Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-02-04
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W. OPTICIANS. and more especially those who claim TO be republican,
~ and have a regard for the nereats of the republican party should
NOT lose sight OF the fact that View Mexico Is o receiving % larger
ofune OF immigration than she ever received before, that The
ueat majority Of these now citizens are coming to IA from rockrihbed
democratic states. ana bring their politics with them Hence the democratic
party IS gaining strength every day. The me has already pas "eh i'
republican machine nm pepemte any sort u Ekulduggery, and then lean
buck against It's twenty thousand majority and defy those who 10 lot I'
teh methods 10 do their worst with The achievements which the en-"
emsa o now receiving from Texas and Missouri u VIII stand the republican
party In hand hereafter to nave a nthc more regard for public sentiment nan
the party machine has shown heretofore or IS showing now When inc
democratic party Of New Mexico has a fighting chnncc-which az ne present
rme of immigration IT. viii have within a year from this d"e-how 'h NE
en such 4 record ii Is now being made for il al santa ie by q legislature
almoat unanimously republican,
An honest and upright nan. appointed governor OF New Mexico by
president Roosevelt and especially instructed by the president o do every
thing ia can top put an end 10 those conditions which have made this territory
a gtonch In the hosrus of tho milton. % striving to the best OF his abntY 70
caly ot his instructions and secure the accomplishment OF ends whfh" VIII
he 10 the credit Of the territory in the eyes Of tho public and to u@ bA
interests Of her people But instead Of seconding the efforts Of the governor
"a that direction. and assisting him in doing work In the interest OF m@
p,Nue aeu-banr and public decency. the Legislature, composed as we ave
saa. almost exclusively or non claiming to be republicans de'o"7 H@'
egt49tIye and preventing him from accomplishing anythtng-and this 1t does
- me neck ana nod Of "a bunch Of daeredRed oV-otheals whom thu gov
anor IN the discharge Of his duty TO the territory has cen op"R'u ~
remove from office for lncompetenoy, Or worse
by what hocus pocus Of reasoning OF argument can any party ln this
terriop. or anywhere else be defended against such an Indictment 90 that
before , jury Of decent and Intelligent American citizens especially when
literally true This is a very serious question ana demands the serious
attention Of every nan who has a proper regard for the future OF the
republican party in Sc" Mexico
Win democratic voters being added TO their ranks every day by hmm
handed out TO them every day by the repuhlcan. legislature, Is II any wonder
that when you speak Of the present legislature to a democratic politician
10 invariably responds with a broad GRIM VIII republicans wake up to these
unpleasant facts before It is too lae9 The incompetent Bu|um management
nearly ruined tt party last ml ana only saved the day by Il scratch. only
d very little of the same snaI-bore management Is necessary now to turn" ne
territory over 10 the opposuon-nd AIS things are shaping themselves
election. the resnnne Of control by the republicans win b a long road ''
AN the way up hi