Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-09-24
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

We, the Republican party OF the ter
r'tory of New Mexico, in convention
assembled, at Albuquerque, the 18Th day
OF September A. d. 1890, reallirm the
principles OF the Republican party as set
forth in the Republican platform of 1888,
and we indorse the actions of President
harrison, and of the 5lst congress in Civ
ing effect to the same. And we especially
thank the president for calling the atten-
ton OF congress III his messages to New
Mexico and her wants and the necessity
for speedy settlement of our land claims
and we also thank the senate of the
United States for making a special order,
during the present congress, the consid-
Grafton of a bill to create land court to
settle our land titles, and urgently impress
upon congress the necessity for speedy
action in the enactment of some law to
that end.
We commend the recent action of the
Republican members of both houses of
congress, in passing the silver BILL as a
wise, salutary and good beginning; but a
still larger increase of our circulating
medium is imperatively demanded, and
we urge the passage of law removing
all restrictions from the coinage of silver
productions of the United States, and We
earnestly endorse and hereby approve the
action of a Republican congress and adj
ministration in imposing a duty on lead
ores, in the bill which has lately passed
congress, 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 the cheap
products of Australia.
The Republican party remembers with
gratitude the services of the former SOL
diers of the nation in defence of its in
tegrity, and thanks congress for the
passage 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
mlnistration, whereby there were eX-
cluded from entry and purchase all the
public lands west of the Tooth meridian,
and for removing constructions, placed
by the Democratic party, in the way OF
the settlers in obtaining titles to their
lands and homes. Also for the liberal
aid extended to our agricultural college
and agricultural interests, appropriating
for us more than $50, 900 annually.
We charge upon the Democratic party,
the responsibility for the enactment of
the so called alien law, about three years
since, by 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 him with neglect of his duty
and the abandonment of the best inter
ests of orr 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 revolution
airy habit of tillibustering, 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 unequivocally 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 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 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 60 to the polls on the
18th 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 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 fac
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
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.