Santa Fe Daily New Mexican

BOSS-RIDDEN.
Inside Facts on the Republican Convention—Cerrillos Citizens "Transients"—Many Disgusted Delegates.
A great deal of ill-feeling exists in Santa Fe county Republican ranks over the work of the Republican convention which the lawyer politicians, Catron, Spiess et al, bulldozed through the county convention on Saturday. In caucus and convention the county delegates were voted down on every point, and as a result not a few of the delegates went home feeling very sore. Nearly one half of the delegates representing the rural precincts held frequent caucuses among themselves and some very plain talk was indulged in. They demanded that the two candidates for the legislative house and two of the commissioners be selected from precincts outside of Santa Fe and Cerrillos, so that the voters of the Espanola-Santa Cruz region and those of the Glorieta-Galisteo districts should have proper consideration, something, it was alleged in the caucus, they had never received at the hands of the Republican bosses. Many of them questioned the wisdom of nominating Ambrosio Pino for sheriff because he is a bondsman of some of the Button gang under indictment for the assassination of ex-Sheriff Frank Chavez, and they opposed the nomination of Marcos Castillo because he is acknowledged to be wholly unfit to direct public school affairs in the county and also because of his intimacy with the Borrego crowd.
As to the legislative nominees one Republican from the upper end of the county denounced the slate in bitter terms and was generally applauded, when he referred to the people of Cerrillos as "a set of transients unfit to be entrusted with so responsible a duty as a seat in the territorial legislature." These delegates were also earnestly opposed to the renomination of A. L. Kendall as county commissioner. In this they were seconded by G. W. North and his friends from the south end of the county. Mr. North demanded a place on the county ticket for himself, and his friends said he had earned it by his service to the party, but all this went for naught in the eyes of the bosses and in convention Mr. North's influence was silenced by placing him on the platform as a "vice president." By this trick Mr. North was completely shelved, and was tied hand and foot. It is safe to assert that he, as well as many other Republicans, will not work to elect the slate ticket.

CONVENTION ECHOES.
At the Republican meeting Saturday night, Candidate Catron spoke in Spanish and Governor Prince, W. B. Sloan and John V. Conway also spoke.
The Republican county executive committee consists of Messrs. T. B. Catron, W. B. Sloan, Antonio Ortiz y Salazar, George W. North, Marcelino Ortiz, R. J. Ewing and J. V. Conway.
Mr. Marcelino Ortiz, who was defeated for precinct committeeman from precinct No. 4, was very hot in the collar and was proceeding "to say a word or two" which would have been very interesting, when he was headed off. He was subsequently pacified by being put on the county executive committee.
Mr. Charles A. Spiess read that truly remarkable document, the Republican county platform, Saturday, County Clerk Romero doing the interpreting. Some of the expressions were too utterly utter for Mr. Romero, and Candidate Catron, who occupied a front seat, assisted in translating at proper intervals.
The convention took occasion to sit down very severely on Would-be Council man Charles A. Spiess in his attempt to foist upon the convention a list of central committeemen taken from his inside pocket. Mr. Facundo Pino said that "it was not right for one man to make out a list and present it to the convention," and the convention agreed to this by voting to have precinct committeemen instead The ring-leaders, however, much to the disgust of Judge Dennis Coffin, of Cerrillos, and others, appointed a central committee of the old political gang anyway.
It is said down in Albuquerque that when Candidate Catron made his threat a day or two ago to quit the campaign if the Perea and Otero factions didn't harmonize, Frank Hubbell, who is the nominee for assessor on the Perea ticket, called his bluff by suggesting that there were plenty of good Republicans who would take the nomination. It is unnecessary to state that Candidate Catron hasn't yet carried out his threat.