Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-10-22
TAOS ACCOROS
OVATION To
N DONALD
RIO ARRlBA JOINS IN
ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME
Gang Bosses Terrified By I'M
expected Change Of Senti-
ment in Counties Regarded
as CitadeIS of Strength,
Especial Correspondence, to Morning louraall

Especial Correspondence TO Morning Journal
Taos. \. M.QcL sl.-Campaignins
with Mcdonald in Rio Arriha ANA Taos
counties more cl0seiy resvmbled q
"trtumrhal prucession'' than nolitie-
a cau,ndSn for popular aoNernment.
The re.'se seprious and oNations which
Eretted Hon, ". g. Mcdonald, the
next governor 81 New Mexico; Hon.
Felix Marliuez h,nd other mcmbers OF
the nsrtS, was in marked contrast Ia
the receptions accorded TO and meet
mgN held lay %. A. l.arruaolo. cha rles
\. Spiess. Charles Springer and other
republican, spell binders WIN preceded
them. AZ eveN place thp people,
Wlttnat rtgard td party. turned nut
Cn ptlsse aud accorded the first
guNtrnor of New Mexico receptions
thai ,learly Indicated that The people
Wefe aroused ana determined 70 think
and act ts they pleased ana vote, ac-
vordtns 20 thoir own Judgment for
good government and The end OF p0-
litical corruption. Intimidation and
hypotrisA. The sentiment eNerywhere
was strongly in favor VI the adoption
of the blue hallot or Ehmd amend
mcnf
The party which traVeled IN auto
mobile, over some verS rough country
INST With numerous delAyA aud eonse-
Qucntly could not reach the meetings
which had been arranged, for them
until several hours after the time
scheduled, In every Instance the peo-
pie waited to hear tlFedtinocritic ora
tors, and at one liieSting, held at
very inaccessible phlef in the noun
tain districts Of Taos county which
A.. ttt...t al
O'Clock at night. theN were greeted
with an audience of over three hun
drcd people who remained until after
midnight to greet the next governor
Of New Mexico and listen 10 what hp
has 20 say. Large audiences greeted
the party az every place and men whe
hnNc lived there Tor many Yeats say
THEY have never seeR such large aud
Z ldhpslastip meetings. ol' ssStich interest
manifested Az VAS asTlipinedstfatwi hs
these gatherings.
I'm both these counties. long regard.
ed us republican strongholds, hundreds
of progressive republicans are in
open revolt against the republican
machine state and county tickets, The
people have made the bosses under
stand that their votes are not for sale
and that thes do not propose TO sell
their hifth-rlght or lct the bosses
Tighten the shacklcs which now en-
slave thom, The republican bosses
have seen the handwriting on the
wall Charles A. Spioss ana Charles
Springer, whose mission to Taos eoun
tN was TO fix up the fences and
some OF the old party workers, who
have deserted the ticket, left in dis
gust
The meeting heldin the court house
at Taos on Thursday night eelipsed
anything of its kind ever held In Taos
county. The court house was filled tp
oycrllowins and standing room was
not uhlalnahle .Nlter listening FOR
nearly Two hours to llon Felix Mar
tinez and Hon. " a. Mcdonald, the
ncNt governor ~ New Mexico, the
audience pressed forward ana greet
cd Mr. Mcdonald as the hrst governor
of the state ana assured him Of their
hearty support.
MIR. Mcdonald, who followed spoke
in part rs follows.
II consider 1t a great honor to lie
the standard bearer of the democratic
party aud 10 have the unsolicited en-
durscn1ent Of the progressive repub-
LEANS. II | enjoy the confidence OF
the people, ] desire 10 serve them. |
did not seek the nomination rs Eov.
trnOr 1t came to me unSOught and
az the unanimous expression of the
confidence Of nearly three hundred
delegates representing every county
ANA every section of New Mexico. Ny
WIS not part Of a put+up
job, pat through by political
machine or bY the use of lnoneN on
ly any other corrupt means. II was
onlv the expression of the confidence
of the people which gives honor to
the nomination that induced me to nc.
cent it ~ the hands of the convention.
am not The candidate OF schemers
ana manipnlalors. No man N trying
ln elect me for the purpose OF exploit