Las Vegas optic., 1912-10-30

- W.. OAdNlO lOAuy SCuSldt lltdudSti
for the Ten Lakes Land company
and right hand man to j D. Hand in
bringing to successful completion
the development of thousands of
acres of irrigable land in the neigh
borhood of Onava, is one of those
men who believe that the future
prosperity Of the United States de.
pends upon the continuation of the
protective tariff system. Mr.. Craw-
ford is not partisan politician, but
he is republican because he be-
lieves in republican principles. EIe
sees disaster ahead if free trade is
made a policy Of the country. For
this reason he is advising all of his
friends to vote for the reelection of
President William H. Taft.
Following is letter written by Mr..
Crawford to DR.. H. w. Smith Of Ben
ton, Ill. an old friend and associate
Onava, N. M, Oct. 27, 1912.
DR.. H W. Smith,
Benton, ILL.,,
My Dear Doctor:
! have been pretty busy and have
not written you, not because did
not want to, but for the last two
months we have been without a
bookkeeper and a stenograph er. One
stenographer and l having all the
work to do, consequently, my time
was all taken up. Now we have an
other stenographer and booekeeper
and / have little time.
have been watching the county
papers to see what stock you vert
taking in politics this year. Not see
ing your name mentioned, | have
been wondering if you were a Bull
Mooser. The first part of the name
might suit both of us. From a polite
al standpoint, however, at no time in
my life. has there ever been any
boiling blood in my veins. If do
not want to support a man, wont
do it, but am loyal to my party and
when l cease to be will be a demo
crat, as ! think they aro honest but
wholly unable to inject their free
trade policies into our republican
form of government without danger.
I believe, that owing to the present
RsstsSta Of affairs it behooves every mai
to look well to his own interest and
il. after due consideration, any man
can afford to cast his vote to chance,
under present conditions, there is
something wrong with his mental fac
ulties. Even my old friend, Judge
w s. Cantrell. though deep dyed in
democracy, if he would admit it, he
would say way down, deep in his
heart, he has doubt as to the abil-
ity of Woodrow Wilson and the demo
cratic party TO steer the old ship of
state more successfully than did
Grover Cleveland, and the same
character Of democrats who steered
her from the fourth of March, 1898
to the fourth day of March, 1897. He
would say, were he to give any ex-
PLANTATION, whatever, that the demo
cartic party has learned a lesson from
its experience gained during Presi-
dent Cleveland's last term of office,
and for that reason and for that ex-
perience he believes they are en-
abled to cope with the republican
party in maintaining stable govern
ment and prosperity. But when the
sober minded voter deliberates, with
a cool head and clear mind, upon
the democratic platform of 1892 and
the democratic platform Of 1912,
he is bound to confess than the same
free trade plank that brought chaos
to the country in '93 is installed in
the present democratic platform Of
1912. and when the turns his minds
eve upon the havoc and chaotic con-
ditions existing under that admins
tration his blood will undoubtedly run
cold, his hair raise on end when he
thinks again of the many men, wo-
men and children, the stronger OF
whom trampled the weak beneath
their feet in their scramble to get to
the free lunch counters in the big
cities: they will think too of Coxey's
army as they captured trains, in
vending their way from desolate
homes, made so by want of food and
lack Of raiment to the capital at
Washington, to lay before the Pearly
Gates mot the Pearly Gates Of the
New ,Jerusalem) but the Pearly Gates
of a democratic administration an ap-
peal for help or employment by which
they could feed their families Again
the sober thinking voter is bound to
remember that with the installation
Of William Mckinley, on the fourth
dav Of March, 1897, came an awaken
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