites as committeeman.
The Griffin, orregular deleg tas, were:
Al Dustin, G. N. Norton, A. N. Ed
wards, J. Allen Johnson, Geo. Griffin
A. z. Stump, H. 0. Willis, r. IT.
Woods, w. e. .Pyne, c. w. White
At Bloomfield the Pendleton chair
man, John Tenay, followed by nine
boilers, left the regular primary and
selected boiling delegation.
At Blauco the Pendleton for es
were defeated in fair primary and
j. SiXto Baca, committeeman, signed
the creden-ialso of the delegates. Later,
he also signed credentials for set of
Pendleton delegates.
The excuse given for unseating
George Griffin was chat he nc longer
resided in this county, it being alleg-
ed he had removed to Silverton. 1t
is a mat er of common knowledge
that Mr.. CIR fin is resident of Farm
ington, has business interests there.
pays moro taxes than jhree-fourths of
the opposition and has never left the
county for mo g than two months al
time.
All these things came swiftly npon
each others heels and ground into
,he Pendleton oppoi ition a deep-seat-
ed spirit Of resentment. They enter
ID the convention hall with a d ter
mination only exceeded by the;r grit
srd muscle.
lsi .r'-,l--.. sr..5.t .sf 49,. ~ ,..t
thFeourt house, having been detain-
ed ySfSmeetingof of Pendleton's S forces
Fin Green's hall, where a plan had
been decided upon which would carry
the day. Shortly after 2 o'clock, the
appointed hour, George Griffin arose,
and in the capacity Of central com
mitteeman called the convention to
order. M. B. Scott was elected tenn
porary chairman and Eldridge George
temporary secretary. A committee
on credentials was appointed. Al
this point the Pendleton forces ariv-
/
ed. Mr.. Tinker atonce took the plat
form and Will Evans acted as secre-
tary. The -ition waited develop
ments. IT. Ouentials of delegates
were called for and the temporary
roll made up by Mr.. Tinker and Mr..
Evans. On this roll the McEw u del
egates from Pennington, the boiling
delegation of Tenny from Bloomfield
and the second set of delegates from
Blapco were recognized. Then the
trouble started.
The Harrington delegates headed
by Griffin, Edwards and Dustin at
once demanded fair deal, which Mr..
Tinker promised them. The Aztec
delegation, The Blanco delegation
headed by Jay Turley, the Cedar Hill
Pine River, Largo and Bloomfield
delegates backed Pennington to a
man and for two hours occurred d re-
markable scene. Judge Pendleton,
Jimmy Fay, Cold Storage Staplin and
other gangsters attempted to get
George Tinker to rule in the Tenny
and MeEwen delegations,
On the other hand A. NJ. Edwards,
Jay Turley, George Griffin, Al Dustin
and their sturdy supporters demand
ed roll call with all oontesting dele
cations left out. Mr. Tinker stood
out for two hours, and against he
orders # Boss Pendleton finally ruled
contestants out and the roll was call
ed on motion to adjourn by the
Pendleton crowd Amid intense sill
ence each delegate voted as his name
was called and as the Pendleton op.
position gained the majority a mighty
shout went up.
The opposition at once elected NJ,
B, Scott temporary chairman, Ed
ridge George temporary secretary
selected committee on credentials
seated the Griffin, anti-Tenny anC
legally elected Blanco delegations
appointed a resolutions eommitte,
and adjourned to p. M.
Upon reconyening the resolutions
committee reported as follows, thu
convention adopting the report un
animously:
RESOLUTIONS.
We tHe Republican party Of Sar
Juan county in convention assemble
at Aztec, NM, the 9th day of Oct
A. d. 1906, again afllrms ks faith il
Republican principles and policies
we heartily indorse the wisdom an(