The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-04-22
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Adopted by the Democrats Of New
Mexico at Silver City.


Mexico at Silver City.
We, the Democrats of the Terrific
ry OF New Mexico in convention as
sembled at Silver City, his 18th day
Of April, 1904, do declare:
That we re-affirm our allegiance to
he well established principles of
Democracy which are fundamental
n our governmental structure and
are for the highest interests of the
greatest number.
We remember with pleasure the
steadfast adherence of the Democrat
&c party to these high principles, and
we confidently look for the speedy
return of our party to control in the
affairs of the government, to the end
that the rights and interests of the
masses of the people may be protec
ed and advanced against the grind
ny ~depredations of the classes in the
form of enormous aggregations of
predatory wealth.
We express with emphasis IA dis
approval of the tendencies of the
Republican party toward a colonial
system and the accompanying evils
of militarism, the enforcement of the
constitution and the flag in our island
possessions, the maintenance of a
war tariff in time of peace which has
become the parent OF trusts, and
which we declare to be the greatest
evil to which the masses of the PEG
pie are subjected, and we denounce
the national Republican administra
ton for its duplicity in dealing with
this great evil and for it's failure to
apply the criminal as well as the
civil remedy in the interest of the
people, for its attempt to distract the
attention of the people from the real
issue by prosecution of petty crimes
in the postoffice department while
the predatory kings of aggregate
wealth go SEQ free under the crimi
nal laws made for the protection of
the people.
We denounce the Republican Terri |
torial administration for it's corrupt
extravaganza in more than doubling |
the taxes without any pretense at
giving corresponding benefits; for it's
complete failure to call corrupt Repub
lican county officials to account and
remove them for open and notorious
theft of public funds, while it has
cen very prompt to call Democratic
officials to account on the flimsiest
charges, and to remove many of them
without any charges at all.
We hold up to public scorn any
administration that approves and
continues in office as it's party mana
ger, a man who has been openly
charged and convicted by an honest
Republican district attorney of the
bold theft of public school funds, and
we charge that the present Republic
can administration in this Territory
by it's failure to repeal bad laws and
enact good ones, by its failure to re
move corrupt Republican officials.
by it's corrupt and ex~travagant ap- |
preparations of public funds and by
its general conduct viewed as a whole
is the least commendable of any this
Territory has had in many years.
We denounce the practice that has
been followed in some of our courts |
of aggravating the evils of our pres
infamous jury law by appointing
jury commissions Hereunder, com
posed entirely of Republicans, so
that instances of jury manipulation
become so frequent as to be
scandalous. as well as he practice
of some of the district attorneys to
condone crime nd compound felo-
MES by affording wrong doors who
will promise support to the Republic
can party in exchange for sue pro
lection.
On the absorbing subject of state
hood we reiterate our expressed
views, and having exhausted all eff
fort to secure single statehood for
New Mexico in the hear future as
a matter of right, we charge u fail
are in that respect to the reputation
of platform pledges by the Republi
can majority in congress and we rec
ognize it now to be the will of con
gress to give us joint statehood with
Arizona or no statehood at all. Be-
lieving joint statehood to be prefera
BILE to no statehood, we respectfully
submit to what appears to be the in
evitable and we urgently request our
national legislators to confer upon
rs some additional benefits by way
of amendment to the pending bill
to-wit: An appropriation of a sufi
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