Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-10-05
THE REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION


elected temporary chairman. The
usual committees were appointed and
a recess taken. The committee on
credentials had q contest from Ber-
nalillo county, and finally admitted
the Hubbel contingent, which action
the convention subsequently adopted.
After the recess G. a. Spices was
elected permanent chairman. The
committees made the usual reports.
The platform endorsed the admins
tration Of Governor agerman; thank
ed Delegate Andrews for the good
work he had done; thanked Chairman
Bursum for the way he had conduct
ed the business of the party; endorsed
action of congress in passing the
statehood bill, and favored the ac-
ceptance Of the bill and becoming a
state; declared that If statehood was
beaten in Arizona that the New Mex
leo representatives should meet and
form a constitution; urged that the
next legislature pass a law regulating
primary elections, also a law reducing
the fees Of public officers, and where
possible putting them on a salary
basis, the appointment of a commits
sion to make a thorough revision of
the territorial laws, and asked for the
appointment of a supreme court for
both territories, the members of
which should not be the trial judges
of the district courts.
A minority report was made which
endorsed all of the platform excepting
the statehood resolution, and declared
that statehood was not a party ques-
tion, and it should be left to the de-
cision of the individual voter.
The only scrap in the convention
was over the adoption of the minority
report. General Pritchard and T. B.
Catron argued in favor Of the amend
ed report, and Mr.. Cateron made a
bitter appeal to raceSperjudice. w. B.
Childers, @. Reid and W. e. Martin
spoke against it, and in favor ofstate-
hood. The matter was finally brought
to a vote, and statehood was endorsed
by a vote of 100 to 46. The Grant
county delegation voted solidly in
favor of statehood.
Then came the business of the on
vention, the nomination. of a delegate.
w. b. Childers presented the name of
w. H. Andrews, and it was seconded
by many other delegates. No other
name was presented, and he was no.
minated by reclamation.
The delegates from the various
southern counties got together and
nominated candidates for the legis-
lature. w. d. Murray, of Silver City
was nominated as a candidate for the
council for the tenth district, consist
ing of Grant, Dona Ana and Luna
counties. II. II. Belts, of Silver City,
was nominated for the house from the
fifteenth district, consisting of Grant
and Luna counties. Frank w. Beach,
of Orogrande was nominated for the
house from the seventeenth district,
consisting of Grant, Luna, Dona Ana
and Otero counties.
For the territorial committee Grant
county selected w. H. Newcomb and
W. d. Murray. The committee or
ganized and elected H. o. Bursum as
chairman.
Ever since Luna county was organ
lied it has been run by a small but
perfect ring, commonly called Tam
many, because it was a democratic
ring. The democrats who were not
in the ring we're sore, because they
were not recognized, and the republic
cans were sore, because they we're not
in it. The ring won because it could
carry the primaries in Deming, thus
electing a majority Of the county con-
ventions. With the control of the
conventions in their hands they were
able to- control the county. The re-
gular primary to elect delegates to
the county convention to be held next
Saturday night put the ring out Of
business. About half the republicans
In town attended the primary, n
took part in the proceedings. Objec-
lions were made to their having a
hand in the primary, because they
were republicans. They explained
that they had been converted, and
were now democrats. They could not
be barred out, and an anti-Tammany
delegation was selected to attend the
convention. Chief Mahoney is said
to be feeling sore over the result, but
he has many things up his sleeve, and
it would not be surprising if he won
out.
Last Thursday night burglars at
tackled the back end of the Roberts s.
Leahy mercantile company's store,
but the iron shutters on the windows
proved to be burglar proof. 1t is
probable that they made so much
noise on the iron shutters that they
scared themselves away. The same
night some one came up on the porch
in the rear of the ~postofice, and
Wbafbar H. was n burglar or some