Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-10-22

Of plenty or one of disaster, whether
the floods will sweep over your lands
or the drouth blight your fields. The
building of the magnificent irrigation
system, the Elephant Buttes Dam, at
a cost of seven million dollars by the
government, will forever nut the Me-
silla Valley on Easy Street" will be
insurance against destruction by
floods and damage by drouth. Where
there is now one acre in orchards or
alfalfa meadow, there will be event
ually ten, and your prosperity win be
multiplied accordingly. This is one
of the reasons why oppose lease
law that will shut out the homestead
er and the small sheep owner and
cattle man, but believe in free pub
lie domain for all.
In conclusion | want to touch briefly
upon the question of statehood.
Whether you realize it or not, it is
the greatest question that New Mexico
has been ever called upon to decide
and believe that the future will nev-
er present to you more important
problem for your decision. Time will
not permit me to tell you of the
splendid gifts of five million dollars
in cash; of the almost 10000 square
miles of land for your schools, of the
many, many benefits that statehood
will bring and that you see exempli
fed in your neighboring state of Tex
as, near whose borders you live. I'm
doubtedly you have studied these
; that the Mesilla Valley will vote al
most unanimously for statehood on
! November 6. 1t is credit to your
| intelligence, to your patriotism, to
your loyalty, to desire to become full
nedged citizens of this magnificent ma
ton. Let no one cheat you out of
your hirthright and seek to convince
you by spurious arguments that this
citizenship is not worth every sacr-
| flee that you can make for it. Even
II the statehood act gave us not a
single dollar nor a single acre and
asked of lis far greater sacrifices than
it does, that one privilege of American
citizenship alone, privilege that
places you on the same level as the
| President, as the richest man in the
1 United States, in political way, is
worth your vote for statehood. That
The nation is so generous in addition,
is due TO the liberal policy of the Re-
publican party and of our beloved
President, the great Rough Rider. |
know that | can bring him no more
pleasing news when | return to Wash
ington for the short session of Con
gress in December than that New
Mexico appreciated the generosity of
the nation and voted for statehood
with majority of 100000, of which
the Mesilla Valley, am sure, will fur.
nish at least two thousand!
Address BY Hon. II. o. Bursum.
The remarkably eloquent address
of Hon Fl. o. Bursum, chairman OF
the Republican Territorial Central
Committee, herewith follows;
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies' and Gentlemen
come to you with message, a
{ message from the Republican part.
and its great president. Theodore
|, Roosevelt, and want you to carry
this message to your homes, to the
polling places on November g. to the
uttermost ends of this commonwealth
, It is this: "The basis of American
citizen"hip is not one of blood, nor o.
ancestry, nor of birth-it is simply {
question of character, of respect fol
Jaw and order, love of liberty, home
, family, and the square deal for every
one"
Square Deal For All.
Ladies and gentlemen let me assur,
you that unde" the provisions of F;
state government, every good citizen
natlve-born or immigrant, will be en-
titled to and is bound to receive-th,
utmost recognition which his charac
ter deserves. This is the spirit i,
which this republic was founded; thi
: Is guaranteed by the constitution
this is the rule that must and will
> prevail in the great state of Arizona
! the law of the Square deal!" an equa
3 chance and opportunity for every citi
, Zen.
Down with the Race Issue.
Therefore, away with the man VIII,
seeks to awaken race prejudice, VIII,
stirs up race hatred, who predict
. that under a state government tn,
people of Arizona will subject eithe
the Anglo Saxon or .tne Castilian tt
! oppression; will deprive either of tn
, rights that go with American citizen
! ship. will prostitute and thwart jus
tice! Such fear is so absurd, 1t
. realization so impossible under a Re
publican form Of government; 1t