Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-24
Charles A. Spies and James S. Duncan Tor Council. B.
c. Lynch Rogue Herena and Filemon Sanehes for
Representatives Sena for Clerk. NJ. A. Sanchez
for Assessor Alarcon for Probate Judge Pohio
CalIegos for Superintendent and Martinez and Robal
for Commissioners.

The tast that every precinct en-
eepI one in San Miguel county Was
fully represented at the convention
YESTERDAY slsaks volumes for the in
terest that Was taken In the coming
election bs the San Miguel republic
ans All day long aud until far in
to The night the big assembly room
WAS filled slih an enthusiastic
thrnng. II wnn SO this morning
when The convention broke up There
were warm contests for the majority
nf III" placrs aud II waS Frequently
necessary 10 take several halI"ts tn
decide. The winner but in every In.
stance the defeated candidates has,
tened TO no.e the election Of their
successful rivals by arciamation and
give assurance 0f their continued
support OF the party. Never has Il
larger and more enthusiastic tUnven.
ton been held In the count, and
never have republican prospects look.
I'D brighter.
Ticket Nominated
Very so0n after the convention
vas called Ia order last night, nomin-
atiOns were called for. Chas. A.
Spiess was placed In nomination for
the council to represent San Miguel
county In an able speech by placldb
Sandoval.
The nomination was seconded aud
made by acclamation.
4 T. Rogers, Jr.. in nominating
Hun. Jas &. Duncan for the council
district composed of San Miguel,
Quay and Guadalupe counties. gave
the gentleman the strongest possible
endorsement His nomination by nc
cl;. nation followed. 3. r. Davis. Jr..
.inaueutly placed In nomination Don
EugeniO Romero for treasurer and ox-
officio collector. aud the convention
voted to nominate
the republican leader by reclamation
The first contest came with III"
nomination for probate CLERK. ID. J.
.eahy abi. championed the claims Of
4 A Scna. Ignacio Lopez vas also
ably presented as q candidate. There
was much excitement during the bal
lot. Seua had slight lead ill pre-
cinct oa was reached Then when F.
O Blood pumped In - votes for MIR.
Spna, the convention went wild Mi.
opez al once took the platform and
gracefully withdrew. asking that Mr..
:;ena be nominated by acclamation.
For the 80 precincts. which voted be-
fore Mr.. Lopez withdrew. the ballot
Stmnl los for Sena; d. for Lopez.
For probate judge, a strong plea
was made for the present incumbent
Jose G. Alarcon 'by Chas. W. &
Ward. Victor l.uccro was eloquent
N nominated by placido Sandoval.
Ciriciaco Ortiz and Pedro Dominguez
were nominated but Withdrew after
the first ballot. The second ballot
gave Alarcon l19; Lucero. -. Mr.
l.ucero moved the nomination oI
Alarcon by acclamation.
For assessor. D. Castellano nomn'
ated T.. H. Salazar. Chas. W. G. Ward
n minated N A. Sanchez and ChaS.
A. Spiess snominated Ramon Gale
yt,s On the first ballot Precinct 2a
divided its strength between Mr.
Sanchez and Mr.. Gallegos. On the
second hailot Mr.. Galleg0s Withdrew "
and almost all OF Precinct 90 vote
went 10 Sanchez. winning him fhe
nomination by vote of l12 for San
chez and SO for Salazar.
The twenty ninth precinct. by com
mon consent, was given one member
az the house, and as there we're nn
candidates against B. G. Lynch for
representative. he was nominated hF
acrIanlation The contest was
sniritcd one between the candidates
cf the other precincts Of the county
The candidates for the honor OF r"
presenting San Miguel county at San
tn Fc as representative were Ra
fnel l.ucero. Florentino Montoya, fil'
i,non Sanchez Zacarias Valdez and
Rogue Herrera Mr.. Herrera was
nominated on the first ballot for one
Of the three representatives and =
contest then lay between the other
candidates for the third. Rafael i.u
crro and Zacarias Valdez withdrew
leaving the rare between FIorentin0
Montoya and Filimon Sanchez. The
former received sixty-fivc votes and
the latter ninetv-two, and Mr. San
chez was declared the third nominee
There were three candidates for