Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-07-25
Col. E. W. DObSOn to Repre-.
sent the Regulars and AL.
fred GrunSfeld the
Independents
GOVERNOR WILL NOW
NAME THIRD MEMBER
Prospects for Harmony In Berna,
lilo County Good Commission
viii Take Complete Charge
of Primaries and Minority
Vote Will Rule

Socorro, N. M, July 25.-(Special
Col. E. w. Dobson and Alfred
Grunsfeld were the names selected by
| H. o. Bursum, chairman of the ter
ritorial central committee, yesterday.
to represent the regulars and the in
dependents on the primary commits
sion which will have charge of the
Republican primaries in Bernalillo
county.
A third member of the commission
Is to be named by Governor George
Curry.
Mr.. Bursum selected the two above
named from a list of five sent him by
each side for that purpose In compli-
ance with the resolution adopted by
the Republican executive committee
at a recent session in Albuquerque.
81 believe that the two gentlemen
named will prove acceptable to each
side" said Chairman Bursum, "and
l think they possess the qualificatio
necessary to insure fair play at the
primaries, which Is all that any of US
desire. / do not know when the gov
ernor viii announce his appointment
and 1 have absolutely no knowledge
as to who he will appoint. l sincerely
desire to see harmony restored In
Bernalillo county and l hope that
such will be the result of the coming
primaries and convention"
Mr. Bursum announced the ap-
pointments in the following public
statement:
Socorro, July "a, 1908.
Whereas, the executive committee
of the territorial Republican central
committee did, on the 10th day of
July, 1908, at Albuquerque, then and
there in session, pass the following
resolution, to wit:
BE it resolved, that a committee of
three electors shall be appointed, in
the manner hereinafter provided, who
shall meet and elect from their num-
bers a chairman, a secretary and a
treasurer, adopt rules governing the
primaries and convention of the Re-
publican party of Bernalillo county,
and appoint precinc chairmen for
the holding of primaries, and said
committee of three shall constitute the
regular and organized central COM
mittee of the said Republican party
of said Bernalillo county for the pur-
pose of calling primaries and conduct
ing the next Republican convention of
Bernalillo county.
AT the first general county con-
ventlon provisions shall be made for
the election of county central COM
mittee, and when such county central
committee is so organized the powers
and duties of the committee hereby
annpintad naasn and
THAT two of such three electors
shall be selected by the chairman of
said territorial central committee
by the regular and Independent fac
tiOns of the said Republican party Of
said Bernalillo county, one of such
electors to be selected from the said
regular faction and the other from
the said Independent faction, and
such lists shall be presented to the
chairman of the territorial Republican
central committee on or before July
II, 1908, and in default thereof said
chairman shall select a suitable per-
son for the said defaulting faction;
the third of said electors shall be
named by the governor of the terri
tory of New Mexico"
therefore !, the Undersigned, as
chairman of the territorial Republi-
can central committee, and by author
ity of the said resolution, do hereby
appoint and designate the following
named persons to act as members of
the said commission, to wit: Honor
able f, w. Dobson and Honorable
Alfred Grunsfeld, and which said
commission shall by virtue Of said
resolution constitute the regular and
recognized central committee Of the
Republican party Of Bernalillo coun-
ty, and such persons herein des gnated
and appointed shall as such members
OF said commission be entitled TO all
Of the powers conferred by virtue Of
said resolution. (SignedD
II. O. BURSUM,
chairman of the Territorial Rcpubl'-
can Central Committee
The appointment OF Messrs. Dobson
and Grunsfeld when made public here
today appeared 10 meet with universal
approval Much interest was mani
Tested as TO who the governor would
name.
One suggestion frequently heard
here today, and which appeared 10
meet with popular approval also, was
that IN making his appointment the
governor select a man from some otn-
er county besides Bernaliuo, who