Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-09-13
The MOUNTAIN LAB0RED
BROUGHT FORTH A MOUSE
Terrified New Mexico Democrats Nominate Octaviano
Larazolo Of San Miguel County to Lead Them to De-
feat--.Conventon Made Fast Start But Finished Slow
ONE condition to the litigant.

appellate court separate and distinct
from a trial court
We endorse the promises and per
formance to date in behalf of good
government by the present chief exec.
utive of this Territory, and heartily
approve of his efforts in the investi.
cation of public affairs. We especial.
ly commend his fearless, painstaking
efforts in exposing corruption in pub
lie places, and the removal from Office
Of those guilty of wrong-doing and
graft. We hope that the work in.
augurated will be extended by the
executive to the investigation of every
public Office and officer In the Terri
tory.
We further approve the act of the
executive in ledistricting the Terri.
tory for legislative purposes, and al
though not going to the extent which
we believe it ought, yet we accept
it as being in the interest of good
government.
We emphatically condemn the dis.
honest election methods of Republi-
can officials in some parts of the Ter
ritory, in padding registration lists
with the names Of absent, fictitious
and alien persons, in tampering with
poll books and ballot boxes and maxi
ing false returns, and we pledge the
untiring efforts of our party to the
detection and punishment OF such high
crimes to the end that every Ameri-
can citizen may nave a free ballot
and fair count in the exercise of
the highest privilege of citizenship.
And we further condemn the prac-
tice of employers of labor In some
parts of the Territory of coercing their
employees to vote prepared tickets
without regard to the free will Of
the voters.
A Statehood Fight.
Then opened the most interesting
oratorical battle of the day. AS noted
before, the Democratic party is very
long on orators, not of the kind that
convinces but of the kind that Is
sonorous, that loves the sound of It's
own voice, and pyrotechnical indeed
was the debate over a minority resolu-
ton introduced by A. B. Renehan, Of
Santa Fe, in the following report:
MI. Chairman: I beg 20 report that
a minority of the committee is oppos-
ed to the statehood plank as presented
by the majority of said committee and
offers as an amendment thereto the
adoption of which is hereby moved,
the following:
1--WE are opposed to the issue of
Joint statehood with Arizona at this
time, for the reason that it is i'm
practicable under the present circum.
stances and puts us in the attitude
Of pursuing the chimera, while we are
of right entitled to single statehood,
the opportunity to obtain which we
ought not to forego in view of the
impossibilty Of jointure."
Mr.. Renehan supported his resolu-
tion with an oratorical effort that
enthusiasm again and again
among the single statehood followers
who were evidently stronger in the
gallery than on the floor of the con.
yention He said that while he knew
that he voiced the minority opinion,
not only of the committee, but also
of the convention he was also con-
vinced that he gave voice to the sen.
timents of the great majority of the
plain people. Only If Joint statehood
were even remote possibility and
single statehood an impossibiKty.
would he favor joint statehood. But
as Arizona has determined to vote
down as reprehensible the present
enabling act, New Mexico would put
itself in humiliating position, would
stultifv itself and would bar the doors
Itself against admission as a state by
voting tor joint statehood. Certainly,
after such a vote it could not go to
Congress and ask consistently for SIN
gle and separate statehood. The peo-
Pile, especially, the Democrats, have
been deceived by the Republican press
and accept the voice Of that press as
the voice of prophet; yet this
voice is leading the Democratic marty
In New Mexico to destruction. The
speaker pointed out that 1t was vain
to look for a candidate for delegate
to run on such platform as had been
offered that evening for not one Dem
ocrat large enough to be a candidate
is willing to be offered as a sacrifice
upon the joint statehood altar. Now
was the time for the Democratic party
to grasp the reality Of an opportuni-
ty that pointed to victory by declaring
for separate statehood which would
bring hosts of single statehood Repub-
Leans to Democratic support and
would assure success.
crist Pleads for Regularity.
Mr.. Crist arose to defend his joint
resolution but he merely
condemned It with faint praise. Hesaid
he did not want to discuss the merits
of joint statehood but he merely in
sisted upon party regularity; he did
not care how the Democratic voters
would cast their ballots on election
day but he wanted the record of the
party 10 be straight as far as this
convention was concerned; that. he
who voted against statehood at the
polls was Just as good q Democrat as
he who voted for It but he did want
D strong Joint statehood plank In the
Democratic platform OF 1906; that