Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-09
THE INSECT UNDER THE CHIP.

Infectious diseases creep into com
muniilea unseen and unsupported and
their deadly germs are scattered
among their victims before there Is
any realization OF the danger.
In the body polite there is 40
question behind which any interest
can be more securely %entrcnched than
TINT secured by some favorable pro-
vision Of q constitution, the terms Of
which can only Doe altered Or modified
through long and expensive agitation.
Both Now Mexico and Arizona have
for many years been TO a large extent
dominated by the vast corporations
doing business here. Now. we hear
10 the air adrolt suggestions Of a so-
called non-partisan constitutional
convention Traced TO their source.
We suspect that they are germs which
threaten the body polite and that
they are being scattered insldiouaiy in
the minds Of the people for the pur-
pose Of bringing about q condition ex-
acily opposite 10 the profcssed ur-
poses Of the advocates o. such a
chimericai proposition. High In the
councils Of All parties in every COM
munlty are 90 be found men who, d.
rectiy or Indirectly, voice the desires
u the great corporate interests Moth
ing could be simpler than TO luli1 tho
people into perfect repose by talk
Ing a non-partisan constitutional
convention. AZ the same time quietly
securing the selection of u majority
Of the delegates to the convention
favorably disposed towards these
large interests and thus bam-boozle
the people into a position from which
they could not extrloatc themselves
for many years 20 come.
The corporations In New Mexico are
entitled 10 the same measure OF pro-
lection and consideration which
should be accorded to every other
Interest within our bounds-no whit
more and no whit less. They have
nothing 10 fear from ir-minded men.
but they should not be permitted TO
gain any undue advantage through
The adoption Of a scheme that is fall
~lneious on its face. Because Of tho
fact that the leading democrats in
many parts Of the territory feel that
their election TO this constitutional
convention II improbable, or, NJ least,
uncertain, that party offers d fruit
fni field in which 20 plant the seeds
such a notion There are unqucs-
tionabiy men high IN the councils 90
the republican party Az won as In tho
democratic party, who lend q willing
ear 20 ihe suggestions Of the great
mnncyed interests. but when an a.
said u done. IL IN not money, but
men who make "a constitution, and
this Is a government OF the people.
for Tho people and by the people The
only method 20 De pursued IN draft
ing this instrument under which we
must live for finy or a hundred years
D. for the people TO hcHtlr themselves.
Insist upon II that the parties as such
place their best mcn in NOM
ana come before the people
with such o number Of candidates Ia
county as win enable tho people
Ca select those men in whom they re-
tho greatest confidence for work
this character Any proposition
mat rs put up to an intelligent alert
thinking community of American cit-
ia sure OF "a right solution. ON
the other hand, if "a conference COM
initfte. made up Of the leaders OF the
democratic party and of the rcpub-
lc1n pariy, should ondeavor 10 APP
Sew Mexico on some basis g
between the Two hostile parties. there
d the widest opportunity Tor the sub
Influences OF the corporate In
,'resis Go get In their work unseen
We are not against the corporation
aro not Tor the corporations but
49, ere Tor the people We believe in
he people we trust the people. and
fe want to see the widcst. latitude
Afforded 20 the people m {
selection Of those men vho WI
irHft this instrument