Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-09-05
LAS VEGAS GETS
The CONVENTION
1t Might Have Been Santa
Fe's if Proper Effort Had
Been Made
WILL HAVE 313 DELEGATES
Bernalillo County Differences
Are Amicably Settled by
Committee.

The fact that tentative agreement
had been reached in the Bernalillo
county controversy was generally
known throughout the Republican ter
ritorial central committee this fore
noon, when Chairman H. %. Bursum
called the second days meeting to or
der in the Hall of Representatives at
the capitol, and added not little to
the atmosphere Of satisfaction and en-
thusiasm that has prevailed right from
the start.
Secretary Jose D. Sena was at his
post of duty, affable and smiling,
with a word of good cheer for every
one. Bias Sanchez of, Wagon Mound.
again filled the post of Interpreter
very admirably. Miss E. F. McGill
was the efficient stenographer of the
animated, and at times strenuous, pro-
ceedingg.
The resignation of Charles v. SAT-
ford as member Of the committee,
because of his removal from San Juan
to Bernalillo county, was received and
George F. Brewington was named to
fill his place on the committee.
Contest for Convention. !,
Mayor Elder and the Chamber of
Commerce of Albuquerque, sent tele-
grams, inviting the Republican State
! Convention to meet at Albuquerque.
Similar invitations were received from
Mayor Arthur Seligman. the city coun-
Gil and the Chamber of Commerce, on
behalf of the city of Santa Fe.
BernaIillo County Scrap.
Amidst applause and in less than
minute, the central committee, rati-
fed the report of it's subcommittee
which had the delicate task of seeking
Ito harmonize the differences of the
warning Bernalillo county factions.
The subcommittee reported that w.
II. Gillenwater and Judge Edward A.
Mann, chairman of the rival factions,
had signed an agreement to abide by
the decision of the subcommittee, to
be made after a hearing at Albuquer-
que on Thursday and Friday OF this
week. If this committee of five con-
! sisting Of E. A. Cahoon, E. R. Wright,
Reed Holloman, Malaquias Martinez,
and ]. T. Molinari deems it advisable,
III Will take charge Of the primaries
! in Bernalillo county. The report was
adopted unanimously and with a shout
of enthusiasm.
Will Be Big Convention.
Solomon Luna and Secundino Ro-
nero moved that the basis of repre-
sentation for the state convention be
one delegate for every 100 and every
fraction Of so or more votes in each
county. This was adopted, as was the
motion of Mr.. Luna, that the state
convention meet on Thursday. Sep
! tember %.
Las Vegas Gets Convention.
w. H. Gillenwater moved that the
convention be held at Albuquerque.
Secundino Romero moved that the
convention city be Las Vegas. Alex
ander Read named Santa Fe and w.
H. H. Llewellyn Las Cruces, each re-
ceiving its share of applause. There
was laughter when Charles A. Spiess
asked: where is Las Cruces?" On
motion Of R. E. Twitchell, only mem
ibers of the, committee and not of the
executive committee voted. Each
vote was greeted with applause. The
first ballot stood Albuquerque S; Las
Vegas "a: Santa Fe II. Las Vegas was
designated as the place for holding
the first state convention.
Resolutions.
A committee OF six was appointed
to draft resolutions. Solomon Luna,
Eugenio Romero, 7. B. Catron, Mala-
quias Martinez. w. H. H. Llewellyn
and w. H. Gillenwater, were named.
A. B. Fall, Charles A. Spiess and H.
B. Holt were named committee to
formulate call for the state conven-
ton.
The Blue Ballot.
Territorial Secretary Nathan Jaffa
brought to the attention OF the COM
mittee the difaculties of preparing the
blue ballot in time for the election
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the ballot be uniform. Upon motion
Of Solomon Luna, Chairman H. o.
Bursum was directed to confer with
the chairman Of the Democratic Cen.
tral Committee to reach an agreement
on size, color and translation of the
blue ballot; also to agree on a size
for the state ballot as the legal size
Of the ballot Ii too small to admit ali
! the names Of the candidates, and also
to make arrangements that ballot box
es Of sufiicient size be provided.
A. B. Fall remarked that as far as
he Is concerned he does not care
whether the "Blue Ballot" Is printed
or not and he did not do any Of the
business Of the committee or conven-
tion Of the Republican party. How
ever. the motion was carried unani-
mously.
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