Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-27
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DEMOCRATIC OLD
GUARD DEFEATED
Convention Held at the
Court House Chooses an
UninstruCted Delegation
to State Meeting.

There was a near-riot and what
almost developed into a free-tor-
all fight resulted in the defeat
of the old Bernalillo county dem
ocracy yesterday afternoon at the
county convention, which was
held in the county court house.
1t was a repetition of the events
of Tuesday nights primaries, eX-
cept for the fact that the ola
guard was not represented in SUI
ficient numbers to put up so
spectacular a fight.
Delegates Uninstructed
An uninstructed delegation Will
be sent to the state convention,
with SO votes. In an effort TO
palliate the old timers who were
ruthlessly sidetracked at the city
primaries, those in control of yes
terday's convention allowed the
names of a few of them to go
on the delegation, including such
men as Colonel d. *. b. Sellers,
II. C. Roehl. Frank Butt, and
others. But not enough were put
on to have an appreciate effect
upon the delegations vote.
Everything moved with appar-
ent harmony until the report of
the resolutions committee, when
3. D. Sampsell arose and moved
that the convention instruct its
delegation to vote for Colonel ID.
X. b. Sellers for the party's
nominee for governor. A point Of
order was raised that the report
of the committee empowered to
select and recommend SO names
as delegates to the state con-
vention had not been made.
Roehi Makes Suggestion
Stephen Roehl said he could
give the men in control of the
convention some valuable pointers
on how to conduct a convention
in a manner that would lead to a
successful campaign and election.
He said the fact that 1873 men
and women had attended the
convention indicated their inter
est in the state convention, and
urged that a double delegation,
Of 100, with a half vote each,
be sent to the convention. Leave
! off all those who have attended
a state convention before" said
Roehl, land send the rest of this
convention to the state conven-
| ton. My brother wants his name
off the delegation; Frank Butt
doesn't want to go. Let these peo-
| pie go who have not been dele
gates before. and you'll have lot
Of boosters on election day"
William Phillips said it was UNI
democratic to allow a committee
of nine to select SO delegates for
the convention, and moved that
| the delegates be selected from
/ the floor. His motion was out of
order as Milton j. Helmick's mo-
| ton for the receipt of the re-
port of the advisory committee
was before the house.
Dennis Chavez made a speech
in which he said that the COM
mittee had acted in good faith,
but he favored a double delega-
ton. He said he would abide by
the will of the. majority. you
| haven't the cinch you think you
have at the next election" Chav
ez said, "and unless we have
harmony and fair play here. the
chances of success are mini
mized."
Chavez moved to amend the
motion that the report be adopt
| ed, to the effect that the So
whose names We're recommended |
be elected and that SO addition
al names be selected by the con-
vention. This was opposed by
the proponents of a handpiCked /
slate.
NJ, ]. Helmick, chairman Of |
. 4 49,
thing for the committee to do, |
if it did not want to adopt the .
report, was to vote it down.
Pandemonium Breaks Loose
Chairman Ernesto Garcia called |
for a vote on the amendment. ,
which apparently lost on an aye
and nay vote. There were calls
for a count, and Garcia had the
delegates come inside the court
rail and line up on respective
sides of the speakers table. There
was much confusion and when
Garcia finally announced that the
amendment had lost, there was
pandemonium. A group of dele
gates headed by Dennis Chavez
started to leave the room. Cries
of That's not democracy" We're
heard on every side, and it ap
peared that some of the argu-
ments going on on the side might
result in fisticuffs.
John +. Simms threw oil on
the troubled waters and brought
about order by mounting the table
and declaring that he would see
that fair play was given every
faction in the convention. 'Tll
see that the friends of Colonel
Sellers have a chance to put their
motion that the convention in
struct it's delegation for him."
said Simms. an the meantime,
let's get down to business"
Motion Is Carried
T. j. Mabry asked for another
vote, in the interest of harmony
but Chairman Garcia ruled that
those who favored the amend
ment could defeat the original
motion to adopt the committee
report, If they had the strength.
He ordered a vote on the mo-
ton by roll call, and the motion
was carried by a vote of 90 to
80, Eighteen delegates did not
vote.
49, A'AiiAillo tIlCh dShtu lldI vi l.
Sampsell remake his motion that
the delegation be instructed for
Colonel Sellers. but Mr.. SampselI
was not present. He then moved
that the delegation go unin-
structed, and the motion was
carried unanimously, the de-
feated faction not voting.
1t was stated by many demo-
Gratis after the convention, that
the scars of the fight of yester-
day would be speedily forgotten
1t was noticeable, however, that
Judge w. w. Mcclellan, secretary
of the county committee, and
several other prominent demo-
Gratis, who had been defeated in
the primaries, were not even
present as spectators.
The delegation was not only
uninstructed, but was sent with
out recommendations as to unit
rule. An attempt to have Mr..
John Simms designated as chair