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

They would be very happy OF a chance to
draw their 'eGs together and Unt both leet
uuOn one horse-and il wouldn't make
much difference which horsc--but they
can't let 90 OF either and be consistent
with their record, and hence in the vain
endeayor to Inconsistent with themselves
they try to ride both WAYS at the same
time and thus become more than ever
Inconsistent. The Democratic parry Of
New Mexico reminds one very iOlcibly,
Just now, Of ARENAS Ward kangaroo,
which he said was an amnsln little cuss.
Albuquerque Citizen.
The Constitution Protects the Poor Man.
One OF the most humane, most pro-
gressiye and most Christian features Of
modern law is the provision which makes
a poor mans homestead secure against
the clutches Of the money lender. In all
! the more progressive and enlightened
states Of the union this is placed by con-
stitutOnal enactment or statutory pro-
| vision, beyond the reach Of Shylock,
aud the working man rests secure i'll the
assurance which beneficial law gives
him, that whatever misfortune or bad
luck may bGfall him, his little home shall
not he sacrificed to the greed of unscru-
pulous creditors, and his wife and chill
dren, if they have nothing else, shall at
| least be guaranteed roof to shelter
them. Such a provision is contained i'll
the constitution nov before the people
of New Mexico, and to every right think
ing man who has kept pace with the
civilization and the humane ideas of the
present age, and does not live in the
semi-barbarous atmosphere Of centuries
past, this provision is one OF the wisest
and most benefcent which that instru-
ment contains. And yet, strange as it
may seem, this wise and Just provision,
without which a constitution for new
state would be unpardonably defective and
discredt to the civilization OF the 10Th
century, is made the principal point Of
attack by a certain faction Of the opposi-
ton. This would be incredible and past
belief were not the proofs positive brought
before us in the columns OF anti-state
newspapers.
1t is true that the Silver City platform
maintains a discreet silence upon this
, point, but all those who are taking part il
the anti-state crusade are not as shrewc
as the writer of that document, and some
the truth right out, and boldly proclaim
themselves opposed to any provision tina
would prevent Shylock from taking hi
pound of flesh.
The homestead exemption clause O
| the pending constitution, as we have al
ready said is one of the most progres
sive and benetiCent provisions of that in
strument; it is a provision for the specia
, protection Of the poor against the avaric,
= of the rich; it is to guard the labor
{ Ing man against the expressions of or
ganized monopoly, and it gives him thu
guarantee that no matter What storm o
misfortune or adversely may come upoI
! him, he shall still he spared q ROOT tt
/ shelter him, and his wife and little one
shall not be turned into the street. Tha
righteous just, humane and Christian
| like provision OF this characterize pro
vision such as is now contained IN thu
constitutions of all the progressive state
Of the union-should find among on
g own people men whose sense of shane
G will not deter them from open opposi
ton to it, is more dsgraceful to the ter
ritory than all the lies that have beer
l told about us by imaginative reporter
/ or gahbling judges. There are only tw
: classes with whom such opposition
would be possible-one, the Neros, 0
: human monsters OF mankind, and tn
i other those to whom nature has denie
e the pleasures and cares of family life, il
e whose heart the milk OF human kindnes
= has curded, and in whose veins all til
" juices of life have dried up.-Albuque
/ que Citizen