The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-07-13
COUNTY FIRST
T0PGk DELEGATES
Only Six Chosen to State
Convention: County
Ticket Selected

SANTA FE, July 1a.-Otero county
Ii, the first county In the state Ia
select It's delegates to the democratic
state convention, which will be neld
at Las Vegas ON August y. These
delegates were selected by the county
convention, which nominated tho
county ticket. The delegates elected
are: Mrs. Rue jackson, DIR. E. II. Me-
Kinley. Prof. Il. s. Upton. O.. II. Wal
ton and l.. X. York. OF Alamogordo,
and Edward Beringer, OF Orange.
Through what appears to have
been an oversight or u misunderstand-
Ing. July 6 delegates were chosen,
when the state central committee,
meeting at Roswell on June 3,tauth-
orized 10 delegates from that county.
Tho committee declared the basis OF
representation, in the Las. Vegas con-
vention should be one delegate for
each so votes, or major fraction
thereof, east for Felix Garcia, the
nominee for governor in 1918. The
blue book shows 4OS votes cast. for
Garoln in otero county, which would
give the county 10 delegates.
M Representative NoWlncc.
No nominee for representative In
the legislature was named by the
convention. This vacancy probably
will be filled when the county central
~ AbNN ~ INV
able to make the race. The republic
n n had no candidate for representa-
tive In 1918. Otero c,ynnty Is dcmo-
cratic. but Il can hardly be said hat
Il II imprognable In It's democracy.
While the average democratic plur-
ality in 1918 was something like 80,
Senator A. y. Fall received SOC votes,
to $50 for his opponent, W. u. Wal
ton, and j.. II. Wagner. superlntond-
ans ~ nahltp itNUfrpnfinn raCaitQA
4S2, while only AIS were polled by
J. =. Long for the democrats. Oliver
Leo, republican. running for renrc-
sentative from the ''shoestring'' dis
trict, composed Of the counties of
Lincoln. Otcro and Socorro. carried
the county by about 100. II is be-
lieved that Lee will he sent to the
senate in this campaign. either from
tho 10Th senatorial district, Lincoln,
the nth, Lincoln and Otcro, This
choice Is likely to be made. not only
on account, of the excellent record
that he made In the lower house las
term, but also because of his ability
to get democratic votes In his home
county. The 18th district IL over
whelmingly republican, so that any
republicans nominated may be prac-
tically certain OF election. In the i7th
district. Lincoln Is normally repuh-
llcan. but Otero Is democratic al
most enough TO offset. With n re-
publican who has carried Otero by
100 plurality. the republicans feel
that they need nave no fear in the
17th.
The County Ticket.
Elected to serve as members OF the
state central committee. DR. II. d..
Mckinley, Of Alamogordo and Thorn
as Fleming of Pinon.
Tho county ticket named il COM
posed of the following: Sheriff.
Howard Boacham; treasurer. Werner
Clayton, for re-elcction: clerk, Ches-
ley Thomson: assessor. Col. j. II.
Edgington, for a NUMBER or years
county surveyor; probate Judge. VIII
ID. Bryars: commissioners. j. w. BEN
nett. of Alamogordo. A.. j.. Gilmour,
OF T~ularosa, G. G. Prude, OF Weed,
not one now holding office, superin-
tcndent OF schools, Prof. X. $. Upton.
collection. The office or surveyor
was left vacant.
A new idea that was approved by
the convention was the pledge taken
by each candidate before the CONVEX
lion, that II nominated and elected,
he would devote his entire time to
looking after the official duties OF the
office. Each candidate pledged him
self also. In the event of defeat, to
support the ticket. This last feature
was not unusual.