Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-09-30

national house OF representatives in
throtting and destroying the revolution
airy habit Of fillibuStering, thereby enab-
ling the majority to enact the peoples will
into positive law, and we rejoice with the
friends of freedom and progress every
where at his triumphant reelection by an
increased majority,
The Republican party OF New Mexico
declares itself as unequlvocally in favor
at all times of the admission of New Mex
leo into the union OF states, under any
possible circumstances, rs the one essen
tial condition Of our progress and advance
ment, without which our great natural
resources will remain comparatively I'M
known and undeveloped.
We heartily approve of the action of
the constitutional convention in fixing
date for the submission of the constitu-
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 atiording 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 60 to the polls on the
7th OF October next, and cast his vote for
the best interests of New Mexico, ire
spectiye of party. .
We earnestly insist that the question OF
statehood for New Mexico is not and
ought not to be an issue of partisan po-
litical character. And we deeply regret
as unpatriotc and unstatesmentlike 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 lac
tons, 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
ficias
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 annun
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
complete and adequate system of fret
public schools for the entire territory anc
state of New Mexico, and insist that ample
means shall be produced by taxation TO-
their support for period OF not less thar
six months in the year, and we furthe
favor the conferrng upon the voters o
each school district the right to impose
additional taxes for such district for sucf
purposes, and we urge the election o
members to the legislature who will favo
such measures.
! We denounce and condemn in the mos
unqualified terms the slanderous charg
: of the Democracy that the native peopl
of this territory are mentally and moral,
: disqualified for self government on which
: ground that party bases its chief objection
/; to the constitution.
, We favor the protection of laborers anC
employees and the adoption of proper law
: securing to them liens for their service
} and also establishing suitable courts O
, arbitration for the settlement of differ
: ences between employees and employers
, Resolved, That we recommend ant
adopt as designating device, to be print
J ed on the face and at the head of tn
ticket or ballot of the Republican part.
| to be voted at the various polling place
| in this territory at the general election, t.
: be held on the first Tuesday of Novembe
next, the American flag; and that we re
: gard the action of the territorial Demo
: cratic convention, recently held at Silve
} City, i'll specially refusing to adopt tn
, same emblem, as characteristic of tn
history of the Democratic party ever sine
1874