The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-09-09
Platform of the Democratic Party
of New Mexico for 1916 Campaign

We, the Democratic party of the
state of New Mexico, in convention
assembled, at Santa Fe, this 3Oth
day of August, 1916, hereby reafllrm
our allegiance to the principles Ct
Democracy as practiced by our ma
tional Democratic administration,
and as declared in the Democratic
platform adopted II convention at st.
Louis on June IS, 1916.
We heartily endorse the national
Democratic administration in its en-
actment of the greatest banking and
currency law the country has ever
hadyand particularly in view of the
complete failure of the Republican
party in its behalf; jH the reforma-
ton of the tariff after the Repubil-
can party had revised it upward in
stead of downward, as the people OF
the country had commissioned that
party to do: in the creation of a
trade commission after the Republi- .
can party had neglected this duty
all its years; in doubling the size
of the United States army and max
ing provisions for general military
training; in forming the greatest
naval bill in the history of the coun-
try: in taking the tariff completely
out of partisan politics by Providing
for non-partisan tariff commission
inenacting the shipping bill which
will rehabilitate the American mer-
chant marine; in passing the good
roads bill which Will make available
to New Mexico for good roads over
million and a half dollars; in a
mending the enlarged homestead act
so as to make its provisions avail
able 10 a vast number OF our worthy
homesteaders who were unable TO
obtain contiguous lands as required
by the old law, and we point with
pride tosthe immediate benefit that
has accured to the people of our
state through the enactment Of this
law, as is evidenced by the thous-
ands of filings already made by our
people in less than two months
operation of the law; that in enact
ing the rural credits bill, under the
provisions of which the farmers of
this country will be enabled to OBJ
tain credit on low rate of interest
and very long time; in keeping the
United States out of the terrible war
that is devastating large portion
of Europe, and in keeping our own
nation at peace with honor: in doing
more for the country in three years
than the Republican party did in
sixteen years of continuous power.
The Democratic party is unwilling
to abrOgate the fundamental prin-
ciple upon which our government is
founded as declared in the Declara-
tion of Independence, tO-wit; Thai
all Republican forms of government
derive their just powers from the
consent of the governed, and we de-
nounce the declaration in the Reput
lican platform in regard TO Mexico
which can and does mean nothing
less than Intervention and the es-
tablishment by force in that cOun-
try of a government of our OWL
making, thus involving our country
in war of conquest of the Mexican
people, the sacrifice of the lives OF
thousands of Americans and Mexi-
can citizens, the destruction of al
enormous amount of property, the
expenditure of immense sums OF
money, and the alienation of the re-
spect and confidence of the citizen;
of every Latin-American republic
and we therefore denounee as un-
patriotic and as an attempt to trans
form this government into tyranny
which will impose upon the people Of
Mexico a government they do noi
wish.
We are fully confident that upoT
the establishment in Mexico, full r,
paration is so far as is possible, fol-
the loss of American lives and full
compensation for the loss Of proper
ty Of American citizens will be OBJ
tanned through the peaceful process
of diplomacy, and in accordance will
the existing treaty obligations be-
tween Ne two countries.