Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-09
BITTER FIGHT
ONUNIVERS|TY
By MACHINE
WILD STORIES SPREAD TO
PREJUDICE LEGISLATORS
An Interesting Instance of the
Able Journalism of the Santa
Fe New Mexican Which is
Leading Fight,
The Morning journal Rnreau.l

1 The Morning Journal Bureau,l
Santa Fe n. NJ, March g..
/ II Is becoming apparent that the
| Bursum machine is going to attempt
/ to carry out its threat to do az in its
] power 10 hamper the operation of tho
university of New Mexico. since it Ia
( unable to close il. in order to punish
/ the people of Albuquerque and Bcrna-
/ lilo county and the Bernalillo county
] representatives who have refused 10
! stand In with the machine. Upon this
/ proposition a large number of the
/ members of the assembly have Quit
I the machine co!d and hard. but the
/ effort To iniure the University simply
, becomes little more wild and despeI-
I ate. Members Of the machine have
, threatened repeatedly in the Last few
/ days that the University appropriation
( should be cut below the insufficient
/ appropriation Of two years ago, and
! that it should be placed on the same
+, basis as the Socorro School of Mines
l There is no argument produced
against the University There is none
/ produced in favor of the schoo! OF
mines; there is. in fact, no argument
/ in the matter at all II is merely the
/ desire on the part of the Bursum
/ crowd to get even with Albuquerque.
Nothing has made palmer the ma
/ ture Of the tight on the University Of
J New Mexico than the following from
/ the Santa Fe New Mexican. which ap~
/ peared on Thursday evening. It
| should be read by every business man
and every taxpayer of Albuquerque.
, 1t is a deliberate slap i'm the face or
| every man in Albuquereue who has
I dared to suggest for an instant tha.
! the University of New Mexico should :
be closed
II is the same argument which has
been given to the people of Albuquer-
/ que by Mr., Bursum's Albuquerque or.
gan. Read this interesting exhibition
Of high class journalism and see II
you can find an argument in It
against the proper support of the Unl-
VcrsltN 1t Is the best the machine
through its newspaper here or in AL
buquerque, has been able to produce,
The article follows.
From Albuquerque comes the story
that the Danny Macpherson-Al
lWuerqu Morning Fakir gang--is
Matching q conspiracy in order 10 in
ture the republican party of New
Mexico, and to bolster itself for the
1908 election. Tho scheme Is rather
unique and somewhat ludicrous 1t IL
simply this: President w. G. Tight of
the University of New Mexico at Al
buquerque has been before the
of the assembly and has declared in
no uncertain tone and with blood In
hiS eye, that appropriations of at least
| $4,000 for the hfty-elghth and fiftv-
ninth fiscal years for the maintenance
and extension of buildings of the Uni
/ Versity We're absolutely necessary and
that these appropriations have TO be
forthcoming Should the thirtv-sev-
enth legislative assembly not look with
~ IA bfgr 81, ID
quest then and IN that case Il il
schcmed that the operations Of the
| university are to be shut down. that
indefinite leaves Of absence are to be
granted to many Of the professors and
that things are to be allowed to go
slowly and rather silently and indeed
very little If anything is to be done,
in the operation of the institution.
This state of affairs is to continue un.
I'll the next campaign and is to be
ding-donged daily in the columns or
the Albuquerque Morning Fakir into
the people of the Duke City These
are to be made mad, angry ana
fiery Then in the next campaign the
albuquerque Morning Fakir Is to
charge that the republican party of
New Mexico "thc machine" part of
it especially. is the enemy Of the Duke
city and the University of New Mex
leo Is shown and proven by the fear
full condition of that institution and
that the voters OF Bernallllo county
and of the Duke City should vote
solidly and strenuously-as often as
possible-especially in bhe county pre-
cincts, against the republican party
and for another alleged reform ticket
in order TO punish the republicans OF
New Mexico and "the machine" for
their wickedness in not giving tho
gang what II wanted and demanded
for the University and for not trans
ferring the Socorro School of Mines
To the University. This, the conspira.
tors believe, will be a good plan and
elect their ticket again. If this Is done
the Albuquerque Morning Fatlr will
again procure the county printing OF
BernalillO county, without opposition"
OF course DR.. Tight of the Univer-
sity did not appear before the commit
tee with blood in his eye" DR.. Tight
made very quiet, careful and COM
plete statement Of the condition Of
'fthe University and It's needs. His
statement was heard with respectful
attention by a majority of the COM
mittee and It produced the best kind
of an effect upon that majority. Tho
effort Of the Bursum machine ~
voiced by the Bursum newspapers I'm
santa Fe ana Albuquerque, to shut OF
the money necessary for the support
OF the University win fail, for the
simple reason that the majority IN
the legislature has too much sense to
be led into closing or cripping the
usefulness of the highest educational
institution In the territory TO crafty
the enmity against Albuquerque and
Bernalillo county Of Mr.. Bursum ana
his followers, and voiced by his news
papers.