Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-06

(saa.a Pc New Mexican,

D COUNCIL by MI MafA4nTS- Aar a.
heading a the a reals: An nj
art 10 abolish the office Of public pFtn- n
.er. and for other purposes" The VI
provisions Of the bill. In short, abol- u
lsh the office o. public printer. place b
the public printing ~ the Territory
under the direction of the secretary c
thereof, establish maximum rates.
provide for "A contract sysem and for d
penalties for violation % its provisions ,
hy any territorial official. should II
become law. II L. m the right direc-
ton. contains none but saiutary pro
| visions and will reduce the cost Of
public printing by 90 90 30 per cent.
and In om cases still more. from the
present schedule. In this connection,
n recent editorial from the Albuauer
que Citizen Il Of interest. From its
tenor II Is pretty plain that the Al
~haqueraue Morning Fakir was lighting
for the public printing In making its
ldastardty assaults ana iibelons
charges against Republican leaders.
against the Republican majority In
the legislative assembly. and against
the Republican party In general.
which course that sheet has pursued !
for months past. and especially since
the meeting OF the assembly. The
Citizens editorial reads:
THE morning paper charges the
Citizen with a sudden agitation on tho
subject Of letting the public printing
|" Of the Territory to the lowest bidder:
= that the Citizen has complained bit
lterly OF the morning paper because
the latter has advocated a law to al.
L low the territorial printing 10 be let
G TO the lowest ami best bidder: that
Mr.. Bursum has secured control Of
the Evening Citizen: that there Is a
n scheme on foot for Mr.. Bursum 10
a give tho public printing to the Citi'
A zen.
a. Here are four plain. deliberate, ms
:, ~licious. conscious lies. The Citizen
has never shown n agitation. sud
den or otherwise. on the subject OF
" letting the public printing. and 1t de-
fes the morning paper to produce one
wv single u%tterance of this paper to sub
stantiate its statement. The Citizen
has never complained bitterly of the
I'D morning paper for advocating a law
to for letting the public printing. Not
I'm one such complaint can be found In
he all the u%tterances Of this paper. and
at this was as we'll known to the man
liy who wrote the statement as II is to
mt the man who pens these lines. Mr.
Bursum has not secured control of the
nm Citizen financially or otherwise. He
"a has no control OF any character. and
>.r never had. This was known 10 tho
person who pennei the falsehood a
any scheme at Santa Fe Or elsewher.
= 10 give the territorial printing TO tn,
Citizen. II the printing should be lie
by contract. probably the Glitter
might become n bidder, but even thi
" Is doubtful. These are facts. and the,
as were known to be facts at the tim,
'a' the morning paper published It's fou
lying statements.
iai But here are some other facts. Tn
ain Citizen believes that the morning pa
per wants the public printing with a
rhe the graft kept In the system and a
Sth much more as possible put into 4
nan The Citizen believes that. seeing n
hope OF getting this printing from tn
regular Republican organization, tn
n morning paper went deliberately t
10 work to break up the organization, d,
try feat the party and secure control G
,rv the Legislature. The Citizen believe
.n, that having most ignominiously faile
..~ In its raid on the party. the organizt
.. ton and the Legislature. the mornin
paper has become actually insan
=. with anger. chagrin. disappointment
and defeated ambition: and to thi
the Citizen believes can be attribute
AIRY the astounding course Of ~blackguar
ieh abuse n malicious misrepresenta
ton the morning paper has unceasins
ly pursued with reference to the ms
are jority in the Legislature and to every
hat thing Republican In the Territory.
100, "The foregoing things the Citize,
believes. but the Citizen knows tina
Who the public printing of the city of A
len ~buquerQue Is let by the city council
II to the lowest reliable bidder. On tina
he basis the Citizen obtained the cit
printing and Is the official organ @