Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-04
N. M. Democrats
Again in Row
CONTINUED From rage one)

wrong, justice or injustice, he said.
Are we going to say to those who
have not had cnance Under re-
publican misrule that you must have
an educational right to vote. Lets
do right and tell the republicans so.
His .excelleney, the governor, says
he viii veto any bill that would
disfranchise any people, but that IS
not sufficient We want it in the
resolution we are going to adopt
here. rE#
c. r. Mcclure of Roswell, in ex-
planning the work of the committee
said all had been given consideration
and J. H. McMath rose to say he
resented the statement against Judge
Armijo.
Former Governor Hnkle rose to
demand a roll call on the motion be-
fore the house. George Howard of
Roosevelt county asked if the roll
call had been completed and said
he saw the republican mayor of
Santa Fe and Colonel Bronson M.
Cutting in the convention He said
perhaps they would like to vote
Judge Armijo demanded to know
( of the gentleman from Roosevelt
whether his remark was intended as
a joke or what. The San Miguel
| county delegation was on it's feet in
a threatening attitude.
Chairman Bratton sensing the
tenseness of the situation held up d
pair of glasses that he said some
one had lost and said perhaps if they
were claimed the owner could see the
convention better.
1t permitted a chance to shut off
the debate and proceed with the roll
call. The substitute motion of Judge
Armijo was voed down by 442 to 3d.
The mo- votes came as follows:
Bernalillo one half; Colfax, 2 1-2;
Guadalupe 5; Harding one-third;
Mora. 21; San Miguel "A IL; socorro
2; Union II, and Valencia 1.
Hidalgo and Sandoval were not
present and Sierra did not vote. A
| motion to adjourn to S:15 carried
when the roll call was announced.
The sub-election plank offered by
Judge Armijo follows:
Realizing the necessity for stricter
Observance of the election laws of
the state of New Mevico and appre-
/ ciating the general demand of the
electorate of New Mexico that all
qualified electors within the state
should not be denied the right to
vote as their conscience dictates and
that after their ballots were de-
posted in the box that the ballots
remain in the same condition that
| they, were then deposited, and that
! there will be an honest election count,
| we pledge our members of the legis-
| latufe that the right of suffrage
shall be preserved to all qualified
electors, even though they may not
| be able to read or write; that proper
safeguards will be provided for illit-
crate voters who will make affidavits
| that they can neither read or write
| the English or Spanish language suf-
| flclently well to enable them to mark
! their own ballots unassisted, and
| that proper assistance will be pro-
vided to such illiterate voters in the
form of assistance by two MEMBERS
either judges of the election or chal-
| 0ii - NC eSlSHdleu Tor
! that purpose by the county chairman
of the two major parties of the
counties-in no event should any
llliterate voter be extended said as
sistance by two persons belonging to
the same political party or by only
| one person, and making it a felony
punishable by imprisonment in the
! penitentiary for any VIOLATE ion of tho
! same