Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09
HUGH WILLIAMS A
GOOD Man TO
REFLECT
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
CORPORATION COMMISSION
Err HAS GOOD RECORD

We all of us remember the tales of
the boyhood of those who have been
candidates for office, and those
stories have stayed with us in the
after years. We have not forgotten
the books Of long ago which told of
the bitter struggle of Lincoln, the rail
splitter; of Garfield, the canal driver,
and the stories of the early efforts of
so many of our public men, battling
onward in the world against the awful
odds which confront everyone who
is trying to make his way.
One of the candidates before the
people of New Mexico has his pa
thetic, manly and appealing story of
boys life and the outcome of a
brave strife against bitter odds.
Hugh Williams, candidate for cor
poration commissioner on the repub-
lican ticket, saw the harsh and dis
tressing side of life in his early years
and it required the sterling determi-
nation and manly courage which is
part of his makeup to win out,
gaining, as he did, one promotion
after another, from the corporations
with which he was connected. The
position which he holds he won be-
cause of his recognized fidelity and
peculiar fitness. Now after the ex-
perience in the position he is only
better qualified than before to work
out those problems which are for the
good of the people of this great state.
and he is heart and soul bound UP In
the desire to do just this thing. 1t
is not necessary for the voters of
New Mexico to speculate on what po-
sition Hugh Williams will take on
certain questions and how he will
stand on others, as mis- inventory has
been made and by it he can be judg-
ed. His whole record is the record
of man of the people, and yet pos
sessed of a strict sense of justice.
With these qualities of nature and
with the experience of the past three
years in the position is it not the
part of wisdom and good citizenship
to re-elect Williams to this position
which he has so we'll and satisfactor-
lily filled?
His opponent on the democratic
ticket is Adolph Hill of Santa Fe. 1t
is not possible to tell much of the
qualifications of Mr.. Hill for the po-
sition to which he aspires, as his life
has been mainly spent in the holding
of minor, or clerical, positions and
he has not been fitted for those which
require initiative or judgment, or of
weighing questions on their merits
The work which he has been accus-
toned to has been that laid out by
others who have been in superior po-
sitions and have been the ones to
give the orders. He has simply obey
ed, and recorded. His whole life has
been in this atmosphere and that is
not the kind that fits men to weigh
matters on their own merits ana to
be judge of the rights of men and
measures. The corporation commits
sion is one of the important depart
ments of the state and as members
of it we want men of experience and
power of discernment and ability to
weigh.
1t is not necessary to speak in a
lengthy manner of the candidate of
the progressive party as he will not
cut any figure in the campaign. His
name is John McTeer and he is a res
ident of Deming, in the real estate
business. Even If he were man of
peculiar fitness for the position and
possessed of more than usual ability,
the party with which he is associated
precludes him from any real consid-
GRAFTON. 1t is not matter of very
great moment who or what he is.