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Show ee 506 Octaviano Donaciana Ambrosio Corral Larrazolo, the he taught at San from school at Tucson, Elezario, 1878 until in El Paso 1884. son de Larrazolo, was born Arizona. of Octaviano Larrazolo and state of Chihuahua, the United States in 1870, in company vicar apostolic of Arizona, and subseLarrazolo received his education at St. education in 1876. The following year In 1878, he removed to Texas, county, where he was In 1885, Dn. at Allende, he was principal appointed settling of the public school chief deputy district and county clerk of El Paso county, holding the position one year. period he also filled the position of clerk of the United States During this district and circuit courts for the El Paso branch in the western district of Texas, which position he resigned, in 1886, in order to accept the nomination, on a nonpartisan ticket, for the office of clerk of the 34th judicial district which office he was elected and reélected in 1888, the last time the of Texas, to candidate of the democratic party. In 1888, he was admitted to the bar at El Paso, years later was elected district attorney for the 34th judicial district. and two He was cee in 1892 without opposition and served until the expiration of his term, in 1894. _ In 1895, Mr. Larrazolo removed to Las Vegas, New Mexico, where he has since made his residence, practicing his profession. : In 1900, and again in 1906 and 1908, he received the democratic nomination for delegate in congress, but was defeated. No nominee of his party in recent years in New Mexico received so many votes as were cast for him. He contested the election of 1908, but failed in substantiating the charges of fraud were made, and William H. Andrews retained the seat, the certificate to which which had been given him upon the face of the returns. | Mr. Larrazolo enjoys the reputation of being the gifted orator among sa Spanish-American people of New Mexico, and is anmostacknowledge d leader of if race. The democratic convention met at Santa Fé on the 2d day of Oc- tober, and, after two days’ deliberation, placed in nomination a ticket,°°? which, with the exception of two or three candidates, its best friends confessed was weak. Great political sagacity, however, was displayed in the nomination of William C. McDonald for governor. A business man of sound conservative judgment, his candidacy at once appealed to the business interests of the new state. The chief criticism urged against his opponent was a laxity of busihess methods in the conduct of public affairs when in charge of the territorial penitentiary as superintendent. There were many capable business men, non-partisans, heavy tax-payers, who had always regarded the question of statehood as one of doubtful benefit to the whole people. This class of citizens, anxious to witness the success of state government, believed that the affairs of the state were safer in the hands of Mr. McDonald than in the control of Mr. Bursum and cast their votes for the former. Herbert J. Hagerman, with the assistance of friends in all parts of New Mexico, supported the candidacy of the democratic nominee. The prohibitionists, who considered that they had been badly treated by the republican majority in the constitutional convention, did everything possible to encompass the defeat of the republican candi°°7 The nominees of the Santa Fé convention were: Governor, William MeDonald; lieutenant-governor, E. C. de Baca; secretary of state, AntonioC. Lucero ; auditor, Francisco A. Manzanares; treasurer, O. N. Marron; attorney general, W. D. McGill; superintendent of public instruction, A. N. White; commissioner of public lands, J. L. Emerson; justices of the supreme court, R. H. tanna (progressive republican), Summers Burkhart, and W. A. Dunn; corporation commissioners, George H. Van Stone (progressive republican), O. L. Owen, and Seferino Martinez; members Mr. Manzanares, the Valverde. from the ticket, and Francisco Committee, of congress, Harvey B. Fergusson and Paz candidate for auditor, subsequently withdrew Delgado was substituted by the democratic R2 Da. Mexico, December 7, 1859. He came to with the Mt. Rev. J. B. Salpointe, then quently Archbishop of Santa Fé. Mr. Michael’s college, Santa Fé, finishing his o99 and declared his intention henceforth to affiliate with the republicans “‘because the democratic party of the territory, or at least a very considerable portion of it, had manifested a decidedly unfriendly feeling and disposition toward the Spanish-American element in New Mexico to which he belonged.’’ The impassioned remarks of this gifted orator and representative of the Spanish-American people, appealing to the convention for recognition for the native New Mexican, was an index of the sentiments of many of the delegates present. Phir 505 The ticket nominated by the republican state convention. was as follows: For governor, Holm O. Bursum ; lieutenant-governor, Malaquias Martinez; secretary of state, Secundino Romero; auditor, William G. Sargent; treasurer, Sylvestre Miraval; attorney general, Frank W. Clancy; superintendent of public instruction, A. B. Stroup; commissioner of public lands, Robert P. Ervien; justices of the supreme court, Frank W. Parker, Clarence J. Roberts, and Edward R. Wright; corporation commissioners, George W. Armijo, Hugh H. — and M. S. Groves; members of congress, George Curry and Elfego aca. Ee ty oe ee 28te cide 1912 ey Pe PPO Palais PA HS did not fear a defensive campaign, believing that the people of New Mexico could not be led to accept the charges which were certain to be made against Mr. Bursum by his opponents as true. With one or two exceptions the remainder of the ticket nominated at the Las Vegas convention was representative of the party strength and could not have been improved upon.®® <A feature of the convention was the speech of Octaviano A. Larrazolo,®°* a delegate from San Miguel county, placing in nomination for the governorship the name of Secundino Romero. Mr. Larrazolo, only a few weeks before, in an open letter to William C. MeDonald, chairman of the democratic committee, had renounced his allegiance to the democratic party TO ro a 1880 he ery i ry en) > Bt ee 50h pdfeey Ss err ESTE. HISTORY Pe et aa. MEXICAN oe OF NEW J FACTS FO Psag LEADING Td FRBS Bene FP ft ae eae Lwinh Bed nee oe oe er PO LS oe SAE Pn. Sy * Se 098 5 ie Ole a yA 7 oe beh FF. ek mes ree |