The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-28
Candidates foi Congress, State
Treasurer, Auditor and Attor.
ney General Have TO Be
Drafted by Leaders.
WALTON, RICHARDSON AND
GARCIA GET HIGH HoNoRs
Silver City Man Nominated for
Senator on First Ballot; Rich
ardson for Congress, and Garcia
for Governor.

santa re. y. NJ, sept. ~ The dem
pcratic stat" convention came To an
end shortly after midnight ilSt night
after one of the most remarkable SEES
sious in the history of the party In
this statc. remarkable in that there
were active candidates. aud active
contests for only four places on the
ticket. II WAS necessary To draft a
candidate Tor congress. and Judge q.
A Richardson OF Roswell who had
been defeated during the afternoon
tor the senate, was chosen for the
place. Judge Richardson was not
present. ana u had not been lcarcnd
today whether or not he would accept
the nomination. lu me same manner
IL was necessary GO draft "a candidate
for state treasurer, tor auditor ana
attorney general
The ticket u ~ follows:
Tor United States senator, W. ~.
Walton Of Silver tiiy.
Foe congressman, q. y. Richardson
oI Roswell
lur governor. EcliV Garcia Of Rio
ArTiba county.
ior lieutenant governor, g.. 4. Weed
or oi las Vega,
Tor Justice of the supreme court,
~. II Hanna All santa tc.
FOR -cCrcinr, uf state, Juan y. Du-
ran of tnion county.
Tor state treasurer, y. ". Medley oi
SOcurrO.
FOR attorney general y, ,. Mabrs
uT albuquerque.
For school superintendent, ). ;.
Long of Porialcs.
For commissioners of public mnds
George y baNisson OF Roswell
{ For auditor, Marcus 4, de Baca of
SaIi,lDtaI county.
Eor corporation commissioner, u. u.
Einncgnn al iuCpmcHrl
For district Judge, second district.
John o.. Simni-.
Following the nomination Tor seut-
tor during the afternoon, the conNcn-
ton recessed until 1870 last night. and
upon rcconvcuing In" nomination for
. congressman was takon up. Bciut-
/ liliu county yielded % Luna county,
/ ana Luna county nominated fcuN
. Garcia tor congressman ana an effort
/ followed 10 stampede the convention
{ for M Garcia foI that position. i. II
] Crisp of no Nrribn county, was not
( SLOW la detecting what was happening
to his candidate. hud immediately
nominated 4. f. putney OF EernalillO
/ county for congressman. Nj. putuey
/ vchcmrntly announced mat he could
not accept congressional nomination,
ana Autuntu luCrtu, lu an impahslon+
rd speech. branded Js "a Stacker amy
man who refused To accept any upIu-
iuatiou rendered him by democratic
convention Neill - Field of Albu-
quCruue. came 10 the rescue with a
general attack upon what hr termed
peanut pOlItics.' The situation Tor q
time threatened to disorgnnlze the
convention but the situation Wat
saved hy "a motion from Judge Lang
OF Las Vegas, that the convention pass
90 the next 0rder which was the nom
inatiou for governor TINS hrough
the trial OF strength between Garcia
ana Iutncy
sellers WitIidraws.
Cot -. X u Sellers had been placed
iu nomination FOR governor by Judge
HoaCpck OF Bernalillo county The
COloncls nomination was srcuhdod by
"a number uf counties with con
clusiuu of the roll call COi sellers IN
q hricf address, announced that ne
would withdraw iu the interest ~ par
~ harmony aud the convention might
mike It's choice between the other
Two candidate The result apparently
was 10 throw the Sellers strength "a
Garcia for ia roll call the Rio Arrlha
county man had received gag votes tu
~ fur M. putnry
Bcrnaiillo County Ia Gold.
The net result ut Hu almost constant
fight among the scTnhlillo county
delegation is tu send the delegation
home with nothing but a minor office
tuf It's pains. although u appeared ir
the early stages of the convention that
tine county might have anything ~ dc
| s.f,1 from tho scnutorship down.
Mr Neodcr ot Las Vegas, VINO had
4 hptr lu active candidate Tor governor
= urcputrd the Lieutenant gpNernurahit Q
che.rfuly Judge Hanna was uoWiu.
atcd ior tho supreme court without
upposItluu Juan ! Duran of Union
county. drtettrd Adolph f. I'm tor
secretar, ol state hy -li TO 10, T. "
Medley uf Socufro, WAS drafted int
the nomination tor treasurer atiri
state Treasurer A. l.. Han had re-
fused on thc floor ~ the convention Z,
accept the nomination r. ]. MabrA
OF Albuquerque. WAS the choice cl
Curry county FOR attorney general an,
was nominated hs thot county :