The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-06-20

be aud they hereby are instructed .
to vote tor William Jennings Brv.
an as the candidate ul our party tor
the presidency oi the 'nitcd States
as long as his name IS before the
convention.
Public office is "A public trust and
no man is worthy OF any office eth
er elective or appoihtlvc, 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 impartlally
discharge all OF his official duties;
and we condemn the republican
party ot this territory tor ITS disre.
gard oi this principle, Tor Is NAL.
administration, corruption aud
rng rule, except Tor that bret per.
lJd OF time during which one chlri
! executive oi the territory was rn.
deavorlng TO adhere to and carry
| out some oi the principles OF gov
crnment we advocate and endorse,
and which efforts resulted IN his
removal from office by republican
president.
We call the attention ol the exc.
cutlvc and OF the judicial depart.
ments, and ot the people OF this
territory generally, To the many
open, shameful and defiant frauds
and violations OF our election laws
that have dlsgtaccd our public
elections IN this territory in the
past, and notably AT the last geucT.
al election. 1t was conclusivcly
proved by legal and competent cvl-
dcnC, and was not denied that IN
the coal camps OF ColiaN county
the polls were established by the
order OF the commissioners Ot the
SAID county on the private lands oi
the respective companies owning
and operating coal mines; that the
managers OF said companies arhtt-
IrttIlv refused to allow any dem
uCtats To hc present AT the polls ~
SAID coal camps on election dd,
that ~ some ot sId coal camps
democrats Challrng"rs were sui.
Icctcd To iudIguiti-S and tor,,hlN
elected from SAID camps by deputy
shrrlnS acting under instructions
IIom the managers oi SAID Cum-
pauirs, that the ballot boxes wv,t
stuffed aud lhr registration and
poil books were padded and nun.
dTcd oi foreigners were compctI'd Il
10 vote the republican ticket under
threats OF dischargr "" call at.
trntIon 10 the tact that THESE LTuI.
traTy acts have been continuously
past eight years uutIl they have
TIprnrd INTO an established system.
The undisputrd record OF tn"
county Ut NairuCa ~ election mat
tets ior the past qudttri oi a cen.
tury has been u Stigma and to-
pGuaCh upon the tar name oi New
MrNICo. IL IL a proven and rstdb'
lishrd tact aud II - not even L..
the polls IN that county, but that
the officers OF the election boar Il
| cast the ballots Tor all the abScn-
tees, while IN some instances the
registration lists are copied into
the poll books IN strict Alphabetical
! order. At the last election ~ tins
county and III Torrance county,
republican ballots were substituted
III place ol democratic ballots act
, ually cast, aud IN on" precinct III
! the latter county the Judges ot cleo
! ton openly refused to permit any
I democratic ballots to he cast.
! he foregoing instances are but
"a lew vi the many open and drhant
. Violations oi our election laws and
. II is humiliatlng to bc compelled
! to acknowledge that with the single
. exception OF Mr.. Frank w. Clancy
: district attorney OF the second ~.
I dicIal, district, no acton has ever
, been taken by any republican 9th
D clal, national OF territorial, TO stop
, these abuses or 20 punish the OF
l. lenders.
/, We demand, and II entrusted
I with the power, we pledge ourscl'
Z vus TO strict enforcement OF the
, election laws 10y the courts ano
). prosecuting officers.
!. We are heartily in favor OF I'll,
/. nomination OF all party candidates
: 10y direct vote OF the people a
primary elections held tor that pur
v pose under the sanction ol the Law
Y aud hereby pledge our representa-
y tlves IN the next Legislature to worl
e and vote tor such a law
S We believe that all county Off
o GERS should be paid hxcd salaries
e instead OF fees or commission, To-
}, all services required OF them by III,
d government.
" We condemn the policy OF th'
o federal government IN prohibiting
=. the tree grazing OF live stock IN th'
d forest reserves oi the territory, a,
/. unwarranted and arbitrary; sucl
e policy tends to inlure and destro,
II the interests oi many small lly,
N stnck raissrg and may craat,. ,