Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-10-05
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Declaration OF Principles.
The following platform was adopt
cd by the convention:
we, the democrats OF New Mexico,
in convention assembled at Santa Fe
publish the following declaration of
principles in this campaign:
We reaffirm our devotion to the
principles of our political faith as an
nounced in our last national and
territorial platforms, believing that
their execution makes for the highest
and best interests OF the people. and
VIII secure a goyernincilt Of purer de-
mocracy fJeffersoniun government
of equal rights 20 all and special priv
ileges to none
I'VE rejoice with ard congratulate
the people on the final attainment OF
statehood. which secures the oppor-
tunity for full measure of home rule
and self government In the conduct of
eur local affairs.
''We further rejoice as a party and
congratulate the people as a whole
that in the crisis of the statehood bat
tie we had a democratic house of rep.
resentatives, true to the time-honor-
ed democratic declaration and effort
in behalf Of statehood. that dragged
from reluctant republican senate
and president their consent to the
Flood resolution, which not only won
for us the battle of sixty years, but
gave us also this opportunity to Sc
cure the advantages of self-govern-
ment so dear to the people OF a SOW
ereign state In this great union; and
we express our heartfelt gratitude to
the democratic and progressive re-
publican majority in congress for se-
curing to us immediate statehood un
der the terms of the Flood resolution,
all of which had been denied to us by
republican congress and president
Tor fifteen years.
We further congratulate the peo-
pie that the Flood resolution repeas
the proviso of the enabling act under
which a republican president and
republican congress compelled us to
place in our constitution a provision
disqualifying all of our citizens to hold
state office or become members OF
the legislature, who cannot read,
write, speak and understand the Eng
lish language sufficiently well to con-
duct the duties of the office without
the aid of an interpreter and we call
the especial attention of the people 20
the fact that this unmerited, discrimi-
mating and m A M ericar npnyio;oy,
IN our constitution today, and that thu
adoption of the Flood substitute for
article 10 provides simple way to
take out this unjust provision, while
at the same time iY guarantees to all
citizens forever the fun right of eleo.
tive franchise, the benefit of the pub
lie school system and the enjoyment
of their ancient rights and customs.
1--WE record our adherence to the
time-honored doctrine of tariff re-
form, tariff graduated to the rev.
enue needs of n government, econom-
ically administered, condemning the
tariff policy and legislation of the re-
publican party under which the mass
es OF the people are being taxed for
the benefit of few, under which vast
com binations of wealth have accrued,
and oppressive monopolies have come
into existence and under which even
the necessaries of life for the masses
have become the plaything OF specu-
lation and the profitable subjects of
corporate greed and monopolstic rob-
berry under the sanction of unholy
law.
I'VE favor the direct primaries for
the nomination of all officers where
ever practicable and we especially
favor the election of United States
senators by the direct vote Of the
people.
I'VE favor the passage of law by
our first state legislature which will
provide all necessary school books at
the expense of the state. free OF
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