Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-11-01
A POP SPOUTS.
Mills Talks of His Campaign-Some
Comparison of His Opponents
--CatrOn's Defeat is
Certain.

T. 3. Mills, the Populist candidate for
delegate to congress, was in the city last
night on his way to his home in Las We.
gas. During the past few days the colo
net has been visiting Rio Arriba and
Taos counties, looking the field over very
thoroughly from the Populist standpoint.
He has meanwhile also looked pretty care
fully into the Santa Fe county situation.
Col. Mills was seen last night by a
New MEXICAN reporter soon after his ar
rival on the narrow gauge train and was
asked to give his ideas as to the result of
the election next Tuesday.
II can tell you one thing" he said,
"the people will be surprised at the vote
which the Populist party is going to
poll"
Having some acquaintance with the
Pop. nominee, the reporter took this re-
mark with the usual allowance of "sal,'
and winked the other eye while he put the
query:
"Will you be elected?'
"Well, now," he replied with laugh,
that was Joined in by Mr.. E. 7. Webber,
who was standing near,
THAT'S A QUEER QUESTION
to ask a candidate. Why, of course, I'll
be elected. VIVA. do you suppose am
running fors"
"I'll tell you one thing" he added, "if
the Populsts had entered the race little
earlier, neither Joseph nor Catron would
have been in it on election day.
"Conceding your position, colonel,
that you are going to be elected, would
you object to telling the public who, in
your opinion, will be second in the racer"
was asked.
"Well," he replied, 81 can say this much,
don't see how Catren expects to be
elected. Ny observation during the last
few days is that he will lose Rio Arriba
and Santa Fe counties. Ny information
is that his vote in Valencia will be very
greatly decreased and l have
YET TO LEARN
of any place where he will make gain"
Gas to my own canvass" he continued,
cit has been confined very largely to the
northern part of the territory. The Pop
ulists down south are much better organ
lied than they are up this way SO that
have been devoting most of my time to
the counties north of Albuquerque.
There are Populist county tickets in
every county of the territory except
Santa Fe Taos, Rio Arriba, Valencia and
Union. 1 believe that l will carry SIX
counties next Tuesday, three IN the
northern and three in the southern por-
tion of the territory. These will be San
Juan, San Miguel, Colfax, Lincoln, Sierra
and Grant. will, In addition, get good
vote in the other counties, and will have
the satisfaction of carrying East Las
Vegas, my home, by good vote"
When asked as to which of the old par
ties he would prefer to see successful, in
case of his defeat, he said:
"Undoubtedly, Mr.. Joseph. The Democ-
racy, for whose principles Mr.. Joseph
stands, is much nearer meeting the peo-
ple's demands than the Republican party.
For instance, in the last congress, over
40 per cent of the Democrats were in
favor of the
FREE COINAGE OF SILVER
while only per cent of the Republi-
cans were. Then, on the tariff question,
the Democratic party favors tariff re-
duction as opposed to the Mckinley pro-
tective tariff, which position is much
nearer the Populist idea of no duty on
wool or anything else. You can say that
next to Populist success, consider Dem
ocratic victory the country over as the
best alternative for the people of Ameri-
ca"
Col. Mills expresses himself as very
confident that the statehood bill will pass
at the December session of congress, q
position which showed, as did the tone of
his whole conversation, that he believes
| JOSEPH WILL DE ELECTED
next Tuesday. He also said that he be-
lieved the election next Tuesday would
leave the Democratic party in control of
one and in all probability, of both houses
of congress. He believes, however, that
twenty Populists will be members of the
national house of congress; that Waite
will be reelected in Colorado and that
the Populists, headed by that able free.
silver Democrat, William j. Bryan, will
sweep Nebraska. Col. Mills also says he
believes that the two senators to BIO
chosen from the new state of New Mexi-
co next year will both be Popu'ists. All
of which shows that while Col. Mills is a
good prophet on some points he is very
poor one ON others. He left last night
for Las Vegas from which point he will
90 over to Mora county to close his cam
paign.