Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-10-05
CONVENTION
AFTERMATH
The Eloquent ADDRESS Made by Gov
ernor Otero to the Republican
Territorial Convention.
new CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Its Officers Selected by Hon. B. 8. Rodey-
Legislative Candidates Nominated by
the Delegates of the Southern
Counties in Santa Fe.

the Delegates OF the Southern
Counties in Santa Fe.
The address delivered by Governor
Otero before the Republican territorial
convention yesterday afternoon is such
a concise and clear summing up of issues
and has created such favorable COM
ment that the New Mexican prints it in
full today. Governor Otero spoke as
follows:
Republicans and Fellow -Citizens--I
desire to thank you for your welcome at
th:e time. and especially to thank the
territorial convention for It's express
sions of Endorsement Of my course as
governor Of this territory for more than
three years past. I do not take this
expression of approval altogether to
myself, but as an additional evidence of
your respect for and confidence in that
great statesman and patriot, William
Mckinley.
For the first time since it has been
in the control of the territory this beau
their own, and its first use Is for most
noble purpose-to place before the cleo
tors Of New Mexico candidate for the
congress of the United States, who will
represent our loyalty to sound money,
to the American doctrine of protection
to American products and labor, and
above all to that flag which floats above
us, and whose azure, scarlet and white
folds surround us in this room, en-
blematic of the blue vault which covers
all, Of the red sunset which presages the
coming day, and the white dawn of
the morrow, which rises now for our
country in the west, toward which this
noble building faces, as If in greeting
to that new east where this flag has
been set in glory and honor, and from
which it shall never be removed so long
as Americans are on guard and the
principles Of the fathers and the honor
and love of our country prevail. From
the Preside to Honolulu, to Luzon, and
the islands Of the sea-to the forbidden
city itself-it has been carried by brave
Americans in the line Of duty, to shell
ter and protect the weak and oppressed,
and thence it shall not return, but re-
main forever as benison and promise
from the new west to the ancient east
a symbol at once of power and justice,
Of commerce and Christianity.
DEMOCRATIC INCONSISTENCIES.
1 congratulate the Republicans Of
New Mexico upon their platform. 1t
gives no uncertain utterance upon the
fundamental principles that must al
ways guide the nation If 1t would con-
tinue in the prosperous and onward
course which these principles have CIV
en- US in the past They are all attacked
by the common enemy. Every one of
the measures which the Republicans
have advocated, and which the expe-
rience of four years has shown to be
full of good results for the whole peo-
pie, Is denounced by the Democratic
nominees, press and orators. The war
with Spain, for which they were most
clamorous. is denounced; the peace
which followed is assailed. Nothing
that has been done for the past four
years has any merit to them. Four
years ago they made direful prophecy
of calamities that would come If Nc
Kinley were elected; none Of them have
come to pass. On the contrary, plenty
and prosperity, full treasury and full
dinner pail have resulted. And now they
fill the air with walls about imperial
ism, and militarism, and the dangers Of
100000 soldiers to our population Of S0,-
100000. They sympathize deeply with
Aguinaldo and his dusky minions,
whose consent to be governed has not
been had. while in the southern states
they conceive and execute constitution
al amendments that will deprive the
or any chance to say how or by whom
he shall be governed. Abroad they are
full Of sympathy for the disfranchised
Tagal, while at home they devise in
genious methods to prevent the native
colered man from voting, and II he per-
sists they appeal to the shotgun and
the stake.
STATEHOOD AND PROGRESS.
heartily indorse the platform Of
1900 and the nominee of the convention.
That he Is your nominee is sufficient to
guarantee his election, and with that
can confidently predict statehood at the
coming session Of congress. The east
has come to know us better during the
v,cs& %o,,c Voc NC oud vn,,oh ~ tho prai,,
dice against us has been dispelled. We
have the personal promise Of Governor
Roosevelt that ne will help US to that
condition. and there is no doubt that he
will be elected and in a position to make
his assistance a most potent one for
our welfare. The condition Of the in
ternal affairs of the territory, and the
conduct Of the various territorial insti-
tutions during the past four years, un-
der the wise and prudent laws passed
by the last legislature. has greatly I'M
proved, and will be strong argument
not only for the election of our nominee
for delegate, but for members Of the
legislature and the various county Of
ficers. Fifty thousand dollars of our ter
ritorial debt, bearing 8 per cent interest
has been cancelled; our rate Of interest
has been reduced not only for the terri
tory, but for many Of the counties, to 4
per cent; taxes are more promptly paid
and collections are larger than ever be-
fore; and the coming legislature, in.
stead Of facing large deficit, will meet
the pleasing novelty Of surplus, which
It will doubtless apply to further re-
duction Of the public debt. This has moi
come to pass by accident or the nature