Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-02-15

SAYS the New Mexican. In 4 column
tirsde. our more or lesq esteemed con
temporary shriess and howls and yelps
anu news and scratched aud bellows and
rosrs and cries, calling m the dear peo-
pie the same people Union party officials
In san Miguel have robbed and plundered
for years past. to rise in their might. TO
hold public meetings and to raise Cain
in general and in particular, concerning
the suggestions, spook7, ghost stories
and the like concerning the action OF the
legislative assembly already had or to be
had.
Anything for an .ssua. and an issue
must be- maNe somehow and In some way.
That no facts underlie this Issue matters
not TO the men who control this contem-
porsry of ours. such minor considera-
tions are swept away like chat before
the wind The paper dce' not seem to be
built that way. Truth aud y%erncity cut no
ice, IS long ~ an issue is to be- made
up. The dear people must he aroused;
there must be agitation; there must be
turmoil and strife else their vocation
would be gone aud they would have Is
much to do. a. q painted ship upon "A
painted ocean.
so far but onr bill increasing salaries
Of county officials has become a law, and
that IL the one Increasing the mileage OF
sheriGs to res csu,s per mile while
serving process. and allowing them 90
cents per day for feeding prisoners. NO
salary of any territorial official payable
ont Of the territorial treasury has yet
been increased. There IL a bill pending
increasing the snlary Of the a~djutant-
general from $500 10 1920 per annum,
and there IL another bill pending in
} cressing the salaries OF county school
superintendents in certain counties, and
allowing the assessors a larger percent
age of taxes assessed and collected rs
! fees. IL IL claimed by these officials that
|, these measures are just and right. How
ever, there IL no certainty OF these be-
4 coming law. and there certainly has been
: no wholesale increase in salaries, and
Z more such is contemplated.
Making an issue based upon nothing
but Misrepresentation and suppression
. Of facts, or falsely coloring facts, VIII
not 90 down. There are too many decent
! and self-respecting papers that will sho"
up this policy In its true light and en-
" tighten the people fully thereon.
II Howling aud yowling will not MAKE
u a n issue that will last or that can be sue
cessful.
Statements like the following. COPIED
=. from the columns OF this coHtcmporar!
a. OF ours, are not born out OF the facts AM
:, are untrue: But the present state o
legislation indicates the most extraya
CANT, uniusti6sble and inexcusable vast
a of the peoples money" Indeed the pres
ent stage OF legislation indicates nothing
of the kind, Quite the reverse, 1.-THE pres
. ent state OF legislation, specially shoul'
8: the Duncan revenue bill and the Bursun
4. r~efunding bill pass and become law
70 indicates that the territorial inancia
Of system will be bettered immeasurably |
IL every direction and that much money wi
n be saved the taxpayers.
pt Parading under a lamb skin will nc
co go down with the sensible people OF Ne'
re Mexico. and the attempt to play this oil
ca game will end In ignominious failure.