Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-03


/ El Paso, Tex, March (Albuquer-
! que eadquarters Two days before
/ the vote Albuquerque appears Ia
/ have the 1916 convention Of cattle
4 men roped and tied Amarillo. the
I only rival, has the inside track on
! the politics of the association. how
{ ever, and while red badges outnum-
Der the yellow Of Amarillo 2 to | on
streets and at meetings, the result is
uncertain until noses are counted.
! Every New Mexican who owns enough
cows is being pressed TO join as Al
buquerque needs every vote Because
of Amarillo's strenuous fight. the
promise of $50 new members is not
considered strong enough induce
ment, taken alone. to swing the vote
in Albuquerque's favor.
Plans were adopted at a meeting
of the Albuquerque delegation held
this afternoon at the First National
bank building, to get more members.
Several stoclSmen signed applications
on the spot, Six committees were ap-
pointed to meet cOwmen from their
districts and get them to join The
committees represent eastern. west
ern, northern and southern New Mex
leo and western Texas.
Albuquerque's Inducements.
We have something to offer as
well as favors to ask, said A. b. Nc
Millen at the meeting. Il don't know
.of anything that would do the stock
men more good than thorough or
ganizatiOn of all stock raisers. We
can get New Mexico and Arizona by
going to Albuquerque, and the two
states are practically an untouched
field for the organization "
Forget the sights of El Paso," was
Felix Martinez advice to the meet
ing, which numbered 150 Forget
everything until you get what you
want he said. He declared he would
do anything he could
Col. d. X. b. sellers said a suffi-
ciently large number of New Mexico
stockmen had signed the member
ship roll to insure the state cattle
raisers getting the same protection
the association gives Texas and Ok
lahoma.
Former Governor George Curry
said that after mixing with business
men and cattlemen he found the SEN
timent practically unanimous in favor
Of Albuquerque; that it is the only
city in New Mexico with adequate
railway facilities and hotel accom-
modations, and that Roswell, his
home town, is not a candidate. Cat
tlemen from northern Mexico also all
favor Albuquerque The number in
cludes some of the biggest ranchmen
in the world. Ten cowmen are COM
ing from Lincoln county. There are
only three members from that coun-
ty, but they will get all to join now
They thought Albuquerque had the
fight won, but there is no time to
rest There are no Roswell badges
in sight.
When Special Train Arrived.
When the Albuquerque special
train arrived at O'Clock, the number
of passengers had reached nearly
200. including many cattlemen. They
formed behind the Canadian band at
the station. The crowd was swelled
by Albuquerque rooters here The
new arrivals were tagged by Colonel
Sellers, Deputy Marshal Galusha and
others who preceded the special, and
We're cheered as they marched
through wet streets
Association politics may interfere
with the selection of the next place
of meeting The launching OF the can
didacy OF an opponent to Secretary
William Harrell may have some ef-
feet on the result
Col Charles f. Hunt. a wealthy
cattleman from old Mexico, turned |
over his offices in the First National |
bank building to the Albuquerqueans |
for headquarters. He and Mrs. Hunt. !
formerly Of New Mexico, are pledg |
ing many cowmen to vote for Albu- |
querque. The offices are crowded all
the time.