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Show mary and aro malting their Cftmp&igQ on that Isnue. A few non-partlsan delegate naTfl been named In doubtful counties; but the nominations are generally ii0n Ptrlct party lines. It la gnerally P03. reded that tbo Republican win naTf a working majority In the convention rnd It Is probable that their majority will bo 2ft or more of the 100 gates. The election oconr 8epttn. ber 6. A heavy vote will b cast, u tho people are keenly IntorefUvi xharp campaigns are going on a every county. Tho convention meet October ?. and may remain in Region not to exceed witty days. Leaden f,f both parties expros the hrp km tbo convention mnv complet tA work In 20 days, Thl 1 probahl as then; Is a denim on all sldeg ?ot thu constitution before the people and eeure Its adoption wo It may b presented to concress for approval before March 4. 1311. If this can I done the territory may achieve lu ptnte government during the sumnjr of 1911. Otherwise, admission will tnj delayed until 1912. The lnIM?Mve and referendum w be th" first and chief Issue In th const If tit lonnl convention. Th Denv erata will be solidly for It while tW will be enough proBTslTe RenubJ. can? to leave the Issue In doubt. Other constitutional questions tiq- helper vlsr"rouly urg'd Include direct election of fenntor. constitutional limitation of taxation and Indebted nea. urate regulation of railroads, a Pat rnllrond eommf"lont a state labor commission, prohibition and womrn puffrnpf. The latfr probably will not be seriously considered, but nrohlM. tlon will bo an actlv !sue. Th prohibitionist pro-hibitionist 3, rir? urslner their plank ai part of the cons'tutlon. Its opr,on-ent-j Insist that. If It Is submitted 8t all. It must bo as a separate provision find voted on sepnntly. This prob-pb'v prob-pb'v w"l bo tho oitconte. The facf thit tbo state election i on. and r'ibly two year awav, caus lltMo Interest to be shqjn la th con'Mdnteq for senntorshlps and ftnte ofVors at this time and whll Iwo or tbreo rnen are avowed ran11-dotos ran11-dotos for h senste, thdr claims ars ; rot attracting serious attention i PROGRESSIYuS ARE LEADING NEW STATE ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Aug. 23 The la&t of the county primaries to nominate delegates for tho convention conven-tion on which will frame a conntltu-tlon conntltu-tlon for tho new stato of New Mexico Mex-ico wero held last night These late primaries wero In chl-jfly strongly republican re-publican counties and slnco the Ro-publicans Ro-publicans uro practically certain to have a majority in tho constitutional convention tho resolutions have boen watchpd with Interest Taking the territory as a whole, tho progressive Repub'icons appear to havo Borao-what Borao-what the bert of It, In tbat a majority major-ity of the candidates hare announced themselves and are running on plat-fenns plat-fenns favoring the Incorporation Into the constitution of the Initiative and referendum, in some form. In tho i strong Reo'ib'lcan crvinty of Dornal!)-lo, Dornal!)-lo, the delegate." Saturday adopted by an almost unnnlmou - vote a platfjrrn derlartnr: for t Initiative an 1 referendum refer-endum In mndiflod form. This ex-prcs'on ex-prcs'on H typical of that g ven by the progressive Republlcr throughout through-out the territory. The standpot Itc-pubMcans Itc-pubMcans controlling In suca oMint'es a San Miguel and Colfax, havo declared de-clared for a "?a'o and -mo" conetl-tutlon conetl-tutlon which shall contain some of the newer Ideas of government. Tlv? I Democrats have declared for the Ore- pon plan of Initiative and referendum i including the recall and direct prl- ' |