Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-10-30

devoted family; his enemies, II any
he has. will testify to his sense Of pro.
priety and liberality. and friend and
foe speak him fair; his friends delight
in testifying to his noble lovableness,
and all to his integrity.
Mr.. Larrazolo nourishes an honor
able ambition to represent the people
Of New Mexico in the American con-
gress, an honor of which any young
man with his forensic powers may be
proud, and despite the ISLANDERS Of his
opponents, who would try to crush a
young man with the weight of poll
tical slur for the low purpose Of max
ing few votes with the assassinating
instrument of deliberate false pre-
tense and falsehood, it is said here
positively that there are no ties which
do or can ever influence him to work
for the interests of any persons or sec
ton other than his constituency in the
Territory of New Mexico, and the in
situation that he is connected with
Ell Paso interests or the Stephens bill
providing for an international dam or
any other interest antagonistic to New
Mexico, lately thrust out by his repub-
lfcan enemies like a dagger in the
dark, will meet an immediate refuta-
tion in the minds of his political and
personal friends, and merited denun-
citation in the opinion of all who know
him. Larrazolo does not fight that
way, for he has found the weapons of
truth stronger than those Of false
hood and error.
AS a poor boy in 81 Paso, Mr.. Lar
razolo had often seen the mediocre
melodramas and serio-tragic plays
that exhibited there, and had enjoyed
their highly colored romance and
heightened adventure. Booth and
Barret once played Julius Caesar there
en- route to the west. The young Mexi-
can boy delayed purchasing his ticket
till late in the afternoon, when he.
found that buyers were standing in
line a half mile long, the result was
he purchased a high-priced ticket
from a street broker; the naturalness.
Of the accomplished Booth and Barrett
.misled him and he felt that their pres.
tige was undeserved, for to his url-
educated mind this was not acting. =
As the play progressed he became
unconsciously spell bound, and when
the ghost of Caesar appeared before
Brutus in his tent and exclaimed,
Thou shalt see me at Phillipii" there
was shock of realization. The trem-
endous reaction had it's influence over
the life of Larrazolo, and today he is
easy prey for the book agent, and in
his library may be found choice works
on English history, poetry. science
and art.
He has triumphed over the poor
mans obstacle, thus set out by Gray.
knowledge to their eyesyher ample.
page,
Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er
unroll;
Chill penury repressed their noble
rage
And froze the genial current of the
soul"
This is the man the democrats offer
to the people to represent them in con-.
gress. For political purposes he has
been grossly misrepresented but his
admirable virtues will outlive them.
Who know him best love him in that
degree, and in this no mans love has
gone astray. Without disparagement to
his gentlemanly opponent, we can say
of Octaviano Larazolo:
Here is a man in whom the elements
are well mixed, and take him all in
all we shall not look upon his like
again.