Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-09-20

, NAN louhAiJ huN utlNy1 RithbN
ourselves that the democratic par
, ty Of New Mexico will favor the
enactment Of such laws as will give
better protection TO men who earn
their living by daily labor.
8. We believe it is the right Of
laboring men 10 associate together
as an organized body, foI the pur-
pose of protecting their owa inter-
ests by peaceable and lawful
methods, and with all labor asso-
Citations, organized by peaceable
methods to maintain wages at
living rates, we fully sympathize
and to such organizations working
by such methods to better their
condition the democratic party
will give earnest support.
We also emphatically declare
against the Pinkerton system, as
employed blythe capitalists of the
country for the correction Of the
laboring classes, when the latter
attempt to assert their rights.
8. We believe it to be the i'm
perative duty of the congress Of
the United States to constitute by
law at its next session, a court of
arbitration with Jurisdiction
throughout all the States and Ter
ritories to hear and determine all
controversies relating to the rate
of wages, when such controversies
are serious and involve large num-
bers of persons, and thereby to
open a peaceable way for the set
Element of such grievances.
10. We denounce the republi-
can bosses and officials in New
Mexico for abusing the law MAX
ing the payment Of poll-tax a
qualification to vote and for resort
ing to all manner of chicanery and
fraud to deprive the democratic
voters of an opportunity to pay the
tax and thus qualify themselves to
vote.
IL. We further declare that
the present system Of registration
is a fraud, designed to disfranchise
voters who are opposed to the
, dominant party and hat laws
should be passed to repeal the pro-
vision making payment of poll-tax
a prerequisite to vote and insuring
the absolute secrecy of the ballot
and beyond this any restriction or
obstruction to the right to vote is
conducive Of fraud and subversive
of free government.
IL. We denounce the republi-
can party of this Territory for its
slanderous references to that no
BILE organization known as the
, knights of labor" and for its at
tempt TO charge that organization
with the commission of or respon-
sibility for, the ~white-cap outrages
of several years ago and we extend
9 the hand of fellowship to the or
! ganization and congratulate it up
on the patriotic and useful course
of its representatives in the last
Legislature.
E 10. We denounce the penuri-
BUSINESS of the republican Terrific
rial administration in failing to
insure the Capitol building and
the Territory against loss while
they do not scruple to despoil the
public treasuryfo r private gain and
manage it so as to furnish an OPP
portunity to speculate in public
obligations.
IA. We denounce the republi-
can party for maintaining in pow
er in New Mexico high public Of
y fcials, charged with the admins
t%ration of law and the prosecution
of crime, who belong to oath
bound political societies, obligated
!, 10 protect their members in case
: of trouble, without Limitation OF
qualification, and we declare that
. such a condition of things is ut
. terly subveIsive of law and order
and destructive of free govern
ment.
Fol- the carrying out of the
above named Legislative reforms
we pledge the various democratic
nominees for the Legislature
! throughout the Territory, as vel
as the organized party.
J. II. CRIsT,
Chairman
DIR. Gro. I. GOULD,
Q Secretary.