Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-09-17
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nis sriends Give Good Reason. fot His
Nomination.

delegate, some friends OF Governor
Prince in this city have submitted the
following statement of reasons for his
nomination:
I We are at a critical point in our
history. For the fourth time statehood
seems very near, but 1t requires energy
and tact to secure II. II seemed sure
in 1876 when New Mexico had more
votes than Colorado and yet faiieu at
the end; It had a splendid opportunity
when Montana, wyoming and Idaho
were admitted, as IL was far superior to
two OF them, yet 1t was left out OF the
list; 1t had a much better chance than
Utah In 1895, considering the strong
feeling against Mormonism, yet Utah
IL a state and New Mexico still a terri
tory. To achieve success the case must
be strongly urged and persistently
pushed on the floor Of congress. and to
ID that we need a man who Is familiar
with eastern methods and can enlist
the support OF eastern men, who can
present the subject powerfully and at
tractively to congress and who will new.
er rest tin success crowns his efforts.
We submit that Governor Prince
meets these requirements remarkably.
He had long experience in both houses
Of the legislature Of the largest OF the
eastern states and IL familiar with m
gressional methods. He has an ac-
quaintance exceeded by few men In the
| country. Long before ne came to New
Mexico he had gained a national repu'
tatlon by the overthrow of the corrupt
judiciary in New York, represented by
Barnard, Cardozo and McGunn; he hat
done such extensive party work that
he was offered land decllned) five diff.
ferent offices by President Hayes, in.
Guiding the m~arshalship Of New York
then worth s12,0 900 a year, the chief jus.
ticeship Of Utah and the governorshir
Of Idaho. There is scarcely a city oil
Importance In the country, from the
| Atlantic to the Pacific. where he has
not been called to speak on public ques.
lions. An exact inquiry as to thls
| elected the fact hat out OF the 2S
| American cities which in 1890 contained
over 100000 inhabitants, Governor
Prince has at different times made
speeches In %, being New York. Chi,
cago, Philadelphia, Brooklyn. st. Louis
Boston. Baltimore, San Francisco. Gin
cinnati, Cleveland. New Orleans. Wash.
lngton, Detroit, Milwaukee, Newark
Minneapolis, Jersey City, Louisville
Omaha, Rochester. Providence, Denver
and indianapolis. Very few men, cas-
or west, have such a record as that. Ill
has friends In every state and In tn,
high places of the cabinate and senat,
are men with whom he has been inti'
mate for years.
2 He has always been an enthusias,
tie friend and advocate OF New Mexico
From the day that he came here al
chief justice, ne has always been ready
with tongue and pen to set forth tn,
advantages OF the territory and to pro
tect II from unjust assault. While still
on the bench he wrote to the New Yorl
Times the Defense OF the people an
country" in answer to an infamous at
tack on the native population that APP
peared in that journal: afterwards h,
had letters in the New York Herald ant
Tribune, on the same subject. He wrot,
the article on New Mexico In the En-
cy~clopoedia Britannica. and Is the au
thor OF the best history of New Mexic,
In brief compass which has ever beef
published. Three addresses made q
fairs In Albuquerque In 1888, 1890 an,
1891. were used as immigration docu
ments. over n hundred thousand copies
Of the one on Home Markets In New
Mexico" being issued by the railroa,
company. He made an address on New
Mexico day at the Worlds Fair In Chi
/ % no and aIan M the n,nah. .Zna.ltlax
He has represented the territory In al
kinds of conventions and congresses
and has always held prominent posi-
lions md kept our name conspicuous
A recent interview in The Citizel
showed that in the last ten years h
rad Travelled over 5000 miles on bust
ness of this kind, without one dollar o
compensation.
He was the first president of the Blu
reau OF immigration. and holds tn
same position now. The amount o
time that he has devoted to the pro
gress and development of the t~errltor
Is simply immense. For seventeen
years he has been president of the his
tcrical society and has built up It's col
l%ectioss to their present condition; 10
eighteen years, during ten OF whicI
II carried on both American and In
dian education, he has been presiden
OF the trustees Of the Unlversltvat San
ia Fe; for four years he has been pres
ident OF the Horticultural Society an,
chief manager of Its fairs: he has neve
refused calls to speak on public occas
Ions all over New Mexico. and In short
/ in Season and pnf. ha haa InhAraH IN
the advancement Of the territory. Tn
people all know this and win not for
get 1t on election day.
3. Statehood Is the leading issue thi
year, and of this he has always been
strong advocate, long before 1t becam
as popular as 1t Is to-day. He mad
the first speeches on the subject at so
zorro, Silver City and Las Cruces II
1889. In the campaign for the consti
tuition In 1890, he represented the re
publican statehood policy In joint de
bates with Mr., Childers in Las Vegas
and Mr.. Ferguson In Cerrillos, anC
closed the campaign in the Opera
house in this city. In June, 1899, a,
governor, he sen to the senate com
mittee the argument for statehood
which Is embodied in his annual repor
for that year and il conceded to be tn,
atlest presentation OF the question evel
prepared and has been copied anC
quoted a hundred times. Since then a
every Trans-Mlssissippi ant
other appropriate meeting he has intro
dueed and succeeded In having passed
resolutions favorable to statehood, Ii,
has spoken on the subject all over tn,
country, has argued 1t before mgr
sional committees, wrote an article OF
statehood for the North American Re,
view and many others in eastern peri
odicals; in fact 1t Is his particular hon.
bly,, and we may expect Just as jealous
and persistent advocacy In congress a,
In the past, emphasized by the practlca
Importance OF congressional action.
T. While the republican candidates
ought to be elected, whoever he Is. yeI
the democrats are going to make a des,
perate fight, and the strength OF
candidate before the people Is import.
ant, Governor Prince has always beer
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