Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-11-05
CHAIRMAN WHITES
ACTIVE CAMPAIGN
For theRepublicans
in Santa Fe
County.
YOUNG AND ENERGETIC
To the Front in His Profes-
sion and in Politics.
Biographical Record.

The young men Of New Mexico are
forging TO the front and this is notice
able, especially in Santa Fe County.
Among those who have achieved con
siderable prominence in political and
official circles of late years is David
NJ. White, Of this county. He came
here as a child and has been resi-
dent of lnis city and county since
then, except when east obtaining an
education and for some time engaged
ig Colorado and Idaho and New York
on engineering work, he being a civil
engineer. He is 3S years OF age. He
is highly educated, took a law course
in the law department Of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, and finished a
course in civil engineering at the Rem
selaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy
New York, the foremost engineering
school in the world He graduated
at the latter with honor. After gradua-
tion, for time he was in charge of
construction Of elevated railroads in
the City of New York. From Gothem,
he went to Idaho where he was en-
gineer in charge of the construction
tf important water works and on
wl4clf he spent about one and half
years. Thence he went to Colorado,
where he engaged in the construction
- nd "a and
a half was js.ate engineer in charge
of the coustrln,ion of bridges. He re-
turned to New Mexico in
the fall of 1896 and com
menced the practice OF his pro-
fession here. Six years ago he was
appointed locating agent to fhe Uni
ted States Land Commission and
thereafter irrigation engineer OF The
Territory He furnished the plans Tor
the Don Gaspar Avenue stone bridge
i'm this city. His record proves that
for the past twelve years, he has had
much experience and success in his
chosen profession.
He is considered an authority in ir-
rigation engineering and bridge WORK.
and is otter consulted in such mat
ters. He was consulting engineer on
that celebrated piece of railroad work
from Alamogor1o to Cloudcroft. one OF
the finest and most dlftieuit sections
of railroads tracks, not only in rhe UNI
ted States, but on the globe, Whlle
a resident of Colorado in the early
9Us he took prominent part in poll
tics on the Republican side. tie was
a supporter and friend of the late
U. S. Senator r. O. Wolcott and sup
ported him strongly. He was secre'
tary of the Republican state conven-
ton in 1896. which fact shows that
he was certainly in favor and stood
we'll with the Republican leaders OF
the Centennial State. He did yeomah
service for the Republican party there.
On return TO New Mexico in 1896. he
became actively interested in politics
on the Republican side. He has been
member of the Republican county
and Territorial committees ever since
and has served the Republican party
as county chairman in the 1914 ana
in the present campaign. He is quick,
active and efficient III the performance
of these duties He knows the peo-
pie thoroughly and is very popular
with the voters of his party WIZ
whom he has great influence. In Inc
present campaign. especially. he dld
excellent work both as far as REGARDS
office and campaigning. The county
h as been thoroughly canvassed by the
70. rdidates ann a great deal of vasllaDle
liter ature has reached the voters.
src..a IS does not attend the Republl
can candidates tomorrow, II will be
certainY, not the fault of Mr.. W1lte
a. be n,'s acted segaciously, diplo-
naticallv and at the same time courage
,uslv in All matters entrusted to MN
and Under ms supervision as chair
man. Mr.. Whhe is sanguine that the
Republican part. will be successful
IN tomorrow's contest He has done
his full duty and as the ticket is
good one he is of the opinion that
,epublieans generally will stand by it.
The regular Republican party IN 'h's
county ought to have a ,nornfal aVeiase
majority of 400. To be sure the sltna-
lion is mixed and it is expected tna'
here will be scratching OF BALLOTS. op-
On the whole Mr.. White is very san
yuine of a complete Republic IAN sue
cess.