Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-14

difficult sltuation with a great deal 0f
tact ane after the exciiemAnt was over
was highly complimented upon the at
tllude which he took.
Motion after motion was made for
the appointment OF committees but
above the upr0ar there came a per-
slstent call for Governor Mcdonald.
Ehe call finally grew into an uproar
'nnd the governor responded with ore
of the strongest addresses Of his pub
lic career. He said that Ne had not
come to the convention intending 20
make a Fgeech, that II was necessary
for him TO return to hts duties az SAN
Ga Re At II o'clock ana that he much
preferred 70 remain on tho floor as
delegate, and that he had consented
to mount the platform with some re-
iuctance.
The governor expressed his regret
Al any dissensl0n Ia the convention
among Democrats: that ne saw men
before him who had worked for eight
months steadily for the interests Of
the party and he regretted 10 see any
division OF oplniun among such men.
The governor uaid he waa. not there
Ia advertise himself and that he had
but one ambition, which was 20 serve
the state honestly, sincerely and sue
cossfully and IN 80 doing 20 strengthen
the Democratic party. The governor
said that the state should not and
would not be used wrongfully 10 ad-
vertise or advance the interests Of any
political party. Ha said that the
Democratic party should not be used
wrongfully IN connection with the bus
mess Of the state. The platform up-
on which he ran for Office, the govor-
nor said, was not only tho platform
OF his party, but his personal plat-
form. and he meant evejs' word OF il.
The keynote Of his administration, he
saia would be efficiency In public Of
flee. He said that no Republican ma
chine and no Democratic machine
shoald be permitted to run the state;
and that II was his aim TO wipe out
peanut politics In New Mexico 90 de-
stroy existing machine rule, and to
see that no new machine was built up
IN its place. The governor admlnis-
tered a severe rehuke TO those who
had criticized appointments he
hsd made thus far. He said
that more than 10000 votes
had been cast AZ the last cleo
tion IN his behalf and that there
were at HIS disposal some offices which
we're worth while. He then proceed-
cd to talk straight and true 20 those
men who placed public Office above
public benefit and personal interest
above party welfare. The governor
said that no had no one sn mind, but
Il was the pialnest statement ~ had
made ninc0 he entered the Office with
rsyard to his appointments ana was
st.-oaean-eut serving of notice % al
concerned that ho regarded efficiency
ana welfare ef the public service ~
above every other consideration. The
governor ALSO made II plain that he
proposed 10 take no sides In the pres.
identiai nominating contest
He said he had the highest regard
for Judaon Harmon and he had the
deepest respect for the character ana
public career cf Champ cnrk; and a.
Ihls point the convention broke out
into wild cheers which indicated clear
Iy the sentiment OF the vast majority
of the delegates. lie paid a tribute
10 Oscar Underwood and Woodrow
Wilson and concluded with the state
mcnt that whoever the nominee Of the
Democratic party he would have his
loyal and enthusiastic support. Hon
Or and principle. said the governor,
must guide the Democratic party. we
cannot win as the republicans do by
peanut political Methods
he said. We must battle for principle
and for right; our problems must be
taken to the people. No good Demo
erat can put his personal interest
above the interest o. the party. IL
Is up 10 us TO act wisely, fairly and
tremendously, and h SO doing We w;il
win"
The governor said goodbye 10 the
convention while the band played
Dixie" ana the delegation stood on
their chairs and broke into Wild ap-
blauae. lie left at 1850 for Santa Fe.
upon motion OF Mr.. James W.
VOfment OF Santa Re, the convention
took recess OF ten minutes while the
various county delegations nominated
heir members OF the committees on
rules and order Of husi-
ness. permanent organization ahd on
as follows
ANFNtHAiHla-~Hti tinNAi AittA AAf ~ -
Blckley. c. A. kOhlhausen, II. D.
Terrell. u. Ii. smith, d, NJ. McCrary
C. II. Pollock. Nj Sanchez y haca,
George ulrich, J. A. wolkins, J. II
Finnegan, w. r. McGill, John W. sui
Iivan. j. r. Hartman, Thomas DoTan'
Cornelius sullivan. Tom Marion, >. y
Joseph. Jr., Juan G. Sanchez, Howell
Earnest. J, q. Chavez.
Rules and Order Of nusiness--J. IT,
Nroth. Luclus Dills, II. II. Young,
A. ~ scott. G. n. Smith, Dennis,
J. ID. Gilchrlst. +. sanchez Baca'
George Kimheli. r. L. Miiler, r. II.
Boddow, Hugh Swift, A. A. Becman'
Imclalo Mondragon, Frank Snarn
q. y. Zimmerman. 3. W. NormenI !.
Sanchez, n. q. Gaiegus, Charles A.
scheurich, A. y. Black, Howell Ernest,
n. u. Wilkergon
Resolutions SUnmers burkhart
John w. Poe, n. H. Buckley, A. l.
Await. n. c. Frengcr, y. w Arm
strong. J. ID. Gllchrlst, A. =. Marhut
John A. Haley. ]. A, Mahoney y q
swartz, Alatlas Valvcrde, w. r. Me-
gln. j. W. sullivan. j. g Hartmann
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