Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-26
TWO MEMBERS OF
HARMONY BOARD
APPOINTED
ALFRED GRUNSFELD AND
{. w. D0BS0N SELECTED
Rests With Governor Curry to
Name Third Member Under
Plan of the Territorial Com
mittee,


The first actual step TOWARD carry
ing out the program laid down by the
executive committee of the New Mex
leo republican committee at its re-
cent meeting here TO bring about the
creation of a regular republican party
in Bernalillo county, WAS taken yes
terday when Il. O.. Bursum, chairman
of the committee, named man
each from lists submitted by the So
called independent faction and the
regular HuDbell faction to become
members OF the proposed harmony
board designated to take charge OF
the primaries to elect delegates to the
county convention which will elect the
Santa Fe delegation. The TWO mem
bers are Alfred Grunsfeld. from the
Independents, and y. W. DobsOn from
the ~so-called regular faction. Under
the arrangement made by the terri
toral executive committee, Governor
Curry Is entrusted with the task ot
selecting the third memper of this
commission, which is to have charge
OF the primary election.
The governor went to Colfax county
yesterday and it is expected that he
will make his selection OF the third
member upon his return 10 Santa Fe
today or tomorrow,
The selecting of the two members
named, was by Chairman IL. O. Bur
sum, of the territorial committee,
who was empowered to make such
selection by the committee from lists
to be submitted by the Independents.
and the so-called regular faction. The
Independent faction, after a confer
ence at the county court house on
July Is, submitted a list of five names
to the chairman. The regular faction,
however, did not submit its list until
after Chairman Bursum had departed
to attend the Colorado Springs con-
ference and the matter, which was to
have been closed upon the nth of
July, by the arrangement made by the
committee, went over until yesterday.
Mr., Bursum made the announcement
Of his selection in the following state
ment:
Sororro. July "a, 1903.
"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
6itlii lilttN anu fANAN NhA''' AAh''
beers a chairman, a secretary and a
treasurer, adopt rules governing the
primaries and convention OF the re
publican party of Bernalillo county.
and appoint precinct chairmen for
the holding OF primaries. and said
committee of three shall constitute
the regular and organized centra
committee OF the said republican par
ty of said Bernalillo county for the
purpose of calling primaries n con
Quoting the next republican conVen
tion of BernalillO county.
"At the first general county con-
vention provisions shall be made for
tn election of a county central com
mittee. and when sue county central
committee is so organized the powers
and duties OF the committee hereby
appointed shall cease and expire.
THAT two of such three electors
shall be selected by the chairman Of
said territorial central committee
from q list Of five names submitted
by the regular and Independent rae
tiOns of the said republican party OF
said Bernalillo county, n 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 Grunsfed and which said
commission shall by virtue of said
resolution constitute the regular and
central committee of the
republican party of Bernalillo coun-
~ and such pesons herein designated
and appointed shall as such members
of said commission be entitled to all
of the powers conferred by virtue Of
said resolution. (Signed)
II. O, BURSUM.
Chairman Of the Territorial Republi-
can Central Committee.
The selection 10 be made by Gov
ernor Curry is being awaited with
considerable interest, and especially
In political circles a good deal Of in
terest is being shown in the outcome
NJ the EFFORT.