Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-10-09
0f such angelic characters as Burk.

hardt, E. c. de Baca. Frank Manz
mares, Jr., and the most glorious {
them all. Pas valyerde. What woul
Saint Peter say? win not unde
take to answer. Let us leave it I
the people to decide.
II The republican party in the stat
and in the nation as exemplified b
that great statesman, William +
Taft, stands for the ideals that ar
conducive to happiness. prosperit
and progress. 1t is the party tina
keeps peace with the spirit Of tn
times; that believes in the expansion
OF territory, ideas. industry ant
homes. 1t is the party which be
lieves in a stable. conservative gov
ernment. 1t is the party that framed
the constitution, pronounced by nj
less a critic than William H. Taft, al
one of the best documents adopted b;
any of the states of the union. The
party responsible for the framing OF
that constitution can we'll be trusted
with the reins of the new state. The
people will not reverse their verdict
of $4,000 majority.
They say we should have an cas-
lily amended constitution. The blue
ballot, as drafted. means that the
constitution may not only be amend =?
ed but abolished.
The new state needs capital for
the development of it's resources.
Capital is naturally timid. Men will
not invest money unless stable gov.
ernment is guaranteed. They must
know at the time of the investment
that the conditions then prevailing
are likely to continue.
If our constitution should be
amended, let the people of New Mex
leo prepare one suitable to their
needs without the assistance of con-
gress. Let us not encourage as a part
of our governmental system doc
trine of agitation and unrest, but
rather of stability, industry and
thrift.
feel that I am talking to an audi
ence here todight that represents
the substantialu business interests of
New Mexico. Las Vegas has long
been noted for its energy and thrift.
For years it was the distributing
ooint for all eastetr New Mexico be
.ween the Santa Fe railroad and the |
Texas line. A few years ago the
Rock Island system was built through |
eastern New Mexico. which has cut
off the advantages which formerly be-
longed to Las Vegas of being the dis
tributing center of all that territory,
but Las Vegas rallied to the neces-
sity of the occasion, and through the
Las Vegas Grant board, contract
mas been made with the Camfietd |
company to construct the Camfield
dam, which will irrigate $4,000 acres
of land, and provide nine hundred 90
acre farms which will add that many
additional homes This is only a
starter. Let the world know that we
are a thrifty, honest, energetic, con-
servative people. and you will have
no trouble in securing aid to develop
your marvellous resources.
There is now projected a railroad
from Kansas to Colmor, Mora county,
via Las Vegas to Fort Sumner, which
would again make Las Vegas the dis
tributing center for eastern New
Mexico 1t would make 1t the nat
ural headquarters for shops. To
bring this project to an actual real
ization, capital is necessary. conf
dence in the stability of the state
government is an essential necessity.
in order to permit the securing Of
funds upon the securities.
concede that the blue ballot is
not partisan question and must be
determined by each individual voter
for himself, but yet, cannot refrain
from warning your people who would
desire to see New Mexico develop her
resources to the greatest state OF
efficiency, of the danger of adopting
the blue ballot. Let us not adopt
any measure calculated to create dis
trust as to the permanency of our
governmental policy. The republican
party looks with spirit OF friend
ship toward the interests of both cap
ital and labor.
I believe their interests are identi-
cal and mutual. The prosperity OF
both depends upon an equitable deal
between them as a co-partners in the
great industrial life OF the country.
l believe in the square deal be-
tween the public and the corpora