Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-09-21


dijate for congress is at the progre
sive headquarters here today, arranl
ing final plans for speaking tou
OF the state which will carry him int
every county "I am going to max
hard, conscientious campaign sal
Mr. de Baca today, land l believ
that | will be elected l am goin
to make my campaign on both nation
al and local issues-especially am
going to talk against the domination
OF our legislatures as they have beel
dominated in the past and whic
made possible such disgracefu
lRs8cene "a the throwing out of the sen
sfe .0f Abelino Romero who was tn
bones choice of the people of thi
4 hui Tor member of that body.
Y Romero was summarily kick
1ed out without hearing or withou
even anY excuse being offered becaus'
he WOULD not obey the dictate of {
handful OF bosses employed by thu
st. Louis, Rcscky Mountain and Pacific
railroad and Aothers that l may bt
compelled to Nname before the fgh
- over. 1t was scene that will live
long in my memory. !, myself, was
yking the same N attitude as Mr.. Ro
,ro. l too, wass refusing to obey
Sc rescals and well do know that
they bssts in position to have
so, those same mef would have
wn me out Of the h0n1aAnd would
returned SandovAl cd1tyty to the
.sule or the same set Of lmenf no made
, justice, and honesty in public ofiice a
joke among the poor people there
whose only chance to live was to
work like slaves for the beneAtssof
the few - sE 3 A
Il might say with refersnA \ te our
democratic friends that ws M Al
today be upon the same xley ~ but
for the fact that the progressive party
holds out to us a new deal all aaAscund,
ADEQUATE protection for our sheep and
wool industries, our cattle Industries
and protects our labor against the
pauper labor of Europe.
Then, too, we have seen the guiding
hand of the same men who now DOM
mate the republican party, stretch
across the line and operate in the
democratic party Well do we know
how to fear them for they know no
party and they care nothing for any
ore but themselves and their crooked
corporations. I want it known now,
that l am not opposed to corpora
tions. A corporation that is honest
is a good thing for this state or any
other state. But / do want it known
that the people of this state can de-
pend upon me, to oppose the grabbing
of our state lands, the typing up OF
our coal, mineral and timber lands
by such men as Mr.. Springer. Mr.. Van
Houten, Mr.. Spiess and those kind OF
men. if I am elected to the house OF
congress.
II did not seek the nomination.
was content to remain in the leglsla-
ture and to continue the fight there,
that | started the day | took my oath
OF office. The nomination came to
ME as complete surprise. But
when accepted that nomination, l
decided right then and there to go
into the fight and to go in with all
my heart, with all honesty and with
al firm determination to accomplish at
least the defeat of those men and of
their candidates
Concerning Mr.. Jaffa, / have no.
thing to say at this time. I will ask
him, however, from the stump, to
state to the people if, in accepting
that nomination at the hands of thosj
same men and their party machinery
which threw the first progressive out
OF the senate, if he endorses that act?
II will ask him if he stands commit
ted to such corporations as the st.
Louis, Rocky Mountain and Pacific
railroad and it's holding concerns? If
he believes in the poor man being
placed upon the land or if he believes '
i'll the land, the timber and the coal !
of this state, the water and the salt,
beiug tied up for the benefit of Mr..
Springer, Mr.. Spiess, Mr.. Van Houten I
and their eastern capitalists? 2
"T am going before the people-me, 8
poor old Marcos c. de Baca-at whom l.
those political bosses laughed during e
The last legislature and I am going Q
10 tell the people the facts in the
case. They are telling the people v
hat am joke, that l will not run, n
hat l can't get any votes, that no a
,ne has any confidence in me, that /
,mount to nothing.
But before this campaign is over v
will have preached the truth into p
every county in this state and there al
will be none who can refute what ! h
Iay for it will be Gods honest truth. tt
Especially do appeal to the young =
nan-the man who is casting his first al
,allot for president in this great state
= ours. To him, will say-neither
# the old parties hold out anything re
o you. They are top heavy with the B
Id men who have held them in their sc
rip for years-who still selfishly re- 81
ain their grip and say to the young ST
nan, we don't want you. They say of