Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-03-27


roll had been called-he lacked four
votes of election-but before the re-
suit was announced enough legisla-
tors rose to change their votes 10 Cat
ron, to put him safely across the wire.
Il was the Spanish Americans on the
Republican side who changed their
mind at the critical moment. The
vote as finally announced, thirty-five
being needed for election, was as fol
} lows:
Republicans-A. B. Fall, 80; T. B.
) Catron, 3S; l.. Bradford Prince, 8; o.
) A. Larrazolo, 2; Eugenio Romero, l;
William ]. Mills /: Jose D. Sena, /.
Democrats-Felix Martinez 25; A.
A. Jones, %.
Progressive Republicans-Herbert
J. Hagerman, 8; w. II. CLEARWATER, 2.
For an hour before the ballot, the
Hall of Representatives was a seeth-
!, ing mass that was milling to and fro,
, apparently purposeless, as viewed
from the outside. but with grim deter
), minatiOn and with we'll laid plan in
view as those on the inside saw it.
Up to the last moment. National Com
mitteeman Solomon Luna pleaded
with Speaker Baca to cast his vote
, for Thomas B. Catron, bit fruitlessly;
up to the last moment Felix Marti-
neg eXhorted the Spanish Americans
, not to vote for Catron and Fall; up to
the last moment, Thomas B. Catron
and his son, Representative Charles c.
, Catron sought to persuade the four
| votes lacking, to fall into line; and
, others, Republicans, Progressives,
: Democrats, Spanish Americans, were.
, frantically making a last appeal.
Up to the last moment, the four leg
islators accused of bribery had deter
mined to demand permission to vote,
which would have no doubt caused the
! United States Senate to take a hand
: later in the Senatorship, for as Sena-
f tor Root declared in the Lorimer
5 case, one tainted vote was sufficient
: to invalidate the election no matter
D how great the majority.
Then came the balloting and there
was breathless, repressed silence.
Name after name was called. The
! first two, Senators Alldredge and
: Barth, Democrats, voted for Jones and
:, Martinez, as had been expected. Then
= came the first change from yesterday,
i, that of Senator Bowman who changed
from Mills to Catron, this being the
signal that the Mills forces had lined
" up, with the Republican organization.
Then came Senator Burns and
changed mis- vote of yesterday from
Andrews to Fall, and the Legislators
knew that the dead lock had been
broken as far as Fall was concerned
for the Andrews forces were swinging
/ into line. Some doubt was again
| raised when Senator Mccoy was
j reached for he refused to vote fol
Fall, casting his vote for Catron ard
Ralph G. Ely Not until j. w. Chavez
d was reached, was all doubt as to Falls
victory dispersed and when he an
nounced in clear tones: Catron ano
Fall, the tenseness that prevailed
broke and there was loud applause
!, Representative Toombs in voting
made a brilliant little address in eulo
gizing w. j. Mills and also Catron ant
Fall. Doubt again arose in the minC/
t o. some as Spanish-American mem
bers divided their votes, some golnE
for Catron, others for Fall and not un
til the name of the Speaker was called
land he voted Fall and Prince" was
y if certain that Fall had been elected
al AZ least. every one thought so, whel
o. like a bombshell, came the announce
III ment of Representative LleWellyn ina
le he desired to change his vote iron
Is Fall to R. L. Baca. Momentary anXl
~ ETY. gave away to tremendous dem
u onstration when Senators Mccoy an'
'e Gallegos announced a change OF Vot
IN to Fall, and when others followed
p' Llewellyn also changing to Fall, put
II ting Falls election beyond a doubt
But Catron still lacked three votes o
'e majority. John B. Burg was on
e of the first to arise to change his Vot
u to Catron: then came ]. ]. Clancy, NJ
r p. Manzanares, giving way to the Ell
u treaties of Mrs A. NJ. Bergere an
~ others and changed over to the Ca
~ ron column. Then change afte
nc change was made and finally, Fall ha
~ 80 four more than necessary to cleo
- and Catron 3S, three more than n
needed both also having more tha
the 81 that would have been require
if the four suspended members ma
" been counted in the total.
,n When Bias Sanchez arose to chang
y his vote, the audience expected
would be to Catron, and was taken b
surprise when he declared that he d
< sired to change his vote to Jose l
\ Sena.
= It was half an hour after the new
\ had been flashed to all the world |
= the Associated Press, that Fall al
= Catron, had been elected, that the te
y ers announced the vote. Pandemonlu
= broke loose, unchecked by the pr
= siding officer After quiet was
\ stored, he announced solemnly tn
= Albert B. Fall and Thomas Bentt
S. Catron had been elected to the Unite
y States Senate.
= On motion, Lieutenant Governor
= C. de Baca appointed Representative
= Miguel Baca, Conrad Hilton, J.