The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-10-03
SPEECH HON. N v. GALLEGOS
Before the Republican Convention
on Selection Of Delegates

~ gives ulc kl'dl DltdahlN w aN'
you all here today. The express.
sion on your faces shows that you
are all eager to work Tor the inter
',ts Oi the people OF your cUInmu.
your county and your state.
Your faces express that high type
Di Americanism which iavors clean
governments; that you will loin
shoulder to shoulder and work Tor
the success oi the great and glor.
party OF the people.
This is the greatest free govern.
ment in the world. The Repuhli-
can party has made II so. The
Republican party took the chains
from four millions Of people; the
Republican party with the sword OF
PROGRESS touched the auction block
and 1t became u school; the repub-
lican party downed the rebellion,
saved the nation, kept the old ban.
net floating ~ the All and declared
that slavery oi every kind should
be- removed from the face vi the
North American continent.
IL IS a party that has a
platform AS broad as humanity
platform as broad as the
human { \ party that
SAYS YOU shalt have all the fruits
Ut the labor OF your hands; a party
that says you may think LOT your
self; a party that has no CHAINS
Tor the hand, no letters Tor the
soul. | am "A republican because
II is a party great enough to invite
every human being IN favor OF hui
man liberty and progress to hight
shoulder to shoulder Tor the ad-
vanccment OF the human race. In
the Republican party there are no
followers we are all leaders.
There are no party chains; there IS
no party lash. Any man who does
not love his country; any man who
does not love liberty; any nan who
is not in favor OF human progress;
that is not in favor OF giving to
, others all they earn, We do not ask
him to vote the Republican ticket.
You a vote It II you please, and
it ther" is any Democrat within
hearing who expects 10 die before
another election, We are willing
that he should vote one republican
ticket simply as a consolation up
on his departure,
| tell you, my friends, this world
IS getting better every day. Many
Ut us remember the years between
Iso2 and 1890. Those times were
the despair OF the people OF the
United States as well as the misery
OF many people IN this territory.
When the industries oi the United
States were paralyzed; when the
farmers raised their produce and
got nc price tor it; when the PEG.
pie OF New Mexico suffered by that
policy; when the price oi wool and
sheep 20, 50 low that we were
ashamed to look a sheep in the
face. See the advancement we
have made IN a few years. SEE
what We have done. We have
covered this nation with wealth
under the wise administration o
the Republican party.
Last tall there was not enough
money IN the country to 20 around
50 many were the new enterprises
50 many the buildings being erect
ed, so many the extensions OF rail
roads, so many laborers employed
In New York there had been over
extensions and great extravaganza
on the part OF the people generally
Our prosperity was beyond pre-
cedent. The disturbance in bank
my circles sent a financial chill owe
81 the whole country and made tn
people cautious. When these PEG
pie saw that nothing very serlou.
had happened after all, and tina
nothing serious was going TO hap
pen, they became optimlsts again
but a good many people had take
their little boards out oil the bank
and tucked them away and thi
money still lies heaped up where
is earning nothing for the owners
Meanwhile, industry slackened
4 bit and general business activit
was less marked, and as the rail-
roads, and merchants and manu-
iacturers and farmers all went
"A little Tor economy, money accu
mulated. Now times have chang
ed. \ year ago, a money strir
gency; today, a money plentiful,
The time is going to come and
is not very lar of when this i'd
4 money will get tired OF being idle
This time should he here now bC
h cause we have a revival OF cont
dence and the favorable crop pros
] poets in the United States were
not that a national election
coming on. Once the election
settled by the election OF Willial
Howard TAFT as president OF tn.
= great Nation the people general
will begin again to invest, whe
: over four hundred millions OF do
lars will come out OF comparatiN
} idleness, and prosperity will agal
! he at high tide.