The Socorro chieftain. [volume] (Socorro, N.M.) 1902-1959, 1904-10-29
MONEY TALKS.
The Democratic Candidate for Dele
gate to Congress Speaks to
SOOOrrO Audience,
SHOULD HAVE BEEI HORE LOGICAL.
But He Made az Strong an Effort
as He Could for q Weak
Cause.

Inc 0emOCratiC convention met
in this city Monday for the
nomination of candidates for
county officers and a candidate
for delegate to congress.
When the cut and dried program
of the convention had been car
ried out, Mr.. George p. Money,
New Mexico demOcracy'S cam
didate for delegate to congress,
was introduced and delivered an
address two hours in length. Mr..
Money is a pleasing speaker, but
it may be said without disparage-
ment that his address, considered
as campaign effort, fell
considerably short of fulfilling
the expectations of even his demo-
cratic friends present. At any
rate, the speaker found it nece;-
sary at one time to make a direct
appeal to a portion of his
audience to favor him with their
attention and when he concluded
his speech his audience was
noticeabiy smaller than when he
began. This fact was probably
due in a large part TO the nature
of the subjects discussed.
Mr.. Money criticized the Otero
administration severely for an
alleged increased rate of taxation
for territorial purposes. If it
were granted that the allegation
is true, Mr.. Money should then
have stated that a part of the in
creased tax rate was levied to
pay indebtedness contracted by a
democratic administration, and
whether he was in favor of pay
ing or repudiating that indebted
ness. He should have stated also
that a part of the alleged increase
in the rate of taxation was due
to more liberal appropriations for
the maintenance and support of
educational institutions, and
whether he was in favor of
maintaining those institutions or
abolishing them.
Mr.. Money denounced New
Mexico's present jury law in
severe terms, and declared that
if a democratic territorial legisla-
ture should be elected it would
repeal that law. He must either
not have known or not have cared
that the present jury law is quite
satisfactory to the people of this
judicial district and that under
the administration of such judges
as Freeman, Hamilton, Leland,
Mcmillan, and Parker even a
democratic attorney could find no
serious ground of complaint of
its operation.
Mr.. Money declared that, even
if a republican congress would
not grant New Mexico statehood,
if he were elected delegate to
congress the territory would have
two United States senators in the
persons of his distinguished
father from Mississippi and his
distinguished cousin from Texas.
The speaker overlooked the
important fact that New Mexico
will not choose democratic United
States senator's and the further
important fact that when Hon.
w. II. Andrews is elected to con-
gress New Mexico will have
what Mr.. Money said he believed
to be "a safe majority" of all the
United States senators to promote
her interests.
Mr.. Money stated, as an argu-
ment in support of his arraign-
ment of the republican party,
that no man or party could re-
main long in power without be-
coming tyrannical. He must have
changed his opinion before he
finished his speech, for he an
nounced a little later that his
father, Senator Money of Missis-
sippi, had held public Office for
twenty-nine years and that, by
inference at least, he himself
would like to initiate his fathers
example.
} Thus spoke Mr.. Money,
Considering the fact that ne was
advocating a hopeless cause, he
acquitted himself we'll. II is safe
to presume, however, that the
republican party of SOcorro coun'
r ty will not lose a single vote as
a result of Mr.. Moneys effort.