Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-10-27
WHAT HAS DELEGATE
JOSEPH DONE?
While the Record Speaks

During the campaign of two years ago,
between the same candidates which the
two great political parties of this terri
tory have placed before the people in this
congressional election, the Democratic
party drew the "deadly parallel between
the two candidates, Hon. Antonio Joseph
and Thomas B. Catron, and took its can
didate's cause manfully and confidently
before the people on his record as their
faithful servant during eight years in
congress.
That record, of unusual fertility, carried
for more than a month in upwards of
twenty newspapers in parallel with the
unusually sterile public record of L. b.
Catron, was continuous challenge to the
opposition, but neither Candidate Catron
nor his supporters attempted to deny the
record truth--the fertility of the one and
the sterility Of the other.
An intelligent and discriminating con-
stituency saw the parallel, appreciated
and approved the campaign of education
thereon and reelected Delegate Joseph
on his record.
The Democratic party again and with
increased confidence presents him to the
people of New Mexico as its candidate
for delegate to the House of Representa-
tives of the 54th congress and respectfully
asks public attention to the splendid ad-
ditions he has made to the proud record
presented two years ago.
During the first session of the SD con-
gress, to which Mr.. Joseph was elected
two years ago and which closed its long
session during the last days of August
past, over 5000 bills we're introduced by
the 1858 members that constitute the House
of Representatives, in which delegate
from territory merely has seat with
out vote. But 1900 of these bills be-
came laws. This made an average OF
three and one-half bills passed to each OF
the 1853 members. Delegate Joseph passed
ten of these, thus SECURING ABOUT THREE
TIMES THE AVERAGE OF FULL-FLEDdED
MEMBER who has a vote with which to work
and on which to trade.
Think on it, men of New Mexico! Your
poor, weak, voteless delegate, represent
| ing people aspersed and insulted in the
halls of congress by infamous minority
reports" at the hands of the Republican
party, and denied by Republican leaders
even the credit of capability for the rights
and dignities of full citizenship anc
measurable self-government under state
hood this voteless delegate, standing II
congress for people that had been dis
credited by Republican aspersion, insteae
of aid, during the many years of that
party's ascendency in the national gov
eminent. has been able, by dint of hi
sheer devotion to duty, to outstrip the
proudest of them who are accredited al
the orators and statesmen of congress
sional halls and whose fame rests rathel
upon their ability to win the applause o
the galleries than upon incessant ant
fruitful Flooding and prodding in com
mittee rooms and in departmental routine
where Delegate Joseph's so securely rests
Let us look somewhat in detail at thes'
late additions to his uniform record.
!. FOR STATEHOOD.
After passing bill for the admission
of New Mexico through the Democratic
house in 1886, again in 1888, and agail
in 1892, each one in turn defeated by
Republican senate, he has finally, in tn
I first session of this congress, not onl.
pushed his bill for the fourth tim
through the House, but he has also pushed
it through the committee and on to tn
senate calendar, whore it now, with hun
dreds of like important bills, awaits &C
ton by that slowly moving body at tn
remaining session of this congress mex
winter. The steady pursuit and courag
. of his purpose in this regard has beel
one of the notable features of recent con
gressional history and has been the sub
iect of frequent comment at the nationa
capital. As often as he was defeated b.
Republicans in one congress, "dauntles
he rose and to the fight returned" in tn
next.
A notable instance of the stick-to-a
tiveness which is the secret of his sue
cess, as we'll as of his influence in con
gress, is to be found in the appropria
ton made for payment of Indian depre
dation claims that had reached judgmen
rim the court of claims. Ninety per cen
Ul uue ulllllOu5 VI uOlldlo uhooo choAhA
on file in Washington belong to citizen
of New Mexico. The entire work of pass
ing the law providing method for thei
adjudication fell on Mr.. Joseph, and no,
the entire work of securing appropria
tions to pay the claims, as they ar
proven and allowed, falls on him. At tn
opening of this congress last Decembe
the Democratic administration was con
fronted with an empty treasury, who
! the late Harrison administration left j
aa precious memento of its extrava
gance, and threatened deficit was 500
a reality, requiring the borrowing Q
$5O.OOO,OOO to meet the expenses of tn
government enormously increased by ex
travagant appropriations of the billion
dollar Republican congress. Under thi
condition, retrenchment and econom
were the enforced order of the Demo
cratic congress, and Mr.. Joseph was in
formed, when he applied to the commit
tee on appropriations for an allowanc
to pay adjudicated claims, that he woul
have to wait until another congress whe
the treasury would have recovered
under Democratic economy, from il
stringent condition. Nevertheless, NJ
Joseph continued to urge the Justice {
his cause before the committee with sue
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