New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-27

their favorite son Garcia, in nomina
tion for a position which he did no
want, and then addressed to Putne,
the parliamentary question of wheth
er Il have started something"
Field again gained the floor ant
talked about "subterfuge. lying. and
pretense, foolishness and childs play
and opposed the noxious ten minute
rule by saying If you don't let them
talk here, they will go home and
talk. and their talk will be to the
detriment OF the ticket"
Fast approaching an impasse the
proceedings were saved by Paxton
of Dona Ana county who moved to
take up the nomination of governor,
leaving the three candidates for con-
gress comfortably suspended up in
the air.
| They all Back Up
Admonished by the chairman who
said Lets back up, the conven-
tion followed the Curry county chair
mans motion to declare all we have
done in the last half hour void.
Judge John Simms of Bernalillo
nominated Putney for governor
thereupon. Bernalillo county with
1900 votes he said had normal Re-
publican majority of $50 to 1000 and
must be considered. The delegation
was Overwhelmingly for Putney"
Judge Heacock took issue to this
statement promptly, and nominated
Co. D. K. B. Sellers, state builder,
road maker, and vote getter. Crist
reminiscing of the eXpunged half
hour here remarked upon the little
bit of by-play which the best of
men sometimes relished, and put up
Garcia, Garcia he maintained had ably
served the state on the tax commits
sion by assisting in giving good
administration of what he termed the
odious "Bursum tax law.
Taos seconded his nominee, Tor
rance seconded Sellers, and Holman
of Valencia seconded Putney. Sellers
then withdrew in Putneys' favor The
vote gave Putney 9lH and Garcia
242N.
The Message to Garcia
During this time a committee was
sent in search of the honored nominee
so that he could crate about, but
the message to Garcia is apparently
as yet undelivered, as the commit
tee failed to report.
A recess was taken for Is minutes.
f. f. Veeder who had been missing
in action during the governor vote
appeared as the lone aspirant for
the lieutenantship. Attorney Kiker
of Ration nominated him and he was
elected without opposition or enthu-
siasm.
Richard Fl. Hanna was nominated
by Barth for the chief justiceship
in an impa ssioned speech and was
unanimously selected.
One by one, the counties failed
to respond when nominations for
state treasurer were called for. At
the suggestion of the chair they
passed this matter. /
Adolfo P. Hill of Santa Fc, and
Juan J. Duran of Union were placed,
with much seconding and praise. in
the contest for secretary of state.
Duran: 2l7: Hill 1877
Senator A. V. Lucero .of Colfax
was called to the chair while Mr..
Barth's law pardner T. J, Mabry !
formerly of Clovis was selected with |
out dissent for Attorney general. He
is now in Bernalillo county. Mr.
Lucero inadvertently announced the
election of "Mr, Maybe, which caus-
ed a ripple of amusement,
Mersfeldcr of Curry placed Prof.
7 s. Long city superintendent OF
Portales in nomination for state
OF education assur'
ING his hearers that Mr., Long is
widely known among educators, that
he had been superintendent of Aa-
and had held a position
Ii one of the state normalS and had
,een graced with the office of
,ice president in the educational as
,ociation. Antonio Lucero appeared
o be in revived spirits when he
dominated Filadelfio Baca OF SAN
Miguel to the same position. Long
vas elected lS2 to l52.
Land Commissioner Scrap
Here Bateman of Chaves embark
ID upon the nomination Of George
Oavisson for land commissioner
3ateman obsessed with a page from
he tangled internal political history
If his home county was determined
o have the delegates understand it ,
n all its aspects. as well as to vim
licate his behalf in the right of un-
estricted speech at Democratic con-
'entions Unheedful of the cries of
Time he spun his narrative, which
oncerned a deputy sheriff under ,
Democratic rule. who ingraciously
ccepted the Republican nomination
# sheriff in Chaves, the burthen of
lis lay being to the effect that the
ontest for the shrevalty back there
ad something to do with the famous
haves county widening split, and that
he convention should sustain the ac- ,
redited delegation with its II ms !.
ructed delegates for George. e
Pardue of DeBaca was at last sue
essful in shutting off the spiggot :
+ Bateman's explanations. when "in
he interest of the nominee, he made :
point of order. Chairman Barth !
Tho admitted he had been asleep, /.
aid he presumed the historian had =.
cen out of order, and Bateman MUIR
,uring "out of order" moved wearily. /,
D his seat. :
BILLY" Atkinson was nominated by 6
'arker of Santa Fe, who dragged
orth another hiieous skeleton, when
e alleged that certain gentlemen"
ad ordered an expensive audit of At
inscns books as county officer
back there. that the accountant
ad had difficulty in collecting for
is work when he reported all OK {