Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-01-21

Vote Cast. For. Against
Precinct 3 ......3O9 BOB 6
Precinct ,.....28O 265 Is
Precinct IT ....1S3 173 10
Precinct IS .....21O 1870 30
Totals .......982 931 81
Highest vote ever cast in Santa
Fe is 1858.
This indicates that the constitu.
ton will carry by about 1000 in San,
ia Fe and possibly by 1000 in the en-
tire county.
District Attorney Busy.
That Governor Mills was in earnest
in issuing his proclamation extraord-
mary against any disorder in today's
election is seen from the following
telegram sent to Judge Edward A.
Mann, district attorney of the sixth
district, at Albuquerque:
You are hereby directed to inquire
into any complaint made to you or
which may come to your attention, as
to fraud, intimidation, or violation of
the election laws which may be con-
templated or perpetrated at the cleo
ton to be held tomorrow and to Wig
orously prosecute any one who may
be guilty of a breach of such laws.
desire this election to be perfectly
fair in every particular.
civilian J. MILLS,
Governor"
Bursum is Busy, Too.
| The letter to the district attorney
and previous specific Instructions to
the probate clerks from the territorial
secretary, are reinforced by the fol-
lowing statement by Chairman H. o.
Bursum. of the New Mexico Republi-
can central committee.
ITO Chairmen of Republican County
! Committees:
! "The publication of an article pur-
porting to be a letter from Secretary
Sena of the territorial Republican cen
| tral committee has been called to my
attention. Any advice or report is
sued by any person seeking to re-
strict thu opportunity Of any citizen
| to seeure. ballots for or against the
constitution is absolutely unauthoriz-
| ed by the Republican central commit
/ tee or myself. I earnestly urge that
every Republican chairman to see to
it that tickets are printed and made
available both for and against the
constitution for any citizen desiring
such ballots.
Fl. o. BURSUM,
chairman Territorial Republican
Central Committee"
AII's Well.
A telephone message at noon from
W. M. Taber, of Glorieta southern
Santa Fe county, said that 45 ballots
had been cast there with not a single
vote against it, A telephone mes
sage from John Pfiueger at Lamy
said 72 votes had been cast with not
a single vote against the constitu,
ton.
A telephone message from Espa
nola this afternoon stated that the
vote against the constitution in that
precinct is unexpectedly heavy.
sernaIillo County.
A telephone message at three
O'Clock says that Old Albuquerque is
going ten to one for the constitution
and that in the city of Albuquerque
the proportion of those voting against
the constitution is one in every sew
en- votes.
Cofax County.
4 A telephone message from Rator
says that the opposition to the con
stitution which a few days ago look
er formidable had dwindled away ant
the county will give from 1900 up
ward majority for the constitution.
San Miguel Stands True.
Of zoo votes that had been cast a
East Las Vegas and Las Vegas thi:
afternoon at 8 o'clock, less than 10C
were against the constitution Owint
! to the inclement weather, however
the majority for the constitution il
San Miguel county is not expected t.
exceed 1,8O0
Mora is Doing Fine.
At Mora, out of 131 votes cast a
noon, not one was against the consti
tuition, and what is more, so the New
-, Mexican's correspondent says, not ;
single vote will be cast against it thi
afternoon. At Wagon Mound 29
votes had been cast with 81 against
From all indications Santa Fe cit.
is rallying loyalty around the stand
ard of VOTE FOR THE CONSTITU
TION'' and by s o'clock tonight will
have rolled up such a splendid ma
jority for statehood that the opposi
ton will look like the proverbial "fl.
in a glass of milk"
A representative of the New Mexi
can visited the four polling booths il
the city from 1880 a. m. to noon to
day, and found out of SOC votes but L
were opposed to the constitution, &C
cording to estimates made by clos
observers around the polls.
: The. vate cast before noon was a
s follows:
e Ward l, Precinct g.
: For, 154.' Against, 6.
n Ward 2, Precinct q