Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-11-07
CLOSING OF
CAMP PA|GN
Republican Party Which Toured
Territory Completes Its Work
Saturday Evening.
SUCCESSFUL MEETING
Court House Crowded to the Doors I
Hear Brilliant Addresses...En. :
thusiasm Ran High.

The whirlwind campaign, which has
been conducted by the Republicans OF
the Territory for the past three weeks
wound up at the court house Saturday
night in blaze of political enthusiasm
Having swung round the circle of the
Territory, the party headed by Gov
ernor M. A. Otero and Senator w. H
Andrews, the regular Republican, can
didate for delegate to Congress, ar.
rived in the city from the sontth and
closed the campaign in one of the best
meetings held in New Mexico in the
days preceding this years election.
The enthusiasm was not merely polit-
ical but the realization of the many
people present that they were listen
ing to men of intellectual superiority
and substance and not to mere cam
paign ranters, lent to the occasion de-
gree of dignified enthusiasm that is
seldom found in political rally, either
in the Territory or elsewhere.
The court house was packed to the
doors for the three hours that the
meeting was in progress and many who
could not enter went home dis
appointed Every inch of space in the
court room was utilized, both inside
and outside the railing and never dur
ing the entire meeting was there sign
of disorder. Everyone sat or stood
quietly throughout the delivering of
the speeches and the general conduct
of the occasion was source Of much
qualification both to the candidates and
the men of the Territorial Headquar-
ters, who arranged the ratification.
There were many ladies present which
lent the affair quite an air of society.
The first speaker introduced by the
chairman of the county central commit
tee was Governor M. A. Otero. The
Governor showed the effects of the
hardships endured during the cam
paign tour in the huskiness of his
vbice, but it did not deter him from
making an excellent though wholly ex-
temperaneous address. He prefaced
his remarks by saying II want you all
to understand that l am governor OF
the Democrats as well as governor of
the Republicans. We have been max
ing clean campaign; there is no
1Oteroism" or "Andrewsism" and there
has been no deep damnation or no red
hands that were brought out in recent
elections. The campaign has been
clean and it is going to be as clean to-
night as the night we opened the cam.
paign in Rio Arriba County at TERRA
Amarillo.
have nothing against Mr. Rodey or
Mr.. Money, not in the least. While Mr..
Money was in his happy. home down
in Las Vegas in the midst of his happy
family know he has one, because
he told us so some time ago-Mr. An
drews was in ataent on the Estancia
plains trying to develop the resources
of the country. And that is the man
whom we have at the head of the tick
ct who will be elected next Tuesday
by over 5000 majority.
"Mr. Money, Who'll think, is honest and
sincere and wanted to tell you all the
facts he knew, forgot to tell you of the
$67S,000 of bonds that were issued for
deficits during the previous admins
tration and not during the present. He
said that the rate of taxation had in.
creased. It has. And for educational
purposes, and if the coming legisla.
ture sees fit to increase the tax levy |
for educational purposes, M. A. Otero
will sign the bill. Although we have
inherited debts, l do not believe in re-
pudiation and I'll try to see that they
are paid"
The Governor then explained and
gave some interesting facts that are
upheld by figures, concerning his ad-
ministration and made denial of the
charges made by opposition campaign
speakers. He touched on local politi-
cal topics in which he gave timely ad-
vice to the young men. He told them
not to vote for party that tries to
break down or party organized for
personal interests, but for party that
builds up. For party that does things
and not one that tears down. Every
man should vote either as Republi-
can or a Democrat. The Governor
then told his hearers of the Albuquer-
que convention and Rodey's subsequent
tale of woe." in which he said that II
the votes ofAproxies and of office hold
ers had been eliminated from the con-
vention, Andrews would still have been
the nominee by safe majority.
"Send man to Congress-" he said,
"who can do the Territory the most
good, man who Is in sympathy with
the administration, who is in harmony
with the senate and the house so that
when he calls on his friends there for
legislation for the Territory, he can