Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-07
ROOSEVELT ISSUES
HIS FINAL STATEMENT

Roosevelt joined the eprNlican candi-
date for governor, Hem Stimson,
tonight in last appeal ne voters.
His statement says in part:
'As a citizen Of this state, jealous
Of its honor and its good name and
earnestly solicitous Of the welfare OF
all its people ] wish to make final
appeal to all my fellow citizens to
stand for Henry l.. Stimson III thIs
fight which he is waging so galiantly
for clean and honest politics ana Tor
genuine popular rule.
Il regard this as far more than a
mere party contest l appeal not only
to republicans, for / feel that in this
contest we have the right TO appeal
lust as strongly to all upright and far
sighted men, democrats and indepehd-
ents. no less than republicans.
THE election next Tuesday turns
on vital moral questions affecting the
whole future of this state and of our
people: and therefore II is our right
and our duty to appeal to The whole
body Of honest citizens irrespective Of
party ties. The powerful and crooked
political Organization against which
we are pitted is now working hand
and glove with all the great sinister
interests and crooked finance. the
breath of whose nostrils is speciaf
privilege
The sinister financial interests fat
ten on political corruption and the hi-
partisan alliance between them and
Tammany Hall is fraught with
grave menace to the welfare of the
plain people Of the state.
Against this partisanship of cor
rupt politics and corrupt finance we
have a right to expect the whole
hearted non partisan support OF az
honest citizens, and particularly OF al
men Who believe in honest politics
and honest business.
MIR. Stimson has made his CAM
paign fearlessly and sincerely in the
open; his promises square with his
record: he has stated his position on
every question, Mr.. Dix derives his
sole importance from tho fact that Mr.
Murphy picked him as being the man
most capable to carry out the pur-
poses of Tammany Hall; he has no
public record and he has not dared
to state his position fully and freely
on single vital question:
ole dared not answer Stimsnn's
questions and could not frame "a ques-
ton which Stimson would fear to
answer Mr.. Stmson as district at
torney made record which no other
man in that position has ever APP
preached.
"He dealt as dangerous blows 60
corruption and special privileges as
ever have been dealt. he successfully
prosecuted some Of the most power
ful CORPORATIONS in the land. including
the sugar trust and certain great
trunk railway lines and recovered
for the people nearly s4.o0O,ooo from
them.
Naturally they hate him and .on-
,pire FOR his undoing and their bitter
hatred is the measure Of the 'e'flrl
which the people should feel Tor their
champion.
Remember that Stimson's work
against the trusts was an effective
blow against the high cost of living
whereas the wall paper trust and the
efforts of Mr.. Dix to have the tariff
on wall paper raised, represent the
movements that are responsible for
50 much of the high cost of living as
is not due to world wide causes.
Contrast this with Mr. DiX's rec
ord OF public record he has mono.
In his private record the most salient
points are his efforts to get the tar
if raised on his own product and his
working his employees thirteen hours
night.
81 call the special attention of the
wage workers to Mr.. Dix's labor rec
ord. our aim is steadily to work to-
ward an eight hour day; to guard
wage carners against being required
to labor an excessive number OF nours
under unhealthy conditions, 70 Sc
cure an ADEQUATE worNngman com
pensation act. to put stop To the
labor Of children. to regulate horrs ~
labor for women.
Mr.. Dix is supported by the men
who openly boast that they are nuili-
flying the child labor laws.