Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-06-18
A REPUBLICAN SPEAKS,
No State Ticket should be Nominated
a Clean. Cut Contest for the Con"
stitution's Adoption.
O The Editor Of the Now Mcxlcan.

To The Editor Of the New Mexican.
1t was only on reading the beautifully
arranged ticket presented by Statehood
Republican" in yesterdays New MEXICAN
that 1 supposed anyone really seriously
contemplated such a childish thing as
running state ticket this fall before
there are any state Offices to be filled.
The letter is signed Statehood Republi-
can" but either the writer must be very
young and inexperienced in politics or he
would see at glance that any such fool
ish step would not only jeopaidize Re-
publican success this fall, but would alb
solutely destroy all hopes OF immediate
statehood.
Sometime q little by-play of this kind
might not be injurious, but the present
| is by far too serious an occasion for such
masquerading
1t is a political necessity to the future of
the Republican party that it should elect
the delegate this fall. If we fail now we
can not hope for success in many years.
Everything should be made to bend to
that. With harmony and good judgment
in this convention and an active cam
paign, success is certain, but our majority
is 80 small that bad management may
easily overthrow it. We can not afford
to make any mistakes.
AS to statehood, two things are abso-
lutely necessary in order to haye chance
for admission next winter.
1st We must elect Republican dele
gate.
I'd We must secure majority Of all the
votes cast at the election for the constitu-
ton.
With care both of these points may be
accomplished, but the second is as easily
prevented as the first, if mistakes are
made. With perfect harmony among
ourselves and clear presentation Of the
issues to the people, we are sure of sue
cess in both cases. To amuse
ourselves by running a paper
ticket for imaginary state Offices
can only do harm. While the nomina.
tons would simply be an empty compli'
ment, yet human nature is such that they
would surely provoke bad feeling and
division, while those nominated, having
nothing substantial to gain, after receiv'
ing. that compliment, would take no per
sonal interest in swelling the vote for the
ticket. Of course in real election fol
real offices this is very different, and each
candidate naturally aids to achieve sue
cess, but i'll fight against the air like
this, no one would care whether the
Estate" ticket had 5000 or $1,000 votes
Again as to statehood, the constitution il
80 excellent that it is sure to receive, j
submitted on its merits, enough Demo
cratic votes to secure majority, although
there are anti-state Republicans who vii
not support it. But if, instead O.
thus being presented solely on its merits
it appears accompanied by so-callec
state ticket Haunting one political party
it would naturally lose support which il
would otherwise receive.
All these points might be elaborated
but they seem so obvious as not to re-
quire argument. To the unthinking il
may seem very pretty thing to have a
long ticket with great many names on
it, although it is only "for fun" But
this is no time for child's play, and the
interests of the Republican party and the
new state must not be jeopardized by
such unWisdom. AN OLD REPUBLICAN.