Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-09-13


Z. G. de Baca Speaks For Spanish
| M People and Press.
=. G. de Baca, editor of La voz del
Pueblo, made a strong address in
Spanish In favor of joint statehood,
OF commanding personality and Incl
siye in thought as we'll as eloquent,
he said that he had joined the Demo
cratic party because of Its record for
honesty and consistency. Because Of
the Silver City resolution by the
Democratic Territorial Convention
three years ago, he had through his
newspaper week after week, advocat.
cd Joint statehood to it's ten thousand
readers, and he knew that the
Mexican people now favor 1t.
Texas Annexationist Speaks.
U. s. Bateman, who has been lately
brought into public notice by his pro-
ject to annex the Pecos Valley to
Texas said that the Republican
party and leaders of New Mex.
clio had never favored any
kind Of statehood, that 1t has been In
control Of the Offices and has been
gathering the tithes upon which it has
grown fat and arrogant and that
statehood would mean to it the loss
of these spoils. Republican voters
are too we'll drilled to vote, even If
In favor of separate statehood, for a
Democratic candidate upon such
platform. On the other side, Demo
cratic voters are not carried in the
pocket of any boss as are so many Re.
publican voters. He did not believe
that the party would catch a single
vote by declaring for separate state
hood. He declared that the Democrat
ic party was always in favor of single
statehood, in fact, is the original, con-
sistent single statehood party and
maintained its stand until it was evil
dent that single statehood was out of
the question.
]. D. l.. A. Carillo Of Santa Fe, at the
conclusion Of the debate asserted that
he knew that rs per cent of the voters
of Arizona are against joint statehood.
Vote 144-22 in Favor Of Joint State.
hood.
A vote was taken vive voce on a
motion to table the minority amend
ment to the resolutions and it sound
ed so evenly that division was asked
and each county was called. The re-
suit was 144 votes In favor of joint
statehood, % against joint statehood
and 10 the delegates from Eddy,
Roosevelt and Valencia Counties, not
voting, not being represented in the
convention. The vote against joint
statehood was as follows:
Colfax County, nine votes; Santa
Fe, six votes; Quay, three votes;
Union,. Torrance, Socorro and Luna
each one vote. After Chairman
Charles F. Easley of the Santa Fe
delegation had announced that the vote
of Santa Fe was seven for and five
against joint statehood, a poll was de-
manded by Delegate Renehan, which
resulted in Delegate Arthur Seligman
changing his vote in favor of joint
statehood to a vote against joint state
hood. Delegate Victory protested, as
serting that the delegation had been
elected as a joint statehood delega-
ton, but nevertheless the votes Of the
following were recorded against joint
statehood: Arthur Seligman, J. D. L.
A. Carrillo, A. B. Renehan, Jose Ines
Roybal, Ramon Sandoval and Justini-
ano Lebya. J. G. Fitch was tue Socorro
County delegate who voted against
joint statehood, and Seferino Martin
ez cast the Colfax proxies against
joint statehood, however, not being
regular delegate and being authorized
by the convention merely to represent
Colfax County in the convention.
Into Secret Caucus.
The next order of business was de-
clared to be the nomination for Dele
gate to Congress.
When O. N. Marion arose, tension
was at it's height for every one expect
ed he would name the candidate who
had been agreed upon as a sacrifice,
He fervently denied the statement re-
peatedly made on the floor of the
convention that the nomination had
gone begging and asserted that there
are a number of worthy and able
leaders not only willing but anxious
to take the nomination on a joint
statehood platform.
Those who expected that he would
name one of these anxious candidates
were disappointed, for motion to go
into caucus to discover such willing
sacrifice carried. At first 1t was pro-
posed to adjourn to the legislative
council chamber but there the lights
could not be turned on. Some one
suggested adjournment to the base
ment, there to look for a candidate
with a lantern, but finally comfort
able assembly chamber was found in
the Supreme Court room. 1t was an
interesting session and eloquence Of
a vehement nature was on tap for four
long hours. o. N. Marion, G. F. Eas
ley, E. v. Chavez, W. B. Walton, A.
Joseph, U. s. Bateman, e. c. de Baca,
Rafael Romero and others were urged
and begged to accept the nomination
but each gracefully and automatically
declined, some of them with more spir.
it even than the occasion demanded.
1t was evident that O. N. Marron of
Albuquerque, was favorite, no doubt
in view Of his reputed financial abili-
ty to carry on campaign on his
own hook, but he could not be fiat
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