Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-18

ported as follows and the report was
adopted as read:
Resolutions.
We, the Republicans of Bernalillo |
county, i'm convention assembled. do |
hereby reafhrm our allegiance TO the
national Republican party.
We recognize i'm President Roose-
welt one of the greatest presidents the
American people have ever had. We
agree i'm his policies and endorse the
candidacy Of Hon. William IL. TAFT
for the office of president of the Unit
ed States and hereby pledge our dele
gates at the territorial convention to
be held at Silver city. y. M, to use
every effort to secure the selection of
six delegates to the national conven-
tion who will work for and use every
lawful means to bring about the nom
ination of Hon. william IL. Taft for
the presidency.
We hereby approve of the admins
tration of Governor Curry of New
Mexico and congratulate the people
of the territory upon the fact that
they have i'm Governor Curry a man
who represents the plain people, a
man who knows the people of the
territory personally and is alive to
their wants and who will work inde-
| fatigably to secure their desires.
We endorse the work of Delegate
Andrews In the Congress of the Unit
edsS States in behalf of the territory of
New Mexico, and thank him for his
| work and the great good he has done
| the territory and its people. We rec
ognize in Delegate Andrews one of
| the most influential. active, straight
| forward and useful delegates tnat
| New Mexico has ever sent to Congress
in all its history and in this we but
voice the sentiments of the RepubIi-
can party of New Mexico and of the
| majority of its people in general.
We endorse his work in behalf OF
the old soldiers of New Mexico who
| recognize in him one of the strongest
/ friends they have ever had in Wash
ington from this territory, and who
has accomplished more for them than
any delegate this territory has ever
| had.
We heartily endorse the work he
has done in securing for the city of
| Albuquerque the appropriation of
! 100000 for a handsome federal
building, work on which is now under
way.
Especially do we approve and en-
| dorse the work Delegate Andrews is
| now doing In an effort to secure an
appropriation for the National Irriga-
tion congress, which will meet in this
| city during the fall of the present
year.
We endorse the patriotic and pub
| lic-spirited work Of the people of New
| Mexico in bringing to New Mexico
| and in providing for the entertain
ment of the National Irrigation con-
gress. Especially do we endorse and
commend the work OF the board of
control of the National Irrigation
congress, its chairman, Hon. w. S.
| Hopewell, and its secretary, Hon.
Ralph e. Twitchell and the public
spirited manner in which they are
| devoting their time and money to
make this great congress a grand sue
cess and a credit TO the territory of
| New Mexico. We express the firm
belief that the congress will be the
ligreatest advertisement and do the
most good for this territory of any
thing heretofore attempted in the
work of building up and developing
our great resources, and we pledge
our support and assistance i'm making
the congress the success to which its
Importance entities it,
| We favor statehood for New Mex
leo, under its present boundaries and
name, knowing that we are entitled to
admission through population. wealth
and good citizenship, and assure the
Congress of the nation and its people
that the state of New Mexico will
form one of the greatest, wealthest
and most loyal commemorative of
this Union.
The committee on delegates then
reported and the delegates as selected
by the committee were chosen ny the
convention to attend the convention in
Silver City.
| The convention instructed the dele
gates to cast their votes as a unit on
all matters coming before them at
the Silver City convention.
w. F. Brogan made a motion to the
effect that the delegates. in addition
to the resolutions endorsing Taft for
president, be instructed by the con-
vention to work for delegates to the
national covention who would sup
port the Taft candidacy first last and
all the time. This motion prevailed
by unanimous vote.
The convention then adjourned
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