Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-07-08
VETERANS ARE
FOR ANDREWS
Residents of Fort
Bayard Draft
Strong Petition
DEMAND HIS RENOM|NAT|ON
Delegates Splendid Work in
Sixtieth Congress Appre.
ciated By Them.

Fort Bayard, n NJ, July S.-The SOL
der home men of Fort Bayard have
jumped into the New Mexico political
situation with both feet in express
sion of their approval of the labors of
Hon. w. Fl. Andrews as delegate to
the Slxtieth Congress and in a plea
for his denomination and reelection
to the Sixty-first Congress.
This appeal, copy of which is to
be sent to all the delegates to the Re-
publican territorial convention, is bas-
ed on the great services he has rend.
cred to the veterans who have signed
the petition and who are termed
camp followers" by the laws of New
Mexico, these services being mainly
displayed by helping them in secur-
ing pensions. In many cases the offic-
ial red-tape has taken so long that the
ex-soldier tired of waiting wrote Mr..
Andrews and always in these cases
they would receive, by return mail, a
ly after that they would get a letter
from him saying what action had been
taken on their pension claim. That
they would, in the majority of cases,
ultimately get their pensions without
his help none know better than these
veterans The efforts he puts forth in
Strengthening out applications for or
iginal or increased pensions and the
deep interest he has in many ways
shown in the brave men who answer
ed the call to arms in the days of
their country's need is what they par.
ticularly appreciate.
Many of the pensioners here used to
employ lawyers in attending to their
claims. Now they write the circum-
stances of their case to Mr.. Andrews
and thus get better and quicker serv-
ice without going to an expense that
they can i'll afford out of their small
pensions.
The full text of the petition drafted
together with the signatures affixed
thereto follows:
Resolved: That we the undersign-
ed citizens of New Mexico realizing
the Importance of the coming Republi-
can convention and election heartily
endorse the nomination and reelection
of the Hon. William H. Andrews as
delegate to the Sixty-first Congress of
the United States.
Delegates to the Republican con-
vention and fellow citizens: We wish
to remind you of Mr.. Andrews stall
wart and fearless advocacy of the best
interests of New Mexico and her peo-
pie and of his continuous and to a
large measure successful labors for
the development of the great and var
led resources of our territory
"As the exponent of the statehood
idea, as an unflinching, broad-minded
statesman, representing no clique but
the whole people, his past great ef-
forts have our unqualified approval.
Taking these facts into consideration
we hereby express our belief that
this most important time calls for the
denomination and reelection of Hon.
Mr.. Andrews.
walter w. Nye, Charles A. Grau-
gard, Louis D. Pistolesy, w. A. Tay-
lor, w. c. Sefaord, William Brown,
Russell H. Conn, Hugh M. Cook, w. E.
Edminston, Robert Pitt, j. D. Davis,
Madison Russell, T. S. Moore, w d.
Prevatt, Benjamin F. Hatcher, Ed.
mund Burke, J. F. Stand, Alfred R.
BRAND James w. Bell, Albert Love,
Henry L. Adams, George T. Brookes,
]. D. Dickson. William A. McRBride,
Ormand H. Martin, George Blaine,
William Coleman, G. Wagonmaker, V.
A. Pollock, Olof Void, Albert G. Buck.
ner, M. B. Clifford, Aroid r. A. Eng.
stron, P. J. Quinlan, William Diamond
Michael J. Ginthner, T. F. Bailey, Ben
ajmin M. Crispfn, Peter King, Arthur
J. Shower, G.. G. Martin, Allen E.
Butcher, C. w. Flowers, J. A. Dick.
son, J. N. Nicholson, Aaron B. Goats.
John A. Mcleod, John Nelson, Rube
Wilson, A. H. Abercrombie, Elliott
Perkins, John Smelly, Bernard Mo-
ran, Edward Bowers, Roscoe Tucker
w. E. Wiese, G. A. Tredway, Edward
L. Thornton, William J. Gracy, Harry
Diener, Frank w. Price, William G.
w. Anvil, G. A. Carson, J. E. Rector
l.. R. Mcdowell, Morris Beiler, Frank
A. Gray, William Swing, J. H. Mobly
John Buchanan, Jerry W. Miller
Marc G. Long, Eugene Bourass, J. w
Miller, Carl Brandt. Alexander White
Henry G. Roth, Samuel H. Hill, J. w
Harrison, Thomas Byers, George Kun
kel, Dennis Carroll, M. Pech, Morris
Jones, Alfred Mullin, William r
Smith, Thomas Shortstall. John Har
kins. Edward Long. Fred T. Kruger