Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-09-29

national house Of representatives in
throttlIng and destroying the rcyu,utiOi-
airy habit Of administering, thereby enah-
ling the majority toenart the r'up.e'S will
into positive law, and We toiuac with the
friends Of freedom and progress every
where at his triumphant r" election 10y IN
increased majority.
The Republican party Of New Mexico
declares itself as uneqnyocalIy in favor
at all times Of the admission OF New Mex
leo into the union Of states, under any
possible circumstances, az the one essen
tial condition OF our progress and advance
ment, without which our great natural
resources will 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 Constitu-
ton to the people, apart from the time OF
the general election 80 rs to remove the
question of statehood from the possible
disturbance of partisan political feeling,
thus aflording 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 80 to the polls on the
9TH of October next, and cast his vote for
the best interests Of New Mexico, ire
spective 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
litical 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 i'll which the
courts of the territory are conducted by
Republican judges, the cost per annum
| being about 100000, while under the adj
ministration of Democratic judges it cost
the people $50, 900 Tor the same period,
or nearly three times as much.
We favor universal education and q
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 period OF not less than
six months in the year, and we further
favor the conferring 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 and morally
disqualified for self government; on which
ground that party bases its chief objection
to the constitution.
We favor the protection OF labOrers and
employees 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 a designating device, to be print
ed on the face and at the head of the
ticket or ballot of the Republican party
to be voted at the various polling places
in this territory at the general election, to
be held on the first Tuesday OF November
next, the American flag; and that we re-
gard the action of the territorial Demo
cratic convention, recently held at Silver
City, i'll specially refusing to adopt the
same emblem as characteristic of the
history of the Democratic party ever since
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