Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-11-01
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS VOTED AGA1Ns
DINGLEY BILL.

That duty was placed there by Repub"
leans and a few of the Populists or sill
Yer Republicans, and others not Demo.
Gratis, such as Mr.. Teller, of Colorado,
and Mr.. Mantle, of Montana. They
were the men who assisted the Repub-
leans in placing that duty on wool i'll
the senate. Look at the ayes and noes
called on the passage of the bill and
you will see that every Democrat ex-
cept about two voted against it, and
yet they say that the Democratic sem
ate placed that duty on wool. Are you
willing to believe a party which will
enunciate things like this, contrary to
the record; contrary to the truth? We
must assume that they did not read
the record, but took the word of their
delegate. They placed these things i'll
the platform at his solicitation, and
now in the face of such fraud attempt
ed to be perpetrated upon you, in the
face of such false representations, they
ask you to vote for Ferguson, that
you will down Pedro Perea because
they think that Ferguson can better
present measures than he in congress.
ANOTHER RIDICULOUS ACT.
But this is not the only ridiculous
thing that Ferguson did. When they
were considering the appropriations on
the Indian bill, Mr.. Ferguson offered
an amendment to create an additional
judgeship in this territory. Mr.. Ding
ley again made a point of order, that
this amendment could not be offered
as an amendment to an Appropriation
for Indians, not being germane. The
idea of offering an amendment to Gre
ate a judgeship in the territory of New
Mexico under an appropriation bill!
There is but n way that you can con
slider that matter, and that is that Fer
gusson took you all for Indians, that
you We're a lot of savages, and that it
was germane to a lot of savages to
make a judge for them under the APP
preparation bill for Indians; but Mr..
Dingley and the Republican party did
not so consider it. Probably if they had
looked at the delegate at that time and
considered his particular action, then
they would have considered o saw
ages for having sent him there; but
they We're more generous than that.
Dingley said it is out of order; Reed
if he wishes to discuss the point of or
ruled it out of order and said: Ask him
DER Mr.. Ferguson said, mo, 1 be-
lieve not" and he sat down. Pedro Pc
rea would never have made such a
break as that; he never would have
treated you as savages or Indians; he
would never have offered an amend
ment to create a judgship under the
Indian appropriation bill. There is an
other place where the gentleman did
not know exactly how to get it; yet
his friends who travel with him
throughout the territory say what a
pity it is that the Republicans put up a
man like Perea, who does not know
how to find the halls of Congress. They
practically say he does not know how
to get out of his seat and offer prop
ositions to Congress, nor talk to Pres
ident Mckinley. W. think that Pedro
Perea in that regard or in any other
particular is easily the peer Of Mr.. Fer
gusson (and much his superior.) They
THE MONEY QUESTION.
say that they condemn the Republican
party for sending a man who favors
the gold standard to Congress instead
of frao c;1,,a, rb;e r,acticr re ~,
is to a certain extent settled and set
tied by the voice of the great American
people. 1t is not settled in the way
that the gentleman would like to have
you believe, but it is settled in this
way The Republican party has de-
Jared itself in favor of sound money;
that means a sound standard of money,
as they say in the Democratic platform.
1t means a dollar which is invariable.
1t means a dollar which has intrinsic
value, which never changes. 1t means
a dollar which regulates the price of
everything in your community, let it
be work or products. 1t meal a fixed
and stable thing. They tell you in
their platform that they favor the free
coinage of silver. We as Republicans
in this territory and the National par
ty also throughout the states, tell you,
we want money and much of it, but we
want every dollar to be equal to every
other dollar. We want our money to
stand side by side, every dollar with
every other, and we say now in the
territory Of New Mexico rs we said
the free and unlimited coinage of all
the silver in the world, but that we
do want the coinage of our own pro-
duct here; and we want to keep each
dollar of silver equal to each dollar
of gold-and what intelligent man is
there in this broad land who does not |
wish that? The Democratic party, |
however, does not care to limit itself
to America; the Democratic aprty
wants to increase the value of silver
in Mexico, the Republic of Colombia;
what have we to do with those coun-
tries? Why should we take upon our
selves the burden of increasing the val |
ues Of their moneys? Why should we
make a donation to Mexico Of $50, 600, 900
each year-for that would be the effect
PROTECTION FOR MINERS.
of it? We are in favor of protecting our
miners; we are in favor Of giving them
to do; Of coming the Ameri-
can silver so long as this government
has the power to keep that silver dol