Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-25
DEMOCRTS ARE PROUD
OF PARTY RECORD
DURING PAST 7 YEARS
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with his eyes to the future, trust
ing and believing in the growth and
development of our country along
constitutional lines. He is willing
to learn from the past, but he does
not to want to return to the past,
nor bring back the outworn meth
DDS of political manipulation of this
government for the benefit of the
few, and against the interest of the
many. The democratic party has
Its eyes to the new day. AS great
as our country is, it still has mo-
mentous problems to solve which
will tax the greatest craftsmanship
and unselfish patriotism of its peo-
pie. These problems must be
solved In the light of modern con-
ditions and not by the 'hoary rules
of antiquity. our republican friends
have nominated a candidate who
in this day of burning issues and
vital questions demanding solution,
peacefully sits upon the piazza and
dreams Of the old days, when the
smell of political fat frying was
incense to the nostrils of the old
guard, and the troublesome people
We're far, far away. There in his
peaceful retirement he can sit and
muse, and in his day dreams he can
dwell on the good old times, when
Mark Hanna brought home the
bacon and the table was set for
few, Bounded as he is on the north
by the front porch, and on the
south by the back door, he is safe
from the rude intrusions of Gov
ernor Cox, who is liable ito get
him IL he don't watch out" May
his dreams be undisturbed. and on
election night, when the people of
this country have finished giving
him the great sleeping powder, he
can retire and snore in oblivion.
Roosevelt a Strong Man.
In choosing a candidate for the
vice presidency we drafted a man
whose executive ability and sound
ness of Judgment have been demon
strated in high government station,
under the stress of war and IN
times of peace. The people of this
country can unite on Cox and
Roosevelt as a safe, sane and con-
structive team, ready and Wiling
to work for the good of the masses
and unafraid to defy the classes
who seen to prey upon the nation:
This is the first convention IN
which enfranchised women nave
participated. The democracy OF
New Mexico and the nation well
comes them into the fellowship OF
political action. They bring to the
duty of voting their high ethical
and moral ideals, their purity of
purpose and incorruptibility of life.
The government is safer, on a
sounder basis, and has greater hope
of unlimited life of usefulness, by
reason of woman's suffrage. Their
enfranchisemen is not an act OF
grace or charity; it is but the tardy
recognition by all men of their un-
selfish devotion to this nation.
their patient labor in all good
works, and their sacrifice upon the
altar of this country's liberties
The political air is cleared wheer
they enter it. The truth has made
them free.
Unsurpassed Record.
We can go to the country In TINS
election with an unsurpassed recofc
inttime of peace as well as in time
Of war. Led by a democratic presl'
dent, the congress, while con
trolled by our party, did more FOL
this country in the way OF leglsla
tion than all the republican con
crosses since the civil war. W.
toos the control of the finances o.
this country away from the pane
makers of wall street and vested
II where it belongs, in the country
at large. Without the Federal re
serve Act the successful financing
of the great war could hardly have
been accomplished without greater
hardship than existed. We removed
the tariff from the arena of politi
cal struggle. where for generation
il had existed, to fatten the Favored
sons of the east and take toll IRON
every consumer in the land. We
released the farmer from the clutter
of the money shark and usurer BY
the farm loan legislation. We en-
acted other and important laws