Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-03-20

DELEGATES NAMED AT
PRIMARIES LAST NIGHT


Enthusiastic, daring. careless OF
consequences, delightful in their fear
/ lessness Of what the future holds, the
democrats of Albuquerque last night.
disregarding the sage counsels of the
sober minded among them. threw
caution To the four winds and deter
mined to have a platform and to run
| a Ticket Ia the campaign which wiz
terminate in The municipal election
GA Auwl 1th
An OF most of it happened at
meeting OF the Democratic club, re-
Gently organized the meeting last
night being held in The armory some
two hundred of the faithful attend
ing Nest OF them came from the
primaries IN the four wards which
were held early in the evening to
nominate delegates to the city con-
yention TO be held in Elks theater to-
morrow evening,
The delegates and citizens came
trYn ihe primaries filled with en-
thu9iasm and the utter recklessness
WITH which the unterrined proceeded
e. overlook advice ana wander into
thp mazes OF "a city election was in
Spifing II may have been an en-
tau iasm born at the close proxlm-
ttE ol ST. Patrlcks day, 1t may have
been merely a determination ju&t to
sh0W The wise In counsel where to get
off when the war spirit Is abroad;
whatever IL was the result was an in
spbng meeting which resolved itself
into an enforced discussion Of the in
itiatiye and referendum and wound
up n sttl hunt for candidates.
When The delegates and others had
all wandered M from the ward pri-
mnirs aad he benches around the
Natls Wcru nlled, President Summers
Hu khart OF the new Democratic
club called The meeting to order.
ThCrc had been scattering calls for
n. y, chavez, Neill y, Field, H. B
FERGUSON O. NJ Marion and other
taN1ritos among the democratic ora
tors but Chairman Burkhart asked
Wht thpr the mCclin" desired first to
hear speech maxine or 10 hear
platform which Tire executive com
mltJce hod framed up (perhaps II
would better be said adjusted) for
pr, cntatton TO the city convention
saturday night with the compliments
OF lhc club The meeting voted that
IL would hear the platform first
Fefore reading The platform Chair
man Burkhart announced the eNecu-
tive committee OF the club, which he
was authorized TO appoint some time
ago when the club was organized.
The committee as ratified by the club
last night is as follows:
j A. Johnson
NJ B, Field
II b. FERGUSON.
sam Noustadt
John BeaVen.
John Bonnell,
John Connolly.
O N Marion.
a b McMillen.
The executive committee having
been nominated Chairman Burkhart
proccoded to read the platform and
Iust about this time the fun began,
me platform is quite long. II is
given in fun below. The platform de-
votes itself chiefly to an attempt to
and out why the city council repealed
the sewer bond ordinance and passed
another deciding to call for expert
opinion on the sewer plans before
submitting the question to the peo-
pie, ana for which repeal the three
members OF the council
voted enthusiastically at the meeting
Monday night Aside from the eff
fort to make an issue for election pnr-
poses out Of the sewer question thr
platform does not appear to contain
anything very startling, unless IL pe
.Hr ulausn referring To high license.
rhis clause is two lines long and says
Id very very quickly Democratic
members Of the city council VINO Nnl-
I'd against high license and VINO were
present at the meeting last night, dis
alaytI no wild enthusiasm as the very
.nolr plank was adopted But to re-
urn to the Fray or perhaps the frac-
t4. chairman Burkhart had Just nm
shed reading the platform, which,
lnaar his 8killful Interpretation was
making q most satisfactory impress
ion. when there broke from the rear
II the han demand for the chair
mans attention It was an lmpera-