Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-10-18
LARRAZ0L0 AT
WHITE OAKS
He Says W. j. Bryan Is a Washing
ton, a Jefferson and a Lincoln
Combined.
SOME CHILDISH ASSERTIONS
Aguinaldo Lauded to the Skies by the
Democratic Candidate for Delegate to
Congress ss-Arguments That Are
Stale and Untenable.
Special Cor. New Mexican.

| was duly heralded, the Democratic
nominee for delegate to congress, O. A.
Larrazolo, addressed the people of
White Oaks Saturday evening, 18th
inst. on the great political issues of the
day, both local and national Mr.. Lar
razolo's speech was very little more
than an accumulation of political soph-
istries. He prefaced his address with a
| reference to an article in "a Santa
Fee daily embodying the query, "Who
is Larrazolo, anyhow" Mr. Larrazolo
appeared grieved that his prominence
should be thus questioned. He explained
briefly his goings to and fro since 1872
| tsaid he was in school in New Mexico
| from that date up to 1876 down to the
! moment of his speech. The most one
could make of it all was that he had
| spent the greater part of his time hold
ing different offices thrust upon him in
| Texas.
A CHARACTERISTIC HARANGUE.
| In reply to the query as to how he
stood upon the financial question, Mr..
l4arrazolo declared that he need only
say that he stood squarely and shoulder
10 shoulder with the great William Jen-
nings Bryan upon every individual
plank of the Democratic platform
adopted by that party in 1896.
The Republican party was duly ar
raigned by the speaker for all the evils
real and imaginary, in this country In
his accusations against the party he
stated that he wanted it understood
that he assailed only the Mckinley Re-
publicans; that there We're other Re-
| rublicans opposed to the disastrous,
| imperialistic Mckinley administration
| He characterized Mckinley as a grovel-
| ing coward and slave to the trusts and
| monopoles, and averred that he had
sacrificed his honor and honest convic-
tons to them; that he dared not make
a move contrary to their demands.
| Mr.. Larrazolo eXpatriated upon i'm
perialsm in true Bryanistic style. He
declared that Imperialism was not a
| danger threatening to befal this coun-
try, but that the Mckinley adlninistra-
ton had already foisted upon the peo-
pie the chief cornerstone Of an impe-
rial government in the Porto Rican bill.
THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE FLAG.
| In fight Of oratory he exclaimed:
| IF it would be dishonor for our govern
ment to withdraw our flag and give up
| the Philippine islands, why not claim
china and force the inhabitants to pay
tribute to our country because the stars
and stripes were planted in Pekin? The
flag was removed from Pekin without
national dishonor. The flag was plant
ed upon Chapultepec; it was also with
drawn, and the people of Mexico have
unbounded love and respect for that
| flag and the government it represents"
! Mr.. Larrazolo presumes too much up-
on the ignorance of his auditors. The
veriest school boy in an American COM
nunity like this, who has studied the
history of his country and keeps in
formed of current events, could tell Mr..
| Larrazolo that the cases cited are in no
wise paralleled with that Of the Philip
pines. He should have explained the re-
moval Of the flag from the castle of
Chapultepec, which removal embraced
series Of diplomatic events, including
treaty with the Mexican government
and purchase of a vast tract of land
| many times larger than the original
thirteen colonies, in which tract the ter
ritory of New Mexico formed small
portion. The Philippines We're in like
manner obtained from the Spanish gov
ernment. Mr.. Bryan himself approved
and abetted the whole transaction, in
cluding treaty and purchase of the is
lands. The similarity extends even to
| the rebellion of the natives, who in
both the Philippines and the tract OBJ
tanned from Mexico, were led to insur-
rection by few ambitious leaders, who
cared more for f-aggrandizement
than for the good Of the natives. The
flag was never withdrawn from the
country honorably gained by our gov
ernment, and for this reason cannot be
lhauled down in the Philippines.
AN oDIOUs COMPARISON.
| AS to the Chinese incident referred to
this same school boy could tell Mr.. Lar
razolo that there is not an iota of SIM
| ilarity between it and the Philippine
question. Mr.. Larrazolo lauded Agui
naldo to the skies and likened him and
his cause to Washington and the Amer
lean revolution. In close connection
with this he declared William Jennings
Bryan to be a Washington in patriot
ism, Jefferson in craftsmanship, and
a Lincoln in kindness of heart.
Apropos to this last comparison, and
the frequency with which the Demo-
Gratis are now citing the heroic Lincoln,
what mockery it seems to those who
recall the vituperation heaped upon him
by the sire of w. J. Bryan and those of
his political complexion at a time when
the great heart and soul Of the presi-
dent were weighted down with the bur-
dens and anxieties Of a civil war. The
opprobrium hurled at Mckinley by the
most rampant Bryanites Is as nothing
compared to that.
Mr. Larrazolo declared himself in fa-
vor of statehood for New Mexico, and
accused the Republican party Of du-
plicity and retardment in the matter of
her admission.
After exhausting his budget Of abuse
and denunciation Of the Mckinley ad-
ministration and the Republican party
in general, Mr.. Larrazolo delivered an
eloquent eulogium upon our country. its
progress and development, its grandeur