Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-10-27
WHAT TIL: DEMOCRATIC CA GI ATE
FOR GOVERNOR TAFSA OFT TIL:
DEMOCRATIC CiNlI H: Fun LJ ITO2
Asst WEEK in Los Vegas Miguel a. otaro. 3

Asst WEEK in Los Vegas Miguel a Qlro ,re'nrer Q the rev
H Fe New Mexican" and candidate on tho Democratic state
former teuow townsmen. Having heard rmt o,ero recently mad rao
psw 11 Sens cSnaia5ts ,o o0s oyerno 1 WOMB mS' menu nnsSr ON ne he n'otforn
with him. the neishuSrs o boh went 10 me meeting 10 near what
ever getting oteros delinquent tax money, and as his nomination by
people look with favor on his nomination. although ths vil not affect
Lieutenant Governor de Baca had said about Otero in his paper, la
s Ho1 de- IL T parn ,o cmUI his former former CC5Se Tf io 80 u Im' ts rr guo y" fI M
some praise. 1t was an interesting meeting.
otero. as is his custom when in a political contest opened up
using N the race issue; in the Pecos Wales. This weIilgon old charge
has been zen used ed. in n every election lee c for many Years y .u 0tero ism is not ,s an orig .,
3e ~ TS5 apd S Ei nt Sggi ans bacR Re N he iae NET o cb ar Si"'S Or, Z t tGg
ne A TsnrI e a Mai NV ,nI 5n pac, bssd dom m in ffts a6,o1fgo ~ moe
al the Republicans lars and thieves; and de Boca thn toid The
and ,9i9yes state Chairman Arthur soigmo r. iaatgaions TO- all his
thieves
It was q attentive identified courteous audience, but when d
began to Q loag FSus I a cruel %iy young onn man man With a a. sense Of humor began
2ss sI9gg around the tr r nals gG gnato Of gsn pha.E1 OF eaT3sTaPss u q9Gt,4
years ago. While de Baea tod the people Of his home town what
line Of paragraphs from de Bacas La yOz of which the following
are a few samples:
The fact that not a single native son of the territory ap
pears on the list Of delegates which the governor (oteroJ
appointed to 90 TO Chicago on the DIST day Of June, to rep
resent m hep pu1%E Party M w ,, ~ IL national mn cG1,en nhGiE, t %f
said otero evidently has to the race, onehaf Of whose blood
runs through his veins. This ad lis mony other. acts
people. prove conciusfyeiy what we believe. and that is, that
on ofe "P sGHS5poF eonsIGors m lRot ne T SS G %eyieaS S' 6e66s s so 5 iast
their Lord
OTERO. WHEN HE UNDERTOOK TO RAISE THE trace IS
SUE" AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS NJ us Las VEGAS SPEECH.
DID NOT SUCCEED. BUT He DID SUCCEED IN RAISING SOME
OF HIS PAST WHICH WAS NOT HALE AS DEAD AS HE HOPED
De Baca is now going about The state telling The people that
Otero is their friend, on honest man and a good cluzcn. During the
eight years that Otero was governor dc Baca hardly passed an issue
of his paper without some statement like the one quoted above, which
he evidently sincerely believed.
Las Vegas ciuzors bevo been infinitely amused ot.he exchange
az pleasant fiction about zach other between de Baca and Oero As
the bouquets we're passed back ans forth the people remembered.
When Otero raised the race issue they recalled how de Baca had
proven Oteros attitude toward the Spanish-Amercan people, or
against them, while he was governor Ard when 0iero told Of the
nigh character and personal integrity and clean record of e. de
Baca. the people remembered his years of residence IN LIS Neaos and
the outstanding incidents therein. They recalled practically the time
when de Baca as a member and secretary Of the LCs Vegas school
board, loaned 5000 Of the public school funds TO his political boss, to
lie used for the purposes OF a local election campaign.
Men who harbor hatreds as de Baca and Otero do: men who have
records behind them such as are behind those two, are hold indeed
On the public platform as candidate for Office together aud for the
AXE OF the effort to Get votes. forget their r0ts The peope have
always hecn regarded by Otero ne fools His whole official record
proves his point OF view. But tho ueople ore not fools-and the po-
re DO not forget. The people WIFI rot forget on election day that
the same newspaper at Santa re. THE New Mexican" under a diff
ferent management, suppOrted Ctno when he was governor; that il
gave to him the same large prop7~ton Of ITS spree and the eame
ugome praise as is being given him now They remember Oteros
relation TO tho former management Of the New Mexican; and they
know his relation TO The present management
Otero has resored and will continue 10 resort to unfair. m-
genuemanly, crooked methods In this cUmnotgn It is the only svf
tenn he knows. The Republicans need go no further than his record
and the general public knowledge OF that record to guarantee Oteros
overwhelming defeat. Such strength as de Bacl had has been lost
10 him largely by his abandonment Of prncp'e. his complete change
Of front and his public reputation Of his fight on Otero and his
statements about him covering a period Of nearly twenty years Of
active direction OF his newspaper