The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-07-23
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Mr.. Andrews for another term one OF
the first questions to be considered
by practical men is, Gould he be ell
ected?"
There is no better way to Judge the
future than by the past, and 1t we
lake the experience of Mr.. Andrews
in the last two campaigns as points
Of vantage from which to loo at his
chances in the present campaign, 1t
Is very difficult for any reasonable
man to see how the party can posi-
bly, pull him through next November.
And you can not fail to be convinced
that this view of the case is correct
moment all the shallow and some
times disgusting buncombe about Mr..
Andrews that Is given to the public
by his admiring friends and look at
the cold, hard facts as they actually
! exist.
I For instance, at the election OF 1902,
when Rodey was the candidate, the
republican majority only fell three
hundred votes short of ten thousand
] out of a total vote of ~thirty-eight
thousand and some hundreds.
| In 1904, when Andrews was the can
didate, the republican majority fell
to a fraction more than two thousand,
though there was, at the same time,
| an increase in the total vote Of al
most five MISUNDERSTANDING that all
the increase went to the opposition.
In 1906, when Andrews was again
the candidate, he had a bare MAORI.
lty OF 256, on the face of the returns,
while practically every one in the ter
ritory. republican, democrat or social
list, is confident that the democratic
candidate received a majority, and
was counted out. And at the same
time there was another increase in
the total vote, of almost three thous-
and, again demonstrating beyond any
question, that none of the new com
ers voted for Andrews.
In the two years Immediately past,
the land office records show that the
permanent population has increased
more than in any other two-year per
iod in the history Of the territory
and since this immigration has all
been from identically the same dis
tricts that furnished the voters of two
and four years before, what rational
reason is there for believing that they
will not vote in the same way?
THE Andrews people tell us that
| +ho 1000 --1..- "a r--z-- T.
SO strong that they will not vote for
a Mexican, even on a democratic
ticket. But If that is true, why didn't
that race prejudice show itself two
years ago? They all voted for LARA
colo then, and in the intervening two
years they a a a chance to learn
that he is an accomplished American
gentleman, not different from them
selves, hence the allegation hat they
will vote against him now through
race prejudice is entirely too thin.
And next, we are told By the sup
porters of Mr.. Andrews that Govern
Or Curry will fix the Texans over
on he Pecos, so that they will vote
for Andrews" That statement is an
insult, both to the governor and to
the people on the Pecos. The governor
Is a democrat. He could hav the re-
publican nomination for delegate If
he would simply say the word, and
he knows If he would take the nomina-
ton he would be elected and yet he
positively refuses to sacrifice his
standing in the democratic party for
the delegateship. And yet the friends
Of Mr.. Andrews would have US believe
that he stands ready to stab the de-
mocracy in the back by defeating the
regular nominee, thus sacrificing not
only his standing in the party, but al
SO his ~self-respect and the respect OF
his fellow citizens, and all for nothing
be cause the election of Andrews is
absolutely nothing to him, and hence
the story about the governor fixing
them Is not only silly, but is insult
ing. How far the Texans over on the
Pecos can be fixed" we do no know,
OF course, but we do know that such
representatives of the Lone Star state
as have settled over in this section
lof the territory have a way of doing
their W thinking and voting which
makes the liking of them q very
profitless Job for the man who under
takes 1t.
NOW, the records show, first, that
the new settlers over on the eastern
border will not vote for Mt. Andrews;
they show. second, that his majority
has steadily grown smaller rs the to-