Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-10-06

which his late opponent was menu
ber. He briefly thanked the conven-
tion for the nomination aud took his
seat among the Befnalillo county dele
cation, where he quickly learned of
the attack that had been made upon
him.
The regular order of business had
been taken up and was proceeding
smoothly when Mr.. Ferguson. arising
to a question of personal privilege
and despite objections from several
corners of the hall, rendered hts resig-
nation as candidate for congress-
Mr.. Ferguson emphatically denied
that he had ever pledged himself to
| support Mr.. McGill for congress He
had wished that gentleman well when
his candidacy had first been announc-
ed. When he came to the convention
Mr.. FERGUSON had not desired nor
expected to be a candidate for con-
gress and bad only consented, TO ac-
cept the nomination after being i'm
plored to do so for the. good of the
party, He had merely bowed to what
appeared to be the will of vast ma
jority of the delegates. Like true
soldier when drafted he { obeyed,
though 1t had peen much against his
personal inclinations. He closed his
somewhat pathetic speech by. earnest
! ly begging the convention TO permit
his name to be withdrawn from the
ticket
| Amid intense silence the question of
the acceptance of the resignation was,
| placed before the convention by
Chairman Richardson. The. gavel Of
the presiding officer had scarcely fall
en- when Mr.. McGill arose and moved
that the resignation be not accepted.
He knew, he said. that Mr.. Ferguson
was nearer to the hearts of the peo-
pie than any other man in New Mex
leo and he for one would never con
sent to having the name withdrawn.
The motion was put and the conven-
ltion as one man arose and voted that
Mr. FERGUSON was the choice of his
party for congress, and that he should
not be permitted to withdraw from
the race.
Another unusual incident of the
days session was the nomination of
j. Lee Lawson for attorney general,
The nomination was made by G. L.
Moffett of Otero county, and was by
acclamation. Mr.. Lawson in vain
tried TO attract the attention of the
chairman for the purpose OF refusing
the proffered honor, but each time he
was dragged to his seat by his en-
thusastic Otero county friends. The
nomination was made at the morning
session and during the noon recess
strong pressure was brought to bear
upon the unwilling candidate to in
duce him to accept the place on the
ticket This was all in vain how
ever, and at the afternoon session, Mr..
Moffett, who had made the nomina-
tion was forced to announce that Mr..
Lawson was firm in his decision not
10 accept the place. on motion the
resignation was accepted, and w. II.
McGill of Roosevelt county, was nam
ed to fill the vacant place. The nomi-
nation was made by unanimous vote.
Harmony Reigned Supreme.
The proceedings OF the closing day
moved with a business-lik precision
that Indicated a high degree of har-
mony among those participating.
When the convention was called to
order at 20 o'clock in the morning the
first order OF business was the nomi-
nation Of q candidate for lieutenant
governor. The name OF A. c. Torres
of socorro was presented by Isaac
Barth of Bernalillo, and that of II. G. |
de Baca of San Miguel. by Judge Il. V.
Long of San Miguel. Before the vote
was taken the Socorro delegation