Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-23

know what they get. hut it IS not
enough
After a few pleasant roasts for the
Morning Journal, Mr.. lhtcth declared
Mayor Lester the most popular mayor
albuquerque has ever had, He blamed
thc delay in huilding the on
the cold weather in January and rec
fcrring to the statement OF the re-
publican committee concerniuc city
affairs. he exclaimed
What do You want OF Felix les
tcret
rhcn MIR. Birth told q story and
told ii very Wen, as he did AN his
stories. although the application 90
this one caused several OF those pres
ent 10 seek gropirgly for the appli-
cation. IL MAS the story of Johnny
ANA the rose, Il veteran story that Is
sull good
IT seems thar Johnny was sem to
school day after day In "a moro or less
%bedfaegled and lilthy condition.
Finally one day the teacher could.
stand il no longer, 80 she sent Johnny
home To his mother with "A note, stat
ing that Johnny did not smell nice
and would the mother please wash
him before sending him to school
Johnny's mother thereupon sent
johnny back 10 school With the fol-
lowing note3
Dear MISS.
n send Johnny to school 20 be
learnt, not 10 he smellcd. Johnny
amt no rose
The application Of tho story re-
mains in doubt. The speaker GER
tainly ala not intend 10 draw any
parallel between the somewhat du-
bious johnny and the immaculate
mayor Of Albuquerque. The more
thoughtful ones finally concluded That
~ .A..la4t t4.A4sf IN f4fAH
that Mayor Lester had been sent into
the mayors OFFICE, To he learnt city
government. and lei it go at that.
There is no need to swap horses
in the middle of the stream, con-
Guided Mr.. Hnrth. "if | had the slA
the same officers would be returned
with the statement that ne did not
lnow "a great deal about local affairs,
MIR. Barth gave WAY to the next
speaker, who he said could tell more
about them,
The nxt speaker was MIR. Burkhart.
who launched almost At once into 81
continuanc, of the effort To make an
issue out II the Water company ana
10 charge that the republicans of All
h%uQucrque are controlled by that com
pauy.
After branding the statement OF the
re rublicau committee as a tissue of
lies" Mr. Burkhart. who WAS em-
ployed by the city council avs special
attorney during the water famine
last summer occupied halt an
hour IN an effort to explain why
the city council did not take amy steps
to relieve the people and force the
Water company to furnish water, uh-
til the water shortage Was over and
tho company in It's own good time had
got around 10 gepienishing the supply.
AIR. lairkhart recalled am the incl
dnnts ot tiat well remembered period
IL discomfort. He stated thai the
Water company had lied To the city
council about the shortage and the
acequia water and held this up as an
excuse for the delay IN moving
against the company lie attempted
To collect the Water company, the
Morning Journal and the republicans
of Albuquerque into one heap and
from that to make an issue for the
city campaign this year.
aThc trouble Witch the republican
party here is the same as il is every
81 here else in the nation. declared
Mr.. Burkhart. 1T is controlled by
spetial interests and individuals who
use il for private gain
Finishing with the Water company,
Mr.. Burkhart launched into an effort
to show that the democrats have not
violated their campaign pledges and
promises to the people Of two years
and tha, those pledges were
made in good eaitl. II was an inter-
esting explanation, carefully thought
out and gracefully made and is one
which will probably be heard fre-
quently during the brief pdriod tho
city campaign is under way
AS evidence hat the recent state
ment by the republican committee is
Il tissue of lies, Mr.. Burkhart re-
ferred to the ridiculous claim that
Aldermen Hanlay ana Learnard SCI
cured through their persistent efforts
the establishment OF the Highland fire
station. although the council records
that Mayor Lester ana Alder
Beayen fought this improvement
to the last ditch, Alderman Beaver
for 1t. when it became ap
parent that the measure would pass
the council. anyway.
The meeting WAS presided over by
Or. $. l.. Burton, chairman of the club.