Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-10-27
OTERO'S FIGHT ON PRESIDENT WILSON

ID oEs any conception Of honor abide in the heart or mind Of a
- man who accepts a nomination for one Of the principal offices
tnues day after day to slug the head of his ticket?
siblo PUP Pre 4 eS%S Il certainty !" is, but not s i1RS os f m it i% aoGa.
ally exists in New Mexico today. The situation should receive seri
of the case tbe De IocI tsg pe T ohia IN N I nsu state to d H. aHsr IA "a review tSs
nrmatve, we call upon each and every one Of them to support Miguel
\ The socaued Democratic state convention which So nagrantly
m msrePPresented the 9emoeracy OF New Mexico in Santa Fe on August
oteros nomination was a shock to a large majority Of the delegates
upon them. They had supposed that one of their own party would
&C out for ~ his SS friend e@ d"t the s R%ipq Fe N S% T 9siea0 and mGO Se sfip pea
same smooth ease that n he s slipped him as his T%%d O onto te
Mr. otgo never has been a Democrat He served for many years
p9 a neP o9gcS gUfef N 50 0' { mm t fn RSgn6 oil New Do Mexico Sn al ,Rs
Republican, convention in 1911 declined to consider fayorably his
discovery that the 6: o, P Of this state was composed of crooks and
has been engaged exclusively N throwing mud at the Republican or
Mr. T o3sr5 PT %ss eaHesr aid t, not to 39T Ia 3Ss e ass2t this Convention yss5 aep &c,
ally in Governor Mcdonald. who saw to it that his hopes We're not
in vain. and who is now lighting alongside otero on the stump in an
effort to put him over on the people as he did upon the Democracy
D,DJ Mr. of o tier .s sraes5aTy 1s aSssP3sa the III I honor Ts Q! a nomination ION sss H.. at the the
5a some Ian , Gamp3 5 al in support S of the STATE TSpl ticket. o He cannot Ss
Mr. 0teros-tcke and in calling upon the people to repudiatte
supporting the state ticket His persistent and yndctfve denounc.
Which = IS is sl5 paSlsSeS Sg daay e s SS5a F z : "'oaS" ne Mexican
Mexican %i PRINT Printing 3 ' com 'oaso' when 1@o p II 81 ne the 9" .SSs% M G5 S' II
of t pee nr Am Tad'I rcoqs ' hG s s6a5 OF Sc Ieyel iHe years MeT ne ma been eonci Gne
Some have held that he was the absolute dictator of its policies,
lowed by the newspaper in the present campaign appear to bear out
At the head Of the editorial column CT the New Mexican ie a list
OF its officers and employees and in. this list appears the name:
MIGUEL A. oTERo, sr, Treasurer.
Under this; in a box, n blackfaced type, the following is now
The New Mexican Is opposed to the reelection of Wood
row Wilson, Democratic candidate for President, o the
ground that the national honor national peace and national
prosperity are unsafe in his hands, a IS evidenced by the re-
suits of his four years in office. It is therefore supporting
Charles E. Hughes.
That is the record. It IA 80 plain that no man may gainsay or
explain it away. What do the Democrats OF New Mexico think Of
this pie hunter who has been thrust upon them by Governor Melon
aid and a handful of his friends among the delegates to the Demo
cratic state convention? They did not stop there. They went fur
Their and nominated for corporation commissioner BonifacO Mon
tCya, another Progressive. Up to the time of the convention both
OF these men were pledged to the support OF Mr. Hughes for the presi
denCy If they have declared a change in their political views since the
convention, no one has seen or heard Of such a declaration.
Did Governor Mcdonald and his supporters in the Democratic
state convention trade President Wilson for the privilege of throw
Ing the sop of these two offices to the Progressives and thereby
gaining their support for the Mcdonald scheme of a return to the
executive chair without making the race therefor? No one knows,
but the consensus Of opinion is that this is now and will be the effect
of the two nominations, whatever may have been the consideration
behind their nomination. It has been suggested that Otero and Mon.
toya both sacrificed Hughes in order to get a chance at the pie
counter. SO long as Treasurer and Director Otero of the New Mex
lean continues to make his vicious attacks upon President Wilson
there viii be little reason to believe that he has renowned his for
mer position as a supporter OF Hughes. And his attacks upon the
President have been vciOus-eXceedingly vicious. The platform with
respect to the national ticket at the masthead of the New Mexican"
is the mildest criticism Of the President that has been printed on its
editorial page for more than two years.
Are the Democrats of New Mexico supporting this man Otevo.
who publishes daily in his newspaper a denunciauon of the head Of
the Democratic ticket? Are they in harmony with Governor McDOn-
aid who claims to be the original Wilson man and who Is resporsi-
bic for Otero's presence on the Democratic state ticket? Are they
in harmony with Oteros policies which arc on record?
Are they?