Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-10-24
A CALL TO ARMS.
The Central Committee Issues ROus-
ing Address to the Democrats
of New Mexico.
Statehood vs.. Catronism the Campaign
1ssue-The Republican Nominees
Public Record Reviewed.
HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC
Territorial Central Committee.
Santa Ea n NJ no% 81 1901


To the Democracy of New Mexico:
The nomination of T. B. Catron as Re-
publican candidate for delegate to the
house of representatives of the 54th con-
gress is a bugle call to the Democrats of
New Mexico in this campaign--A CALL TO
ARMS.
He is not only bitter and unrelenting
+ foe to all men and all things Democratic,
but he is also at all times an unjust and
oftentimes brutal foe. He is never a
manly foe. During long career of
political tyranny and outrage on Demo-
Gratis and of political debauchery of the
people of New Mexico he has out
Elkinsed that prince of political tyrants
and debauchees.
Need we specify:
Has he not indicted Democrats by the
hundred and prosecuted them in the
courts for political purposes?
Has he not ousted, literally kicked,
Democrats from offices to which they
were duly elected and spit upon their
rights and dignites whenever and wher-
ever he had sufficient control of the Re-
| publican party to enable him?
In view then of his changeess pre- JUDGE
against all things Democratic, whether
men or principles, how can any Demo-
crat vote for him either directly or indi-
! rectly in this campaign; nay, how can he
avoid the plain Democratic dnty to take
off his coat and roll up his sleeves against
this arch-enemy of Democracy in New
Mexico?
And aside from his political character,
is there anything in his public career that
should make any honest man desire HIM
for
ApuDLIC SERVANT?
Did he not resign the office of U. s. at
torney when serious charges of wholesale
corruption were pending against him
and report, (Angell's Report by a
special agent of his own political admin
istratlon, then in power, was on file in the
Department of Justice literally "peeling
off, his official hide?
Has he not discredited every Legisla-
tive Assembly in which he sat, or with
which he had any influence, with such in
famies as ''the supreme court practice
act" "the limitation bill, ;" "the false per-
sonation act" "the change of venue law"
"the libel law" etc.
What wise and benefcent law on our
statute books to-day will you credit to
him!
What legislative reform has he fathered
or supported?
L,A
ment of civilization, for the amiloration
of the condition of the masses, or for the
betterment of society, has he associated
his name as patriot and statesman, or
even as an ordinarily unselfish and useful
public servant!
DOES he or any of his mountaineering
friends attempt to show us the good in
his public career wherein rests his title
to our regard-to point out some public
act of his that had not Catron in it and OF
it and through ito gather from his
good deeds and present to the people for
their SURFACES pot of precious ONT
ment that has not dead Catron fly in it
to destroy it's purity and acceptibility?
Does not his subsidized press in the
territory only answer our oftrepeated
challenge with the self-convicting cry
that we are abusing this great man?
Will some one of his supporters take
the statute book and put his finger on the
law, or take the public history of the ter
ritory and point to an act of his for the
public good during his long careerf
They do not because they can not. In
view of his
SELFISH AND UNPROFITABLE uAREER,
from public point of view, how can any
self-respecting citizen aid in advancing
him to the highest representative station
in this territory.
We met this unrelenting foe in the open
field two years ago aud threshed him
threshed him and his barrels, threshed
him and his poll tax law, which disfran-
chised over 1000 of our voters, threshed
him backed by the Republican admins
tration, threshed him and his prestige
and his so-called "brains and energy"
and we thought we were done with Catron
and his disgraceful public record, but we
were mistaken. We have scotched the
snake rot killed it.