Deming graphic., 1912-05-17
PRINCE WATKINS LED
THE DEMOCRACY
}. A. Mahoney and P. L Smy.
er Coming in as Close
Seconds
J. N. UPTON N DECLINES
After a Hot Skirmish Six Del
egates 60 INSTRUCTED to
Clovis.
Friends of the Honorable Champ

Clark handed friends of the honora
bic Woodrow Wilson a little pack
age at the democratic county con
vention. In fact the former slip
ped one over on the latter.
Some weeks ago Wayne McV. vii.
son came down from Grant county
and organized a Wilson club here
and figured that he had barbed
wire fence around Luna county dem.
ocrats. Maybe he did, but he neg.
lected to put enough strands of barb
ed wire of else he forgot to make it
rabbit proof. At any rate when it
came to roundup day" the fence
had been cut in several places and
failed to hold either way.
The dope was given out that the
Saturday afternoon convention
would be- regular love feast, and
it was quiet for spell.
In fact it was so quiet that a lit
tie mouse came out from under the
stage a nd got quite chummy with
Chairman A. j. Clark. Secretary
Samson Lindauer and a couple of
newspaper men who came in to get
pointers on presidential candidates.
The first thing exciting was the
sound of the fire bell, which caused
Bob Miller to move to adjourn to
the scene oi connagration. During
the fire. some good friend of Prof.
Wilson placed his portrait and a hot
tariff speech in each of the dele
gates chairs, but it was of no avail.
as Speaker Clark's friends had n
majority of the delegates. with votes
to deliver.
The resolutions paid the distin-
guished Missourian n glowing trib-
ute for securing for us the full
rights of American citizenship and
the full recognition from all our sis
ter states of an equality not hereto
foae enjoyed" (guess that will hold
Senator VIM. Alden S m ! { h for
a while) endorsed the economical
ideas of both tate and national
democrats and handed the Luna
county faithful a bunch of carna-
tions for their fine fighting quail
ties. when il comes to the greatest
cause ever before the American peo-
pie Democracy"
When il came to nominations for
six delegates, j. A. Mahoney rose,
in his usual quiet manner and nam
cd six good men with more or less
kindly feelings toward the Missouri
statesman. 1t was right then and
there that the balloon went up.
Senator Upton was on his feet in an
instant and declared that Tammany
Hall had started little branch Of
flee in Luna county and suggested
in manner plainly To be understood
that il had been done without his
knowledge or consent and against
the peace and dignity of the demo
Gratis there assembled. either in per-
son or by proxy
Chairman Clark said they could
nominate just as many delegates as
they wanted to, hut that only the
six receiving the highest number OF
ballots could be elected to the state
convention. This didn't satisfy the
senator. lie couldn't break loose
from that Tammany idea and declin-
ed to 90 as delegate, aft F. several
delegates had placed him in nomi'
nation. The final ballot after about
ninety minutes discussion, gave
Prince AL Watkins 25 votes, j. A.
Mahoney and Peyton Smyer "a each,
RI. Miller %, A. J. Clark 20. DR..
NIL Moran Is, Sam Lindauer Ia,
J. N. Upton Z.
Watkins, Mahoney and Miller,