The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-06-15
DEMOCRATIC. PLATFORM
Territorial pemooratle platform.

Territorial Democratic Platform.
We, the Democrats Of New Mexico.
IN delegate convention assembled at
Roswell, again renew our pledge of
allegiance to those fundamental prin-
ciples of democracy $ originally enun-
ciated by our first great leader. Thorn
as Jefferson. chief among which is
contained IN the maxim, Equal rights
to all, special privileges to q We
believe this maxim. rightly applied,
Is capable Of solving all the great
questions which are now agitating the
minds of the American people-the
reform of the tariff, the suppression
OF the trusts, h regulation of b
railroads and the attitude of our gov
eminent towards Imperialism.
We recognize that the democracy
of the United States has, today, many
tried and trusted leaders, anyone of
whom would worthily fill the Office of
but we cannot fail to recognize the
further fact that there is n demo
cratic leader, who, above all others,
has identified himself with all the re-
forms now demanded by oil party and
who has eldeared himself to e
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 to 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, az 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 con-
denim the Republican party of this
Territory for it's disregard of this prin-
ciple, for its maladministration, cor
brief period of time. during which one
Chief Executive of the Territory was
endeavoring to adhere to and carry
out some of the principles of govern
ment we advocate and endorse, and
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. 1t was c~onclusively
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 on
the private lands of the respective
companies owning and operating coal
mines: hat the managers of said
companies 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
Democratic ~challengers were subject
ed to indignities and forcibly elected
from said camps by Deputy Sheriffs
acting under instructions from the
Managers of said companies; that the
ballot boxes were stuffed and the reg
istratio1 and poll books padded
and hundreds Of foreigners were COM
PEELED to vote the Republican ticket
under threats of discharge. We call
attention to the fact that these arbi-
trary acts have been continuously
practiced in Colfax county for the past
eight years until they have ripened ia
to an established system.
The ~undisputed record of the Coun-
ty Valencia dn election matters for
the past quarter of a century has been
a stigma and a reproach upon the fair
aad established fact and it is not ven
required that the voters should go to