The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-06-13
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
Territorial pemeerstIo platform.

Territorial Democratic Platform.
Wess the Democrats OF New Mexico,
IN sdedegate sconvention assembled al
Roswell, again renew our pledge OF
allegiance to those fundamental prin.
ciplesso OF democracy as 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 none" 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
of the tariff, the suppression
of the trusts, the regulation of the
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
Chief Magistrate of this great nation,
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 our party and
who has e1deared 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 il 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, as long as his
name is before the convention.
Public Office is a public trust and
10 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-
tcfple, for it's mal-administration, cor
ruption AID ring-rule, except for that
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. It was conclusively
proved by legal and competent evil
dence n 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; thai 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
under instructions from h
of said companies; that the
ballot boxes were stuffed and the reg
.istratio1 and poll books were padded
and hundreds of foreigners were COM
PEELED to vote the Republican ticket
under threats of discharge. We call
to the fact that these arbi-
trary acts have been continuously
practiced in Colfax county for the past
eight years until they have ripened il
to an established system.
The undisputed record Of the Coun-
ty Valencia in election matters for
past quarter of a century has been
l stigma and a reproach upon the fair
name of New Mexico. 1t is a proven
established fact and 1t is not even