Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-08

ranging the tours No word should b
said by any of them. except in the in
terest of the Liberty Loan campaign
In conclusion. I want TO disabus
your mind of the belief that all of you
delegates hurried home to engage Il
the Liberty Loar drive. Your dele
gates from Bernalillo county on thei
return, at once called a meeting, raiset
money and have entered actively int
the political campaign. Your candi
date for lieutenant governor aud TO
secretary of state are in this city to
day, not on Liberty Loan work but il
active political camnaigning, How
many other candidates and delegate
from your convention have side
tracked the Libert-- Loan work fol
partisan politics. I do not know. The
excuse of the democrats here is: ''Wt
must do our best every minute or WI
shail not he able to elect man OF
our tlcNe'' mat Is quotation IRON
one Oh your leaders mere
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santa ZEE. oct. o. 1918
Hom' george craig,
chairman republican state central
committee,
Albuquerque, ~ NJ
i MY Dear MT. craig Upon my re-
! turn 10 santa Fc una your letef OF
! OCTOBER lilVitlhS Two candidates
Whon you select out OF the Twelve
i nominated by the democratic state
/ cohYehtlon last week. TO JON TWO OF
the cahdldates' Whom you also Sc
| lectea; from those nominated ~ the
! Tepuphcah state convention TINS week,
| 10 engage IN JOINT speaking cam :
palsh IN nehalf OF the Liberty Bona
safes tle TOUR nominees 10 tfaNei TO-
| gether ana speak once each DAY, at
che same houf from me same plat
iornl'
Why not utilize the two candidates
for the state supreme court, who arc
presumed to be above all PARTISAN
ship?
Your apparently patriotic proposal
comes so near to that of the demo-
cratic idea of eliminating politics alto
gether during these epoch-making
days of the Liberty Loan drive that
we are certain that you will accent
our counter proposal, which avoids
even the appearance or possibility OF
partisan politics being injected into
the patriotic drive.
I, for one, detest the man or the
party that would seek to gain parti-
san advantage under the cloak of pa
triotism, whether this advantage is
sought openly, boldly brazenly, cum
ningly or treacherously.
Our suggestion would be. there
fore, to have the candidates on both
sides refrain altogether until October
49, from appearing on any public
platform or making any public rd-
dress, for no matter how safeguarded,
the very appearance of candidates on
the public platform suggests partisan
politics, and no matter how patriot
ically and unselfshIy each candidate
would plead the cause of the Liberty
Bonds. 1t would seem to be almost
impossible to avoid altogether refer
ence to the national issues or to fore
stall political or partisan references
or discussions of candidates with their
friends or the people before, after
and during meetings. Instead of par
tisan state committees, therefore
placing the candidates on both sides |
accidentally or Intentionally in en-
barrassing positions. let us suggest /
that each committee place at the dis |
posal of the committees in charee Of /
the Liberty Loan campaign such Of
its orators as are not candidatas for
public office at this time. and lei sucb |
orators travel in nairs If tba+ ie
deemed best, one republican and ono
democrat speaking from thn Same |
platform at the same Meeting ana
thus assist in the patriotic work
Should the repnblican Marty Iacls
orators who are not candidates ,et re
suggest that all of the candidatas NJ,
tickets be placed in the harness and
travel in pairs I'm and down ON, he
loved state, That would do awav I
with any invidious prcferencn anon,
and would Lesson tho ~
pearance of politjcal pronaaondo m
der the cloak of,patriotisnn
Aside from your invitation all of
the democratic candidates aro already
working and will continue TO work
for the Liberty Loan until wc On .'oyer
the top" They are more desirous ~
tho war TO n sneedv >and /
conclusion than IN talss
possession of any nautical offico
That the democrats have soncb+ 70
be consistent in thnir attitrde - ~ ~
frain from seeking rartison ndvantara
during the Liberty Bond campaign l.
Of course. well known ia thn neonla
When Secretary OF tho Treasury Mr.
Adoo visited New Mnxico II Ill, he
he emphaticaIl,. rehukad