Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-13
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Mr., Chairman, Mr., Mayor. Ladies and
Gentlemen ;.-~
am sorry that cannot speak To
you in both English and Spanish ut
once. Thee fact that your mayor uses
the spanish language, carries me
back 10 time when first heard the
Spanish language spoken. A few
years ago, il was my good fortune To
FlSit The republic to the south af us.
II was during our presidential cam.
paign Of 1896. and when entered
eanh na@ state an officer mot me and
presented ME an address OF welcome
in the Spanish language. II VAS my
good fortune on that trip and later
when | visited Cuba, 10 meet many
men Of gGnins, fame and prominence,
and, IN their own country great
statesmen, aud | am glad that ON this
occasion | am able TO speak of them,
although | must speak through an in
fnrpreter, 10 those who speak another
language, and say that they are shar.
ing with the American citizens In the
Iestiny OF these United States, and
Fighting with them In all the arts Of
peace and progress
| did not intend when | visited the
west this time to make poll.
tical speeches. am out for d vaca.
ton. During the last few years | have
spoken almost constantly, ind
thought that | had earned a rest.
was sure the people had, and had In.
tended to take mons. off. might
illustrate my position by telling you a
story. II was told me by a man from
Illinois. He told OF man stopping at
hotel where he was, He was awaken.
ed one night by a noise In the hall.
Upon investation he found that q
guest In the hotel was hopping up and
down the hall and keeping them
all awake, For a while he stood it,
patiently, but after while could not
stand Il any longer and he went out
into the hall and addressed the man,
He said to him: why do You not 60
to bed? Why do you keep hopping
and skipping around this waye" And
the man said To him, II am sick, and
my physician assured me that II /
took the treatment as he directed that
| would regain my healtn that Is. to
take i two nights running and ship
the third and he said, this Is my
night to skip
Well, ! have been talking several
months and several months / have
been running, and this Is my month to.
skip, and would not be talking here
tonight but for the fact of my inter-
est In the candidate YOU have selected
as the democratic candidate for dele
gate 10 congress from this territory.
became acquainted with Mr.
George 7. Money more than ten years
ago. | have known him more or less
since. ! know his father; | know his
relatives, | know the stock from
which he comes, and ! am delighted
to break my yacation for day II
can say anything or do anything To
help George p, Money. He Is the
democratic candidate for delegate, and
/ believe as your representative In the
United States congress, that he will
not only speak for the democracy OF
this territory but he would speak for
the masses of the people everywhere.
and that as the representative of this
territory he would protect the inter.
ests Of the people from any attack.
believe that you could find no one
who would have more influence In the
senatorial body at Washington than
George p. Money would have. not only
through his father, prominent and
honest member OF that high tribunal
but through many others he knows.
As your representative he would be
assisted by republicans as well as
democrats where he Is well known.
You have. no statehood yet, and am
afraid that the republicans are not go
Ing 10 give you statehood, and will
tell you why because Of the great
questions which are dividing the pe1,
Pile of the United States today. Tho
republican leaders are not In sym
pathy with the masses. When ! was
In congress remember hearing a dis.
tingnished republican member from
Philadelphia oppose the admission of
any more territories into the Union
on the ground that he az not willing