Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-10-13
ELECTION DISTRICT
WHERE THEY COST $50
Price Of Newspapers Go Up
Russell Sage'S Practice May
Become General; Passing of
the Political Hotels,

J. nlCktIDOCktI has NOT tSld DllSItu a
corruption fund. however, for the pur-
chase of votes, and ever if he had, in
these days of yellow dog funds rum
ming into millions. fifty dollars would
not go far in vote buying line. The
fifty dollars apiece for votes which the
city will pay represents the cost TO
the municipality of furnishing facili-
ties for the casting of ballots in the
freak election district in the city. Lo-
Gated in a most populOus section. this
whole district has just four voters, for
with Harlem on one side and the
great uptown hotel center on the
other, il is made up of a part of Gem
trail park i'm which the only residents
are the proprietor and three employees
Of a famous old tavern. To allow
their ballots to appear, however, the
city will have TO furnish a full set of
election officials who must serve on
the three registration days as well as
election day itself. and voting booths.
while each party. for the patronage
which there is in ii. will have watch
ers and spoilers on hand to go
through the pretense of seeing that
there is no ballot box stuffing. For
all this the city will have to pay at
least $200 n as just four votes can
be east the cost of each, even If the
whole voting population turns out,
will be fifty dollars apiece. In past
years the ballot has been known to be
much larger in this eighth election
district. known as the queeTest I'm the
city, II not in the country, for II il
remembered that in n busy season
n the tavern had seven employees, thus
doubling the present vote. Their Is
never any question as TO the politics
| of this district as shown by its ballots,
1 for as the proprietor of the tavern
votes. so do his employees.
Five thousand revolvers n fire.
arms. filling thirty-two big packing
cases and Valued at more tina SIb,-
600. were tremendously dumped into
the waters of the outer harbor this
week. forming the chief act of a
New York Pistol Party which may
Fl take its place in history with the cele-
n brated party I'm Boston harbor a CEN
4 tury n a third ago i'm which tea IN
4 stead of pistols oOk the prominent
part. The pistols in question max up
! the arsenal seized by the police in the
fk..sst year and a quarter from citizens
and emigrants who were addicted 10
| the concealed weapon habit. Formerly
4 these firearms We're sold at auction
1 Just before the Fourth of July, bat as
his placed most of them in the hands
. of the same classes from which these
Il trouble makers had been cOnfiscated,
a new law was passed asst winter en-
1 abling Police Commissioner Bingham
i to destroy them. 1t was decided that
4 the safest thing to do would be TO
4 throw them into the sea-. since while
I they would not endanger the fish they
would be safe from rms
was accordingly done, the firearms be-
ing carried to the police boat on pa
troll wagons and then taken down the
bay TO their watery end by Commas
sioner Bingham himself. A more va
ried collection of weapons 1t would be
difficult to find ven in the largest
museums. All varieties from auto
matte and gold mounted pearl nam
died American revoivers to curious
old fashioned pistols from oriental
countries appeared in the lot. Many
taken in the Syrian quarters show
strange Arabic workmanship n are
strangely wrought. Many would nave
brought high prices as curios, but the
police believed that II was better TO
retire them permanently from circu-
lation.
Russell Sage, IL is said, used never
to buy a newspaper, but pick up IN
the cars one which someone else had
dropped. Just how soon the pubic
here MAY have to adopt this practice
on a simple basis of economy Is an
open question for someone has started
the discussion as to how much longer
New Workers will be able to get their
at present prices or one
two or three cents, a point Whlch
E8HInH 10 Ot hWhhtAhAF I'm 49, .
purveyors of public service, the pub
fishers OF the daily papers nave dls-
covered tina these are a days TOT
anyone selling a commodity whose re-
t~ii nrica Is absolutely fixed. street
car companies have found That on ac-
ant o. pr-sent hig price or IA
bor and supplies, the nickel which to-
day transports a passenger as iar as
IL dfd ten years ago, or even fafther'
does not go nearly so far in the mat
ter OF paying operating costs ana
reasonable dividends upon the capt.
tai invested. Telephone people get
no more from the individual sub
scriber by the year or by the message
now than formerly. indeed. IN New
York. as in many other places, thefc
have been. within the last two or
three wears. conspicuous reductions IN
the price Of telephone service. Mean
time. ID Is a matter Of general knowl-
edge that many Of the independent
~tpleuhou mpan east and west
have been forced into bankruptcy bN
the increased cost OF operation-some-
times in spita of having raised their
~afes contrary to franchise promises
and that stll Others are facing the
same fate unless conditions change |
The daily papers are experiencing
similar difficulties. White paper u
costing very much more than ever De
fore and with an the other necessities
~ nEMNNnIEA NAkAA ii
cost. publishers are beginning 10 real
ize that they belong In the same class
with other sellers Of public service.
The passing Of the Fifth Avenue
hotel within the mex few months VIII
marx the disappearance Of the last 81
The cifyfs hotels possessing a uisLlnC /
lively political ATMOSPHERE Inc fHth
Avenue has been the center OF repub-
lican activity in New York ~pracucallF
ever since the party came into exist
ence. and its Amen corner h famous
the country over. Until the last state
campaign the party headquarters Tor
the state was in the hotel and durlne
me wears when Thomas G. Platt was
the party boss he resided there. Nov Il
Plat. boss no longer. has moved rnaN
10 an obscure side street. and only a
Few old-time politicians are 90 De- fnel
wandering through the corridors OF
the famous building on Madison
The Hoffman house once oc-
cupied a position IN democratic pole
ties similar 60 that 81 the fllth Ave-
rue ~ republican affairs. but nov the
Old building has been replaced bF