Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-09-17
REP ELICAN PLATFORM.

We, the Republican party of the ter
rtory of New Mexico, in convention
assembled, at Albuquerque, the 18Th day
of September A. y. 1890, reatlirm the
principles OF the Republican party as set
forth in the Republican platform Of 1855,
ami We in dorse the actions OF President
Harrison, and of the jlst congress in CIV
ing effect to the same. And we especially
thank the president for calling the atten-
ton OF congress III his messages to New
Mexico and her wants and the necessity
for speedy settlement of our land claims;
and We also thank the senate of the
United States for making Il special order,
during the present congress, the consld-
Grafton of a bill to create Il land court to
settle our land titles, and urgently impress
upon congress the necessity for speedy
action in the enactment of some law to
that end.
We commend the recent action OF the
Republican members OF both houses OF
congress, in passing the silver bill, as a
wise, salutary and good beginning; but a
still larger increase of our circulating
medium is imperatiyely demanded, and
we urge the passage OF a law removing
all restrictions from the coinage of silver
productions of the United States, and We
earnestly endorse and hereby approve the
action of Republican congress and ad-
ministration in imposing a duty on lead
ores, in the bill which has lately passed
congress, by means OF which the miners
and mining interests OF our territory have
been protected from foreign competition
and mining property greatly enhanced in
value, and we condemn the Democratic
party for opposing the same.
We endorse the tariff legislation carried
through against the persistent and violent
opposition of the Democratic party, where
by WOOL the greatest product of New
Mexico. has been permanently placed
beyond the competition of the cheap
products OF Australia.
The Republican party remembers with
gratitude the services of the former SOL
diers of the nation in defence Of its in
tegrity, and thanks congress for the
passage of the dependent pension bill, as
well as vast number of private pension
bills, many of which were vetoed by
Grover Cleveland.
We thank the present administration
and congress for the repeal of the OBJ,
noxious law, enacted by a Democratic adj,
ministration, whereby there were ex'
Guided from entry and purchase all the
public lands west of the Tooth meridian
and for removing the;obstructions, placed
by the Democratic party, in the way O.
the settlers in obtaining titles to theil
lands and homes. Also for the liberia
aid extended to our agricultural college
and agricultural interests, appropriatinG
for us more than $4,000 annually.
We charge upon the Democratic party
The responsibility for the enactment O
the so called alien law, about three years
since, by means of which foreign capita
has been forbidden to come within ou
territory and foreign money has beef
turned away from us, thereby creating ,
scarcity in financial resources, absolutely
stopping investments in our mines anC
real estate, and almost stopping all bust
ness.
To this act alone we attribute the de
pressed condition of business in this ant
all other territories.
We condemn our present delegate il
congress for silently folding his arms ant
quietly permitting, without protest, thu
passage of the two laws before referred t.
and charge him with neglect of his duty
and the abandonment of the best inter
ests of our people and territory by max
ing no effort to prevent the passage O
said laws and for making no effort to Sc
cure their repeal.
Resolved, That We admire and prais
1.-THE prudence, courage and common sens
Of Thomas B. Reed, speaker of tn
national house of representatives il
throttling and destroying the revolution
airy habit of tillibustering, thereby enab
ling the majority to enact the peoples will
into positive law, and we rejoice with tn
friends of freedom and progress every
where at his triumphant re- election by al
increased majority.
The Republican party of New Mexic
declares itself as unequivocally in tavo
at all times of the admission of New Mex
leo into the union of states, under an
possible circumstances, as the one essen
, tial condition of our progress and advance
, ment, without which our great natura
resources will remain comparatively I'm
known and undeveloped.
, We heartily approve of the action q
, the constitutional convention in tixin
date for the submission of the constitu
ton to the people, apart from the time G
the general election, go as to remove tn
question OF statehood from the possibl
, disturbance of partisan political feeling
thus atfording an opportunity to all pre-
. gressve and patriotic citizens to vot'
, in favor of our admission to the unio
) freed from the embarrassment OF ordinar
political elections; and We earnestly ca
on every friend of New Mexico, who ha
the public welfare at heart, and who
entitled to vote, to 60 to the polls on tn
9TH of October next, and cast his vote fo
, the best interests of New Mexico, ire