The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-21
REPUBLICAN, MAJORITY OF 1900
WILL BE RESULT OF SEueMAN
REVOLUTION IN VALEEcIA

The county republican organization
was completed, following the conven-
ton az follows.
Ed NJ. Otero. chairman. Andres a..
Romero. Jr., secretary; Miss Mary
jaramillo. vice chairman; Mrs. Henry
Workman, vice chairman; Mrs. I'D NJ.
Otcor, vice chairman.
What Happened Mt Bcicn
A number OF mon who were present
at ,Beicn during the Revelation"
convention staged there under long
distance direction by the democratic
state chairman, were delegates or
spectators at the republican
ton. The accounts they give OF what
happened at that convention vary In
nearly all material details from the
accounts published in the newspapers
controlled by the democratic state
chairman. Their view Is that the
Soligman ''reyolution" was not only
%bloodiess hut humorous In some Of its
features. u develops that eleven OF
the Valencia county precincts were
q represented at all and that OF the
larger precincts Belcn was the only
one with a delegation handy. The
HELEN delegation consisted largely OF
democrats and when IL became APP
parent that the representation OF
'revolutionists' would net represent
AAAN ANNNAAN III VIII hhANANfA wv
distribution to make q showing,
spectators were invited 10 enter the
convention upon an equal voting
basis with the delegates who had
been elected. appointed or brought In
by the Sciigman organizers. This
made the convention difficult to
handle, as In said to have been dem
onstrated when Silvcstrc Mirabal, fol-
lowing "A conference which he sought
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county chairman, undertook TO put
through a motion to fuse the indie
pendent" republican delegates present
into the regular republican V
tion, and was voted down by the
democrats and spectators. MIR. Mira
bal from all available Information,
appears to have been induced TO act
as the figure-head behind which the
democratic organizers worked ana
was somewhat embarrassed to find
the 'lndepcndent" delegates on his
hands without uiy prospect ahead but
nm arduous campaign In n hopeless
cause. Following the failure II his
effort to restore his followers to the
fold he had the option OF leaving
thcm to work out their " salvation,
or OF seeing II through. The result
according 20 republican leaders from
overy precinct In Valencia county.
would have been h same, Whatever
Mr.. Mirnbal's course had been.
Mirabal Is "A wealthy mar with
enormous land holdings In western
Valencia county. He has not been
active In politics, except at conven-
ton times. when he has usually
sought representation on the county
ticket FOR himself or some OF his
friends. He has n following In sew
crnl precincts which Il IN expected
will remain with him through this
campaign. The result, according Ia
delegates from those precincts at the
Los Lunas convention. will be to In
spire republicans In those precincts
to extra effort during the brief cam
paign. the casting OF every republl-
can vote In every precinc. In the
county. and the biggest majority on
record.
Persons interested in observing the
results obtained by Chairman Selig-
mans favorite line Of action In seek
Ing fusions and inspiring revolutions
In republican counties. are urged "a
observe very carefully the results OBJ
| tanned by the extraordinary effort
that has been put forth In Valencia
| county In behalf OF Hanna and the
Legislative redistricting OF the state
along the lines OF the Seligmon plan.