New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-01

to permit to get into public press
or to attain circulation and publicity
through discussion by the specta-
tors. Mr.. Marron's proposition Wa
supported by Mr. Paxton an ex-
Democratic State Chairman and wa
opposed by Senator Evans OF Roose
velt County, Judge Patton of Chav
es. Senator Barth and several 9th
ers aud was finally voted upon anC
defeated.
The regular order Of busincs be
ing called for the convention tooh
up the nomination of three presi
Dental electors and for two hour
! carried on a session which was SC
unique and extraordinary for con
! fusion, disagreement and inefficicn
cy.
| John Hicks of Guadalupe county
was the first nominee for presideu
/ tal electors. His nomination wa,
followed by that OF James Upton oi
Luna county and T, H. Rixey, OF I'm
ion. At this point the chairman
requested the secretary to read d
telegram which informed the conven
ton that United States officials and
! directors OF national banks were in
eligible to serve as presidential ell
ectors, whcreupon a delegate from
Guadalupe County withdrew its
name of John Hicks. who, he eS.
planned was so unfortunate a to
be a national bank director" Mr
Paxton in very short but very heat
ed address proposed that the corveH-
tion get down to practical politics
and name committee OF three to
go out and prepare slate for pres
idential electors. He said this was
necessary in order to distribute the
candidates properly among the dii-
fercnt nationalitles and to different
parts of the state
Mr.. Paxton's remarks were met by
an uproarious volley of noes and
few Kisses and was answered hy
Mr., Barth, who maintained that
there was no nationality e<ctp- Am
orleans in the convention.
After this spasm Of oratory and
confusion and the defeat of Paxtons
motion, nominations for presidential
electors were proceeded with and the
following added: B. A. Pine, OF So
zorro county, Eugenio Romero. Mora :;
J. NJ Casias. OF Guadalupe, J. S. Kcl-
ley OF Torrance, Mr., Putnev, of Ber-
alilio; Vincente Mayes, OF Mora ;
Felir Garcia, Of Rio Arrib,a; !. .
Chaves, of Valencia Euccnto Rom
ero. of Mora county wa> withdrawn
by his delegates because he was SO
"unfortunate now as to be poStmas-
er" J. NJ. Casias because he was 50
fortunate a to be bank director"
and Vicente Mares OF Mora county
because "he would not have it"
At this point with seven names be
fore the convention. Mr.. Long. OF
San Miguel county. moved that the
convention select the three one at
a time This motion was so imprac-
tiCal under the circumstances, that
the convention went into greater
confusion and made an uproar OF
discussion among delegates in all
taits of the hall Mr.. Marion NOV
ed that Felix Garcia, D. Chaves
and James Upton be chosen as the
three presidential electors. This mo-
tion was so manifestly discourteouS
and unfair to the other four men who
had been named and had equal priv
ileges before the convention that
his motion was met by another up
roar of mos" and on motion of half
dozen delegates rising silnultan-
cously it was tabled indefinitely.
A ballot was then taken with the
understanding that the three who
received the most votes should be
presidential electors provided such
votes were majority. The ballot
replied in selecting Felix Garcia, J.
d. Chaves and James Upton, show
ing conclusively that the convention
had no objection to these men but
strongly resented the manner in
which Mr.. Marion had undertaken
to put them over few minutes prev
iousy as they had also resented his
motion to exclude ladies and mem
bsrs of the press from the conven
ton.
The convention recessed at . 20
until 800 o'clock p m. after one OF
the most confused and disorderly
sessions ever held BY a convention