Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-09-28

Wv Ol ~ iHF tNilllllAltAs WHICH itNt'7
cate Stapleton, of San Juan. made .
melton that a committee Of Tive be
.appointcG to hear and determine the
contest from that county where only
one OF six seats is involved The
request was granted with the agree
ment that the report Of the committee
is to be final, and that no member OF
the committee be appointed from San
Juan. Sandovul. Rio Arriba or Bernn-
lillo, these being counties with which
san Juan is joined either for legisla
tive OF judicial purposes. The com
mittee named is us follows solomon
Luna OF Valencia. NJ. $. Groves OF
Eddy ii. ID. Bowman of Dona Ana,
Malaquias Martinez of Taos, and
George Sena of Guadalupe.
ON motion of Solomon Luna the fol-
lowing temporary Officers of the con-
Vcntion were appointed. l.. Il.
Prince, chairman Jose y. Sena, sec
retary The position OF temporary
chairman is of the utmost importance
as in that capacity Governor Prince
viii deliver the keynote speech ot the
republican state campaign.
Every incoming train today brought
it's load of delegates and visitors to the
that there is scarcely republican
leader prominent enough to be known
outside oi his own country VINO is not
Ia Las Vegas today. The DELEGATIONS
from Albuquerque, Santa Zee and the
Pecos valley counties ana southern
New Xlco arrived in special cars
which are Sdetracked and will be
used bV the delegates as sleeping quar-
ters during the convention. Today
has been one of slate making and
slate breaking. and tonight there is
reason to fear that the state machine
will be in absolute control of the
convention, and will be able to nomi-
nate it's candidates at will. Ordinary
political prudence seems to have been
thrown to the winds, and unless some
thing unforeseen occurs to block the
plans Of the old guard, the ticket will
be one that the republican party Will
have an uphill task TO defend. Where
yesterday there We're four candidates
for governor, but two remain tonight
and tomorrow there may be but one.
This evening Nathan Jatta, never Il
very active candidate for the nominal
ton announced his withdrawal from
the race in favor Of II. q. Bursum.
This afternoon, following a caucus
of the Santa Fee delegation in which
| that party by vote of II to 3 de-
cided to support MIR. Bursum, former
Governor Miguel y. Otero announced
| his Withdrawal from the race. The
remaining clndidatcsare,4 O. Bnrsum
of Socorro and Secundino Romero of
San Miguel. Mr. Bursum appears to
| have a lead that viii insure his nom
| nation beyona the shadow of doubt.
g.,... - Nlts l,,,t a
claim to have some 105 votes, it is
conceded that MIR. Bursum has very
secure hold on the remaining 1875 1t
| is freely asserted on the streets and
/ in the hotel Hobbies that Mr.. Romero
! intends to second the nomination OF
the Socorro county man and thus
make ii unanimous. On the other
hand it is asserted with apparently
| just as good authority that Mr.. Ro-
mero's following is in the fight to win
and Will only retire when their candi-
! date has been beaten IN the conven-
tion.
For the balance of the state ticket
| il is not so safe to predict the prOba-
Bile lineup; but men usually well in
| formed and enjoying the confidence OF
| the party leaders declare that the
nomination of Maaquias Martinez of
| Taos for lieutenant governor has been
agreed upon.
| For secretary of state George w.
! Armijo of Santa Fe appears to be the
only candidate, and his nomination is
certain.
For state treasurer Sylvestre Mira
! bal seems to be the fayoritc.
For state auditor, W. G. Sargent
| the present incumbent, will likely be
named.
For justices of the supreme court
the ticket will probably be as to'loWs;
| Edward A. Wright, Of Alamogordo;
| Frank W. Parker of Las Cruces; Clar-
| ence j. Roberts OF Ration.
With the judicial nominations littc
! fault can be found, all being men at
unquestioned ability and integrity,
Some little disappointment is mani
I tested, however at the failure to In
! clude Judge NJ. G. Mechem as mem
! ber of the supreme court. There are
I many delegates who are firm in the
-, belief that Judge Mechem is one ot
the ablest, if not the most able, jurist
! in New Mexico.
! For attorney general, Frank w,
| Clancy of Albuquerque Is being men
| toned.
| For land commissioner Eu(raciO
| Gallegos of Union appears To be
| the choice Of a large number Of the
delegates: and though he is not max
! ing any active canvass, he seems to
Ihave a good chance of securing the
nomination. Mr.. Gallegos. 1t Is said,
lmay be named as lieutenant COVER
nor and Malaquias Martinez given the
place of land commissioner. This is as
serted by men who say that the Union
county man would not accept
the nomination for land commissioner.
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