Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-07-12
COMMITTEE TAKES
SAFE COURSE
Leaves 1t to Each County to
Determine for
Itself
.SHEARON CHOSEN SECRETARY
Enthusiasm and Harmony Pres
age Overwhelming Victory in
September.

AS the election of delegates to the
constitutional convention is by coun-
ties and as no territorial convention
has met, the Republican central com
mittee in session at Albuquerque yes
terday, could not do otherwise than
adopt resolution showing that it had
no power to bind the county organiza-
tions or the Republican voters in
each county, to any agreement as to
the candidates to be nominated for
delegates to the constitutional con-
vention, and therefore left it free to
each county organization to make
such arrangements as it de- ned ad
, Visable for the best interests of the
people, leaving the way open for fu-
sion movements in such counties
where such are deemed advisable or
for straight partisan ticket in those
counties where the Republicans prefer
such.
Frank w. Shearon of Santa Fe,
clerk of the first judicial district court,
was elected secretary of the territorial
committee, to succeed the late James
Wallace Reynolds. Tine committee
adopted suitable resolutions upon the
death of the latter There is no doubt
that Mr.. Shearon's selection is a very
happy one and that he will render
good service on behalf of the party.
| The committee adopted the follow
ing resolutions:
| The Republican Central Committee
of the Territory of New Mexico, in
convention assembled at the city of
Albuquerque, Territory of New Mexi
co, on this 18th day of July, 1910, do
adopt the following resolutions:
I'VE endorse and re-affirm the prin
ciples and policies of the national Re-
publican party as laid down and pro-
lpounded in the platform of that
}party adopted at the Republican ma
tional convention held at Chicago in
the year 1908.
1--WE heartily endorse the admins
tration Of President VIM. H. Taft and
Especially recommend to the conSid-
Ieration of the voter the manner in
which the pledges of the Republican
platform have been, by the President,
with the assistance of a Republican
Congress, ratified and carried out by
wise and judiciouS enactmentS the ma
ltional statute book; and we do partic-
ularly recognize the good faith and
persistence with which the President
has kept before Congress and the peo-
pie the plank of that platform guaran-
teeing early statehood to the territor-
les of New Mexico and Arizona.
Fully recognizing that the writing
Iof constitution for the new state of
New Mexico is not a political task and
that this committee should not in any
wise seek to dictate to the people
ton should be, yet, in order that the
, Ipeople of New Mexico should know
, the attitude of the Republican party
, | in sending as delegates to constitu-
tional convention such representative
members of that convention as may
be nominated in local county conven-
tions called under Republican auspi-
| ces, we desire to assure and to guar
antee to the people as follows:
/ THAT all delegates to the constitu-
tional convention held for the terri
tory of New Mexico and elected from
the ranks of the Republican party are
by that party pledged to adopt a safe,
, sound and fundamentally simple con-
stitution, which shall guarantee and
ipreserve to the people their civil and
religious rights and which will be
broad enough that future legislatures
may enforce such rights
J The following resolution presented
J by Sheriff Secundno Romero as a
substitute for former ones was adopt
led:
BE it resolved, That whereas by an
act of Congress approved June 90
1910, enabling the people of New
Mexico to form a state government, il
is provided that the delegates to the
T. constitutional convention shall be ap
n portioned equitably among the vari
s Gus counties of New Mexico, an(
" whereas, such delegates are to be
chosen by the electors of the severa
counties, and
y Whereas, This committee has NJ
j. power or jurisdiction over the Repub
u lican party as the same is organized il
d the several counties of New Mexico
e therefore,
+ This committee recommends tha
the Republican party in each county
o through it's regular county centra
y committee, determine in each instance
the question as to whether it will
cause to be nominated a strict part.
I'd delegation to constitutional conven
IS ton"
v The following appointments to fill
re vacancies On the committe were made