Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-11-02
STATE OFFICERS
TO Be ELECTIVE
Even Superintendent of Pub
lie instruction is Not Ex-
cepted From Provisions
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY Be
Republican Conference Held
Two Sessions Since Yesterday
Afternoon.

That the superintendent of public
instruction of the new state shall be
elective aud not appointive, that he
shall be eligible to succeed himself
while the other elective state officers
shall not be eligible to succeed them
selves, was the consensus of the Re-
publican conference in the Council
chamber this forenoon.
At the session of the conference last
evening and again this forenoon the
report of the Committee on State,
County and Municipal Indebtedness
was considered and various amend
ments and changes agreed upon. La
ter this forenoon the report of the
Committee on Executive Department.
was taken up and extensively dis
cussed. The question of appointing
instead of electing the attorney gem
eral proved ticklish one but finally
upon roll call, the conference declared
itself in favor of an appointive at
torney general. The matter OF max
ing the legislature canvassing board
of the state election returns was
amended and changed.
1t was after one o'clock this after
noon when the Republican conference
adjourned and for that reason it was
almost 8 D. M, before the delegates
came struggling into the convention
and it was 1920 p~ m. before President
Charles A. Spiess called the conven-
ton to order. Rev. julius Hartman
asked the Divine blessing upon the
convention. The reading of the jour
nal was dispensed with. A number OF
prohibition petitions were presented.
The special committee on liquor
traffic was announced as follows by
Solomon Luna, chairman of the com
mittee on committees: E. A. Miera,
Harry w. Kelly, George L. Brown
Venceslao Jaramillo, Juan Navarro
Jose Amado Lucero, G. L. Davidson
w. B. Walton and J. G. Fitch.
The petitions for. prohibition were
referred to the committee on liquor
traffic. E. S. Slower presented bulky
petitions from the boys and girls o1
albuquerque for statewide prohlbl
tions and said that he was the FRIEND
of every boy and girl in the Duke City
The petitions numbered 13 and hao
several thousand signatures.
E. S. Slower introduced Memorla
No. 1. by the Women's Christian
Temperance Union, asking for state
wide prohibition.
Frank w. Parker presented the ma
iority report of the Committee on Jul
dietary and ]. G. Fitch, presented the
minority report.
J. M. Cunningham presented the re
port from the Committee on Taxation
and Revenue.
Solomon Luna for the COMMITTEES
on Committees, reported that upon re
quest of the Committee on Revision
four members are added to the com
mittee, those selected being E. A
Miera, S. B. Davis, Jr., H. f. Ray
nolds and H. N. Dougherty.
M. L. Stern moved that the conven
ton resolve itself into committee o
the whole to take up the report OF th
Committee on State, County and Mu
nicipal Indebtedness. H. M. Dougher
ty objected to precipitate considera
ton of so technical and important
report, as he had not seen the print
ed report until a few minutes before
M. L. Stern withdrew his motiol
and substituted motion to adjourn
to Thursday forenoon at 10 O'Clock.
H. O. Bursum announced that h
would move tomorrow the considera
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