Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-12-14
THEY CRY FOR QUARTER,
The Called Jades Vince and Are on
the Run-An Exhibition of
Monumental Gall.
A Republican Organs Suggestion
Seeing Defeat It Now Frays
Compromise 49, A Fli1nsy
Political Trick.

Driven into their last ditch and scent
ing defeat in the cir, seeing that major
ity of the votes of the people as honestly
east at the polls are against them, the
have ceased to stand longer
as apologists for election frauds, and now
take new tack, suggesting compro-
mise.
A deal of fun was created in official
circles this morning when copies of the
Albuquerque Citizen, the
PRINCIPAL REPUBLICAN ORGAN
of the territory, came to hand containing
an editorial article detailing the newly
suggested plan.
This article, the caption of which is
"The sensible way" goes on to say that:
"With statehood pending at Washing
ton it would be a sensible thing for the
people Of New Mexico to stop petty po-
litical pickering. The control of the
legislature is small matter, not really
worth quarreling over. There ara thirty
or forty clerical positions to be given
out, and the governor has number of
appointments to make which he will wish
the council to confrm. The territorial
printing is about oil that is left to fight
over, and the profit on the work is SO
small that the contract is hardly worth
having," etc, etc.
Then the suggestive milk in this Re-
publican cocoanut is
POURED OUT THUS:
"The Citizen is in favor of using little
good judgment at this juncture, believ-
ing that grave issues are at stake, which,
if met and settled satisfactorily, will lead
to statehood this winter and prosperity
for the new commonwealth. The plan is,
that the central committees of both par
ties be call. d to meet IN Santa Fa on Sat
urday, December 20, and that they APP
point joint committee to confer with
the governor and secretary and if posi-
BILE arrange to have the Legislature organ
ICED with the least possible political bias
or friction, giving each of the political
parties recognition in the petty clerk
ships" etc., etc.
While to the uninitiated all this may
appear on its face to possess at least a
modicum of fairness, to those in official
and political life it reaches
THE HEl CHIT OF ABsUBDIrY, ~
and stands as piece of monumental po-
litical gall that does full credit to methods
of Republicanism as they prevail in New
Mexico. Ia plain terms it is an admis-
sion of defeat so awkwardly put as to in
vite ridicule. It means that the Republi-
cans have laid down, for these are utter
ances of their political organ too serious
for any one man to stand sponsor for
there must have been held grave council
of war before they were given publicity
Here for weeks this Republican organ
notorious always az an apologist fol
crime in New Mexico, has adopted the
policy of
nAIoLERY AND BULLDozINa,
alternated with threats of more or less
serious nature respecting statehood, il
the Democrats did not do the bidding Of
its party claquers in organizing the leg
islature. It has personally assaulted anc
abused every branch of the territorial
government, the Legislative, judica
aud executive, and its party follow
ers of the press have taken up and echoed
and re-echoed these vicious mouthings
They have undertaken to convict Gov
Thornton and Secretary Miller, without {
hearing and in advance of any sort Of &C
tion on their part, of criniinally partisan
acts in organizing the legislative assem-
bly,, and they have exercised every despi
cable method known to Republican jour
nalism il this territory to force obedience
| to their demands that the honest
EXPRESSION OF PUEBLO SENTIMENT
as given at the polls he trodden unde
foot.
But as to the merits of their suggestion
| Forsooth! Did tho Republicans hav
any such compromise proposition to al
vance when Republican administration
we're in vogue in New Mexico-in 1924
6; in 1882, when Secretary W. G. Ritch
Republican, doing the bidding of hi
party masters, said to six duly electe
Democratic members of this house VIII
stood trembling with lawful certificate
in their hands: "Yeu will have to stan
aside. 1t appears to me your Republi
can opponents have been elected" an
then proceeded 70 swear in the tools O
the Catronists. Again had they any com
promise to suggest in 1884, or ia 1879
when g. W. Lane weakened under thei
FIRE and Democrats were ignominiousl
pitched out of the house to enable Their
to secure the necessary two.thirds ma
jority whereby they made life burde
to the then Democratic executive?
COMPROMISE, EHs
As far as the New MExIoAN's observe
ton goes, there is nothing to com promis
The suggestion that the two politics
central committees meet at Santa Fe an
said" in the organization of the legislt
tt1re is too frivolous to receive attention
What business have these purely partisa
institutions to tamper with tho legi
lative branch Of the government now tht
, the election is over and the law is plat
as to the duties of the executive and tn
secretaryi These officers have yet to az
in the premises, and the idea that the
should first consult with the politics
central committees before entering upo
their duties carries with it an imputatio
of crime, a suggestiveness of violation {
their official oaths, and of petty partisa
methods, that net only very seriously RI
fleets upon them, but disgraces New Me,
leo abroad.
In a word, the Republican organs sus
! gestion is bit of impotence that can nc
be tolerated. The Legislature will be dul
organized as the law directs and IN al
cordance with the wishes of the people {
expressed at the: polls BY honest ballot
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