Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-09-29

! victory at the polls on November
I accept the nomination with the fu
] approval of the platform which 70
have here adopted, and 1t shall be m
l pleasure to defend and preach tn
doctrine contained therein as enur
ciated by the republicans here !
convention assembled and the pee
pie of New Mexico, and it is in thos
policies so enunciated that I trus
that we will be enabled to obtain til
approval of the electors of the ney
state of New Mexico on November Z
If am elected governor, I shall nn
dertake to the best of my ability t
see that the laws are faithfully exc
cuted, and If we have bad laws th'
quickest way to secure their repeS
will be through enforcement. l shall
have no enemies to punish moi
friends to reward at the expense ot
4 the public will do my very bes
to carry out the promises ard
the pledges contained III your plat
form.
If | am elected governor, I shall
favor the passage OF, a corrupt prac-
tice act. There is nothing so de
moralizing in politics as the use oi
money in elections, and the sooner
it is stopped the better, and l will
pledge you here that it shall be my
effort to seek such legislation as will
guarantee to the people of this state
honest elections, protection, the purity
and sanctity of the ballot and provide
some method by which the voter may
be enabled to vote secretly without
any workers at the polls watching 70
see what ticket he is about to hand
in to the election judges.
If / am elected governor. it shall
be my policy to urge and use what,
ever influence may possess toward
securing q land policy which will en-
able homeseekers, home builders, to
obtain small tracts OF land at tho
most reasonable terms. The public
lands of this state which belong to
land grants and to forest reserves
represent nearly one-half of the en-
tire area of the state. There are
those who say that we ought to re-
tain the lands as future heritage
and for future generations, that we
should lease them all, represent sort
of landlord policy, and tenantcy; If
we are to produce this policy, how
can we expect to obtain immigra-
tion from other states. l say to you,
my fellow citizens that wherever an
acre OF land may be made to pro-
duce, where it may be made to pro-
vide for family and home, dis
position should be made by the state
government to give every encourage
ment toward the home builder, the
man with family, and build up the
country, make productive the land
which is now non-productive; make
taxable property where we have none
now, and better than all provide
place where our neighbors from the
east may come and build homes and
make prosperous state and com
monwealth That, my friends, is my
intention with reference to the lands
of the state of New Mexico We
should encourage irrigation enter
prises. There are great areas of
land non-productive which may be ir-
rigated and made valuable by the
pumping systems. believe that It
is the duty of the state to encour-
age these things.
We need good roads. think that
the state of New Mexico is more in
need of good roads than anything
else that l can think of at this time.
JOOu IOdub diO al cSoSutidl W IuC
transaction of commerce as rail-
rods We have the rich mining
camps situated long distances away
from the railroad, but have no means
Of transportation If they had good
roads it would help build up the
country, it would help bring in the
capital If we had our roads so that
the eastern people could be able to
visit the richest portions of our state,
in many instances situated long dis
tances away from the railroads; II
they were enabled to come in with
automobiles and other conveyances
it would assist very materially toward
bringing in capital, and toward build
ing up the state. am in favor of
every encouragement toward the
building of roads. am in favor of