Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-09-15

all RESTRICTIONS rom Lne CBludGe VI silver
productions of the United States, and we
earnestly endorse and hereby approve the
action of Republican congress and adj
in imposing duty on lead
ores, in the bill which has lately passed
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 tue cheap
products OF Australia.
The Republican party remembers with
gratitude the services OF the former SOL
diers OF the nation i'll defence OF its in
tegrity, and thanks congress for the
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 Democratic adj
whereby there were ex-
Guided from entry and purchase all the
public lands west Of the lU0th meridian,
and for removing the ObstructlOns, placed
by the Democratic party, in the way OF
the settlers in obtaining titles to their
lands and homes Also for the liberal
aid ex ended to our agricultural college
and agricultural interests, approprlatlng
for us more than $50 900 annually.
We charge upon the Democratic party,
the responsibility for the enactment OF
the 80 called alien law, about three years
since, 10y means of which foreign capital
has been forbidden to come within our
territory and foreign money has been
turned away from us, thereby creating a
scarcity in financial resources, absolutely
stopping investments in our mines and
real estate, and almost stopping all bust
ness.
To this act alone We attribute the de-
pressed condition of business in this and
all other territories.
We condemn our present delegate In
congress for silently folding his arms and
quietly permitting, without protest, the
passage of the two laws before referred to
and charge hun 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 OF
said laws and for making no effort to Sc
cure their repeal.
Resolved That We admire and praise
the prudence, courage and common sense
OF Thomas b. Reed, speaker of the
national house of representatives in
throttling and destroying the revolutions
AIRY habit of tilllbueterng, thereby enab-
ling the majority to enact the peOp e's vii
into post We law, and we rejoice with the
friends OF freedom and progress every
where at his triumphant reelection by an
increased majority.
The RepuUIcan party of New Mexico
declares Itself AS unequvocalIy in favor
at all times of the admission OF New Mex
leo into the union Of states, under any
possible circumstances, as the one essen
tial condition OF our progress and advance
ment, without winch our great natural
resources VIII remain comparatively I'M
known and undeyelOped.
We heartily approve of the action Of
the constitutional! convention in fixing
a date for the submission OF the con stltu-
ton to the people, apart from the time Of
the general election. so as to remove the
question OF statehood from the possible
disturbance OF partisan political feeling
thus atfOrding an opportunity to all pro
gressive and patriotic citizens to vote
in favor OF our admission to the union
freed from the embarrassment OF ordinary
political elections; and We earnestly call
on every friend of New Mexico, who has
the public welfare at heart, and who is
entitled to vote, to 90 to the polls on the
7th OF October next, and cast his vote Tor
the best interests of New Mexico, ire
speCtve of party.
We earnestly insist that the question OF
statehood for New Mexico is not and
ought not to be an issue OF a partisan po-
itcal character. Aud We deeply regret
as unpatfiotiC and unstatesmeutlike 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
tons, down to a 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 adj
ministration of Democratic judges it cost
the people 100000 for the same period,
or nearly three times as much.
We favor universal education and a
complete and adequate system of free
public schools for the entire territory and
state of New Mexico, and insist that ample
means shall be produced by taxation for
their support for Il period of not less than
SIX months in the year, and we further
favor the comforting upon the voters of
each school district the right to impose
additional taxes for such district for such
purposes, and we urge the election Of
members to the legislature who will favor
such measures.
We denounce and condemn in the most
unqualified terms the slanderous charge
of the Democracy that the native people
of this territory are mentally ard morally
for self government; on which
ground that party bases its chef objection
to the constitution.
We favor the protection Of laborers and
en- 2loyes and the adoption of proper laws
securing to them liens for their services
and also establishing suitable courts of
arbitration for the settlement of differ
ences between employees and employers.
Resolved, That we recommend and
adopt as designating device, to be print
I'd on the face and at the head Of the