Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-11-12

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stands side by side, each one equal to
the other; each one having an equal
right. That, ladies and gentlemen, is
one of the principles of the Republican
party; and l say that in this election
you have ratified this great principle;
you have adopted the principles of the
Republican party; you have declared
hat money shall be of n standard;
that every dollar shall equal every other
dollar. You have declared in favor of
the American against the foreigner,
against the outsider. You AVE said that
your products shall have a preference
over that of other lands; your wages
are greater than others; you declare
hat your laboring man shall be better
than the foreigner: that you shall have
better clothing; that you shall have
more to eat, and of a better quality than
the man in a foreign country; you haVe
declared for prosperity and harmony
throughout this entire land, and that is
what you have met tonight to ratify.
You have met to ratify the election Oh
redro Perea, and the election of YOU
county officers, but to go back to Pedro
7erea. You have met to pronounce vow"
approval of the act of your fellow-citi-
zens and yourselves, and you have
thrown in the face of your opponents
the challenge that has been given out
heretofore-to say that 4edro Perea
stands not only the equal of Ferguson,
but that he stands 10000 times higher in
the estimation of the people; that he
stands as a man who will never commit
a fraud or Misrepresentation He stands
as a man who will know how to repre-
sent what he needs to represent for your
interest; he will know how to maintain
knows what you want, and knows where
to go to get it; he knows when and how
to ask for it, and I say to you that his
opponent and his friends, who have IN
dertaken to ridicule Perea, who say that
he does not know enough to go into the
halls of congress, cannot face the public
any more in this land and say that
they are entitled to consideration for
the frauds or Misrepresentation which
they have set before this people. What
right had he to reelection? What has
he done for you? In their platform they
say that he has attempted to do va
rious things, but where are they? AS l
said before, w var a candidate who
is able to do, not one Who only wants to
do, not one who was willing to offer to
do, but one who could walk in the halls
of congress and say, II am the repre-
sentative of the people of New Mexico; l
know their interests and rights; / know
wool from dog hair. l know first class
wool; l know that the people of my ter
ritory possess first class wool; I know
that the protection that is given to first
class wool is II cents, and that protects
the wool of my land; l know that third
class wool is hair that is only fitted for
the making of certain articles: that we
do not produce it here, and I don't care
whether you put a duty on it or not.
Give nj a duty to protect my own peo-
pie; to protect what I have and what
my people have, and I will be satisfied"
He will not ask for time, and before his
time expires permit some other member
to absorb it and lose it without an OPP
portunity to defend himself. Pedro Pc
rea, as I said before, will know enough
to rise from his seat in congress when
p,Athnr ,,,n,,,1n, 4, 1,;r, arI
say: Mr.. Speaker, I an entitled to the
floor, and that gentleman is not; I am
entitled to talk and represent my people,
and that gentleman is not; l am enti-
tleman has no right to take itaway from
me. But that is what Ferguson allow
ed to be done with him, and yet tho
Democratic party comes before you and
congress, and say that Pedro Pera is not
competent to appear in congress. Do you
believe that? If you do, then you believe
yourself unworthy to the right of suf- /
frage. You will not be worthy to have |
a representative in the house of con |
gress. Are o willing to place your |
selves in that position? l believe not,
because the voice of the people of this
territory yesterday was raised up, de-
claring hat the people of New Mexico |
had had enough of Democracy, and
would no longer submit to be represent |
ed by such an incompetent as they had. |
They have determined to send one of |
their w people; an intelligent man;
a business man; a man who knows |
what he is entitled to; a mar who can
maintain himself and has the courage to
say so, and the intelligence to do it. |
You have done something by you voice
of yesterday, and l tell you that by 1000 |
majority you have said that Pedro Pc |
rea is your representative, and that Fer
gusson is incompetent to represent you.
You have met to ratify that cause; it is
your duty to do it; it is FOUR duty to &c |
home and teach your children what you |
have done; teach the principles of the
Republican party; teach harmony; talk
it to you brethren; talk among your
SELVES, Instruct your wives ana uduSn-
ters; instruct every child in this land.
Don't let's have n more such farces
as have been perpetrated the last two |
years. Let us have integrity; let us
have a fair understanding. Let us pro-
tect our rights; be American citizens, |
and let us continue Pedro Perea in his
office as long as he shows that he is the
friend of the people; that he is the
friend of your interests, and that he IA
vors the general welfare of this commu-
nifty. Send a nan there, as you have sent
him so that he may say that you are a
people who are intelligent; a people of
integrity, and understanding, one who
will be ahla to ask for ,o1,r rinhts In |