The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1920-09-18
G. G.. SMITH WITHDRAWS FROM
RACE FOR NOMINATION

announced his withdrawal as a can
didate for the nomination as state
senator.
This action on the part of Mr..
Smith came as a great surprise to
his many supporters and friends,
but upon hearing his speech the ma
jOrity of those present showed by
their enthusiastic applause that
they appreciated his sincerity of
to the party's welfare.
The speech follows:
Mr.. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen:
| seldom ever a. 'cmri 70 talk in
public without an invitation, how
ever l acquired the habit while
member Of the legislature Every
time l attmpted tn speak to that
body my fifteen republican Oppo-
nents, the president and all the
pages, would take out their watches
to see that | d!d not exceed the
time limit. But here it is different
| am speaking to a majority of
democrats. | am speaking to a body
of ladies and gentlemen who should
all be demOcrats-peOple who believe
IN the freedom of speech and the
principles of the democratic party.
| trust that every man and
woman saltending the democratic
precinct convention are democrats
by principle and not for selfish mo-
tiVes.
am led to believe that some off
you under the sound of my voice
are here tonight for selfish mo-
tiYes. Have you the interests of the |
democratic party at heart; are you
Interested in seeing the national,
state and county ticket elected at
the coming election, or is it possible |
that in that miserable crimped up
soul of yours there is a personal |
hatred for some particular demo- |
crat who lives In your community? !
Is it possible that that you are here |
tonight for the purpose of driving
certain parties out of the demo- !
cratic party? Have you nursed your
prejudice TO such an extent that
you would allow it to enter into !
your political life without any re-
gard for the success of the party to !
which you owe allegiance?
We need the support Of every man |
and woman in Union county. If a /
man or woman wants to vote our
ticket for Gods sake let them do it. |
Ii a man wants to open his pocket /
book and give d0llar or any other /
amount in the interest of democrat |
ic success at thecOming election, for |
Gods sake let him do it. We are .
fighting for a principle, and for my
part l welcome the support of every (
man, woman and child, be they |
democrats, republicans, socialists !
or what not.
Some of you have come here to- /
night in the interest of a particular
candidate, exercising your personal
right as an American citizen. [ con- 1
cede that any man or woman has a /
right TO support whom they please
for office, but you do not have a
right, and if you are loyal demo-
Gratis and have the interest of the
party at heart you will not exercise
such right. as to drive loyal DEM
Ocrats from our ranks. The men
and women who carried the
banner of democracy in Union cOun-
tv during the past years, who have
contributed to every campaign, who
have given their time in the sup
port Of every democratic ticket that
was ever nominated since they were
of voting age, deserve consideration
at the hands of the democratic con-
Nention.
While talking this afternoon on
the street | was handed a printed
ticket which reads like this:
Names read by speaker
1T is not the personel Of this
ticket to which | object but the
fact That this is a democratic pri-
mary for he purpose of electing
delegates to The county cOnVen-
ton, leads me to believe that only
democrats should participate. This
ticket to which | refer was gotten
out by democrats for the purpose
of your support. and yet this scrap
of paper containing this list of
names was rolled out in a repubi-
can printing office by republican
press. This is not all (WaVing tick
cts in his hand: | hold two other ]
printed tickets, the type was set
0n a republican machine by a re- /
publican operator, and manufacture
ed by a republican press. Think c
OF II, gentlemen, men who are DEM v
Ocrats, coming into a democratic q
primary with a hand-picked list of a
delegates, prepared tickets, printed C
IN republican print shop, To be
used in a democratic convention. q
Personally | place the success of n
the democratic party above any I
ambition that / may have enter !,
tanned There is no office within q
the gift of the people of the sover y
eign state Of New Mexico which has
greater significance for me than the n
success Of our national and state d
tickets at the coming election. n