Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-11-09
PRESS COMMENT.
Election of FERGUSON.

Election Of FERGUSON.
The returns from this territory show
that Mr.. FERGUSON is elected delegate to
congress by probably 1000 majority.
This was brought about by a campaign
of falsehood and SANDER on the part of
the Democratic managers in every county
in New Mexico. Personally Mr.. Fergus
son is well qualified to represent the ter.
ritory, and if Mr.. Bryan had been elected
he could have accom- plished something
for the territory. With Mckinley elected
and congress Republican, Mr.. Ferguson
can do nothing at Washington for him
self, his friends or the territory. In fact
his election is great injury to New Mex
leo. Statehood is now sure of defeat next
winter, the territory being classed with
Colorado and other silver-crazed sections
of the west.-Citizen.
Then the Citizen would have our peo
pie become serfs to the trusts and cor
porations of the land in order TO obtain
what is ours of right as free and patriotic
citizens of the United States. 1t does not
seem to be question of whether we are
able to govern ourselves and to maintain
statehood in creditable manner but a
question of politics. If we hold to Ger.
tain opinions on the money question
which We believe right, as given us to see,
it, and the great and wise constitution
gives US the privilege to express it, then
we are to remain disfranchised, our pros
perity to be checked and our industries
throttled, because it is not in accord with
the views of set of men who are grow
ing rich off the misfortunes of the United
States in being compelled to issue bonds
to pay current expenses.
We know we speak for the large ma
jority of the people of New Mexico when
We say that we defy the tricksters and
tell them to keep us from statehood if
they choose but that we will maintain our
of the territory will not be coerced in
their opinions by the threat that state
hood will be withheld from them.-Las
Vegas Optic.
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A sample.
Says the Albuquerque Democrat: The
following is fair sample of more than a
hundred letters received by Mr.. Fergus
son during the last twenty-four hours,
coming from all parts of the territory.
The success of FERGUSON over Catron
seems to be matter of qualification to
the people of New Mexico without regard
TO part, and the size of Mr.. Fergusson's
majority, and the large number of votes
BY which he lead the local tickets in every
party of the territory, show that very
arge number of Republicans took hand
n the good work. Judge Walker, who
writes the following note is register of
The United States land Office at Santa Fe,
and brother-in-lsw of Senator Cock
ell, of Missouri. He worked hard for
FERGUSON in Santa Fe, and materially
assisted in carrying that county. He
says:
Santa Fe, N. NJ, Nov. S, 1S96.-Dear
Sir-It affords me great pleasure to con-
graduate you on your success in defeat
ng the big Republican boss in this terri
iory. 1t is a victory for which you have
'eason to be proud. Yours most sim
,erely. JAMES H. WALKER.
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Hot stuff From the Enterprise.
Hon. J. A. Ancheta, the great Republic.
IN leader, was noticeably absent from
lctive service in the Republican cause
Turing the campaign. He seemed to be
n state of innocuous desuetude.
The fine Italian hand of Hon. j. W.
Fleming was plainly discernible in the
work done among the Mexican popula-
ion of this city Tuesday. Sixty-five
straight Republican Mexican voters put
Democratic tickets into the ballot box,
without single scratch on any ticket.
The Enterprise is not one of the kick
ng kind and does not believe in the old
aw 81 told you So" but we would suggest
o Boss Perea that the counsels of other
rue friends of the Republican party are
worthy of consideration as we'll as those
rom Bernalillo, Valencia and San Miguel
ountles.
The few cutthroat Republicans in this
ounty, who used all their efforts to de-
eat the Republican ticket, are fattering
themselves with the delusion that they
lone defeated the ticket. They are at
altogether too much weight to
heir efforts. It is we'll known that the
mining camps usually give heavy Repub-
can majorities an1 must be depended
pom to carry the Republican party to
uccess. In the campaign just closed the
liver issue had estranged the miners
rom the Republican party and its great
lainstay was lacking. Silver City Enter
rise.