Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-26

continues, should he decide again 4
accept the nomination. Qaughte.
land appIause.)
Here Mr.. Wood told the story o
tho minister who, having been offere,
4 new position at q better salary. wa,
praying for advice and whose younl
son. whcn asked as to his fathers in
tentions, said, PA is prayin' for ad.
Nce-but Ma is packin' the furni-
turc."
Mayor Lester is still taking it under
consideration. continued Mr.. Wood.
but his right bower is out huslling.
daughter and applause.)
And, gentlemen. by the time Mayor
Lester gets down and decides to make
UP his mind whether or not lie will
run again, the people will have had
time to think over the qualification
and the character Of the mon that
this paper says we tried to get ana
the man that we did get. and again
I say. sou know what the result will
be. (Applause)
Gentlemen, there arc several issues,
or, rather, as one of my %favorite
characters in American history,
Grover Cleveland once said-you see
/ ave not always been a republican.
] wa q democrat until their incom-
petence, here again demonstrated
drove me out Of the party (applause)
LAS Grover Cleveland once said. II
Is q condition, not a theory, that con-
fronts Albuquerque in this election.
Mr.. Wood here reviewed the events
of the campaign two years ago.; out
lining the business-like. sane and
conservative program which the re-
publicans had outlined for building
the sewer. and referring to w. w.
Strong and the other candidates NOM
mated to carry out hat program.
Loud applause greeted the reference
to Mr.. Strong. The speaker called at
tention to the fact that the demo-
Gratis needed a campaign issue and
took it from the sewer system.
THE democrats thought they saw
a chance for some little politics. he
continued. There was a great con-
eress coming IN and they decided this
c~onrcntion would attract a good many
people and they wanted a good
speech. They wanted to elect n good
speech for mayot-and so they nom
mated a very pleasant gentleman
whom | respect and who is certainly a
good speech, against MIR. Strong. But
they knew that something more thar
a good speech was necessary to con-
vince the people of Albuquerque. if
they were going to elect a mayor, and
they made "A platform, and what
was it. and What did it indicate?
Gentlemen, ur to that time the re-
publican members of the city council
had consistently followed out Il plan
of careful, plain, honest able admin
istratf1n.
Albuquerque reached Il point where
i needed and demanded a good, nom
political, business sewer. % y " You
had capable men in that council and
you further had a young mar as city !
engineer, q recent graduate from one
the best schools of engineering. He
was an excellent engineer. as good as
YOU could find in any part of this
country. He was james n. Gladding. Z
= They gave YOU q plan for a
sound, sensible sewer, on grade. s
z They had no thought Of 7
spending all that $500. 900 and every t
mothers son of those democrats knew :
{. Tlh, republicans. were using COM !
non Judgment and business sense. But /,
he democrats saw their nance TO :
make politics out Of the sewer and 70 ,
make the people believe that there !
vas graft in this proposed plan. They
II they could do that they f
eject the speech. /
Confronted with that situation. the /
democrats went before the people .
With q platform in which they delib- /,
rately deceived the people for the /,
axe Of a little office. They get up =
n the opera house, ono after another, .
nd declared that James y. Gladdirs :
a fool and n knave" when ne !
any such price for the work. ,
the could be built for one /,
bird OF the and the sewer /
nd graded streets furnished for one
alf the moun In a signed state i
rent the present mayor supported
hat proposition. Tic put his word be- &
ore the people that he honestly be- V
eyed it could be done. I
Was that honcst2 e
Did he believe it2 p
Did those democrats believe it, II
II they did, are they competent to F.,
g further trusted with the business 6
the city of albuquerque? !.
II they did not believe it, are you
Ding To 80 along and reward them -
II getting into office on a lie-and n
hich ihey knew was a lie2 !
The gentlemen may take their n
hoice II which OF the two predica- b
they viii stand on. They have 3
Dt 10 stand on one of them now. "
viii do just to get in on. cap p
d
Mr.. Wood then passed to an expo ,
ton or what the democrats have II
one with the scwer-a thorough ex-
OF the record of s~ide-stepping. u
oxen promises. uncertainty. delay :"
I'd Incompetence and Extravaganza
hich have marked the course of +,
operations on the sewer.
He called attention to the search for III
pert advice. TO the altering OF the
TO the letting OF the contract
ith which he was familiar. W
They changed the plans to save
.eir face he continued. | am Ms
erely stating facts. IL that was the ]
,ject. they changed the plans from a to
ayity system whore the sewage III
ould have drained off into the swift &c
Irrent OF the Rio Grande. To the III
system which will cost $10.-
70 a year for operating the pumps -
one.