Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-10-04


3. We view with horror the fact that
mob can be found in this country as
was found at Victor, Colo, to attack a
man who had been a gallant soldier,
carried our flag to victory, was govern
or of New York, and is now candidate
for vice president of the United States,
simply because he made use of the right
Of free speech in announcing to the peo-
pie his views on public affairs. We con-
denim such an act and characterize it as
the act of individuals indicative of the
Democratic party, to which they per-
lin.
4. ~ most cordially intio' 81 ami ap-
prove fss& Ssssa s4tssA successful admins
tration of Governor Otero of this terri
tory; an administration not only giving
great satisfaction to our people, but one
that has brought this territory into
more favorable notice and prominence
abroad than any territorial administra-
ton the territory has ever had.
5. 1t is with just pride that we can
point to our present judiciary, whose
freedom from the tongue of slander Is
the more striking by its contrast with
the conduct of some of the Democratic
judges of this territory during the last
Cleveland administration, who placed
upon the people a humiliation and a
shame before unknown in the history
of our territory.
6. Contrary to the predictions of Will
liam Jennings Bryan four years ago,
the pledges and promises of the Repub-
lican party of this country have been
redeemed. The business depression
which hung over this territory like a
when Mr.. Mckinley was elected presi-
dent has been removed; protection of
American labor and American indus
tries has given renewed confidence;
mining, cattle raising, sheep raising,
and, in fact, all interests and enter
prises, have been greatly benefited, and
the wealth of this territory has been
materially increased under the present
tariff and monetary policies of our ma
tional government.
Z. Four years ago the Republican
convention of this territory expressed
itself as Opposed to all financial here
sizes which called for cheap money" We
renew that declaration, and unhesitat-
ingly indorse the financial legislation of
the last session Of congress, believing
by such legislation our national curren-
cy has been fixed upon a firm founda-
ton, our volume of money increased,
and our national credit placed upon a
higher plane than was ever reached be-
fore, as shown by the low interest paid
on our government bonds-the lowest
paid by any nation on earth.
8. We are in favor of the construc-
ton and control Of the Nicaragua canal
by the government of the United States,
the necessity of such canal becoming
greater and more emphatic since our
acquisition of new territory in the At
lantic and Pacific oceans.
9. We favor the conservation of all
waste waters in this territory for the
reclamation and irrigation of our arid
lands; and we favor liberal appropria-
tions by congress for that purpose, and
the adoption of the best means of utiliz-
ing such waste waters.
10. We believe in retaining all terri
tory the title of which was ceded to us
by treaty stipulations with Spain. The
sovereignty of this government over the
Philippine islands must not be repudi-
ated. We believe that the American
people have the responsible duty de-
volving upon them Of establishing the
blessings of constitutional liberty and
stable governments among the peoples
Of those islands, and would consider 1t
a cowardly act to abandon them to their
own fate (as proposed by the Demo-
cratic party, unaccustomed, as they
are, to a civil government.
II. We condemn the inconsistent at
titude of the Democratic party, that,
while clamoring for an immediate in
dependent government for the Filipinos,
has disfranchised hundreds Of thou
sands of voters in our own country.
Il. We believe the representation in
congress from every state in the Union
should be apportioned in accordance
with the number of persons having the
right Of suffrage under the laws and
constitution of such state.
10. The Republican party, OF. this ma
ton has, by its splendid record, shown
itself to be friend Of the oppressed.
The foundation rocks upon which our
party stands are liberty and freedom,
without regard to race, color or pre-
vious condition Of servitude. 1t Is the
only party since the formation of our
government that has liberated the slave
by the force Of arms and by national
law. We therefore denounce the cry of
Imperialism as bugaboo gotten up by
the Democratic party as another pre-
tended issue, In the hope Of frightening
some weak-minded people into voting
the Democratic ticket. q
IA. We favor the continuance Of the
Republican tariff on wool and other
products Of this territory, and as re-
suit of such tariff we point to the fact
that our wool and sheep interests in this
territory alone are worth over $10,000,-
900 more than they were when William
Mckinley was elected president.
Is. Combinations of capital having
as their object the control of the pro-
duction Of commodities, or the markets
thereof, and the regulation Of wages,
are hurtful and injurious to the best
interests Of the people, and should be
prevented by congress under a consti-
tutional amendment. New Mexico Is af-
flicted with>that greatest Of all monop.
olies, the oil trust. BY unjust combina-