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

AASs saAtse Ui sasu AAShsa county -
well an other counties In the terrific
~ of New Mexico. who have joined
with III tonight for the purpose of as
slsstng tn In selecting the next dele
ate ta tho sixtieth congress of the
United States. l see before me tu
night, gentlemen. a united republican
sHrty: ! see before ME the faces o.
some of the old leaders of the repuh
iieah party Il Is a great pleasure u
ne. In looking over the delegations
finn the various counties. To seq the
fare of the Hon. Thomas u. Cairon
10 50 hefHre me the face of Hon, Sol
osnorf i.ana and 10. see before ME The
.aee u Don Engenio Romero. o.-gen
Ieinea who for more than a quarter
of century have led the republican
hosts. .of New Mexico to victory-~and
we have Que other with M tonight. |,
moi nj presence. at least We have aim
wiIh2us ~ spirit. II Is the man ol
whshf that is a photograph that
m.Aa tpoih'ing 10 the picture OF
h'sS.sein--the Hon. Theodore Roos
eselE.>-.who has made the republican
pasks % the United States what II 1.
todsly. aud II his policies are follow.
II ~ %@the republican party. he will
make. Every state. city. county. ham
lat and village Of the United States :,
rep1bfican stronghold. This Is a elori,
ons seeinning and II viii lead up 10 a
glofbns finish ON the 9th OF Noyem
ber'next. Many of us remember the
sesus between 1892 aud ls9G,~-it was
the despair Of many Of the people oi
The United States. as we'll as the de.
spair Of the people In this territory
when the Industries % the United
States wee paralyzed; when the far.
m"fs raised their products and got
no prices for ~, when the people of
New Mexico suffered by that policy,
and when our kings of staples. wool
anu sheep. got To stich condition
that we were ashamed To look a
sheep in the face. We all remember
when the Grand army of workingmea
gathered itself together on the Paci.
fic slope and marched across thu
States. gathering forces as they
marched through our country. sweep.
ing everything in their wake, and
when they got to the capital at Wash.
ington for the purpose OF petitioning
That executive Of the United States,
Grover Cleveland, they we're only met
with the reqAest and admonition that
they should keep off the grass. -
Since sG . different state of affairs
has taken place, The martyi.d pres.
ident. Will'am Mckinley. was made
president Of our United States, the
famous Dinsley tariff bill was enact.
cd and thedemocratic party began to
dwindle and as soon as the policies
of that parfS began to dwindle. pros.
perity again swept over the land
There were other achievements be.
sides industrial achievements in the
eight years of the reign of VIM. Nc.
kinley. II gave an opportunity Ia
that man whose photograph stands
upon this rnstrum to show to the Am.
.erican people what Kind of stuff he
was made OF. Organizing an army of
rough riders, which he gathered up
mostly i'm the territory of New Mexi.
co. he proceeded to the Island of Cuba
in company with a large number of
our citizens. and with that departed
hero, whose statue today stands in
the inches of the capitol at Santa Fe.
a hero of the people of New Mexico
Max Luna. Theodore Roosevelt stands
up under the folds of that flag, the
folds of which no man can stand under
without becoming free .tAplause) I'm.
der that flag he liberated the Cubans
and struck down the last monarchy
of the Western Hemisphere. There
is one other thing he has given us,
conference.-the has given us a chance
to vote on the question of whether
OR not we will vote for statehood. He
has, by the bill which he has signed
left IL TO the conscience OF. every man
in New Mexico whether he shall be
come citizen of sovereign state OF
not. Gentlemen. this question ol
statehood stands out today as the
most prominent one before us. Oul
delegate in congress, Mr.. ". n. An
drews. got together the enabling ac,
under which every citizen of New
Mexico has an opportunity to say
whether or not the citizens of our ter
ritoTy desire statehood: and I wan
30 say 10 you that III we do not wi.
In this attempt that we will find on