Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-09-26
ENTIRE CITY is in READINESS
STREETS AND BUILDINGS HAND
soMELY DECORATED AND
BRILLIANTLY LIGHTED
COMMITTEES GIVEN QUARTERS
TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT
OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO CON-
vENiENT ROOMS


the first state republican convention,
as on that day the meeting Of the
state central committee for the Dur
pose of appointing the preliminary
officers and arranging all other mat
ters pertaining to the opening of
the convention will occur. Rooms
in the Commercial club have been as
signed to this committee. For the
permanent committees of the con-
vention the executive committee has
provided rooms. The committee on
rules will be located in the front
rooms on the second floor of the
opera house. The committee on res
olutions will meet in the council
chamber at the city hall.
This evening and tonight many of
the members of the central commit
tee will arrive and the various dele
cations will commence 70 come in.
Tonight the evening train from San-a
Fe win bear many republican lead
ers who VIII attend the convention.
Jose D. Sena, secretary of the state |
central committee, will arrive to-
night and H. O. Bursum, chairman Of
the committee, will arrive at
o'clock or on the midnight train
from the south. Many prominent
newspaper men will arrive this even
ing or tomorrow from various parts
Of New Mexico. William F. Brograh
of the Albuquerque Herald and
James S. Black of the Albuquerque
Journal will represent the press of
the Duke City, and Paul A. F. Wal
ter, editor of the New Mexican, will
attend the convention from the capi-
tai city.
By the time of the meeting Of
the central committee all will haze
been arranged for the accommodation
of the delegates to the first state
convention and everyone will ex
tend the glad hand to the incoming
visitors.
The chairmen of the various COM
mittees made complete reports of
their departments at a meeting OF
the executive committee which was
held last night, which showed that
everything will be in readiness ty
the time of the arrival of tine first
delegate
At this time the decoration COM
mittee was granted In extra ap-
preparation for the lighting of the
city and as a consequence the cen
trail part of Las Vegas win be as
bright as day every night during the
big gathering. The committee has
arranged for the placing of over Geo
lights in six strings across the
streets in places where the best ef-
fects will be gained One string
is to be run from the Castaneda
hotel to the building of the Bacha-
rach Brothers. Following the course
of the car track the next string will
be from Vogt & Lewis shop to the
opposite corner on Douglas avenue.
The other lights on Douglas will
be criss-cross double strings at the
Sixth and Douglas corner and a
string from the Pioneer block to the
Office of the electric light company
On Sixth street there will be a
string of lights from Graaf & Hay.
wards store to the other side of the
street. The sixth string will be
from the building of Charles Rosen
thai to the Wells Fargo company's
structure.
Last night the committee on
arranging for the tickets of admis
sion held meeting. According tc
it's apportionment the entire lower
Aoor will be reserved for the dele
gates and their friends. The bal
cony of the opera house is reserved
for the subscribers to the fund fol