Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-10-10
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM

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
wise, salutary and good beginning; but
still larger increase of our circulating
medium is imperatively demanded, and
we urge the passage OF 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 adj
ministration in imposing 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 a 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 Democratic adj
ministration, whereby there were ex
cluded from entry and purchase all thu
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 thel
lands and homes. Also for the liberia
aid extended to our agricultural colleg
and agricultural interests, approprlatln
for us more than $50 900 annually.
i We charge upon the Democratic party
the responsibility for the enactment Q
the 80 called alien law, about three year
since, by means of which foreign capita
has been forbidden to come within GU
, territory and foreign money has bee
turned away from us, thereby creating
scarcity in financial resources, absolutel
stopping investments in our mines an
real estate, and almost stopping all bus
t ness.
To this act alone we attribute the de
pressed condition Of business in this an
all other territories.
We condemn our present delegate l
congress for silently folding his arms an
quietly permitting, without a protest, tn
passage of the two laws before referred
and charge him with neglect of his dut
) and the abandonment of the best inte
ests OF our people and territory by max
ing no effort to prevent the passage {
said laws and for making no effort to 81
: cure their repeal.
OF Thomas B. 'Nete,S dpljgeA and .prais
, national house of representatives
throttling and destroying the revolution
9 airy habit of fillibustering, thereby enal
ling the majority to enact the peoples wi
into positive law, and We rejoice with til
, friends Of freedom and progress ever,
where at his triumphant re- election bv a
increased majority.
The Republican party of New Mexic
declares itself as unequivocally in iavo
| at all times of the admission of New Mex
leo into the union of states, under an
possible circumstances, as the one essen
tlal 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 fixin
a date for the submission of the consttu
ton to the people, apart from the time O
the general election, so as to remove tn
question OF statehood from the possible
disturbance of partisan political feeling
thus affording an opportunity to all pro
gresslve and patriotic citizens to vot,
In favor OF our admission to the unio1
freed from the embarrassment of ordinar,
political elections; and We earnestly cal
on every friend of New Mexico, who hal
the public welfare at heart, and who il
entitled to vote, to 60 to the polls on thu
9TH of October next, and cast his vote fol
the best interests of New Mexico, ire
spective of party.
We earnestly insist that the question o.
statehood for New Mexico is not ant
ought not to be an issue of partisan DO.
htlcal character. And we deeply regret
as unpatriotic and unstatesmentike the
effort, by the representatives of the Dem.
ocratic party, recently assembled in con.
vention at Silver City, to bring this ques.
ton, which rises above all political fac.
tions, down to fight between the two
parties.
We indorse and approve the territorial
administration of Gov. Prince as clean,
wise and able, eminently satisfactory to
the people of New Mexico at home and
adding to the credit and estimation of the
territory abroad, and we point with great
satisfaction to the decrease in the ex-
penses OF the territory and the reduction
OF the public debt under Republican Of
ficials.
Resolved, That we refer with pride to
the economical manner in which the
courts of the territory are conducted by
Republican judges, the cost per annum
being about $50, 900, while under the ad-
mllnistration of Democratic judges it cost
the people 100000 for the same period,
or nearly three times as much.
we favor universal education and
complete and adequate system of free
public schools for the entire territory and