Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-10-09
KEYNOTE OF STATE CAMPAIGN
SOUNDED BY BURSUM, CLANCY and
Springer AT ENTHUSIASTIC Meeting

say, blessed is the man that tills th
soil. He is doing more for your coul
try than anyone else in the shape {
developing its resources and it /
from this source that you may expec
in the future greater Las Vega
and San Miguel county.
Honor has been conferred upon m
BY being chosen as the republican
nominee for governor.
The importance of this campaigi
is not confined to the immediate re
suit of this election. The outcome o
, this election to great degree vii
settle the future policies OF this state
Measures, not men, are the vita
questions. Men come and go, bu
measures and principles are ever liv
ing issues Mud singing, persona
abuse and villiiication are not argu
ment, and whenever restored to it is
prima facia evidence of weakness
The party, or set of men, who seek
to set up as their paramount claim
for recognition a ''holyier than thou
cry, their white winged, angelic
qualities testified to and admitted by
themselves, can only be accepted as
conclusive evidence that the unholy
alliance Of the little coterie Of dis
appointed Office seekers, calling them
selves republicans and democrats,
have sacrificed principle for place.
Like Benedict Arnold, who sold his
soul for commission in the British
army and then failed to receive 1t,
they have betrayed the party to
which they pretended allegiance, In
consideration of petty mess of pot.
tage. In an tatteinpt 40 Justify this
unholy barter which has Drought
forth the birth of mongrel ticket
a little click, few sore heads, Ills
appointed in their past and present
political fortunes, have attempted to
cast odium on the republican nom-
inee for governor They say that he
has been bad superintendent of the
penitentiary, and by inuendo, seek
to intimate that the records of that
institution have been destroyed; that
he is seeking this election as vindi-
cation. Now, my fellow citizens,
these charges were made several
years ago. answered them through
the only tribunal through which all
such controversies are, settled, by
bringing suit for an adjudication OF
the affairs of the penitentiary under
my tenure of Office, before the district
court of this territory. The decision
is a matter of public record on file
at the office of the clerk of the dis
trict court. There were no records
destroyed. There was no money
found to be due. There was no evi-
dence of graft or extravaganza, and
| challenge any proof to the con-
trary The territory was represented
by its attorney general. The United
States government was represented
by special counsel. Before decision
was rendered, the presiding judge
asked in open court, if any person
within the hearing of the court had
any objection to offer why judgment
should not be rendered in my behalf
to state them. The decision was sub
ject to appeal. No appeal was taken.
The investigation was carried on in
public at the capitol building in
Santa Fe for six months or more.
If these industrious angels were
as disappointed then as they are now
and will be after November 4, were
they in possession of any proof, why
did they not present it? They didn't
\ have it, they can't produce it, be-
cause there was nothing to produce,
unless manufactured by drunken bum
experts hired for price, have
nothing to defend. No apologies to
make for my administration Of the
penitentiary nor in any other public
or private capacity, and l do not in
tend to permit that the real issues
of this campaign shall be blinded by
a lot of concocted slush, Matched up
by a little coterie of disappointed po-
llitical hypocrites to cover up the un-
holy alliance in seeking to justify a
sacrifice of principle for pottage.
The opposition ticket has been mis-.
named. l understand it is to be off,
ciallv known as the democratic
ticket and its platform is all 'holiel
than thou" men. Now, 1t seems to me
that the proper name for the ticket
should have been the Ticket Of
Angels Imagine the presentation
by the arch angel for classification