The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-02
NEW MEXICO
DEMOCRATS
ARE HOPEFUL
Think Il Easy TO Beat Plunder'
ing RepublIcan-Fsd
Machine

have the New Mexico Democrats pr
sented such "a solid front as at thi
present convention. Never before
however, was there so much at stak
Many OF the delegates have express
ed themselves to the effect that no
If they can help t will New Mexico
enter the union controlled by the RI
publican machine which for years
has plundered the territory at will
| The Democrats are supported Il
this view by thousands of Progress
sive Republicans and Anti4Machint
Republicans who admit that they
have too much pr de in their new
state 10 turn II over 10 the corrup
tionists.
| Not In the limits of this short ar
ficle can the fun story of the mis-
| rule in New Mexico in the past be
| told The present regime and its
hirlings will have passed from pow
er before the world will ever know
all the corrupt pract ces of the ma
chine now in the saddle. Suffice 1t
to say that such methods as coercion
bribery, intimidation servile judges,
freedom from arrest and and free
dom from taxation for the machine
followers have long been employed
to perpetnate in office the Republic
AN bosses ALTHOUGH the national
admin stration probably never real
lied the full extent of corruption and
graft in New Mexico, the territorial
machine always had at least the tac
1t support Of the administration and
pensions, postoffices and federal ap-
propriations helped strengthen the
machine along with the methods men
'oned above.
,For these reasons, New Mexico
has generally been regarded as Re
publican, the generally conceded ma
Jority being about $500 in a vote of
between $4,000 and 10000 This is
the handicap that must be overcome
and the Democrats realize Il fully,
but they are cut TO win.
The admission o New Mexico to
statehood nas put new yigor and vi
tality into It's citizenship has arous
ed the manhood and honor and in
telligence OF its citizens, and there
is a growinf and effective rebellion
against the methods of the past.
The Democratic party in this cam
palgn viii stand as it has n the past
for good. honest, economical govern
ment, and honest elections free from
fraud and bribery, The party is unit
ed, harmonious and strong in it's de
termination 10 win. The Democrats
of New Mexico however, are not
men OF wealth, and will have to ded
pend TO large extent on Democrats
from outside the state for funds to
nelp them carry on the active and
aggress we campaign they have now
planned.
On the ether hand. the Republic |
ans in the past have brought in |
side, and now as a state he induce
mems for Republicans to put up the
money are many times multiplied |
Outside, the prospect of two satnd I
pat or interes serving United |
Safes senators, and two members OF
congress within the state there will |
be rich pick ngs" for the corrupt |
machine which so long looted the
territory and knows the ropes so
well.
The men who nave had the admin
stration of New Mexico's affairs in
the past know full well the vast re-
sources Of the new state that will
De in heir power under statehood
even more completely than when as
/ territory they exploited every in
1ustry which came under Their
1lighting touch There are vast coal
measures, more extensive than those
If Pennsylvania; public lands more
extensive than the areas Of many
states in the union; forests of great
aagnltude. dam sites for the devel-
)pment of water power, and reser.
'oir sizes for irrigation projects.
These are some OF the undeveloped
esources Of the new state. What
coterie Of corrupt men in the state
,ff ces playimi into eacn others
lands could not do, is hard TO inn
Igine, and it is safe 10 say that such
in opportunity will not be surren-
Iered without a fight.
That the national democracy has
,egun to realize wnat the light now /.
means, and what is at stake may be |,
judged from the interest that has al
eady been manifested by mem Of ma
ional Importance in the party; by ,
he number OF speakers from the out :
de sent into the new state and !
till further enlightenment is ex-
ected when the speakers seeing con
itions for themselves send out the
all for aid TO put New Mexico in the
column.
Not a little aid to the cause of the
lean government has been rendered
Y the Progressive Republicans OF
le state, who while they probably .
i'll not put out state ticket, will
eyote themselves to "ditching the
achine. and in a great majority OF 3
ases viii support the Democratic I
indidates or at least will refuse to !
ote for the riag candidates. In ev- I
y county in the state numbers of
rmer Republicans have come out 4
r Democracy. and announced that c
eaceforth their efforts will be used
n fbe success OF that party
Arizoaa when admitted. was con- i
sded TO the Democrats and if a 1
-rong unred effort is made with /
le abe assistance from the Demo a
rats Of the nation, New Mexico too b
'ili line up on tsat side Of the aisle e
! both branches II the national {
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