El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-25
LBUQUERQUE. \. n.

LBUQUERQUE. n. n. May 20
~ The harmony prevailing through
out the afternoon session OF tn
Democratic state convention was shat
tered at the opening OF the nigh
meeting. After somewhat heated argu.
ments. the decision was reached tc
elect p delegates instead OF six. eacl
having half vote.
Eight delegates were selected, one
from each Of the eight judicial dis
tricts, the remaining four delegates
from the first and second, third and
The Delegates.
The eight deleEates are arthur
Seligman. Santa Fe. Clearance Cham
bers Gallup Yuma 6FenESe oss Las AS
bert Blake. Artesia; Jackson AGee-
silver CITY; Geo. E Cook. Socorro;
Juan J. Duran, Clayton The other
four delegates are Tom Ross. Alnue-
uueroue: z c. DeBaca- East Las
Vegas: sam G. Bratton. Clovis B. A
Pine. SOcorro.
After the elections had been closed
Arthur SeliEman withdrew from the
DELEGATION and insisted that governor
Mcdonald be substituted for him Gov
ernor Mcdonald having declined the
nomination once, said ne WanIed II
understood that when he declined, he
then reelected Seligman-
Antonio LucerO was elected perma-
uent chairman OF the convention ana
Fred w James secretary
Jones National Committeeman.
a A Jones was unanimously re-
elected national committeeman
II was ten minutes Of l. last night
v--hen the matter of resolutions was
,-egcI,ad President Wilson's admin
isfration was highly euloEized, ana
the delegates instructed for Wilson
and Marshall
UNQUALIFIED endorsement was given
TO Jones for senator and 10 SOY eIiiol
FcDonald's administrator
Great Meeting.
Judge y. B. Laughlin- state cAalI Illa =
who has lived in New Mexico since - :
saws thar this convention set the hlGn
,,-afer mark Of earnestness. and unity 4
prominent newspa perman who SAID ne
had attended nine state conventions de-
clared that he had beheld nothing Ike
this before
The outstanding features OF the con-
vention, overshadowinE all else. were
the splendid addresses made by Isaac
Barth. state senator and temporary
chairman and also a candidate for gov
ernor- and by A. a. Jones. first assist
interior Of the United States. and who
today practically consented 10 make the
race for the United states senate ana
The spontaneous ovations given TO these
There can no longer be any doubt as
10 how Barth and Jones stand in the es-
timsticn and regard Of the Democracy
of the state of New Mexico said one or
the influential delegates 1T Is evident
now. and beyond any possible argument.
that Barth and Jones may now have
anything in the gift Of the party that
they may care TO seek And when the
convention recessed at 5-l5. for the
committees TO prepare their reports. this
limo
was declared At that time until S p. IN.
for the committees TO meet
Plenty Color.
The speakers stand and the walls on
each side were decorated IN the coloFs
Of "Old Glory High above the center
Of the stand was a picture OF Woodrow
Wilson, on one side a picture of Thomas
Marshall, while on the other side was a
likeness Of A. A. Jones The delegates
were grouped. by counties. on the floor
Of the big auditorium, with visitors on
the outer edge Of the semi-circle and a
sprinklTnE OF other visitors in the gal
lerics- Mrs Barth sat in the visitors
-allcrvs directly in front of the speak
er's stand The delegates had adorned
their persons with much finery. in the
shape OF ribbon badges that lacked no
color or tint that is known. BernalillO
county. with % delegates. had used a
large figure as factor in multiplying
tlc is delegates allotted. san Miguel
sieeted s. instead Of Island other coun-
ties had multiplied delegations. san
o. gan county alone was missing
That q sort or holiday spirit pre-
vailed in the ranks Of the uuterrified
Va as evidenced by the badges worn and
the signs displayed Back of the speak
rr's stand huge sign had been painted
on canvas "ChsveS county. 800
JemOcrats-' The delegates from Chaves
wore little cards suspended from their
coats. bearing the friendly greeting
We're from Chaves county. Where are
you from Distributed among all the
DELEGATIONS were cards on which was
printed we want Walton for repre-
sentative in congress"
Walton Presents Chairman.
State senator Isaac Barth, temporary