Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-02-21
MASS MEETING.

discuss the county division PROPOSE
ton and to protest agalns. the with
drawal OF the bill creating the pro-
posed new county OF Sandoval.
1880 o'clock President Brooks call.
ed the meeting. and besides himself
there were present the following gen.
tlemen:
Secretary p. +. McCanna. Mayor c.
+. Myers. w. w. Mcclellan. William
Farr, C. y. IIawley. w p. Metcalf
Prof. A. II. Stroup Charles Mausard
Arthur Everitt, w. w. Strong. Joe
Sheridan. Felix Lester. j. II. Single.
Ed u. Quickel. +. G.. Pratt. o. Bache.
chi, O. n. Marion. David Weinman.
=. +. Hall ID. II. Boatright. John A.
Lee. William Mcintosh, Siegfried
Grunsfeld. A. Fieischer A. J. Mitchell.
Il. u. Seward. Jacob Metzgar. DR. w.
G.. Hope. DR.. j. II. Wroth. Prof. A.
Montoya, Professor Espanosa, VIII
liam Kieke. and representatives for
both The Citizen and Journal-Demo.
orat Sheriff T. s. Hubbell. Mai. Ern.
est Meyers and f. j. Otero joined the
gathering a few minutes after the
meeting had been called to order.
The first thing on the program was
the reading by the secretary of two
kilograms from DIR. G.. w. Harrison at
Santa Fe. 10 Mayor Myers, relative TO
the county division situation. The
doctor stated that the council was in
favor OF county division, but II would
be a hard matter to pass the measure
In the house.
A telegram was then read by W. T.
McCrelght from Senator Hughes,
stating that IF the people of Albuquer.
que want the county divided he will
be glad TO lead the movement"
After the reading of these kilograms
the secretary was instructed to read
some suggestions for resolutions sub
mitted in writing to the meeting by
Hon. F. w. Clancy, that gentleman
finding 1t impossible to attend the
meeting
The reading of the suggestions, by
paragraphs. elected considerable dis
cusslon pro and con from a number
of the orators present, those leading
Arthur Everitt. Summers Burkhart,
w. =. eMtcalf, Mayor c. F. Myers, DR..
J. II. Wroth. G. l.. Brooks, Ernest
Meyers and Felix Lester.
c. w. Ward stated to the meeting
that he had advices from Santa Fe to
the effect that a petition had been
signed by large number of country
people OF the upper precincts. saying
that the scheme to divide was an AL
buquerque scheme and that they were
opposed to the division.
After Mr. Wards talk. DR.. Hope
asked the chair to call on Professor
Montoya for his opinion on the re.
marks of My. Ward. and the professor
said 1T was true he was from the
country. but was now temporarily liv-
ing in town. lie did not know the feel.
ing of the country people in the matter
or toward the city, but If the county
was to be divided he wanted to live on
this side of the line"
After all the discussion on the sug.
gestons had been submitted, they
were arranged into resolutions. and
read as a whole, on the motion of
Sheriff Hubbell, to the meeting as fol.
lows:
At meeting of the board of trade
and citizens of Albuquerque gener-
ally, representing the business and
material interests OF said city the fol.
lowing resolutions were unanimously
adopted
Resolved, That in the opinion OF this
board and the citizens of Albuquerque
the sentiment of the citizens of the
city of Albuquerque, irrespective OF
politics. is practically unanimous in
favor OF a div. sion OF the county. sub
stantially as proposed In the bill re-
Gently introduced into the legislature
for the creation Of the county of San
doval, and that the details OF such divi-
sion are not Of great Importance to the
people of Albuquerque.
Resolved, That II Is the sentiment
OF said meeting that the business in
terests OF the city OF Albuquerque
would best be subserved by having as
small and compact a county as posi-
BILE, and to that end, the meeting ia
vors the lines OF the proposed county
as contained In the original bill and
would he satisfied with even smaller
county.
Resolved, That all that the people Of
, Albuquerque desire as to the appor
tionment of the public debt between
; the two counties, Is that II should b'
made upon a fair and equitable basis
and this meeting adheres to its recon
mendation concerning such apportion
ment which was made at Its meeting
/. on Friday. February 10, 1908, to which
}. no objection has been made by an!
q one.
n Resolved. That the division OF repre-
!. sentatlon in the legislature for tn
g three counties OF Bernalillo, McKinle.
!. and Sandoval, is OF minor importance
r so long as the total representation 1
Y rot diminished
y Resolved, That while the citizens O