Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-10
COUNTY DIVISION
HAS BECOME
BIG ISSUE
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY
STIRRED BY PROPOSAL
Old Town People Opposed to
Legislative Surgery Desired
by Large Number Of People
On the East Side,

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Especial Correspondence Morning journal
East Las Vegas. n. NJ, Jan p
County division has suddenly become
Il burning issue in a Miguel ana
the people OF the two towns heHide me
e,allInas are eagerly discussing tht
mans 81 the rapidly growing party
which ii Is said Will aeinand dltiAlps'
III tlla hands ~ the Legislature anu 2,
The strong faction eentefing ~ thf ~
t0syn which Is bitterly opposed ~ NV
legislative surgery proposed
The friends ~ county division s"s
IL is surgery pure anu simple tH"t !.
ii ain operation necessary to the hehtlh
~ the community thai discussions eA-
iat between The two towns p9luie7tt
commercial and social. which VIII 81
fectuaIiy prevent any KIND OF UNION ~
united action for years 10 come, d''
that the best way % curt ttte ais'As'
IS 10 sever political relations Tor s"oa
and an.
70 thla. HE reply Of the opponents
~ county division Is hat us adNp
eates are politicians and men lhsplfen
~ politicians, who seek ~ secure per
aonal political ~nscendeney by the efe-
alton OF a new county tial inc blttti-
ness OF Ysars ~ discussion ~ btlils
llINpH on UA thfNt men ana tAhA A''s
are using every effort To str fuftheF
1iasensinn between the two towns ~
order Ia encourage sentiment IN tavor
~ d separation !
Probably more * a good deal of
truth IN both arguments although the
increasing bitterness of the situation
makes the T-frSentmeut ovefstfong
from both sides.
Briefly. the proposal for county div
isian cuntpnplntos the creation Of u
ncV county by separating from san
Miguel county That part 1T the pfes-
pnt cnunfy east OF the tialllnas river,
Including East Las Vegas, which
Wanld be the county scat Of he new
county.
IA Tell the story Of the conditions
and events leading up 10 the present
agitation Tor county division IN san
Mieuel II to give tie recent political
and commercial history Of the
county, Tho agitation for q division
~ the county has come m before. but
never In serious form until the press
ant time. Now petitions are being ace
lively circulated on both sides Of the
river, both for and against the pro-
POSED division. The paftisans OF the
tMa sides are becoming more active
daily az the time for the converting
~ the legislature draws near. and u
Is becoming evident that the prun0t-
CTS ~ Ait HiAiNtpH pau III AhiN tiHi'
IN thorough earnest n that they are
nat without strength II II noticeable,
However. that many OF the more con-
Neryative citizens ON both sides OF the
ttvef are linking little or no part ~
ihe discussion These are the men
kim have hoped for years and are
atm hoping that there viii come day
Dc a settlement Of the differences,
great ami small which have divided
The two towns for 81 many years and
have been So great an obstf mrtion 10
the development Of each, The active
campaign nov going on. however. u
drawing almost everyone into II IN
one way OF another, 50 that those
who remain neutral VIII be very few
~ the time the legislature meets.
Briefly those Who are considering
the best Interests of the two towns
ana The county, and who ave no self
isl political schemes to advance, are
divided into tWo camps. In the one
Ii II Tie belief that the boundaries Of
the county should be maintained as at
present and that the differences be-
tween the two towns. political and Of
an other kinds. should be reconeilcd.
In thr other camp. h one which
stands for county division, II Is ar-
parentiy the belief thai the breach y
"a wide that Il can never be closed,
politically. without a complete change
never
TIN viewpoint Of the opponents ~
comfy division * undouhtedly pat
static huf II should be-, said that there
IL something In the situation to jus-
fifV no hopeless view Of the advo-
.nfes ~ thp surgical operation desired.
Rn4l ~ far ~ the memory Of man
poas tbote haa hoan rivalry between
the lawns az las Vegas ana East Las
Vegas Men. bln and little. have tried
peratatrutk and faithfully Go get the
ta0na together and 10 bury The
hntrhst Ii has been hurled for a
lime lint on one side az the other,
aoanet or inter- Tho ofd dissatisfaction
evnt4lA hrniu apaIn 1hp pauae ~ the
ptes.nt rnnflirf IN intaresfs' behind
,hirb uern 4 hundred nthry catscs,
,afgti4,t npd commercial ,yas thp ae-
linn III no n-astnHice dsnartment m
af-xrontinuinu mo ~nostoffiee ln the
town 81 las Veens ana nmbinine IL
,,gth tbe pnstofrire la East Las Vegas.
tbe city 81 htst Tas Nerag boinp ais.
4nnttnufa The nenpio ~ Hast las
A@eas ba,. ~tlvn,s obtacted ~ tho
..Essin in front pf tes cif,'s name n4
,,u,hst1nn,. .rJ g.rf,sipp Tbere is
"a ennd d.aI a. tb, obiortton The
.onanltdHtinu ~ tha ~rnstof0cea was
thn rr.pff az 4, i,ne ,-,ntinuad erfort
81 cnmhir. rn. u,n faNn- ana wine
nut ID. b-1upIarias vhf,h Mad long
helned Zoo further al, recitation hc-
tween the two towns. Instantly the
fanSaIidntiuu tuur rIare however The
resnie on DO ia ,",n "r a ennsid-
cradle portion of iham. arus. in indiu.
naiion AND hrougn1 lrrni ~procecdmgs