Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-11-30

/ eint tHey Woulu WoFh hedTt ana sou
for statehood for New Mexico.
Permanent organization was ther
effected by electing w. S, Hopewell
president; f. G, Abbott, George L.
Brooks, ]. A. Mahoney, jefferson Ray.
nolds, G. A. Richardson and II. H. Ma.
jorts, Vice Presidents; secretaries j,
M. Hervey and r. l.. Baea; Interpreter
j. D. Sena. Messrs. Elfego Baca and
W, B. Bunker were appointed to es.
cort the officers to their positions.
Chairman Hopewell made brief
but telling and optimistic address, the
kernel of which was an expression In
favor Of individualism as against too
much paternalism.
The following is the Ways and
Means committee, named one member
from each county; C. v. Stafford, Mala.
quias Martinez, f. w. Clancy, Carlos
Baca, Alexandra Sandoval, H. w. Kel.
ly, A. M. Bergere, H. 0. Bursum, T. D.
Burns, ]. NJ Webster, ]. L. Lawson
Nicolas Gales, G. w. Prichard, A. j.
Street, W. 0. Oldham, w. S. Prayer
A. N. Pratt, Gregory Page, John
March, N F. Gallegos, w. B. Walton
A. W. Pollard, ]. X. Hunt, Frank Roy,
M. c. de Baca.
Considerable debate and good.na.
tured chatting took pace over a mo
tion Of T. N Wilkerson to authorize
each member of the ways and means
to appoint five others fol
each county to assist In securing fin
ancial support and so as to make each
county committee non-partisan, Judge
A. l.. Morrison insisted upon the non
partisan Idea even to the smallest de. |
tall. I'VE want to go to Congress to
show that there is only one party in |
Congress and that statehood party!"
Governor Curry made an effective
plea for real non-partisanship that
1oes not ask whether this officer O, |
that committee member Is a Republ |
can or Democrat, but rather that he
IS the best and the fittest man for the
work assigned His remarks were
with tremendous applause.
Elfego Baca, NJ. c. de Baca, Charles w.
J. Ward, Las Vegas lawyer and news.
paper man; W. B. Childers, I'll
Wilkerson and others took part In
he debate on this question.
The motion with amendments was
aid on the table.
The committee on resolutions then
'eported as follows:
Whereas, the people of New Mex.
co have been chatting under terri.
orial form Of government for more
han half a century; and
Whereas, Such form of govern,
nent has become untolerable; and,
Whereas, 1t is believed that the
American people are inherently in ia.
Tor of home rule and are unwilling to
lave 400 900 legal. intelligent and en-
srgetic citizens of the United States
governed as mere subjects: Now,
BE Is resolved, by this convention
hat the Congress of the United
States be, and Is hereby petitioned to
,ass an enabling act permitting the
Territory Of New Mexico to form a
tate government, and,
"Be it resolved, that representa-.
i've committee be appointed by the
GOVERNOR of the Territory and the
chairman Of the convention whose du
y 1t shall be to present our cause to
he National Congress and request,
'eg, pray and demand that New Mex
co be forthwith admitted to state
lood."
This was adopted unanimously
mid cheers. The committee on resolu
ions then offered resolution pro
riding for the appointment Of non
PARTISAN finance committee of ten
The resolution was withdrawn, owing
o the previous appointment of
Ways and means committee.
Governor Curry invited all the dele
,ates to come to the reception tonight
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