El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-24

committees. when Spiess moved tina.
me convention recess until 10 o'clock
this morning. He declared there were
matters OF the gravest Importance to
ne submitted 10 the resolutions com
mittee, and that ample time ought 20
BE taken for consideration. AIontovs
or BernalillO, moved an amendment
that the recess be only until S o'clock
mittees TO report at that time. Spiess
lost his motion by a vote of 167 to
sS- Some Of the delegates were eus-
plclous that the Spiess forces. which
tions.
Convention ReassembIes.
mere was hardly standing room
available when senator Fall called the
convention TO order at $50. The com
mittee on rules and order of business
reported that the order of business he
me adoption OF reports of committees
ana nominations in the following or
ger Senator. governor. justice su-
preme court congressman. lieutenant
governor secretary of state. auditor.
treasurer. superintendent OF public in
struction. attorney general. commits
sioner Of public lands, corporation com
missioner, three presidential electors.
secretion OF state central committees
The report was adopted as was the
one on credentials. which was to the
effect no contests had been filed.
hernandez Permanent Chairman.
The permanent organization commit
Tee recommended 3. g Hernandez per-
manent chairman: Gregory Page. Eu-
genio Romero, Miguel A Maritime. ".
A HaVener, BernalillO Sedillo. vice
chairmen, lose n. Zena. secretary. The
report was adopted without opposition.
which was said TO have been anticf-
pated earlier in the day.
hernandez speaks in Two Languages.
hernandez spoke for 90 minute
first in English. then in Spanish. Mrs.
IieIhandez occupied a seat in the from
OF the house with the san Miguel coun-
y delegation Hernandez declared this
would be hard campaign. in no sense
walkover, but that if the Republicans
would be restored to power.
The national administration was
criticized, particularly as to the many
plumbers in the policy with Mexico.
Inc Democrats had promised the strict
est economy. Hernandez said. but had
practiced the most outrageous extrava-
sance
The beginning OF the end OF Demo
Charles E. Hughes. soon will be elected
president the speaker said in conciu-
sion.
Delay in Report.
Inability 10 agree upon important
blanks Of the platform kept the resoIu-
TONS committee from reporting until
F-i2- The resolutions pledged I'M
equivocally the submission of amend
Of suffrage for women. The work OF
the last legislature in matters Of tax
reforms was endorsed and still further
reforms are pledged.
Road Improvement Endorsed.
The building. maintenance and i'm
provement of roads are recognized a.
OF the highest importance. and rec
concentrations were made that the road
board he increased from three to five
mer- bers. no two to be residents of any
one judicial district. and the governor
not to hold membership
The plan Of making a budget by the
governor 10 the legislature for cost of
maintaining the state was endorsed and
pledge made to use the best efforts 20
Rave the next legislature pass the re-
CURED bill TO submit an amendment
Senators Catron and Fail and repre-
sentative Hernandez were highly eulO-
gized. FAN being characterized rs the
greatest exponent on Americanism now
i'm the United States congress. The
rlSnt hand OF fellowship was extended
TO Roosevelt and all others returning
10 the Republican party. The matter
OF judicial determination of bounds-
ries between the states of New Mexico
and Texas was advocated.
Adjournment Forced.
At 1880 adjournment was forced by
the CatrOn-Romero forces through a
miscount OF roll call vote. The votcN
on the motion by Read. OF Rio Arriba.
10 adjourn until this morning, was
When the house was three-fourths
cleared il was discovered by HubbeIl
that Grant countys six votes had been
counted for. when they were cast
against. The chair ruled that the con-
vention should come to order. Bursum.
evidently having nothing to fear. said
it would be impossible 10 bring all the
delegates back then. and made motion
10 adjourn The motion carried with
out opposition
Delegates in Convention.
The complete list of delegates from
the southern counties to the Republic
can state convention follows.
Curry-C- II. Hannum. ". \. Hav-
euer.
Grant-Matt Fowler. y D. MURRAY.
Fairs Y. Bush. L. II. Bartlett. Z. NJ
Sawyer. F. r. Wicks.
uadalupe-Crescencio GalleSos. Mi
suel Martinez. Amado Perea, Jose
Chavez y Garcia. Pedro Romero. Al
fredo Aaron. \. 7. Anaya. Salome Mar
tinez.
Lincoln-Roman Duran. LeOpoldO
Gonzales. Henry Lutz. H. A Hannah.
Francisco Gomez. Willard Bclknap-
QUAY. L. GoldenberG. J. G. Ellis.