Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-11-27
OFFICIAL COUNT
OF VOTES
.Canvassing Board Goes
Through Preliminaries
at Capitol
IT may TAKE TWO weeks
Supreme Court Convenes and
Will Hand Down Important
Opinions.


The sealed packages containing the
official returns of the election of No
vember 7, from the $50 precincts OF
New Mexico are being opened at the
capitol today. 1t is thought by the
commission that the actual work of
counting the votes will not begin un-
til some time tomorrow and will take
at least two weeks. Today will dis
close if any of the election returns
are missing.
The canvassing board which is COM
posed of Governor William ]. Mills,
Chief Justice w. H. Pope and Secre-
tary Nathan Jaffa, are the only per-
sons authorized to count or even to-
touch the ballots However, each
party interested, is allowed to appoint
referees or counsel to represent them
at the count. For this purpose the
Democratic party appointed Neil B..
Field of Albuquerque and Attorney G.
D Cleveland of Las Vegas. Attorney
T. B. Catron of this city, and Judge A.
4. Fall of Three Rivers were selected
to act as counsel on behalf of the
Republican party.
Several stenographers were desig-
mated to take down the proceedings of
the board.
The canvassing board gave the two
sets of counsel Is minutes for a con-
ference in which to reach an agree
nent on the issues involved so that
the counting of the votes might pro-
ceed without unnecessary delay or
friction. At this conference it was
agreed, subject to the approval of the
canvassing board, that the returns
should have gone to the secretary of
the territory direct and not to the
county recorders of the respective
counties. They gave as their joint
opinion that the duties of the new
canvassing board should be the same
ss under the old election commission.
This would give the new board the
right to compel the completion of in
complete election returns.
The work of the count will neces-
sarily be slow as some Of the returns
are badly written and obscure. The
count will be made by counties in
their alphabetical order. Beenalillo
county coming first.
Postmaster Commissioned.
John P. Brissey has been appoint.
ed and commissioned postmaster at
Ragland, New Mexico.
Dairy v. Winn has been commits.
stoned postmaster at Havener, Curry
county.
Cinnamon to Be Deported.
Charles E. Newcomer, deputy u. s
marshal, has taken nine Cinnamon tc
Ell Paso, where eight of them will
join another squad for deportation tc
China while the ninth is to be tried
for being in the United States unlaw
fully.
Certificate for Bsnkers' Life.
A certificate was granted to "The
Bankers Life Insurance Company" O
Des Moines, Iowa, today. This com
-pany was formerly "The Bankers Lift
Association" The new certificate ad
mits them to New Mexico as a nlutua
company.
Water Canon Road Completed.
The Water and Blue Canon Roa
from Socorro to Magdalena, built b
the Good Roads Commission with COZ
Ndct labor, is about completed. Th
v$akc ~ hn
road between Santa Fe and Albuque
que and between Socorro and Sa
Antonio.
11n''catio::i Of incorporation Papers
the attention of Territorial Seer
tary Nathan Jaffa has been called
the fact that a set Of incorporate
papers was published in a newspap'
that was established less than nir
months ago. To comply with the la
Incorporation papers must be publis
ed in a newspaper established mo
than nine months. The provision
that effect is found In the publicati,
law of 1909.
Lodged In Penitentlary.
Deputy Sheriff James Johnson
Roswell today lodord in the penite
tiary, ]. w. Wooten, to serve one ye
to eighteen months for stealing sey<
ty head of steers from the Slaught
Cattle Company. Sheriff Secundi
Romero Of Las Vegas today broue
seven prisoners to the territorial p
itentiary. They are A. H. King, thl
to five year" for burglary; Nen v
ant three to fivesyears and J. Mitch
from four to five years for burgla
John Haskley who forged check, {
to three years. Francisco Coma
two to three years for theft. Fra
Mitchell one to two years for steal
a team.
Inspection Of Battery A.
The deferred annual official insl
ton of Battery "A" at Roswell b
U. s. army officer will occur Tues
and Wednesday, November % and
Colonel G. H. Clark Of the ordna
department Of the u. s. Arsenal
San Antonio, Texas, has telegrap
to Captain M. s. Murray that he
arrive for his deferred visit az
ignated inspection ofacer on Nov
Der q and conduct his inspection
the two following days.
From Albuquerque, Sherin