The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-11-04


people of New Mexico Every one 1T
the ,nNiors there, every one ~ thr.,
true patriots who are now appealing
for your suffrage we're thrrr dnN after
day. aud week after week. demanding
that cougtrs. amend YOUR constitution
herau-c ,,T wrt" too susceptible tu cor
mpt things tu be- allowed nu uppurtu
nit, 20 amrud It yuurs, ,rs Finally
un the last day Of S,c hrunng before
the committee, when charge after charge
hard been made against the citizenship
"f New Mexico that they were corrupt
aud not ahic tu manage the affair of
the territory. arose before that com.
mittcc aud said ~ them. Gentlemen
YOU are Hll members uG rongrrs. repre-
scuiiug the different states IN this Union
aud n YOU believe what Jones. Fcrgu
sou Hanna, Miguel aud these other
poopl" are saying tu YOU about the pco.
pie Of New Mexico, say ~ you that
under Your oath ~ congressman ~ the
United states Won should vote ahso
Mexico NOW aud forever hccausr ot
the charges nrr true then We ns the riti
lcnship ~ the territory are not worthy
10 associate with the other states of the
lnion ! handed Ia Mr.. laGrec IN the
opening of the committee copy of the
Albuquerque journal containing q tel
cprnm which these men could no, get
away from, hcrausc u wns signed h,
\. \. Jones, Miguel aud Ferguson and
Mr. l.nGrec read Il to 10" committee.
This is the way ho Telegram reads.
% We hnd u imp0-siblr 20 get early nd
m ,,ion without providing for sonr
change IN the enabling act method oI
amending ihr constitution hv the people
II - utterly useless to talk NJ early ad
mission. The action of Fall Curry aud
other republicans here ARE causing the
DELAY. Now. We will see from the
records the opinion of some - the
Democrats on that committee were: Mr.
l.nGrcc of South Carolina who was q
democrat, and lighting democrat q, that
he said. 'li du"s seem TO me. and I
want 10 go on record here. that hi,
il very unfair ~ the members ~ tris
committee that these gentlemen who
protested against the constitution should
send out telegram ~ this kind I fo
one. wns willing 10 vote for this consti
tuition n u stood aud never for ~
instance Thought - Offering any pus.i
hle compromise until these four gen
rlrm"n raised certain question, b"tuu
his committee. aud ! think every mem
hrr at this committee should i.'. IN,
same way. aud want IL to go ou rcrori
rr n j. being rausoi by he question
raisrd hv four gentlemen who wired {,
he contrary 10 their home purer I
Nas ready tu vote 'or the constitution
l> il stood, hut IN urdcr to satisfy them
hnN" been rnd"1,"r NC 10 hring about
n compromise nf ;u" ~, tier. an I 'hihi
,hcir people at tpr,r should know b.. l.
."cms "a m" ,hrv %. pinvirg on" gam,
with uS aud V.rrg another condition
10 home people. >o' yuly Mr.. ,.t'urc
hut number ~ o,rrr, ~ tha, tim,
stated that they had also been =" 'ayu.
of the constitution all the while MT ha,
been willing "a make rompromi.r
il suited the people best.
want To say To YOU, nv friends. thai
The constitution ~ this territory ~ mui
easily amended than that Of an o'hc'
IN the l'n"n except the state ~ Mis-
souri, aud south Dakota. These thing
were not pointed nut 10y Mr. Floo
when he wu, taking such AN intrrcs'
in our constitution being amended ~,
didn = tell you that your cou,t t.ut,oI
was far more easy 10 bc amended tlni
the constitution Of Virginia. his owl
state, am not going tu talk - yc,
amy further along this line as ! lo no
think that II j. necessary, hut haN,
here before me another speech that 20,
have heard. II was made by Que who al
one time occupied the highest position
which could be- held IN this great terri
tory. that Of Governor This speech !
made by Herbert \, llagcrmnn, Nh
hat he had no further interest IN mak
ing the vile accusations he was making
sgain~, the republican standard beare
In this campaign than that of patrioii'
'itizen, that he WAS following II. q
liursum going from one end of the ter
! r,tory Ia the other abusing MIR. bur-uu
to the people simply because he was
patriotic citizen. aud that II was hi
duty TO tell the people what he knew
aud why he knew that Bursum was no
man who could be trusted with thei
suffrage.
Now. lets go back to the time whe
llagcrman was governor ~ this terrific
~. No one In New Mexico had eve
dreamed of the appointment Of Mr.. lla
german. His father had invested none
in the Pccos Valley, and together wit
the elder brother ~ Herbert llage
man had from time tn time spent son
portion Of few years In the terrtor
| Hprbert Iluperman Ind searealy hes