Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-03-29
PRIMARIES GO
FOR STURCES
Opposition Only Carried the
First Ward of City
Against Him
SIX HUNDRED VOTERS OUT
Spirited Battle Marked With a
Number of Interesting
Incidents.

The Republican primaries last
evening were not devoid of interest
Fully six hundred citizens turned out
despite the ugly weather and the un-
comfortable rooms in which the pri-
maries were held. Wards 2, and
elected delegates pledged to the nomi-
giving him % out of Sc delegates to
the city convention which convenes to-
morrow forenoon In Wards and 3
the contest was quite close; in Wards
l and it was onesided. There were
number of unusually interesting
incidents at these gatherings and at
several blood ran high for the time
being. In Ward some amusement
was caused by Hon. T. B. Catron and
his son, Charles C. Catron, assistant
district attorney, heading opposite
sides. The son was elected perma-
nent chairman as against his father,
by vote of Il to G3. In Ward 4, the
crowd could not get into the court
room and the meeting had to be held
in the lower corridor of the court
house with a small coal oil lamp en-
phasizing the gloom. Here one OF
voters had to be elected forcibly by
policeman because of his refusing
to come to order when ordered to do
so by the chairman. After the meet
ing was over, the chairman gingerly
picked up his coal oil lamp and
'vamosed" leaving behind IA protest
ing voters out of So, under the lead
ership of Mariana F. Sena and David
Gonzales, in the darkness, and who
| threatened to head a contesting dele
cation.
| First Ward.
! The meeting of the voters of the
Ward / was orderly, it is said, COM
pared to several other ward meetings.
Nicholas Sena called the meeting to
order and was elected permanent
chairman and l. Alarid was secretary.
Probate Clerk G. w. Armijo was re-
nominated for member of the city
council and Supreme Court Clerk Jo"e
D. Sena, the present mayor, renomi-
mated for member of the school board.
! The following delegates were then
chosen to go to the Republican city
convention: Nicolas Sena, Jose D..
Garcia, Tomas Quintana, Jose d. Sena,
Camille Padilla, Eluterio Ortega, Fell
ciano Sena, Santos Ortiz Luis M.
Moya, Inosencio Gonsalez and George
W. Armijo.
Ward TWO.
The meeting of the citizens of the
second ward was one long to be re-
membered. The meeting was held in
the school house but it was not called
to order for many minutes, or at least
it did not come to order. F. P. Stur
ges called at the top of his voice un
til he was hoarse but there were SC
many voters and SO much strife thai
it seemed impossible to make any one
hear. That there was decided feel
: ing between the two factions was evi
dent. Mr.. Sturges finally got the
2 Lopez contingent and his own to gt
/ into separate rooms. Then he ap
t pointed Facundo Ortiz to count thost
f favorable to Celso Lopez for mayo
and Seferino Baca to count the voter!
who favored the other ticket In thi
way the vote was finally taken ant
resulted in 116 to Sc in favor of th'
delegates who are all pledged
to F. P. Sturges. The ten delegates
I are as follows
1 M. A. Ortiz, H. L. Ortiz. Seferin,
! Baca, Fred Muller, George Parsons
Juan J. Ortiz, Romulo Lopez, Ernes
Hart, John P. Williams and JohI
: Bell. Richard Alarid threatens tt
head contesting delegation.
NJ. A. Ortiz was nominated fo
councilman from the second ward AM
Captain Fred Muller for member o
> the school board.
i Ward No. Three.
The primary was held in Motley
Hall. Charles c. Catron called the pr
s mary to order. There were more thai
$50 people present. Hon. T. B. Catrol
and Charles c. Catron were nominal
ed for permanent chairmen. The lat
ter was chosen by vote of II to
: which indicated the strength of tn
e two sides. County School Superin
J. tendent John V. Conway acted VOC
p ferously and protested that the ma
e jority of the voters were Democrats
a but to no avail E. f. Coard was elect
u ed secretary and the primary go
r down to business. For the city cour
o Gil, J. W. Akers was nominated an
IS for the board of education DR.. Davi
+ Knapp defeated I. Sparks for the non
e ination.
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