Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-01-15
Going to Washing
ton toBoom State.
hood
EVERY COUNTY REPRESENTED
Over One Hundred Boosters
May Make Trip to Ma
tional Capital.

Governor Curry today made public
the personnel of the big delegation
which will be sent to Washington to
assist in securing the passage of an
enabling act for New Mexico il there
is reasonable chance of the bill in
troduced by Delegate w. H. Andrews
going through at the present session
Of Congress. Over one hundred prom
inent and public spirited citizens OF
the Territory have been appointed
and more will be added to the list
as their names are presented
Among the statehood boomers who
have been selected as delegates at
large are four former governors OF
the Territory, five former delegates
from the Territory in Congress, the
six justices of the Territorial supreme
court, the chairman of the Republi.
can and Democratic Territorial Cen
trail Committees, the Republican ma
tional committeeman of New Mexico
and two erstwhile prominent resi-
dents of New Mexico. Every county
in the territory is represented by
one or more delegates, the largest
number being from Bernallllo and
San Miguel counties. which are the
two most populous counties in New
Mexico.
Governor Curry will leave Sunday
evening for Washington, accompanied
by Hon. Solomon Luna, who is a
member of the Republican national
committee from New Mexico The
governor had intended starting for the
national capital on Saturday evening
but postponed his going owing to the
proposed junkot to Silver City for
which plans were perfected late yes
terday afternoon. Hon. H. o. Bursum
chairman of the Republican Terrific.
rial central committee will join them
a few days later in Washington.
To Ascertain Statehood Sentiment.
Governor Curry and Messrs. Luna
and Bursum are going in advance OF
the big delegation for the purpose OF
finding out the sentiment Of the Con.
gressmen relative to the admission Of
New Mexico as a state and doing
whatever preliminary work is neces-
sary. If they find conditions in the
national capital favorable, word will
be sent to Secretary Nathan Jaffa as
acting governor ordering the big
delegation of statehood boomers to
Washington. If there is little likeli
hood of the statehood bill being pass
ed at the present session of Congress
the other delegates will be instruct
ed not to make the trip as Governor
Curry does not want them to be out
of pocket for nothing. All of the
statehood boomers who have been
commissioned as delegates with but
few honorary appointments have
voluntarily agreed to go IL necessary
and at their own expense. Several
newspaper writer's will accompany the
larger delegation if 1t Is sent as cor
respondents for the various daily pa
pers in New Mexico
AS stated yesterday the first com
mission as delegate to Washington
in the statehood cause was issued to
Numa Raymond of Geneva, Switzer
land, who formerly resided at Las
Cruces. Mr.. Raymond has agreed to
make the trip from his far away home
il he was appointed as delegate and
he is numbered among the delegates
at large. The other delegates at
large are:
Delegates at Large.
Ex-Governor Miguel A. Otero, ex
Governor L. Bradford Prince; ex
Governor Herbert J. Hagerman, ex'
Acting Governor James W. Reynolds
ex.Delegate T. B. Catron, ex-Delegate
Trinidad Romero, ex-Delegate Anto
nio Joseph, ex-Delegate H. B. Fergus
son. ex.Delegate Bernard S. Rodey
Chief Justice William ]. Mills, Of
the Territorial supreme court; Asso
ciate Justice John R. McFfe, Associ
ate Justice Frank w. Parker, Asso
ciate Justice William H. Pope, Asso
ciate Justice Edward !. Mann, Asso
cite Justice Ira A. Abbott Solomon
Luna, Republican committeeman, =,
o. Bursum, chairman of the Repupll-
can Territorial central committee, A
A. Jones, chairman Of the Democratic
Territorial central committee, ana
Felix Martinez of 81 Paso, formerly
of Las Vegas.
The following are the delegates rep
resenting each of the twenty-five coun
ties Of the territory, SO far appointed
Delegates BY Counties.
Bernalillo county -Elfego Baca, w
B. Childers, Frank w. Clancy, E. W.
Dobson, @. M. Foraker, Frank A. Hub
hell, D. A. MACPHERSON, O. N. Mar.
ron. "a. p. McMillen, Nestor Montoya