Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-05-19
An Animated Fight For Control Of Municipal ReinS
Results From Subdivision Of Town
riO Wards.
OLD BOARD NILL NOT RECOGNIZE Nav OFFICIALS
Court May BIZ Called Upon to Settle SquabbeBOlh Old and
New Have Called For Legal Authorization City People
Anxious to Know Why Court Has Not Been Called.

tloiinu 81 wei supplied With oty
fathers jur now e has one board
consisting OF I'VE members, one Ol
whom - chairman and another con.
aisiing Of eight aldcrmcn and a mayor
TIE first is known 90 tho people az
enc old board. because the term Of
once 90 which is members were
elected should have expired on tho
inception of the new board. The lat
ter IS known a. the new board, be.
cause TO members afe Just newly
elected Il q necdlcss 20 say that
canh board represents a faction Of
poliiic8 directly opposing That repre-
aentad hy the other, and each faction
haa out forth iis best timber. On che
poruOnnei of the old board appear the
foil1wing names.
IA. u. faniran, chairman, J H.
Voune. w. Ia Patching. Charles AIS
dorf and Constantine Bono. mombcra.
nonO resigned some tlmo ago. how.
ever. leaving only four members on
tbo board.
The newly elected board Is com.
posed as foiloWs; II. A. San julie,
mayer; Gus Muihoiland NJ. J.. Giied.
g. N. Brown, George krakor, John
9chaucr, James Jacobson. Pete kitch'
On and John w. Ralaa, aldermen.
Under tho ruie OF the old board, +.
w. Meyer asiod as clerk, Wliio Pal.
mor Keiner held the ctty's purse
strings.
Under the new board these Offices
arc filled by .. 8. Bowie, treasurer,
and w. n. Knckonbackor. clerk. Mole
responsible men than any 0f these
four could not be found M Mckinley
county. and upon the safety % these
TIVE vital branches Of city govern
imont tha peopie Of Gallup are 10 pc
congratulated ga any event
nat why these two boardal This -
the NATURAL question which arises, and
thla ID a worry hard question for the
cgrroau0ndont 10 answer, even after
thrco days Investigation. Why tneI
old board doesn't get out and allow
che members Of the new board 20
takn their neatg. with ali tho ap
purtrnauces of lhe Offices thereto "
mrrnlv q conjecture. While one
claims one reason the other claims
another. TO tho outsider, the SQUAD
ole sooma 90 be- over political pie
and each faction is trying 20 SEQ toe
bigger SLICE
M Is quite evident that the faction
Represented by She ola board was
wOrstod in the late municipal cleo
lion. After an eliminated campaign
the republicans. with 8 p. Aldrldgc
nj t5a head Of their tcSct only sue
ceoded in olcctlng two councilmen'
the arst two mentioned on the nov
hoard. while the Independent el,i.
znns ticket elected six members Of
tho board % aldermen. and CARRIED
the head Of their ticket By majority
~ seYenty-iiyo votes
Using the words of Mr. iAnigani
chairman Of the old board. "the Nom
bers OF tho new board are clearly the
choice ~ the people
Was the election Leual7
Mombcrs og tbs old beard contend
that Il was not legal. and this Is the
reason Why they arc luath % turn the
Seins ot government over % the new
board.
Under a law passed by the late Ia
monled legislature. wAich VIII be
quoled later In this article. the Old
board some time prior 30 the holding
a. the late election. which took place
on che frat Tuesday IA April, passed
an ordinance suhglviding the town
anto f0ur wards, and placing the city
government in che hands 81 a hoard
81 aldermen. Formerly, che AFFAIRS 81
ahc town had bess managed by town
hoard, of which the old board % al
sample. Tie esection was hold ac-
curding 20 this ordnance. Tho newly
oiocied board received q proiUnder'
hnce OF the votes cast. They assom
blad az the town hail on tho arsi
"Wednesday III May. 70 take ONCE, bat
che members Of the old board there
% receive hom numbered only Chair
man ianigan and Trustee Patching
Trustee Aladorf had promised tho
chairman ul the board that Ao would
be present but hc wasn't Nor was
che clerk or amy OF the other officials
~ the old board, ana no formal turn
Ing over 81 the records of the city
government has AS yot taken place
However, there 81 a question as 90
The Legality of the ordinance men
toned, aud lp consequence the Oloc.
zion may bo void according % Dis
tglct Attorney Clancy. who ON April 0 i
WrQto The following loitor 90 s.. M.l
Brown, who secured this partial opln.
son from Nh. CLANCY By "a letter 20 |
Governor Hagorman written in Janu'
ary.
Governor IIaEerman referred the
matter to Attorney General George w. /
prichard, and Mr. Prichard ia turn
reierred the maiter 10 Mr.. CLANCY |
The district attorney also oxplaina Ia /
MS letter 10 Mr.. Brown tho reason ior |
the lethargy in which tho matter was |
handled By him. Tue letter follows
Albuquerque n. NJ April o.
AIR. s.. "a. Brown Gallup N. M.
Dear sir--lt has been simply Inn
possible for me 10 sooner ansWer your
letter relative 10 tho validity Of ne /
feHn ordinance creating wards la the /
foWn a. Gallup. and providing for /
election az oiacors the same az in i
clHe3, bat even N / had been able 10 i
give you a definite opinion before the
aAy ~ election, I do not see how any.
thing could have been accomplished, I
na matter what had said.
Ciancy'a Opinion.
fiho atntnieu are in such an unsai. /
isfacfory coalition that / ana quite
unwilling 10 predict what tho courts
would hold was the legislative in.
tent My Impression 20 against the /
validity 81 no lwdlnanoo la question. I
Nut there ig room Tor q good dlal OF /