Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-03-19

pie to our youth and monument t.
our institutions, which can produc
such characters.
That our heartfelt sympathy is ex
tended to his bereaved family in thu
loss of one SO dear to them
Resolved, That on this fiftietl
anniversary of the birth of the Repub
llcan party, we are profoundly crate
full to the Providence which called il
into existence and has protected il
during these fifty years in it's work for
the good of the people and the glory of
the nation; while it has met with re.
verses, checks and hinderances and
three of it's chosen Presidents have
met untimely death while in the dis
charge Of their duty, yet it has never
wavered in it's onward course, or halt
ed in it's progress for the good of the
whole people 1t has been welded to
its idols of the past, but has seen new
issues and candidates and been prompt
to deal with them as they arose That
the conduct of national affairs upon
the declaration of the Philadelphia
platform of 1900, first under President
Mckinley and afterwards by President
Roosevelt meets with our cordial ap-
proval and highest admiration; especi-
ally the administration of the Philip
pines, the passage of the law provid
ing for irrigation sites and reservoirs
and the consummation of the treaty
under which a canal will shortly be
constructed by the United States and
under it's control for the commerce of
the world, mark an area in the nations
progress for which the Republican ad-
ministration is entitled to the credit.
Resolved, That the administra-
ton of President Roosevelt during the
period of nearly three years in which
he has been at the head of the nation
as the successor of the lamented Nc
Kinley merits our highest admiration
and approval. He has carried out the
policy and expressed wishes of his
predecessor and has met new issues
and conditions when they arose, as he
believed Mckinley would have done
To him more than any other, belongs
the credit for the consummation of
that great project, the Isthmian Canal
entirely under American control,
which for years past has been the hope
OF the people; and by his vigorous
prosecution of illegal trusts, his i'm
portant attitude towards labor and
capital, his thorough investigation of
alleged frauds and corruption in the
postoffice and land departments of the
government has demonstrated the
same qualities which caused the peo-
pie to select him four years ago as a
suitable and proper person for the
high. Office of Vice President And we
believe that he has earned the righc to
occupy by the sufferages of the people
the great office which he now holds by
operation of law Therefore we in
struct our delegates to the national
orable means to secure that fearless,
patriotic and strenuous American,
Theodore Roosevelt, as the candidate |
of the party for President of the Uni
ted States.
Resolved, That the conduct of
territorial affairs in all it's branches
under the administration of Governor
Miguel A. Otero merits the highest
commentator not only by the Repub
lican party, but from all good citizens.
The public debt has been steadily re-
duced until the last of the $150,000 de-
a fo;opov which n ;phoritod FROM tho
Democratic administration has been
paid Assessed values have increased
and the rate of taxation lowered,
while there is sinking fund on hand
sufficient to meet the maturing bonds
and interest on the territorial obliga-
ton has been promptly met; uni
form system of keeping the public |
books and records has been adopted, |
and a system of official inspection |
introduced from which great good has |
already been accomplished.
Resolved, We favor and of right are |
entitled to statehood within the bound |
ary lines of our Territory as they now
exist. We have confidence that Con.
gress will deal justly and right with
is.
Three other resolutions were passed |
but they did not reach the New Mex
can in time for publication this even
ng.
AS the New Mexican goes to press
he delegates have not yet been select
ed but it is safe to say that the follow
ng will be chosen: Governor Otero,
David j. Leahy, w.
J. Sargent, W. H. H. Llewellyn, W. E.
Dame and H. o. Bursum Among the
alternates will be J. Van Houten of
Colfax, Clark M. Carr of Mckinley, G.
w. Armijo of Santa Fe, and w. H.
Newcomb of Silver City.
Convention Echoes.
All was calm and serene upon the
surface yesterday but there was a
yery active canvass being made for
TOtes on delegateships.
J. J. Sheridan, secretary of the Re-
publican central committee was very
tado h,,{ ho |