Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-29
new MEXICO REPUBLICANS
- ASSEMBLE IN CONVENTION

under the mast disadvantages eir
cumslanees Imaginable. IN ii 10 xaisAli
matter for a man 10 be tia eFrand
hos for u constituency of Sod 100 reo'
th. tn secnse is0 pensions from .
reluctant pension bureau: 10 have
established new poStoffiees. TO do
eheerfally the one thousand aud more
things from getting m increase for
ebert hire In q postoffice 10 securing
hundred thousand dollar appropria.
ton for n public building NJ Aibuquer.
cue from out OF the teeth Of the watch
dog Of the treasury. that grand old
man. Speaker Cannon. and 6 am civ.
ing away SO state secret IN teliing You
that he will secure ere long m ap-
preparation Of s.00.Ooo for q similar
building at Las Vegas, But !, Il even
more 10 be n constructive statesman.
To gain and keep the confidence. the
good viii of q congress or almost five
hundred senators and representatives.
each with u constituency Of a quar-
ter million or more people elamoring
behind him for their share Of the
good things they expect from the gov.
eminent. Truly. New Mexico has had
at Washington pleading for II not only
a yoteless w though persistent
delegate. but several score of ION.
gressmen aud a number OF powerful
senators. always ready 10 hearken To
the voice OF our able delegate In con-
gress. Whether you ask Speaker Can.
non or Senator Penrosc. whether the
heads Of the great departments or the
chiefs of bureaus, they will all tell
yon that New Mexico has been mag.
Efficiently represented and that even
though a territory II has been more
To the front and has received more
recognition from the government than
the greatest state In the union. all
through the tirciess efforts. the dip.
lomacy. Of the man whom his oppon'
ents m Te fifty than they knew, have
'bAttu u FdltIt"s- oIttitI YET
forceful, ail' lomatic yet fearless. he IL
truly a r,an who does things. not for
himself but for the people. a man who
Gets there" when anything is 10 be
d me for his constituency.
When | advise the republican party
of the territory to acquiesce in the
pro 1isions of the Hamilton Enabling
act that congress has passed and that
has been approved by the president,
for our admission into the union ms n
state with Arizona. l do so without
mental reservation and with the zeal
OF a recent convert. I do il because
realize that 1t is the best and most
generous measure that has ever and
probably will be passed for the admis.
sion OF asstate: I do it because | long
tor the great privilege of American
citizenship: because I do not want to
delay for one moment the time when
our people, my fellow citizens. the
hunlblest as well as the proudest. the
native as well as the newcomer. will
be admitted to all the rights of free.
born American citizens, a heritage
baptized in blood and proved in the
battles furnace: because | love this
land OF sunshine. its rocks and rills
ifs plains and hills. its people and
their traditions: because want Ia
east my ballot. If l am spared. and
want to see you cast your ballot fol
the reelection Of that great Ameri
can, our beloved Rough Rider ,Prest
dent. Theodore Roosevelt.
II Is gratifying to all OF us. no doubt,
that the republican party Of New Mex
leo Is stronger today than II. ever has
been before; that 1t Is more harmon
ions, more united than for many years;
that while 1t has room for differences
OF opinion on subjects that are vital
or that are trivial, that it yet com
mands the loyalty and the support ol
fully 10000 out OF 10000 voters: IL il
4 subject for congratulation that tht
party Is keeping pace with, the, de
mands Of the times. wlth growth did
progress; that Il 10 notinarrsw,in DIT.
principles o their application; tha,
q has been successful during the pAs,
esight years In administering thesiDr
lie affairs OF New Mexico and, mos
or its counties and towns; that Il
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