Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-23
GORY PAGE is
CANDIDATE BY
RECLAMATION
HARMONIOUS MEETING
IN MCKINLEY COUNTY
Delegate Andrews Receives
"Unstinted Praise" By Re-
pubIicaaS in Convention at
Gallup Taft and Governor
Endorsed,
Especial Correspondence to Morning JournalI

Especial Correspondence TO Morning Journal
Gallup. n. NJ, Aug. 2i-The re-
publican convention convened at the
county court house Saturday night at
$ o'clock according to announcement.
Gregory Page, chairman of the re-
publican county central committee.
called the meeting to order, after
which he briefly stated the object OF
the convention, TO nominate a candi-
date for the constitutional convention.
h election Of a chairman was the
ttrst order of business, and r.. q. Lam
lsan, Gregory Page and William Nc
permott were nominated. The two
former withdrew and the latter named
gentleman was selected chairman OF
the convention.
tarN.
A motion to dispense with the com
hnlttcc on credentials was made and
carried. as there were no contests.
lhe committee ON resolutions was
also dispensed with and "A sci ar ,eso-
lutious which had been presented were
Hupptcd bN the unanimous vote of tho
convention upon motion OF Delegate
g n Cotton.
The ron call Of delegates was then
ASKED Tor and the secretary complied.
with that request and twenty Of the
twenty-five delegates responded to the
The nomination Of a candidate fo,
the constitutional convention was the
next thlng Ia order. and &. n. Cotton
Pia'cd the name of Andrew Nander-
wagon before the convention. John
IT, browne IN q very neat and approp-
rlale manner placed the name Of r.
. flanagan before the convention. Mir.
idnlEan after thanking the gentle
man Tor the honor. stated hat IL was
imnossible Tor him To accept the nom
nation and asked permission 10 with
dfNW his name. which was granted as
inc reasons given we're considered
sui lcient Mr.. Nandcrwagen also ask
Ga permission TO withdraw his name
on Tho ground that he was ia no po-
sltinn To- make the campaign. \ mo-
tiou WAS made az this time to nomi-
nate Gregory Page by nation.
and The motion prevailed. and the
gentleman was the unanimous choice
Of the cunN ention. The nominee re
manner, thanking the body for the
honor they had conferred upon him
ana asked that ne bc given undivided
SUPPORT OF the party IN the campaign
The resolutions as adopted by the.
convention are as follows.
Resolutions.
Resolved. That we. the republican.
party of Mckinley county. in c%onVen-
ton assembled, affirm our allegiance.
90 The principles cnunciated in h
platform adopted at Chicago bV the.
national convention.
We feel that IN the leader OF our.
party. william ". Taft. we have one
of the foremost statesmen Of the
world. a man who has the courage
n Ca. ability TO guide the nation
through every trouble that may arise.
Especially are We proud OF hts abllltN
and wisdom IN bringing together the.
warr,ne factions Of the late congress-
and getting passed SO much be1eficent
legislation. thereby carrying out the
party promises
We heartily endorse Governor Will
jam ] Mills and the territorial otfl-
Gers for their wise and economical sd-
mintstration OF public affairs.
To William VI Andrews We give
our unstiutcd praise Tor his nntitlhs
| efforts m bringing about statehood,
aud for the many hcnciiccnt acts
PASSED hv congress FOR h territory ar
iarge and for individual cittcns
We hereby pledge our nominee lof
| thr constitutional convention. " elect
ed. t. use his Aerv cndcaNor for "a
ATE constitution, which VIII guarah.
tee and preserve 60 All the people or
The nc- state an of their civil. politi-
| cal sind religious rights. and Whlch
! shall he sufficiently broad expansive
and fleNihlr Co authorize and insure
| legislation necessary TO Insure me ne-t
welfare ~ the people OF an ciassts
and conditions With Justice 10 an anu
| special PRIVILEGES 90 none