Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-11-01

At the Republican convention of
Bernalillo county held in Albuquerque,
October 20, Hon. T. B. Catron was
present and was called upon for an
address on the questions before the
voters of New Mexico in the present
campaign.
Mr.. Catron said:
Mr.. Chairman, gentlemen of the con
v%ention and fellow citizens of the coun-
ty of Bernalillo-At the territorial
county convention, which was held in
your city but a short time ago, l prom
Used some of your fellow citizens hat 1
would attend this convention, to aid in
what might be done in the county Of
Bernalillo for the election of a delegate
to congress who would be in harmony
with the national administration and
with congress; a delegate who might
be able to do something for your well
fare: II who might represent your
interests and present your cause to a
favorable administration and a favora-
BILE Legislature for beneficial action in
your behalf. In coming over here this
morning it seemed to me quite proper
that | should come in the band wagon,
as [ did: and it seemed to me that all
the people on this day in your county
should get into the band wagon; that
they should go with the current; that
we should all be in the swim. If you do
not do so, gentlemen, it will be your
own fault. We will be left behind
again. l have been over this territory,
and from one end to the other, from
Taos to Dona Ana, and from the east
to the west, there is but one voice with
in our borders-that is, hat Perea is
going TO be elected. In coming down
| from Taos a few days since, l got on
the train with Mr.. Ferguson and those
who were accompanying him. One gem
tleman asked me how does Perea get
| along in Taos county and how is he in
MIR. PEREA Is A BUSINESS MAN.
the territory? I said to him, "Taos
county will give Perea over 800 major
ity. Dona Ana county will give Perea
over 400 majority, and in the territory
of New Mexico Perea's majority will
be more than 1000" "Oh," he said,
what a shame it is: why didn't you
Republicans select somebody who could
represent the territory; who could talk
to the president; who could ak to the
halls of congress-; who could talk to the
committees; who might go before the
~.l nelr for urhof Won
want?" I said to him, my God! friend,
do you compare Perea with Ferguson?
Perea is a business man. When he goes
to the president he will talk business to
him; when he goes to the departments
he will talk business; when he goes in
to the halls Of congress he will talk bus
iness.'' Gentlemen, I promise you he
will not engage there in buncomb; he
will not make mistakes; he will not
ask for things at inappropriate times;
he will not make motions or amend
ments when they are out of order, nor
have them ruled out of order; he Will
not come before his constituents and
claim he has done things which he has
not done.
MIR. FERGUssoN's WOOL o
Gentlemen, the Democratic party
have given us a platform and the first
thing they said in their platform in re-
gard to Ferguson is as follows: 1--WE
commend the action Of Hon. H. b. Fer
gusson in demanding for the woods OF
New Mexico and the Rocky Mountain
region an adequate specific duty in
stead of the indefinite ad valorem duty
proposed in the original Dingley bill,
and call attention to the fact tina it
was a Democratic senate which forced
the present Republican house of Rep
resentatives to give us this duty on our
wools.' In summing up what Fergus
son did, they say for his action in ini-
tiating the amendment by which an
adequate duty on New Mexico wool was
secured they recommend him to the
people. Now this platform is their
text. T ask you what Ferguson did to
initiate the movement by which a duty
was obtained on wool which was ade-
quate? In the first PLACE, if you will
remember a little proclamation which
was issued by Mr.. Joseph and Mr.. Lo-
rion Miller, just a day or two before
that conventions. you will see that they |
state officially that they condemn the
Republican party for placing an made
quate duty of A cents a pound on wool
of the kind produced in this territory; |
while this platform, promulgated one
or two days afterwards, commends
FERGUSON for obtaining the identical
WHICH is TO BE BELIEVED.