Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-19
Misrepresentati
Won't MiSLead
the Voters

g convention was IN session, report
were printed by the Albuquerque eve
ming paper calculated 10 deceive it
readers as 10 what had been said b!
Mr. lergusson and others ON the floor
but that fades away into n%othingnesi
when one considers the many thingi
which have been said and done ant
are being said and done ia order tt
persuade the people TO vote down the
constitution.
A great attack has been made, fol
instance, on the militia article incorp.
grated tn the proposed constitution, II
Is the great Joker" which Mr.. Fer
gusson has been promising to show
the people, this Is the weapon and
the only one recently urged as d
ground for defeating the constitution
AT last Mr.. Ferguson has thrown out
q bomb-shell so as 10 attract the at
tention Of the railroad men and La
boring Glasses. and he does 80 for
the purpose Of having them believe
that there Is at least one article In
the constitution which is very injuri-
GUS 10 them. But the bomb happens
to have no charge IN IL. How absurd
In the article on militia are two Sec
tons or paragraphs which are abso-
lutely e verbatim copy of what is
contained IN the constitutions of ore
Ran, Utah, Washington and very
many other states. Does Mr.. Fergus
son object 10 the clause providing that
the governor shall be commander-iu-
chief Of the national guard Does Mr.,
FERGUSON object 60 the requirement
that the governor shall upon IA M
ing the duties OF office take the oath
that he Will see hat the laws Of the
state are faithfully executed Does
NJ = lHa FfsfT uuAKa A1IAnf - Atant.4f.-. nAf
thority and providing means by which
the laws of the state may be enforc-
ed2 Does Mr.. Ferguson object to
the granting Of authority and provid-
ing means by which law. order. prop
erty ana liberty shall be guaranteed
to the people Of the state? Does Mr..
Ferguson object TO granting power
the governor to suppress insurrec-
tion2 If he does not object, how
otherwise would it be possible to sup
press insurrection, protect life. prop |
erty and lihertY in case OF trouble or
assault on either by force2 If Mr..
FERGUSON objects. then he should say
he Is opposed to any form of govern
ment. because a government which
hoes not guarantee TO it's citizens the
and equal protection OF
he laws is not q government at all.
why not wipe on the office of gov
and IL you wipe out the power |
o enforce the laws you might just as
well eliminate the authority to con-
the laws and thereby dispense
With Ia needless ornament called tho
judiciary. The proposition of Mr.. Fer
would lead as TO a simple de-
nocracy and q primitive form Of gov
'rnment which has been discarded for
.anturies. The argument of Mr..
FERGUSON can lead to no other con-
lusion. IT this is the position of Mr..
FERGUSON and his followers. then il
hould be plainly understood; if this
s the sort of government they desire,
hen the only method by which Il
be accomplished would be through I
he means OF secession from the union
q successful revolution, Let Mr..
'ergusson's followers and all quail
voters OF the territory take time
o ascertain what is contained In the
constitutions OF the other states and
hey win readily see thai MIR. Fergus
on is only leading them Off the
Mr.. FERGUSON has also said that the
Expense of running the state govern
under the provisions of the pro-
osed constitution will Doe much great
r than IL is under the territorial gov
rnment' The abolition of the fee
ystem VIII mean a saving OF thou
lnds Of dollars annually TO the new
tate, and everybody knows IT, Arti-
$ and section four thereof will
ring about "a great reduction to the ,
iN-payers, and Mr. FERGUSON knows
because he has carefully considered
his very section and he would indeed
e lacking in legislative and legal abil- !
~ II he did not realize the truth of 7