Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-09-30

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porary roll. The opposing delega-
ton will then be heard"
w. B. Childers then announced that
he appeared for the Hubbell delega-
ton. He was proceeding when G. W.
Prichard of Lincoln moved that the
time of each delegation be limited to
three quarters of an hour. Secundino
Romero of San Miguel county moved
to give an hour and a half to each
side. He said the delegates should
stay in Las Vegas until Monday.
There was objection and Colonel
Prichards motion was carried.
Mr.. Childers then proceeded.
The Hubbell Case.
Mr.. Childers said the convention
in Elks' theater had been regularly
called by the chairman of the county
committee; that 1t was regular in ev-
cry way.
He said he had the call but that
unfortunately Ii was In Spanish. Mr..
Childers did not read the call. but ex-
piained that in the county precincts
the primaries were regularly held.
He dwelt at length on the fact that
in precincts IL and 26, Albuquerque,
the primaries were held in large halls
and after due notice. He did not re-
chos de Atrisco or to any of the coun-
try precincts, where no notice was
given.
Mr.. Childers then said the contests
had been regularly considered and de-
cided and that the delegates returned
were placed in regular form before
the. cQmDiittee.e. He declared that the
Hubbell delegation should be seated
Non prima facie evidence He then said
he would take up the contests, pre-
cnct by precinct. But suddenly he
changed his mind and said that after
consultation he would not go into the
contests, but would rest on his prima
facie case. He said he desired to see
what the other side would say.
Mr.. Clancy Presents the Case.
eve claim that we elected and did
elect" said Mr.. Clancy, in beginning,
"a majority of the delegates to the
county convention. and we were de-
prived of representation to which we
were justly entitled" He then went
into the nature of the call, explaining
that but one other such call had ever
been issued: and that in 1892 when
Hubbell, filled with virtuous indigna-
ton, had fought bitterly against such
a call and had beat it before the peo-
pie.
Mr.. Clancy then showed that no
time or place were fixed in the call
for the country precinct primaries.
He showed the wild irregularity of
the call, and showed plainly how the
primaries had been conducted by
Hubbell.
Mr.. Clancy then went into the pro-
ceedings in the various precincts.
In precinct No. 35. he explained a
place was named by the precinct
chairman and afterward changed, to
prevent the voters attending
In San Jose. No. 1, he showed that
although but half an hours notice
had been given, the Hubbell faction
was beaten 81 to 13. Yet" said Mr..
Clancy. "and although no other prl-
mary was held. the four Hubbell
delegates from this precinct were seat
ed in the convention"
In precinct No. an affidavit was
read showing that no notice of the
primary had been given and another
to the effect that the precinct chair
man deliberately misled the voters AS
to the time and place of the primary.
In precinct No. no notice was
given and no notice having been
given, the voters were forced to hold
another primary.
In precinct No. 5, Barelas, Mr.
Clancy showed that Eslavlo Vigil, the
Hubbell precinct chairman had re-
fused to give any notice, that the
primary was held secretly In the rear
of saloon owned by Vigil, and with
out any knowledge by the voters that
such primary was to be held.
Two days later" said Mr.. Clancy,
"a notice was posted on a conven-
tent telephone pole"
In precinct No. Mr.. Clancy
showed that a call had been posted,
but no time or place had. been
named.
The overwhelming majority in Old
Albuquerque was clearly shown;
along with the effort of the Hub
bell chairman to hold his seat "and
YETI said Mr.. Clancy "the two del
egations were given half vote each
I'm the convention"
He showed the seating of half Of
each delegation to be an admission
of wrong by the Hubbell following.
Mr.. Clancy showed affidavlts to
prove that ninety-nlne people not
residents of the precinct took part
In precinct 26, Albuquerque, On the
Hubbell side; and affldavits giving
the names of slxty-six of these nom
residents who were present.
Thus from precinct to precinct Mr..
Clancy showed how the primaries
had been stolen. IL was clear
concise and business4llke statement
of the theft of the primaries, which
was absolutely convincing. Members
of the committee smiled as they
heard the evidence. II was a pres
entatlon of Hubbell methods in theiI
most picturesque form. The refusal
of the ballot the use OF the gag
/ were shown. The presentation wal
convincing. It showed that fraud
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