The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-11-18

tiles aggregating S39, a difference of
3,744 in favor of Andrews. AS And
rews got a total majority IN the whole
territory Of only SIS votes, the Anglo
Saxon counties must have given ma
~jorities aggregating 1929 in favor of
Larrazolo.
1t follows from this that the Anglo
Saxon born and bred English speak
ing people are less intelligent or less
~virtuous than the M~exicans, If the
election OF Andrews was a wise thing.
But does it not prove that New Mex
lean politics are controlled absolutely
By the Mexicans, who are in turn con-
trolled by the machine now in power,
consisting principally Of Bursum, An
drews, Frost, Luna and a few others?
o. to put it in another way, are we
nct controlled by the dense mass Of
i torrance in the Mexican counties,
| : lich the machine managers have
to skill to control for their own pur-
roses? They control this not only to
o!"ct our Delegate to congress-, but
to elect enough of their own men to
control n OF both branches of our
Legislative Assemblies, to make bad
laws, to prevent the making of good
laws, to determine the rate of taxa
ton, to use the tax payers money as
they please, to use public offices to
reward and pay themselves and their
tools, and to use their power in one
way Or another to defame and punish
their enemies-and everybody is an
enemy (dn their View who will not
be led, Oh bled, or driven by them.
Thinking men must realize this i'm
portant fact, viz: SO LONG AS THE
PRESENT MACHINE, OR ANY MA.
CHINE LIKE 1T, CAN CONTROL
THE MEXICAN VOTE, THAT MASS
OF IGNORANT VOTERS WILL CON
troll THE GOVERNMENT OF
NEW MEXICO. They will do it In
voluntarily, without planning for it,
with no bad motive, but because they
unwittingly allow themselves to be
used as pawns in the gangs game,
Statehood will not cure this evil, with
the gang in control. How can it?
State government must rest on the
same voters as now, and the "pie
counter" in control Of the machine,
will be vastly better filled with
ance.
Emperor William at any rate mas
discovered that his country has a con.
%stitution and forms of government,
established before the war lord as.
cended the throne.
Keep before the people the undeni-
able fact that the unpurchasable
American vote of the Territory was
overwhelmingly against Andrews and
the Republican machine.
The Record would respectfully sug.
gest to the New Mexican that not
many of the Mexican voters of the
Territory hail from either New York,
Ohio, Illinois or Pennsylvania.
~
Very true it is that Colonel Frost
and his machine can do very little
with the Texans and Oklahomans.
They are Independent, intelligent, un-
purchasable American citizens and
in favor of honest government.
The Pecos Valley extends a special
invitation to Texas and Oklahoma
farmers to settle mere and help estab-
fish decent government in the Terri |
tory, after which statehood can no
longer be denied even by a Republi- |
can congress.
Texas and Oklahoma farmers, who
may get the idea from the Territorial
administration organ that they are
not wanted in New Mexico, should
at least Investigate the eastern Sec
ton of the Territory. where they will
be gladly welcomed, regardless of
politics. |
WHERE IGNORANCE Is BLISS.
Col Max Frost Informs us In q jubi-
liant editorial. written q few days af-
ter the election. that there is now
no danger Of the people OF New Mex
leo being overtaken by evils similar
to those of the French revolution of
1873, because,-"of the people of this
territory, SO out OF 100 never heard
Of a ~guillotine, and do o know
what 1t is.A
That explains It. IL the people OF Il