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DEMOCRATIC CONVEN- HON AT ROiWELL Delegate Will Gather There to Select Delegate to Denver Convention and to Nom inate A Candidate for Delegate to Congress. In a running comment and re port of the committee meeting, the Santa Fe correspondent of the All)tiiiieriie Journal says: "Roswcll successfuly landed the convention, which becomes very important in view of the fact that there will he hut one. In taking the convention to the Pecos Valley the democrats are showing what is considered to he very good judgment. If Mr. Parra.olo is to he the candidate it is understood the IVvos Valley will neeil some placating for they are said over there to have expressed a strong desire for H. ". Fein'is-son. of Alhinpier que. and for other candidates who, it is held, would poll a heavier portion nt the vote in the eastern country that I. aria zol'i is thought to command. Then, too. the repuMican con vention at Silver City, in naming the delegates to the national convention, pa-sod over the Pecos Valley with a mere alte. nate, when the valley repnbli cans had a candidate for a eat on the delegation. No repuhli can convention w ill he held on the eastern side of the territory, 1 and the democrats, it is under-1 stood, propose to yi into their 1 own stronghold in an ctl'ort to ; make it as Mrong ua possible. ; It is also understood that l.:ir- i razolo in the event t hisnoiiii-! nation, proposes to pend a lot of his time in the Pecos 'alley so! that the ponnl ' may meet Join ; and get a li:mit c1. i Aide from rhc fixing of the i joint convention date ;oid tin event of approval of Mr. Par-' ro.ol's candi I i".v hy tin coin-, mittee, the most important feat-! lire of the meeting was the pas- j Migeof a resolution in w hich Wie committee llatly declares for Pryan for president. There was serious ohjection in the com mittee to the passage of the res olution, it is understood, not he- The convention to nominate, delegate to the national conven-j tion will hIs'I nominate th can didate for delegate to ( -nngrcs. The following resolution was pisselhy the committee; "I!e it resolved, hy the demo cratic central committee of New Mexico that we hereby express o ir confidence in William Jen nings Pryan and in his ureal ability as the leader of the dem ocratic party; and we favor his nomination for president of the United States at tin democratic national convention to he held in Denver, Colorado,' July 7. P.xim." There will he 2'2 delegates in the territorial convention at lJoswell, apportioned to the var ious counties as follows: P.ernalilio.jH; Chaves. 11; Col fax. 1 1: Dona Ana. !; Fddy. : (iraiit,'l2, (iuadalupo, s; Lincoln "; Puna. ::. Mora, ll!; MeKiney, 2: Otero, 7; IJusiy. : Pio Arriha. P'.; Poosevelt. !; Sandoval. 2: San Juan. .": San Miguel, 2: Santa i'e, 12: Sierra, I; Socorro. P; Taos. S; Torrance, I'nioii, '.; Valencia, U. "Wild Cat Jack" Homer J. Miller, a conimeivir.l traveler from Chnajo selling chiuaware and crockery was in Carlshad Saturday and Sunday and was kept busy lookimr up his old time fl'iel.ds mill renew- ing a'luaintaiifes. He is a me tropolitan aiipeariii'j youiu; nian thirty two years of ace and I et until he made himself known only a fe.v recognized in him ''Wild Cat Jack." the tender foot Chicago cow --puncher that worked for the Hal outfit in 'PS, 'p'.t and P. tin i. II. was truly a teiiderfoo1 v hen he nr i ived and did not knuw any ttiing more ah nit a steer than a hovr does the script i;t es. II . iw ever, when he h it he was a thorough and c imp taut o.,v- 1 1 r l her of tile hre. ; western t . pe and l.e had also demon- it that he was ahie tu take it him -ell in a phy-ica. as one or t w o cart tot i : v liie is 5 Hon vuppenheimer rrrll ii 'frf,. er V.V f. ft J I fr I ' 1 i y. A cm: fPlS!N. !. miMiis o'iKct ..I .:.-, fi -.f, tasteful f.iljrick; fine t utoiint. Yoii g all l- tiio.se W' v e.: l)uv Ki.ppf il.eioier I thi-3. I hey Hear a ilouhle- gu.ir.inlcr our' iiiiil the riahes . J W e liar the e lu.v t- a.jei.ey. KEZB; .SR.-PAGE-D!MMITT COMPANY J J (it S' I.I care w iv tint the Qoesser 'cleaned" when ti.-y to jo-li , III! loo attempted StlOllLr. When he weni to work for ihe Hat outfit he plainly h.ld the ho s that he did not know- cause o! ii o,, , muo,i i":anvt,in , a,ut i;ryan s can imacy, nut iiecatie ot that lime-worn democrat c I ..mei,ie im.il u.e umiiiiinir , , , m . , , isn't the party and has no richt ,. . .' ... . . neii 1 1 1 1 1 1 oui. When Miller returned to cow '-p'luchmvr and wanted their help and si, y;- ivrestions and most of the lues lice , to put the party on record. Tin mei'tiiijr was for the most part entirely harmonious, and tin memhers profess to feel an en couragement over the situation which certainly should point to il hot campaign. Indeed several of the committeemen are already fij-'tiriiiK out majorities. The committee met at 2 p. m. at the ollice of Judk'e N. 1!. Launhlin with twenty memhers as follows: A. A. Jones, San Miuruel, chairman; W. P. Walton, (irant Hecrelaay; J. (1. Pitch, Socorro; Meliton Torres, Socorro; II. I!. PorKUsson and Summers Purk hart, Pernalillo; J. W. Sullivan, Sandoval; J. F. Lasater. Tor rance; (). A. Larra.olo, W. 1'. Hunker and K. C. de Haca, Sun Mik'uel; KtiK'enio lUmtero, Mora; J. W. Prude. Otero; Samuel Kldodt, Uomerio Martinez, Kio Arriha-; John W. Hewitt, Lin coln; Marceliotio Garcia, A. IS. Uenehan and N IS. Laujihlin, Santa Fe. After a lengthy discussion hy the memhers of the committee it wua decided to have a lonj? campjrVn. hy which means the committee is sunRuino that the party will carry the territory by a handsome majority. Chicago he had on his cow-hoy costume ainl was a characteristic puncher and the joke is to), i .n him that when he went to the fa inly residence his latin r k pt him idianjicd in the do; hou. fer einht days lu fore he would let him into the house. Mr. Miller has two phot. ffaphs of himself that he pri.. s highly one when he first came, showing him in his metropolitan to:rs .and the other taken w hen J he left in his cow-hoy costume. He has hcen in twenty two diU'erent states since he left j Carlshad and he was greatly surprised at the threat change' and the way Carlshad litis grown and expanded. j Mr. Miller says that the most : pleasant time of his life was when ht was a cow-puncher here and he looks hack with pride in ' a reminescent mood when he thinks of of his pleasant associa tions and the good time he en joyed. Having traveled exten sively has brought him into con tact with a great many and dif ferent kinds of people and he is of the opinion that the people of , the Southwest are among the) best on earth. j lie is a member of a promin-' V y i - . lM-'is Cut i Hair. ;:x jro mm 1 7 TP . l v. 11 v Nil! make Hie season al Carlbad On Wednes ilavs and Saturdays of ckJi ak remainder ! time at ranch. l.ii,s frniii ,i iliM.nuc can lie ra-lurtd al raiiv.Ii. II:RMS $15.00 In iiiMirc nitli umI. Sol rc- spm-itIc fur iUwiilt.nl. SI I: 1 hAU.i;ilic'Ailknan' llamlkr lor . I:. Ml liM k. ItLMI.I. ItllKSI.S W N;i 0 IAIIRL. 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