Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-11-02

Only thirteen years ago We hal
An object lesson that IL 40 recent
that many of Us remember tia dem.
ocratie panic-a year Of Slx cent
WOOL. seventy five cent lambs. over. |
drawn bank accounts. foreclosure az
mortgages. general depression in
values and most ominous NJ all, an
army % idlers yainly looking for
employment In order 10 keep the
wolf from the door To-day. mark the
contrast: The wisdom of the policy
Of protection has once more vindirat.
ed itself by resulting In nine years
of uninterrupted prosperity that has
mot yet reached Its climax. and uu.
shaken by the events that in demo
cratic years would have resulted In
one black panic after another. To.
day. no Coxey's armies are trespass.
ing on the White House grass: uO
empty dinner pals: no pitiful ap.
peais for bread for wailing children
and poorly clad II IL no lon.
ger the cry Of the wOrkingman for
work. but the cry ~ work for viii.
Ing hands To do it-and how differ.
ent ts that cry An eight hour day
In almost universal and wages are
al the highest point they have eve"
reached. not only In the history Of
this, but OF all nations Of all times.
To what else can you attribute this
desirable condition of affairs. except
TO the wise. economical policies for.
mulated by the republican party. and
carried into effect by the martyred
Mckinley and tho intrepid Theodore
Roosevelt? What a thunder II would
bo al this time 10 vote against these
policies and against the men who
are 80 successfully guiding the ship
0f state the Union.
The republican party of this terri
tory II fortunate indeed In having as
It's standard bearer this year, and
representing II In congress at this
mulnPntOus time the Hon william
II. Andrews, For nearly two years
he has been our servant at the ma.
tinnal capital and as to the volume
lof work he has accomplished 1t
! would have crushed any man less
' Write. less earnest In doing his
duty.
How he has performed his duty for
! all, Is indicated by the 4S0 pensions
! secured for old soldiers In New Mex
leo.
| lie secured the establishment of
postnffices, Of post routes. of rural
delivery. Of letter carrier systems,
and has given careful and personal
attention 10 the matters brought to
his notice hv individuals. az well az
larger measures advocated by his
party at home or In general
Rich ar poor. pnIitlca, leaders or
humble voters of his W or oppos'
ing party, all were alike to him ii
the performance of his public duties.
Even handed Justice 10 all, special
privilege t6 none was his motto.
The wise policies which have
made the United States u world
power everywhere SO recognised;
that have made this nation the arbi'
ter of the destinies of the Orient,
the peacemaker OF Europe. the guar
dian and protector of the American
republics: that have given III eight
years OF continued prosperity: those
policies. my friends. are fathered by
Americas greatest statesman, Iheo'
dore Roosevelt; that policy my
friends. is represented in this terri
tory by the republican party. which
has adopted the American flag as Its
emblem, ask you to uphold with
your ballots on November sixth the
hands of the candidates of that par,
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