Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-15

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Esnd rxpnAah0xns .ho nil ~ b.
amused sAoGsi rad he democratic
piasfosta aslnpsea Is sanfa ~, We
sonfemA. - cossaarsn ~ eundsmn.
- cnnaesna mi II ne mnSt al u.
hi the aaasfrfflea dn ind 40 for
lhe besso~4i nf syas praise. They
sre proud of their .trrarsa and use
Talasss ak 4 minoTits.
taudahse ground sur rsaise 10 b.
sure, Mlnsf.fies m n~ntoahtediy mae~
I'll, and The asmurratir minority In
congress and IN he sssioa has proven
Itself useful. n nnly 20 K.se ise pes,.
rie something u tam about occasion
ally
We are glad that tho democrats ars
20 well pleased with their standing NJ
= minority. w. are rather well pleas.
81 with ii ourselves and a. loyal re-
pahiieans rejoice with them In what
they can their glorious strength and
intend 10 see 70 II thai they are kept
safely In the minority.
The Santa We platform Ii Inclined
10 claim for the d4mocrats credit for
the railway rate M. as the demo
Gratis generally are eager 10 claim
credit for much u tho legislation ns
ne last congress.
Let ~ consider this raie bill for q
moment. There were Rev republicans
that opposed II. but they we're very
few. There we're ! srcat many more
republicans than dem0cfais that fav.
ord ~ The railway rate blu appeal.
- To the rood sense ~ the majority
Of the coasreasmen regardless u poll.
ties. Dat n the vtew Of the majority
Of the densocrata coald hava prevail.
I'd the measure Would have been -
drastic and radical that \ couldal
have accomplished any good q ~.
i The majority u M democrSEp. for IN
. stAnce. favored : law that wUyld take
away al p0~es Of review fFom the
courts and make omnipot>nt = politi.
cal cctnmisaDos.
y The rate ~ and other reebm mea-
sures ere s~Spullicaa poliplss and 4
they we're - wiss ana Inst Tint many
81 the democrats csanot help from ap-
proving them, WY 20 much The bet
I ter for the country. n the democrats
claim that the republicans have stoi.
en- their clothes We say the demo
Gratis have no presumption on these
clothes. Y =
The republicans have never ceased
I To believe In government accordlns
TO the wishes Of the people and u the
people want rates regulated and trusts
Investigated the republican party
may be depended upon to attend to II
That there has been q demand for
reform In this nation every true re-
publican IL glad 10 observe. We find
real reformers among both the repub
licans and democrats. Are Roosevelt
and TAFT. Cortciyou and B~onaparte. IL
Toilette and Hadiey any the less ef
feetive raformers because they are re
publicans than are Folk and jerome
Bryan and Bailey
And II may be said tor the repuhii
cans that they have have succeeded
much better In cleaning out thei'
shamhIes than have the democrats
Where are the Piatts and the Depews
the Burtons and the Mitchel,s' Hon
est men have taken their places, whils
the democratic party Is stili afflicted
with It's Taggarts aud Its Suliivans
Its corrupt Tammany ring. not Il
sneak of that sensational apostle o.
discomfort, Wm. n. Hearst. and hill
scourge Of yellow newspapers.
But We started out to discuss thu
democratic platform adopted In San
IA Fe. Here II Is In full that he VIII
cares may read:
We the democrats OF New Mexico
In delegate convention assembled a
Santa Fe, this twelfth day Of Septem
her, 1906. again record our long con
tlnued allegiance I'd The time honore,
principles of democracy. as set fort
In the democratic national platform
of 1904. believing, AZ we heartily dc
that they make for a better govern
ment' Of, for and by all the people.
We take especial pride In the fec
that our great national party u jas'
IL recognized as the true and only par
" of the people. devoted to a govern
ment In the interest of the masses ant
not the classes. founded on the !e'
fersorSan doctrite Of vital govern
mental truth, Equal rights to all
special privileges to none'~-the dis
tinguishing characteristic % demo
cracy.
We take further pride In the fact
that. although temporarily out OF con
troll Of the affairs and policy Of tn
national government and Of this ter
ritory, 10 that VIZ are unable to pu
into effect o. beneficent principle
tor the pahlic reod. We constftote
strong and courageous minority, rec
oEnizing tho 1hiistted fact thai "a
stronger the minority the greater a.
safety TO our g~oyernrgert