Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-10-02
TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW MEXICO.


posed state of New Mexico, the Terri /
tory is flooded with circulars, some s
signed and others without avowed auth
ors, calling upon you to vote against ]
the document presented. In almost
every instance, these papers base their
appeals to you, upon falsehoods or mis-
representation as to what the constitu-
ton contains. All of their statements,
all of their objections, have been fully
and satisfactorily answered in the COL
umns of newspapers devoted to the ad-
vancement of your best interests, but
still it is deemed advisable that some
general reply should be made to all the
objections urged, so that you may be
fully informed upon this important
subject.
In the present address to you, we
shall attempt to condense into as brief
space as possible, the substance OF a
number of articles which have appeared
in several papers, and we particularly
desire to express our Indebtedness to
the Santa Fe New Mexican, the Albu
ouerque Citizen and the Las Vegas OPP
tic.
The first formal utterance Of the
enemies Of the constitution is to be
found in the platform adopted by the
Democratic convention at Silver City
a platform which does not, on this sub
Ject, fairly represent those membe RS OF
the Democratic party who have at heart
the public good, rather than some fan
cied political advantage. Upon this
platform we reproduce in its entirety
an editorial from the Daily New Mexi-
can, as follows:
"THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM ON THE CON
sTITUTIoN.
We are not willing to accept the re
cent Silver City platform as fair eH
preston of the views of the Democrats
of the territory, for we know that there
are in New Mexico many patriotic ane
progressive citizens who call themselve
Democrats. Unfortunately they ar
not in control of the party machinery
and, however much they may dislike
the platform prepared for them, the.
must admit that it is the only authori
tative statement of the present politics
creed of their party.
1t contains five paragraphs intende
as criticisms on the constitution, whic
the people are to vote on next month
They are curious mixtures OF truth an
falsehood and of but little value, as
will show our readers, for whose benef
we will quote them in full, making eac
the text for few straight remarks.
/. ave declare that the constitutio
so framed would, if adopted, deprive ii
people of the state of the right to ele
the Judges Of the supreme court; viii
providing for the election Of the judge
of the district courts by districts
constituted as to render such rig
valueless'
AS to this charge, it is true that ii
Judges of the supreme court are to
appointed by the governor with the co
sent of the state senate, but the assum
ton that this deprives the people OF
"right' is surrounded. There is no SUI
inherent right. Up to the year lo4
no Judges were elected in the Unit
States, and the character, learning a
reputation of the courts have not be-
improved by the change then inaug
rated by the state of New York Ma
of the states still have all their judg
appointed. 1t is fair subject OF d
cussion as to which system is the be
and it is not one which has been so 81
tied as to vest fright" in the eleeto
Our constitution is, on this point,
compromise, or union, Of both system
as one set of judges-fewer in numb
is to be appointed, and all 9TH
elected.
AS to the statement that the cons
tuition of the judicial districts is su
as to render the right to elect distr
Judges valueless, we don't know what
means. and the man who wrote it