Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-09-13
Recess at 1870 This Morning
After Three Hours in Des-
perate Effort to Find a Can-
didate.
NOBODY WANTS JOB OF
RUNNING FOR DELEGATE
Santa Fe Convention Endorses
Joint Statehood and Voices
Approval Of Hagerman's
Stand for Clean Government
Special to the Morning Journal.


Santa Fe, N NJ. (Thursday), Sept.
13.-At half past one o'clock this
morning the democratic territorial
convention, weary and sleepy and
apparently dsgusted with life and
their fellow men. took a recess until
10 o'clock this morning, after having
been in secret caucus as a committee
of the whole, since 10:30 last night in
an effort to get candidate for the
nomination for delegate to congress.
The names of a dozen men, and the
men themselves, were before the con-
Ventlon during the three hours of Sc
cret session. One after another, for
one reason or another they refused
fatty and finally to take the nomina-
ton. Among these were A. B. Rene
han. Charles F. Easeley, o. N. Mar
ron, A. A. Jones and half a dozen
equally prominent democrats who had
been mentioned during the day in con-
nectiOn with the nomination. 1t be-
came evident early in the convention
that II would be difficult to find a
candidate. Several men expressed a
willingness to run. without the neces-
sity of standing on joint statehood
platform, but the joint statehood
plank went into the platform by such
large majority that there was no
From the time the resolutions were
adopted at half past ten, when the
caucus began until the hour of ad-
1ournment, II was long. though not
very still" hunt for a man for the
job.
Finally as the hands of the clock
in the house of representatives cham
ber, wound u3 for the occasion after
nearly two years of idleness, pointed
tT h.n1 CT >, 49,
month, the delegates threw up their
hands in disgust and decided to call
it days work. An adjournment was
taken until 10 O'Clock this morning,
but as the members of the convention
filed down the hill to bed the predic-
ton was freely expressed that no
candidate would be found tomorrow
and that the selection Of a candidate
would finally be left in the hands of
the new central committee.
Rafael Romero OF Mora county
Hon. Antonio Joseph of Ojo Caliente,
IT, S. Bateman of Roswell. a dozen
other men, have been urged to take
the nomination. They would have
none OF il.
But If the convention was uncer-
tain, slow and unfortunate in the mat
ter of a nomination for delegate to
congress, 1t was not hesitatlng in its
adoption of resolutions and a plat
form. This followed the recess after
permanent organization had been eff
fected. with Hon. U. S. Bateman of
Roswell as permanent chairman.
The Resolutions.
The committee on resolutions, af-
ter having been in session for the
greater part of the afternoon, was not
ready to report until S:45 O'Clock to-
night, when the night session was
called to order. The report was read
by Chairman Crist.
The report reaffrms allegiance to
the democratic party. declares fatty
in favor of joint statehood. condemns
the fee system for payment of county
officials and excessive county office
salaries, and favors salary basis
for all county officers.
Bryan Is Given Hearty Endorsement.
THE present election law Is con-
demned and the resolutions censure
the thirty-sixth legislative assembly
for It's appropriation of money for
which 1t has failed to make any ac-
count to the people
The course os Governor Hagerman
is heartily approved and especial COM
mendatiOn is given to. his action in
causing an investigation into territor-
ial affairs and he is asked to investi-
The governors action in redistrlctlng
the territory is approved, but the res
Olutions assert that the redistrcting
does not go far enough.
The resolutions further condemn
the national forest policy I'm charging
"exOrbltant fees for grazing" demand
home rule for the territory, condemn
the present system of but one clerk
for each judicial district. condemn
the padding of registration lists and
election returns and the coercion OF
worltmen by their employers In polit-
ical matters.
opposition to Statehood.
A minority report on the question
of Joint statehood was submitted by
A. B. Renehan who submitted an an
ti-joint statehood plank which he sup
ported in a ringing speech.
Messrs. Christ, Kuchenbecker, Vic-
tory, Baca and Bateman addressed the
convention in the course of the state
hood debate, which for a time assum-
ed the proportions of a lively fight. 1t
was evident from the first. however,
that the pro-statehood forces were
overwhelmingly in the majority and
when the vote came the anti-state-
hood resolution was rejected by a vote
of 144 TO 20.
The resolutions were then adopted
as reported by the committee.
The New Territorial Committee.
on motion of Marion, of Bernallllo
the convention then approved the fol-
lowing as the Incoming democratic
territorial committee:
Bernalillo--D. II. earns, Frank II
Moore.
chaves--James W. Poe and A
Cotfav-4M M Satazar ana CaorQe