El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-12

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pondability in the management d
State affairs. They are p~ointingate
the unparalleled progress of edu'
cation; to the magnificent record Of
highway construction; to McDon-
AIDS consistent record of urging
and working for constructive legis-
lation and vetoing bad Legislation
to the wonderful growth of state
banking under his wise and honest
supervision; to the passage Of a
sound state banking law, chiefly as
a result Of the persistent work Of
the governor; to the efficient work
Of Governor McDonald's state
bank examiner; to the splendid ac-
ltivities Of Democrats on the state
tax commission to the reformation
of conditions i'm the state prison
and the ablest and cleanest manages
ment of that institution on record;
to the economical and efficient adj
ministration Of the affairs Of state
institutions iii general, and to the
fact that not a suspicion Of graft
Tor c~rookedness attaches to the
handling Of the funds Of the state.
The Democrats point to the adj
mirable fight made by the lieuten-
ant governor against the rule Oh
ruin policy Of a Republican legis
lative majority and his firm stand.
for the rights of the minority, the
people and for the laws and the
constitution. They point to the UNI
equalled record Of IN. "A. Otero in
pulling the territory out Of debt
and putting it on its financial feet;
they point to the wholesome in
fhence for advanced educati0n.and
clean government exerted by Sec.
Rotary of State Antonio Lncero;
and they lay before the people con
fdently and unashamed the records
of every other candidate on the
ticket.
Meanwhile the Republicans keep
silent. They have not reviewed
with pride the career of I'll. 0. Bur
sum as penftentiary superintendr
emit, road builder, taxpayer, mayor
and county ruler. They have not
reviewed the legislative achieve
ments Of the law making body oil
which he has been so long the con-
trolling force.
The Republicans are silent on the
official career Of Frank A. Hubbell,
county treasurer and school super
intendent, bounty dictator, legisla-
tor, lobbyist. They have not laid
before US his record as a Republi-
can. They have not eulogized his
benefcent rule in BernaliHo coun-
ty nor pointed with exultation to
the official honesty and competency,
the development and progress and
county prosperity which he achiev-
ed while in power. They have kept
on every phase of his official
record, contenting themselves with
claiming that he is worth half a
million dollars.
The Republicans are silent on the
chronicles Of Gregory Page
Of Mckinley county. They are
silent on the official and POLITICAL
and economic conditions obtain
ing in Mckinley county under his
as. dictator.
They are likewise silent on the
record as county boss and office
Of Malaquias Martinez. Of
Taos county, and his record in Re
publican legislatures. p
The Democrats are pointinga'
specifically with pride; the Repub-
are not pointing to their can
lidates at all. They're pointing
away from them.
Forgetting for the moment all
he charges, the undenied facts ]
which have been published regard !
.ng the Republican candidates; as
j reasonable, thinking man, Mr..
New Mexico Voter doesn't it ap- !,
bear strange to you that the Re
are, silent on the very
Kings which must qualify or dis