Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-20
Despite Inolement Weather,
Good Crowd Hears Mastery
Addresses BY Republican
Speakers.
IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN
QUESTIONS DISCUSSED
Principles Considered With
Open Minded Fairness and
Backed Up BY Unanswer-
able Logic.

ln SPIT, of thy raw. blustpr, wenth
- which kept mann people indoors
and lu spite Of the fact that less thar
three hours motto, had boom piNtt
of tn fact thut jh, speakers were r
the citl. crowd which comfortably
nlipd the tower uuor or th, ElkN
thratst turned put last uighi tu heal
Republican ductriu,s rNuuundpd 1'
Judge \ % Fau of ThrDe Rivers and
Hon Thomas ~ Catruu ui SANTA Fr
what the crowd i1rksd hoe uumh'r.
Nas more tnan Wudo uu loo rnt1u-'
iusiu. ami &c Be- stf. 60 sat thu had
% been kunWu 5arI,r in tn, daN that
thr meeting would ht nrId the h,s.
g,st crowd that over attended o. pu.
hucni gatn,lng 800 Alhuul, rlu'
would hHN, been u attendance %
uus &C. typical Republican audi nr'
made up eft the substantial uusin,s-
ana luhurIng men of th, community
Whose support tor any uok,t or plat.
form means is certain success. and
th, cordial reception whiDh Wus piN,n
thr speakers save ample evidence ui
the Interest ttat is bynR displayed
in tn, present campaign Do, ths think
ms men of uu GLASSES iu New MrX-
lyo.
IN firikins contrast Co the stream
uf ~lusn which hur been turned iuusp
Ht overs meeting which has been held
bS IN, Democrats aud hushWhackcf.
in AIbuuucrquV since thp campaign
up,ncd. the nddr, sses uf Judge Fall
and Mr. Catron were calm. dignitvd
ana forcefui discussions uf the issues
involved in the campaign. rhor, Vas
no ingd-sunglng uuihinE io disrust
th, utriilrcut voter who b. d.sirnus
of msklug up his mind as iu th, rrin.
riplcs involved su the coming clrc.
tiou and who docs not cer, to $40
through several hours oi nasty muck
to hear foW men r,lrNy th,m4eiy,s
of their personal splg,h Principle
Wor, diacusnrd with upcu-tuiudod
fairness ana backed 49, b., unauswor-
able logic. nud personalities were
avoided entirety except in so tar as
II was necessary Co rrtutc The hcs
which have boon 80 ludustrlously
circulated D, tho enemies of tho re.
publican part, 100 NcW Mrxico
judge T. a Mann presided over
the meeting aud introduced tn,
speaker. Judge 4 ~ l'tul of Thro,
NiNois. who was The FIRST spvaWcr,
delivered AN address witch Wps a
masterpiece go forensic orator. ana
luxic. aud which WINS fr,uuCuts IN
t,rruptrd h1 enthusiastic cheering on
the pert of thu uudicuo'. The first
part ~ his spts.h rp- devoted 90 %
discussion of the events l,uding up
% the passage uf thr statehood -l
by the extraordinary So ion oi con-
grtss--cVcnts 81 Whicn thc speaker
had urEt-hand kuuWitd-c, ls he was
u Washington ut th, time lueurlnr
in TIA. interest uf statehood Ito cum-
plet,lS onnihnatcd tn ciaim that the
Democratic party is entitled to crcdit
for the admission uf N,N Mexico 90
the union. anG showed how no rep.
roscntutiNrs. first iu the person Of
senator Owen uf Okmhumn. aud
later through M,f-rs. ForguNson,
Jones Hand and McCiill had fur the
purpose ~ partisan adsantaao made
ever, effort tp kcvp NrW MeNtpu uut
of the i'ninn, and fmlins in that had
sought to saddle the bin granting
statehood with Amendments which
would giVe them control ui the stltc.
III challenged Senator owen aud
cunrf ssmhu Flood tu meet him On
the stump In NeW M.Sico und dis
cuss THESE issues with him
Judge Fan utNt took up thp charges
Which hayr bc,n made hN tho per.
sunai .nrmirr uf ~ o. Bursum aud
literally tore them io shrrds Hero
again the speaker tDld cot Things that
cam, Within his personal knowledge
as attorney general of Sow Mexico
under former Governor currN llr
discussed the charges calmly aud dts
passiunatrlA. quoted the rec ird in the
case. and showed 90 thc absolute sat-
isiactlon of ovrrl fuir -mindcd man
not only that Nj Hursum had been
guiltlcss of ans suspicion eft wrong
doing hut that he had brrn greatly
paiigncd ana psrsccutrd bA his per-
sunal enemies who N,rr in power aud
In charge of the machinery ~ tho
territory at the time, and who had
used every means So hrng about las
downfall.
Judge Fail referred Ia ". g. Mc-
Donald. the Democratic candidate. as
q man whom be had known Tor many
years nnd who had been hiS friend.
lie said that during the time that he
ana MIR Mcdonald had served to-
gethcr IN the territorial Legislature
thcy had occupiod apartments to-
gethcr and had become intimate
friends and ~ cNprcsacd IA, duep-
esi disappointment that ". e. Me-
Donald should nov lend himself TO
such campaign of villiiieaiion aud
nth AS " heing Wagcd IN his hrhalf.
Thos, who have followed the prvsoni
,pmpaiEn could not lail 10 br i'm
rontinucd nu pau. 4 column -