Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-07-27
THE oTERo COUNTY DEAL.

when the non-partisan plan Il
choosing delegates 70 the conHtitl
iional convention was first propose
The Journal opposed Il and gave on
rensons for 10 doing, We believed
and stni believe. that 50 long as me-
are men. having principles In whicl
they believe. for which they wish /,
stand, and IT need be fight; That n,
honest understanding could b
reached between the two partie
which could be carried out In q prac
tleal way. We believed. ana still be
Iitye. IN the right Of the majority /,
rule Although as 4 republican news
raper, believing in republican prin
ripies, We desired that the repub
licans write the constitution and stant
sponsor for a. yet we were willing tt
turn the writing over 60 the demo-
Gratis, provided they had enough yotci
% elect a majority Of the delegates
we believed, ana still believe, that the
non-narllsan srheme could only re.
suit IN taking tile choice Of delegates
away from The people and giving II
% i few We believed, nnd stnl be-
lieYe, thai those few would be the
agents of corporations
There are some corporations oper-
atlng 10 New Mexico that are wise
enough to ltt constitution making
alone, being sure they win receive
fair treatment from an honest people.
There arc other corporations not so
wise II is these latter whose agents
have succeeded hy the devious meth
ods known to such men IN absolutely
controlling legislation. In sweeping
aside the rights Of the people ana in
bringing ridicule aud shame upon this
territory. There was abundant reason
Tor our belief that It was the corpora
tion agent Of this type who Inspired
The non-parIisan scheme and who has
since kept il alive, against the strong
opposition Of the rank and me Of
both parties For this, Il for no other
reason, we would have opposed the
sehemei for when men Of this type
nieadle IN public aftuirs they cannot
10 reason and never DO seek the in.
tereats Of the people Their masters
are the corporations and thoy servo
them Well When men like A. 3. Fau
Of ~ paso, professed republican.
and Felix Martinez of Gl paao, Texas,
pfoiessfd democrat get together
upon a scheme which takes from the
people OF New Mexico the right 10
aeleet their own representatives.. thoh
Il is time TO watch that scheme. to
study u and 10 find out what is hes
hind a. The more we studied this
scheme the more we found of the dlli-
gent UNDERGROUND work nt the skilled
corporation agent These men were
working Ia both parties Thcy went
into both committees with thelr
scheme Ia the republican commit.
tee they failed, although they made a
bitter fight on the surface and under
meath a. IN the democratic commit
tee they won. A fearless. able. nn-
compromising chairman. man who
nghts from the shoulder for prin-
ciplos Ia which he believes. was un-
seated aud the Acknowledged attorney
Of one Of our most powerful corpora
uona was Installed in hs place.
This was victory number Que for
ihe corporation agents. lt seems that
they are near another victory in otero
county This county ls claimed as
legal residcuce--for legislative and no.
mical purposes only by several of me
most daring aggressive and resouroe-
fui corporation agents who operate I'm
Sew Mexico chief amonr these are
W. A. Hawkins ana a. u. Fan. Roth
men live in ~ Paso. Texas. although
fun has ranch at Three Ipers
which he visits occasionally Both
men were elected to the upper house
of ouF legislature ia 1898. Their oiec.
iion was thc result of "a "non-partl-
san" deal why did they want 10 SOP
The answer IS found on page 602s.
end following of the record OF the
h"uae oi rcprrseulauYes OF The United
states Tor MAY g. lsos. when that
hpdy nuNlned iaw of ihe Ncw Mex
ico legislature OF 1903. known as the
iisukins railroad bnl Tho un text
81 this aet. the resoiutiou of congress
nuiiiisinE d. and the debate in the
honss upon DIS nunnoauon are puh-
ilshed IN complete form In this nun,-
ber oi our paper Read this record.
stuay ihe act and the comment Of
eensrfssfacH upon b.. Note THE riai-
euie and contempt heared anon tha
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