El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-29

cation this morning selected Ralph
Twitchell of Las Vegas for the next
president Of congress.
Los Angeles After 1t.
Although the committee on permanent
vention has not done so and Los An
geles may get the next meeting. Ell
Paso and New Mexico have decided that
it Will be best to keep the convention
west and threw their votes to Los An
geles. All the Pacific coast states are
voting that way and. though entering
the contest late, 1t appears a winner.
So it viii be New Mexican at the
head of the congress and a California
city that will entertain it,. 1t will be
further away from Colorado, too, which
will be some satisfaction TO the New
Mexicans and Texans, who will prob
ably never do anything for Colorado
again. Pueblo last year promised the
New MeXicans and FL Pasoans they
would not make fight on the Elephant
Butte project if they would support
Pueblo for the next meeting place and
they voted for Pueblo.
The program has been SO fixed up
that CoIorado's states rights side of
the case has been sandwiched into
everything and yet Colorado has been
whippedHso hard that she is crying like
a baby. Colorado is a hard loser ana
for that reason the TexasNew Mexico
delegation is making the pill just as
bitter as possible. They are going to
make Miss Colorado squirm just for the
moral effect Colorado lost every point
in the resolutions committee. Felix
Martinez, Richard Burges and H. B.
Holt, the New Mexico and Texas dele
gates, were personally attacked in the
resolution of the sub committee Dy
Colorado's delegate and were accused of
using money and everything else that
Crooked Colorado uses in politics to
influence the convention, but they re-
piled with logic and conviction and car
ried their point.
Visitors Held Up.
The FL Pasoans were fortunate In
bringing their cars in which to sleep
and eat-that is, if they would have
stopped at the Congress hotel had the
train been left at home This hotel is
the only one of any pretensions in the
city and the management has taken
advantage Of the congress to reap
harvest. All the menu cards bear
prices almost double those charged in
the best restaurants and IS day is
the cheapest price asked for any room
in the house. A man and his wife can
have a room without a bath for IS or
the man can have it alone for the
same price. Complaints meet with this
statement: IF you don't want 1t, there
are plenty of others who do" The
chief clerk was told that people would
boycott him in future for the prices
he was charging and he replied: .'Oh,
no, they won't. They have to stop here
if they get decent hotel accominoda-
tons" This appears to be in lire with
the Colorado policy-all for Colorado,
tn he of
But it can be said to the credit of the
business men of the town and most of
the restaurants that they have not in
creased their prices and are satisfied
to charge the visitors what they
charge their home people. Many room
ing house keepers charge So to SIS
day for rooms, however.
Token For Brown.
The Ell Paso-Mesilla valley delega-
ton has taken up a collection for pur-
chasing a token for w. r. Brown, dis
trict freight and passenger agent of
the Santa Fe at Ell Paso, who has had
charge of their train and has extended
them every courtesy. w. H. Austin
was appointed to head the finance
committee to raise the money.
What Delegates Are Doing.
Gaspar Giron, of San Elizario,
bought an automobile while here and
Will snip IL DdCh HOIuo
Ted Rouault jr, of Las Cruces, who
is here with his wife, had an auto
mobile sent down from Denver and has
been seeing the sights and taking his
friends for rides in a joy car.
The little Ell Paso badges, as usual,
went like the proverbial griddle cakes
and the supply was soon exhausted.
but nobody hid them away. Every
body is wearing an Ell Paso-Mesills
valley hat
VIII Sutherland, of Las Cruces, will
have to introduce himself to his friends
when he gets back hOme-he has part
ed with his mustache, and Will LaPoint
now sports the only prize mUstache In
the New Mexico party.
DR. w. f. Garrison, head of the New
Mexicn s & NJ COLLEGE is one Of the