The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27
WHAT the DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR THINKS ABOUT THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR AL TOU

Mexican Printing g. co% i Nt at Santa A q SS S. %gosarsr q q tn the sS New
-ctet Jor e nSro meAean' and candidate On the Democratic state
former tiow townsmen. Having heard that otero rccnnti, ,,J ,W "t
Wy sva's oa n u9pnu back taxes, and that Eztquicl {. de Baca the
p Uh S candidate Tor governor would appear on the platform
Would be said Ssn'S Sivn ol both went o the meeting to hear what
eyer getting oteros DELINQUENT tN money, and as his nomination by
people look with favor en- his nomination, although his viii not ,f"c1
Lieutenant Governor dc Baca had said about otero in u his ~" p,rrr. La
hear de Raca rec SumIi"I h. at L%s [ Vega and d s. Ie tom. on to
some praise 1t was an interesting meeting.
otero q s is HE custom when in a political contest. opened up
nsins the race issue ISSUE in the the G%s,sg& va H. ne Tnt RT dsa ,@n o nHg o"n
n 9 Ueen used n eTery election for many years ouelo is mol oU.F
the parasites O ali ages my ~ =. M " au nG "lg"2I ,gl' "i
the ne people eS What "t h m" .%@ ar p o@SAf G, he Son has IN mot yu chained Or 70 told
al ~ Is Republicans ,mrs and thieves and de HOa then rod the
ana 1 6dfs. state Chairman Arthur selirmans instructions to all his
1t was an attentive. dipnincd. courteous audience. bu, when de
began TO laugh and a cruel young man with a sense Of humor began
passing around the nan copies OF tarsotons OF paraguay quoted
years ago. While de Baca told the people OF his home town win, what
are a few samples:
D. "T9e q fact tns mat T., no" o, a .insl. native YET son Of the territory sg
appointed to go to Chicago on the 2st day OF June. to rep
resent the Republican party in the national convention. al
s %Mi S S%ly one aS,S ssplrn9 H.. T. and md that hat. is the "n aysr' 81 .r mhoS Sm ms
to which 8 repeatedly We have called the attention OF me
people. prove concrusiyely what We believe and that is. tina,
of oE ~pe Dr1, considers @FbH Waf' me New Wy g %e,icon n" pro1,s i" ee e% m.,
good enough to work and NOT to SIT at the table with
OTERO, WHEN HE UNDERTOOK TO RAISE THE RACE ~
SUE" AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS IN HIS LAS VEGAS SPEECH
DID NOT SUCCEED NIT HE DID SUCCEED IN RAISING SOME
OF HIS PAST wIICu WAS NOT HALF AS DEAD As HE HOPED
De Baca now going about the state telling the people that
Oero is their friend. on honest man and a good citizen. During the
eight years that Oteo was governor de Baca hardly passed an issue
NJ his paper without some statement like the one quoted above which
he evidently sincerely believed
Las Vegas ciuzers have been infinitely amused at thu exchange
o. pleasant fiction ABOUT each other between de Haca and Otcro As
When Otero raised the race issue thew recalled how DE- Raro Ul
proven Oteros attitude toward the Spanish. American people or
against them, while he was governor And when Otero told o. the
high character and personal inteFrit, and clean record OF T. q de
Raca. the people remembered his lea~, ~ rc.' '"uc" in ~. N".. n0d
the outstanding incidents therein. They recalled practically tie time
board, loaned 5000 OF the public school funds to his political boss 10
le used for the purposes ~ n local election campaign.
Men who harbor hatrtds as de Baca and Otero do: men who have
records behind them suct AZ are hehind these two are bold indcel
ami give little credit to the intelligence Of the people when they 90
"a the public platform n candid. 'e' for Office together and or the
IKE Of the effort to get votes forget their uasts The peoula have
rlvays been regarded by Oteru as fools III whole oNicia' record
proves his point Of view. But the people are not foos-and the po
ME do not forget. The people will not forget on election dpy tRi
the same newspaper at Santa ia, The New Mexican" under a an
'ereat management, Imported Otero when he VA. governor hat u
gave to him the same large proportion Of iT pace and 'r .an'
fulsome praise a is being given him now They remember Otsros
relation to the former management Of the New Mexican. and 'A.
know his relation to the present mans cement
Otero has resor'ed and will continue to resort TO unfair AN
RentlcmHny. crooked methods in this Cafnpairn u be the uyl' .s
TEN he knows The Republicans need 10 no further than his record
and the general public knowledge Of thar record to guarantee ptcros
overwhelming defeat. Such strength as de HVca mad has been lost
10 him largely by his abandonment o; priHCipl" his complete chang
statements about him covering a period OF nearly twenty wears "
active direction OF his newspaper