Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-11-03
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nation 20 the democrats dated the oath.
repeatedly asserts through three columns
that the only issue IN the campaign IL
"sia,rh1sl II Ia headed "stat"hUsi
W Catrunism," aud Ice asks, "ln no, the
,rsur staichud w. CAtunismi Let
Ne lnk ~ II aud see" Aud then he go-s
on tn answer this question sfhrma,ively |
The trs, part ~ this proclamation IL de-.
voted entirely 10 calling Cs,un the usuAl
nAmrs; the middle tn asserting that he IL
secretly opIpred To- rtat"huui. aud the
last part tn an ingenious argument show
iug tina, Jo-rphs hill for our admission
lu-s ~, amour, Ia anything anyway, -
/, II only enabling act allowing us Ia
form a constitution, which the I'"nplr can
vote down and thus defeAt stA,rh~i. In
short. he Argura frr the election - Jo.
nrph on the grnnd that the hill Tor the
ndmisuiun Il New Mexico cannot pass
wl,hou, h,S election; that Il II drs pa.s,
the people can defeat any cons tuition
! tha, they eau frame under ", AMI In the
meantime grl the b"nrh, ~ {3O,OW Ap.
prnpriAtrd by the general government
| fnr holding constitutional convention
| Practically hrib- II nearly one dn lar
| for each voter for his ballot for Joseph.
aud clearly pointing "ut I" them the best
means ~ defeat sta,-huud Joseph ~ his
speeches has not been ~ Smsr, IN this
matter ~ HE chairman. tpr hr has hluntly
stated in the country districts that b, vas
uplnrsd To- ptAtrho,-i, Nhile In the cities,
that he favored H. But his chairman IL
more Adro,t and puts the mA,tor more
practically aud pAlAtAbly, With one dol.
lar per voter as an inducrm-ni'
Until J,--ph's young man WRIT" this
letter. many II the voters had Thought
there were Hoine other issurs ia this cam
pAIgn b.sil-r stAt"houl, that fut instance
taking the protective tarf III w"'i. lead
Aul cattle. and the destruction II th-se
great Industries IL New Mexico by ih.
J. 90. 500, ",.,.,u IArin ma ,,.- ,ssn-s,
that while ever since the democrats have
hren IN powrr failure. disaster and ruin
have come upon our land WAS one ~ the
issues; but Joseph aud his young mat
say MOI ther. things have nothing tn dC
with ia. election. II IL only "S,at-h"~l
~. CAtrnnSm " Thus abandoning al
the democratic principles, confrssinp
there ~ no excuse for the actions ~ IA,
present administration and no reasons /,
: give the people Tor the disaster that Ia,
come upon them.
In this remarkable letter Crist, "chAir.
man." refers tn "CatrunH poll tar law
which disfrAnchir,si over two thousand
democratic voters" This same poll Ia,
law IL section 81 IL chapter ~, session
laws of 1874. which il the famous Pau
lin public rchunl law. for the passage al
which the democrats Ia Il 80 much crtdi,
= To themselves, although NJ the time Their,
wana republican council II which Mr.
' Catrun WAS . member. which could have
> defeated this law II 1t had "a desired
Tn. poll tAI provision of that act war re-
n p-al,-d at the last s-nsion ~ the l-gislA
= tur- being th. second act pAsse,k the oil
to r-Ip-al II l-iEg council hill No. 4. in.
IL. .r-iu;-d hy republican in republican
} council and Signed by republican gov.
Q rrnur
4 There L. no doubt about one statement
IN the chairinsn's proclamation. lac and
4 his friends are beyond question "In III,
saddle" aud the territory has been their
:. horse for more than year. Now tn,
owners % the animal want to know why
their wool il worth nothing, why then
mines and sm-l,-rs are closed, why idle
;, ness and poverty have come to thcm II
!, place Of work and plenty. why person.
: elected by them 20 Office are thrown gu
by the y~spls ''in the saddle" and met
= under indictment for serious crimes At,
9 placed in their s,eAdi why the courts d.
NJ, give accused persons a jury trial an'
Il why respectable citiEens, without any in
: d,ctmcn, or trial. ar. sent To the penitsn
i tiary. Aud in reply 10 these nsturs
g questions we are told the sole issue i
!, "Ststehood W. Cstronism