Deming graphic., 1920-11-02
THE NON-PARTIsAN LEAGUE

Look over the ticket picked from
deinncrtic aud republican candidates
aud tell. If yuu can. why the particular
candidates endorsed were favored. Al
Ger due analysis can anyone determine
what qualities ot citizenship these
precious progeny Of socialism prizei Is
IL wisdom: II is educatiunaly l. il wide
aud libenlizing experience; is it forti-
tndeg l. IL honesty Is il moral ar ply
steal bravery aud daringt is IL devotion
90 country and the common wealf Is II
service to mankindt is IL efficiency IN
officcy is il frmnesS In iuSticei l. 81
piuuSneSSg l. il moral fitness? Is ii at
iaimrntt iS IL kindness aud charita-
llcncSSt is il u combination of these
viruCst by what well known standard
is one candidate condemned and anoth-
cr favored;
II Is a liberal education In the
smoutlc sly aud insinuating methods
of the non-wrtiSan league to weigh
The qualities Of the candidates YOU
know personally one against the other.
You will thereby learn the dangerous
character of the movement that seems
- plausible Many are misled.
Vote for the bcSt. is the motto
flauntcd
Vote your class preiudice>." Is the
real. though srcfrt motto
study the non-mrtisan ticket aud
you viii find this to De- true.
No. indeed, the non .partisaus don't
play politics they say So themselves.
They send out u questionnairc. those
who do not agree with the SOcialistic
program must he kuifed, no mntter
what their private life or public ser
vice has been. The >uhservient sign.
f,ut those who refuse to be- cuerVed 10y
cluSS to become the creature Of the
radicals may not bc h0nured 10y office,
4 candidate. who contracts with any
cOterie or class uf citizens tu further
their interests against the wishes Of
the majority of constituents. l. au enc
my 10 the public good. How feeble and
how restricted is public servant who
has already committed himself tu al
program and is not free to make his
decisions as his judgment and con
,ciencr may dictate in the interests of
an the people and after weighing the
conflicting interests that must he hnr.
mOnized through cooperation and com
promise
No. the uon-prtiSans do not play
politics. Note that they endorse the
head uf the national democratic ticket
and. 10 make republicans Of New MeXi-
co swallow that bitter dose. they en-.
tlorse the head Of the republican state
fals NIL ..f tI
candidates. save two. Why is Hugh
H. Williams. candidates for corpora.
tion commissioner from Luna county.
prescribed D. the ncn-partiSan league
Why is Antonio l.ucero who has held
ON to the public pap practically all his
life. preferred Ia his republican oppu-
ueut; The GRAPHIC would like To gc
ou into the matter Of county candi- |
dates but questions here might l,c em
harraSsing and Ereiudicinl to worthy |
The Graphic leaves the read. |
or Ia weigh the qualities of these can
didatcs aud decide for themselves the /
selfish reasons that determined fav |
oritisn. II iS not matter NJ fitness |
particularly. II Is matter of class |
petty jealousy and inSinccri-
~. Granting that many. perhaps all.
the candidates endorsed are above re.
IrOach. il j. the motive behind the ac-
tiOns that diScloses the menace uf these
leaguerS many Of whom
are not socialists. but who are at
tending a radical school that Is sure
10 present them with diplomas IN state
socialism. Granting that many social
iStic doctrines are good and should be-
adopted. Yet no one who Is not will
ing to follow the underlying principal
~ the cult to its logical conclusion.
should league himself with those
! lodged to destroy the present social
order. Socialism has no patent on its
own beneficial plans: they are AZ old
as human society and have been devel
,ped with social progress.
Today the non-prtisanS endorse
nose whom they say are the best. but
cally whom they think will he lenieut
with or friendly 10 their program; to-
morrow they will 20 into the primaries