Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-01

delegate. Mr.. Andrews again work
Ing for statehood In Washington just
ss hard as he has worked heretofore,
for the purpose Of securing Ia u peo.
pie that which they want. ! am for
statehood. gentlemen. and I wlIi tell
you why: New Mexico. when H. ~
cures statehood. will take its.. place
among the largest and richest states
o. the union. We have more roal and
Iron within tne limits Of the territory
Of New Mexico than has The state III
Pennsylvania you should 20, through
Pittsburg. through Allegheny or
through any Ut the other Iron towns
of Pennsylvania. You viii sci. all that
II takes To make up a great common
wealth: lines upon lines Of laborins
men marching with their dinner pals
In their hands from their homes "a
their places Of work, aud thai IL what
We want In New Mexico. I cast m,
fortune with the people Of New Mex,
leo more than eighteen years ago:
have spent with you ail the years ii
my manhood: ! knew that all The peo
pie Ut the territory are not agreed
but ! want statehood. We will be a
country af kings and a country al
soyereigna u We vote for statehood
" y will have a right two years from
now % vote and have n voice In the
selection af the man who In 10 follow
In the footsteps of Theodore Roose
selt. More than eighteen u have
! lived In New Mexico. l was married
In New Mexico and my children were
born In New Mexico. and. gentlemen
when | die ] expect To take my dream
less sleep In New Mexico. The dem
ocratic party has placed In opposition
a fellow townsman Of mine, Mr.. o. A
Larrazolo. Mr.. i~arragolo. gentlemen
In an honorable man: he lis an excel
lent citizen: he Ia a kind father aud
a good husabnd. but | do not believe
he ~ 1uld be n good delegate In con
gress. Mr.. Larrazoio today stands fo,
everything In New Mexico for which
William Jennings Bryan stands In the
United States for the democratic par
~. Mr. Bryan In an orator; he talks
tails all the time: comes bark from
Europe and begins Ia talk and Ia still
talking. Mr.. Larragolo liz also an ar
ator.-but ! do not rare To press thu
comparison any further. A republi
can orator In the year 1897 was talk
Ing about Mr.. Bryan. and he said h,
didn't do anything but talk~taik al
tln' time. nut he didn't say anyth.s:
Just talked. He said he reminde,
him Of the riatte river Of western
Nebraska. which flows very close I,
the home OF Mr.. BRYAN. He said tn,
mouth Of the Platte river was abou
a mile wide and II was only abou
four feet deep. Now. Mr.. 'Larragoi
comes from El Paso. At that poin
the Rio Grande is about 400 yard
vide and is only about two inche
deep. The American people. the pes
pie Of New Mexico. do not want Oral
ors: they want action. The Amer
q people know that one line place,
on the statute books Of the Unite,
States under the direction OF The,
dore Roosevelt Is more potent Z
strike down the trusts and restore I
tEc people OF the United States tina
government which was first built
government Of the people. a govern
ment By. the people and a governmeu
for the people: and the people OF Ne
Mexico know that VIM. u, Andrew,
In his quiet way. can do more for tn
people Of the territory of New Mexie
than all the orators which We ca
send 20 congress.
! thank you. gentlemen. for 20,
attention. ,
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