Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-31
DEMOCRATS HAVE
GREAT DUTY TO
PERFORM, bunker
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ton, we cannot help but be sue
cessful.
1.-The democratic party has a
great duty to perform to the mass
es of the people. The republican
party is boss-ruled, some eight or
ten men in it controlling not only
the policy and platform Of the
party but the entire patronage and
the say as to who shall or, shah
not be their nominees. l am not in
a position to divulge any names
but | can vouch for this statement,
which, not long since, two repub-
leans, men of experience and who
had previously been on the, inside
of all republican affairs in this
state, made:-that there are five
men in New Mexico who not only
control the political destiny of
every man or woman in the state
but also his business career. This,
in my judgment. is a frightful sit
uation. When you take control of
any party out of the hands OF the
people and let it be absolutely die
tated to by such a small number of
persons, then the usefulness of
that party is at an end.
War on Boss Rule.
81 do not believe that the fight
we are to make here in New Mex
leo should be aimed so much at re-
publicans in general but that it
should be aimed at boss rule, un-
fair election laws, and the unWill-
ingness of the bosses in the repuh-
lican party here in New Mexico to
let the people on the inside, either
of its party affairs or of the pup
lie affairs of our state Offices
As l judge the situation, parry
lines will not be drawn in the
coming campaign but the people
will act, think and vote independ-
emily and will cast their ballot for
the man or set of men, who IN
their Judgment, will produce the
results as herein outlined. ..-.
The republican party has so
handled the affairs of this state IN
the interests of the few that ne
democratic party is entitled to We
support of the masses ana lree
thinking people and must be the
one to which they shall look TO
bring about this housecleaninG'
Fair and Honest Election:
eve must have, in the ilrst
Mace. a fair, honest and Just
election law. We must have vote
buying and vote selling stopped.
If the people of New Mexico
we're permitted to go to the polls
nm election day and cast their
ballot freely, our state Wouia pe
democratic by from ten Ito illteen
thousand majority. The disgust
ing part Of the whole matter Is
the shameful use of money on
election day to corrupt the ballot
box. In my home county, win,
some 50 precincts, the republican
party usually expends at eacn
general election from ten to III,
teen thousand dollars. know OF
one precinct having about ~
votes, where a young man was
sent on election day, of the gen
eral election of 1920, to carry the
precinct for that party. He TOOK
from his pocket rolls of money
and openly apd boldly made the
statement that he had S500 IN
cash to carry that precinct l
might add that this particular
precinct is normally democratic
but the returns show that the re-
publicans carried it by So to ~.
Under such conditions, it is not
the. will of the people that the
republican party has continued
in power in New Mexico nor Is II
an endorsement by the people OF
the things they have done, but u
is by these unfair tactics that II
has been able to purchase ana
coerCe sufficient votes to gain
the bare majority that it has re-
ceived in the last two or three
recent elections.
after each election the repub-
lican papers have come out IN
great glee and glory and pro-
claimed to the world that the
voters of this great state have,
by their ballot, endorsed and re-
turned to power the grand old
party. Such rot to anyone who
knows full well just how this
bare majority has been obtained.
People Want An Audit.
Therefore, in my judgment,
the time is now at hand to make
supreme effort to overthrow
this boss rule in New Mexico.
The people are dead sore on the
tax question and on our last leg
islature. They want an audit,
some light and publicity thrown
on the affairs of our public Of
fees. They want reduction in
taxes and an elimination of
waste. They want honest. cap
able, successful, business men at
the head of our state govern
ment. 1t is up to us, therefore,
to- give the people what they
want. We have endeavored earn
estly and sincerely to crystalize
thought and public sentiment, so
that the democratic party has the
opportunity to give us the finest
platform we have ever had. The
continued misrule Of the state re-
publican administration has given
us this opportunity and has built
this platform for us, and If we In
this convention tomorrow will put