Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-20
NEW YORK BOSSES
FACE POLITICAL
STARVATION
Biggest Reform Wave Since
Overthrow Of Tweed Rapidly
Running Profession as Luc-
ratiye Profession in Gotham,

ratiye Profession in Gotham,
Especial Correspondence TO Morning Journal
New York, Feb. 17.-This city is
now undergoing a political house
cleaning. such as has not taken place
since the overthrow OF the Tweed
ring more than a generation ago. 1t
is a safe guess hat nine out of ten
men wearing particularly worried eX-
pressions are politicians, for the re-
forms which have been instituted by
the new administration are SO radical
and far-reaching that politics. form
erly a lucrative profession, now offers
to the old guard an extremely precar-
ious livelihood at best. District and
precinct leaders have suddenly dis
' covered that there is no plum tree to
shake and city employees are rapidly
learning that they are no longer the
possessors Of si%necures. Indeed, they
are now required to work from nine
in the morning until rive in the al
ternoon and to record their comings
and goings on time clocks-a state OF
affairs which has caused a tremendous
wall. The police are on tenter hooks
as a result OF the summary discharge
Of several members of the force for
too enthusiastic use Of their clubs.
Indeed, one veteran who has grown
gray in the service, during years OF
clubbing aud rough but effective
methods or dragging prisoners to the
station house, expressed himself OF
the pessimistic opinion that If matters
keep on as they are going at present
a police gentleman" when desiring
to make an arrest viii be restricted
TO touching the suspect politely on the
shoulder and inquiring If he can
without Inconvenience accompany the
officer to the nearest station house.
Incidentally this wholesale house,
cleaning is enabling the public to pick
up all sorts OF bargains at remarkable
prices. AT a cleaning out sale OF We
hicles which the new fire commits
sloner found in the department stables
a %brougham which cost the city 81
500 sold for $50. IN electric automo-
bile runabout brought $50 and two
,leighs $57. Only $667 was realize
IN goods which though never neededs
mad cost the city over $4,000. Alto
gether uickings are becoming very
few and far between, ana the profess
sional politician is facing about the
~ieanest four years which could well
be imagined in this city.
Another illustration Of the POSSIBLE
ity of working a willing horse to
death has just brought woe to thou
sands of persons here. The free.
shine is no more and hereafter all
those persons whose shoes were made
glossy without charge will either have
Ito cough 4ap the rsgulaR price on pur-
chase a home shoe-blacking outfit and
make use of elbow grease. For many
years it has been the practice or a
number Of shoe stores in this city to
present to each purchaser of goods
/ a Chine ma 10 - that ig "a parI which
entitled the person exhibiting il to a
free shine at the stand in the store.
Undoubtedly this greatly increased the
number of persons coming into the
store, but did not apparently increase
sales. The purchaser Of one par Of
shoes received a card good for prac-
tically perpetual shines, and in addi-
/ ton to this a recent investigation re-
vealed the fact that the owners of
these cards were in the habit of lend
ing them TO relatives and friends. Ac-
cordingly the free shine is abolished.
In its place the stores in which the
practice obtained will now charge five
cents for each shine. On the payment
| of the nickle, however. the purchaser
viii receive a five-cent coupon which
can be turned in at face value in pur-
chasing shoes. In this way it is tx
pected the graft feature will be ell
minated, Already these new c%ertifi-
Gates are quoted at four cents cash
OUTSIDE the STORES using them.
Inere is ilkeiy TO pc a marked ue-
crease IN tne near iuture OF persons
VINO appenu 10 thelr names university
ucsrees. IS nor Que TO any iall-
ins Oh IN tne a~ttehdallHe ~ lhstltu-
ions OF earning, put 70 me arres.
ntre 81 d man VINO ma q
nnethou Oh obtaining uesrees Wlihou'
s'uusnis or PassIis examinations IN
u "oru, ne soiu thenn' fol me sum
W slAty uollarS ne asreeu 70 uellNtr
= ulplulila rom " certain western UNI
NelsIty coilierIllB tIe rlsnt on tne
purchaser 10 use the ietters ~ a. III
yer ms name WINE TOT SloV a degree
Oh - L. ~ couid pc lurnished' rms
inStdttdhtou ~VuucatuI mas uohc y
llourlshlhS business mere lor some
months and thsre seemed 10 ne noun
ing except the iack OF sixty collars TO
prevent every cltlzen from becoming
u coIlese graduate Without decay nltli
inc suspicious Of one OF the newest
purchasers OF q degree Yea to an IN
~Vestisatlon AS u resulllt was discoV-
cred that the western university was
a lltlnlttii IlStftitIGn.- 1HI HS a re-