The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1918-09-14
Democrats Select
State Delegation

The Democratic Delegate Conyen-
ton met at Mora Monday, Sept. 9th
at 10 o'clock to select delegation to
the State Convention at Santa Fe.
Despite the busy season and scar
city of help, a large attendance was
present and an enthusiastic convention
was held. The new county chairman,
John P. Wooten, called the conven-
ton to order and in modest. but
thoroly democratc speech stated the
object and sentiment of the occasion.
Irwin Ogden, Sr., of Roy was selected
temporary chairman, Ricardo Romero
vice chairman, and Manuel Martinez
secretary, with Bias Gallegos, sec'y
Of the Central Committee as assistant
and Alfredo Romero, interpreter.
After organization and appointment
of committees, which was done by se-
lecting from those present member
Of the delegates from each of the 26
precincts, the convention recessed un-
til 2:30 during which time the COM
mittees got busy and had their re-
ports ready.
The Credential Committee found all
but three precincts represented either
personally or by proxy and permitted
Solano to be represented by Roy and
Nolan by Wagon Mound delegates.
The permanent organization commit
tee recommended the Temporary Off
GERS be retained which they were and
the Resolutions committee headed by
Stanley A. Foutz, of Wagon Mound,
got busy with the resolutions herein
presented,
At the afternoon session all the COM
mittee reports were unanimously
adopted, and speeches were made by
several delegates and guests. S. A.
Foutz, Of Wagon Mound made the
"Key-Note" speech, the sentiment of
which was: "a square deal to ALL
Democratic victory all the way down
the line this fall and then administer
affairs in the true democratic way.
treat all alike regardless of politics,
and show the rulers of the past where
their theory of prosecuting their OPP
ponents and protecting their friends
in all things was wrong and that the
licking the Kaiser is getting is the
proof of it."
Attorney Higgins. andMr.- Ortiz
each'spoise briefly and were jollied by
the convention as welcome guests who
did not attempt to run the thing for
US, as has been done by their fellow
townsmen for some Republican con-
ventions there. Mr. Higgins is under
sentence to the pen charged with libel
and is awaiting the action of the Su-
preme Court. He doesn't seem TO take
it very seriously, and, like many 9TH
ers, knows a lot when the time comes
to tell it.
The convention decided that it was
desirable to send delegation of 80
instead of 16 to the State Convention
and give each a half vote and bind
them to the Unit Rule, leaving all
nominations open except U. S. Senator
to which they are all willingly in
structed TO- support Walton, with no
thought of a second choice.
1t has been demonstrated that the
Democratic vote at the last election
was almost evenly divided at the Mora
Grant line and it was decided TO
choose half the delegation from the
territory east of the line and half on
the west, selecting only name, Of men
who would go unles, providence pre-
vented. The delegates were selected
and the carefully culled lists present
ed and unanimously adopted, the fol-
bwing is the delegation from the East
end:
ROY. Floersheim, Remigio Lo-
PEE, Irwin Ogden, Sr.,
MILLS-W. H. McCarger, J. G.
Woods, Geo. Cochrane, ]. H. Leibert.
SOLANO-Walter Ross.
WAGON .MOUND-Vicen Mares,
Stanley Foutz, Fabian Chaves, ]. W..
Bentley, Sabine Lopez, Manuel VAL
dez, Harry 5. Irwin, Jose D. Medina,
Jr-, (No relation to the other one)
This list includes Colmer Nolan, and
other precints along the Santa Fe r.
R., as well as Wagon Mound
For the west half the following were
chosen. We failed to get their pre-
cincts:
Doniciano, Medina, Ricardo Romero
Manuel Martinez, Juan Casados, F.
Reimbert, Eugenio Romero, George
Martinez, Pedro Martinez, E. Kauer,
Jesus Pacheco, j. G. Montoya, Laur-
iano Espinos& Casimiro Costello, J. P.
Wooten, David Sanchez, Albino Macs.
John P. Wooten, who was selected |
by the Central Committee, as chair
man to succeed Hon. Rafael Romero,
tried to escape the fespon-
sible position, but the convention was
unanimous in demanding his remain
ing in that position His argument
that he was inexperienced" was met
by the better argument that "he had 7
the perspective and initiative that /
have superseded experience in the adj
vanced lines of everything, and thai
are necessary to success in these mod
ern days. We need initiative to lead 7
US on to Victory. Experience can
now but hold us back to the causes for
our defeats Of the past"
The convention adjourned with the
best Of good feeling all around and
all the delegates went honaa with the
idea Of concerted action and every man
10 his best to uphold the President
down to the last Office on the county
ticket