New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-27
DEMOCRATS SELECT WALTON FOR
SENATE, RICHARDSON FOR HOUSE
. and GARCIA FOR GOVERNOR
MANY STORMY TILTS, MUCH TALK SCARE TALK, KEY.
NOTING, REsoLUTNo AND CRITICISM OF THE OUTS,
COVERS THREE DAYS. FOLLOWED BY A SHORT AND
RAPID BUSINESS SESSION FRIDAY EVENING WHEN
TICKET WAS PUT UP

The democratic state convention
completed its business and adjourned
late Friday night.
The sessions were we'll attended
and most of them marked by incidents
which held the interest of both dele
gates and visitors.
The temporary officers selected al
the opening upon the recommenda
ton Of the central committee were
Nell B. Field, chairman.
Antonio Joseph. secretary.
Melton Torres, sargent at arms
4. P. Hill. interpreter,
c. Manzanares, interpreter,
Mr.. Field was selected as the key,
noter some time ago and had his
speech prepared in advance.
His speech required an hour and
forty three minutes reading and was
applauded by the delegates.
On taking the chair Mr.. Field cali
ed upon the secretary to read a
telegram from Senator Jones in which
he expressed his regret at not bring
able to be present and extended his
best wishes to the convention and
its work.
After Mr.. Fields keynote speech
Mr.. Putney made few patriotic
remarks and called for the singing
Of America"
Mr.. Barth moved the appointment
OF committees on credentials, perm
anent organization, rules and order
of business and platform, to which
was added ar advisory committee. All
of these were made up of one mem
Der from each county.
At the Thursday evening session
the permanent officers-Isaac Barth
chairman, and Don Lusk secretary,
were seated. and committee reports
were received, except the platform
committee which was given further
time and did not report until Fri
day evening.
The Colfax county contest was
heard and the Kohlhausen delega-
ton seated with slight consideration
accorded the other faction.
Friday morning the first order OF
business was the nomination of U.
s. Senator, but the delegates were
so divided and unsettled that it was
put off on one pretext or another
until nearly noon when the conven-
ton recessed until 2 o'clock.
Two attempts, of the advisory COM
mittee to have the convention go
into secret session in order to elm
mate the newspaper men while candi-
dates were being discussed were vot-
ed down by the convention.
Shortly after 2 o'clock Friday the
nominating speeches for U, S. SEN
ator began.
Tallmadge as a Cad Fly
Undoubtedly the c. L. Tallmadge
advertising boom had the organiza-
ton guessing. and bitter renuncia-
tions of the unknown aspirant caus-
ed the other wolves and lambs to
determine to lie down together. Every
man who had been thought OF for
senator or who could be thought of
was nominated on the first ballot in
an effort to pile up enough votes
to counteract the rumored Tallmadge
following
Tallmadge got 35 votes, and silent
" went away The slate had had
it all its own way all the time and
the steering committee had allowed
itself to become terrified unneces-
sarily. Walton was nominated on the
first ballot
Unwelcome Advice
The spectacle of a convention nam
ing an advisory committee and then
refusing to take its advice, though |
the committee was made up of the
apparent choice of each county dele
CATION after due caucus and consi-
deration was one of the interesting
turns of the somewhat jerky con-
Object to Criticism
In the morning session, the COM
mittee through its chairman Hunker
of San Miguel recommended that the
convention go into star-chamber
session and talk about the candida
tes, the idea being to prevent dero-
uatory remarks about men who might
afterwards be elected from leaking
out, as they actually did later when
keynoter Field and others scolded
and shamed certain of the delegates
before our Republican adversaries'
as he expressed it. I
Seoids the Convention
The convention was in no temper
to accept the report, and tabled it.
Begging until o'clock in the after
noon to consider further. chairman
Hunker came again with the same re-
At one time a mo-
tion to discharge the ADVISORY COM
mittee was voted on and narrowly
defeated il
Why this camouflaxe
Resolution writer ]. H. Crist found
hat ne had overlooked the Fourth
Liberty Loan drive in his compen-
iium, and help up the house nomina-
ion long enough to read his resolu-
ion, which was of course passed
With enthusiasm. after o. N. Mar
-on had explained the purpose Of .
Nr. Crist and moved suspension of ,
he order of business long enough to
.dopt the patriotic resolution. !!
When Mr.. Marion said 'let us have
/ little deliberation", cries arose "You
nave two days. |:
Dsluss Of Neminatisns Ii
Chairman Barth calling Pardue of
leBaca to the chair made . serious {
'peech placing Richardson in the
hair. There 10 no such thing as I