The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-08-03

we IudI Jue u0uuOCAdCy
of the United States has, today, many
tried and trusted leaders, anyone of
whom would worthily fill the Office of
Chief Magistrate of this great nation,
but we cannot fail to recognize the
further fact that there is one demo
cratic leader, who, above all others,
has identified himself with all the re-
forms now demanded by ou party and
who has eldeared himself to every
believer In Democratic principles and
whose very name, of itself, constitutes
a platform upon which the Democracy
Of this nation could well stand in the
coming campaign-in other words we
believe the nomination Of William
Jennings Bryan by the Democratic
convention at Denver is demanded
by every consideration of political
principle and party policy.
THEREFORE,, be It resolved that
the delegates to be selected by this
Convention to represent the Democra.
cy of New Mexico at the Democratic
National Convention t be held at
Denver On July It'll, 1908, be and they
hereby are, Instructed to vote for
William Jennings Bryan as the can
didate OF our party for the Presidency
Of the United States, as long as his
name Is before the convention.
Public office is a public trust and
40 man is worthy of any Office, either
elective or appointive, who does not
appreciate the obligation he is under,
not alone to his party, but to the
whole people, whom he serves, to
faithfully and impartially discharge
all of his official duties; and we IN
denim the Republican party of this
Territory for its disregard of this prin-
ciple, Tor it's INSTRUMENTATION, cor
ruption AID ring-rule, except for that
brief period of time. during which one
Chief Executive of the Territory was
e~ndeavoring to adhere to and carry
out some of the principles of govern
whose efforts resulted in his removal
from Office by a Republican President.
We call the attention of the execu-
tive and of the Judicial Departments,
and OF the people Of this Territory
generally, to the many open. shameful
and defiant frauds and violations of
our election laws that have disgraced
our public elections In this Territory |
in the past, and notably at the last |
general election. It was ~conclusively |
proved by legal and competent evil |
dence and was not denied, that In the
coal camps OF Colfax county the polls
were established by the order of the
Commissioners OF the said County o.
the private lands of the respective
owning and operating coal
mines; that the managers OF said
arbitrarily refused to allow
any Democrats to be present at the
polls in said coal camps on election
day; that IN some OF said coal camps
challengers were subject
I'D to indignities and forcibly elected
under instructions from the
of said companies; that the
ballot boxes were stuffed aad the reg
stratio1 and poll books were padded
hundreds of foreigners were COM
PEELED to vote the Republican ticket
lnder threats OF discharge. We call
attention to the fact that these arbi
rary acts have been continuously
,racticed in Colfax county for the past
light years until they have ripened Ia .
an established svstem
The undisputed record Of the Coun-
y Valencia dn election matters for ]
he past quarter oe . century has been
stigma and y reproAch upon che fairt