Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-11-02

religious convictions of bodies of PEG
pie in this country"
The above statements are as false a.
they are absurd, and is bringing upon
the political platform a question which
belongs only in the home and in III,
church. What he means to say roba
bly,, is that the reason the statehood
large majority of citizens belonging t,
the Catholic church: while thai churCl
has not actively participated in poll
tics, Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore
and Archbishop Ireland, as you al
know, from patriotic motives, support.
ed Mr.. Mckinley and his platform a
the last election, and the letter of thu
latter prelate upon the duties of the ci
tizens and particularly of the church,
man, in u%pholding good government
law and order as against the enuncia'
lions of the Democratic platform Al
Chicago and Organism, was a very pc.
tent factor in the election of Mr.. Nc
kinley. He disclaimed in that letter
any, political ~partisanship, but placed
his views and his advice to the citizens
upon the highest ground of patriotism
and love of country. 1t can never grow
old and should be read as is the Decla-
ration of Independence.
The New Mexican does not know
whether Mr.. FERGUSON is a Presbyte-
rian, Il baptist or an intidel: but we do
commend it to the careful considera-
ton of every voter in New Mexico,
whether such a statement, publicly
made, is not only a gross breach of de-
cency in politics, but absolutely I'M
true and a reflection on h people who
do no share his W particular reli-
siOus belief.
In regard to the race issue" Mr.. Fer
gusson said:
Il would be glad, indeed, if l could
nave MI. Perea come before an audi
rian, a Baptist or an infidel; but does
tons and other questions before the
people who are to choose between us. /
would like to ask him this: If he thinks
LAG q - uutllCIlle llht lllS NDulu lt-
ceive a candidate for delegate in the
way which he would have seen if he
had been here tonight; if after seeing
this reception, he believed hat in the
still hunt, that he is pursuing. trying to
get elected to congress by pleading the
race issue, and if he had seen the way
| was received by the native Democrats
to ask him, after seeing that, if lie
thought he could beat NE on any such
campaign as that? | received my
friends in Taos county, in Rio Arriba
county, in Union county, in San Miguel
county, and now here tonight in Santa
Fe county, by the Spanish Americans
of New Mexico. | know they are inca
pable of being misled by any such ar
gument as that. We are all American
citizens, under the same flag, interested
in the same country. and that the Dem
ocrats are Democrats from principle,
and they cannot be misled, taken away
from their principles by the candidate
of the opposition party, because he is
a Standardization; At first we did
not know, or, rather, some of my
friends asked if carrying on a cam
paign like Pedro Perea is, asked what
will be the result? The first answer
was made at the Deming convention,
when young Baca from Union county
and Jose Manuel Gonzales from Union
county and others from this county and
from Taos county and Guadalupe coun-
ty, prominent Democrats of the Span
ish-American race went to Deming
hundreds of miles, to the Deming con-
vention, and nominated me as their
delegate-that was the first answer
made by these people. Now, while the
campaign is on, when no more than 10
days are left, / can come back to you in
Santa Fe from my trip through these
other counties up north, and I Fan tell
you that | received this the second an
sWer of these people with all this an
thusiasm for Democratic principles. |
will tell Pedro Perea when the Sth of
November comes. I believe he will get
the final answer"
These statements again are absurd
and false. What Mr.. Ferguson means
by Mr.. Perea carrying on the still
hunt is unknown. He is not connect
ed with the internal revenue depart
ment, looking for Illicit stills, and that
he is not STILL" in the other sense of
the word, but on the contrary, is ex-
tremely loud and active in this cam
paign, Mr.. Ferguson ought to know,
as well as any other man in the ter
ritory, and if he did not, on the goth of
October. he will ascertain the fact on
the 9th of November, that Mr., Perea is
to be elected to congress by
pleading the race issue is an abso-
u falsehood, as Mr.. FERGUSON we'll
knows. Mr.. Perea has been to and
spoken in every county in the territory,
and never, in public or in private, has
he made any suggestion of a difference
between the native of New Mexico of
or other descent. But on the
contrary, he has deprecated any such
suggestions, which so far has come only
from Democratic sources. If not di-
indirectly, as made by MI. Fer
gusson in his speech at Santa Fe. Mr..
speaks of the Spanish
of New Mexico There are
such people; there are many citi-
OF Mexican or Spanish descent,
who are all Americans; and Mr..
Perea, in his public and private utter
ances, has made that fact emphatic.
He is a native New Mexican, born I'M
derder the American flag; educated in
institutions, and speaking |,
the English as well as the Spanish Ian