The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1920-07-24
l.. n. TAYLOR, CANDIDATE FOR
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, CALLS
HIS COUNTY CONVENTION.


The wonders have not all. as vet
ceased. and the miracles. have not
all, as yet, been performed
In another column in this issue.
will be found the call for the first
Democratic County Convention OF
the season. The convention is
called by G.. G. Granville, of San
Francisco, and elsewhere, through
his apparent assistant and candi-
date, l.. N. Taylor, and will convene
in the court house in Clayton at 2
o'clock in the afternoon July 81.
This extreme hurry leaves the
precinct chairmen very limited
time in which to call their meeting
and name their delegates tO the
county convention.
Under ordinary circumstances
and viewed by a fair minded man.
this would seem rather unjust To
the Democratic voters of the cOun
I ty, but when the full facts in the
case are understood it is necessary
to accept it as good stroke OF
DuSlness-fOr a certain bunch who
are very much in the minority.
With the county chairman absent
most Democrats will experience a
certain amount of difficulty in un-
derstanding why, if he felt the ne
cesslty for calling convention be-
fore his return, the call was not
sent To the secretary instead of 10
| l.. n. Taylor candidate for District
| Attorney.
| If the county chairman, Mr.. Gran
willie, favored Mr.. Taylor as candi-
date for the office of District At
torney, he could not have favored
him in better way. With the call
in his hands, he can easily give his
candidacy much advanlage-pr
vlded it should go through as il
seemingly has been Outlined-by en-
closing a personal letter with each
| copy of the call sent TO precinct
chairmen of the county.
1t Will also seem strange TO the
| voters of Union county that the of
! flcial information of the organiza-
| tlOn should come through the law
office of TOombs & Taylor. The
voters may also wonder when il be-
came the Democratic custom to
place the executive duties OF the
county chairman in the hands Of
one Of the candidates.
! With the official matter which
/ Mr.. Taylor is disseminating in the
/ lldlne OF Jne county chairman, we
are advised that he is enclosing
personal appeals in his own behalf,
! eXhOrting the various precinct
chairmen to send instructed dele
cations for him.
! In other words, whatever Demo-
/ cratic machinery remains in work
| ing condition in our county, has TO
all intents and purposes, been de-
! llNered over to candidate Taylor
for his use in cOrraling the nomi-
nation for District AttOrny.
| We earnestly trust that the time
| has not yet arrived when it shall
become necessary for our candidates
for District Attorney to be brought
out by Republicans. or for them 10
| cOllabOrate with Republicans and
| MugwumpS in order to get enough
| strength to give color to heir can
| didacy.
We submit that the Democratic
party has suffered in no small de-
| gree during recent months at the
hands of those who are now at
tempting To use the party and its
organization for their own selfish
ends and nefarious purposes; and
that it is high time that the Demo-
crats of Union County who place
and value party welfare over and
above selfish interest, rise up and
awake to the situation.