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

Shouiu nave lfHH INiIN it' Nii' WY
treasury
we cau atienuon to the pledge to
install the systom OF industrial eaug
ton in orr schools, to which no move
has hetn made. We 0lll attention lo
the sc "a uphaia ghe retan Wer
aNs whore Il Wae riacgd hl zoe
tallcanA and % tne Hri ihqi ,nrec
ii amhers of the prcsent ennncii aA
ldAlnocrats. made oeaherate effort to
lse@r iis lowering of that licerse
We can attention to the pledge that
ALI laws and ordinances would be rig
Idly enforced without respect to per-
sons, ana To the utter disregard Of
that pledge. through favoritism,
violation of law and even the chang
ing of law to make It conform 20 the
personal interests OF Il city official.
we call attention to the pledge Of
rigid economy in public expenditures
and in this connection direct attcn-
ton to the increase of thirty-three
and one-third per cent in the city pay
roll.
n the inorease Of forty-ihree per
cent in the annual expense Of running
the city
TO the fact that the per capita cost
of our city government has increased
under this administration from S5.6l
per head per annum TO SS.02 per head
per annum.
We submit that the people are en-
titled To receive something in the way
of permanent return. either in im-
proved public service or or permanent
of the city from this
enormous increase in annual eXpend-
iturc and we submit that no such nh-
either in the public service
or in civic bettermcnt has been Civ
IN us.
We call attention to the volumes of
talk which cucumber the
pages Of the council record. to the all
most inconceivablc delay In transact
ing public business; to the neglect
)f our streets and our street crossings
IN the very face not only of a pledge
TO give us a system of graded streets.
but in the face of a greatly increased
expenditure by the street department
about double the largest amount W-
r. expended by this department during
any similar period in the past.
We call your attention to the al
most criminal inactivity Of this adj
in dealing with the water
shortage during the past summer. For
more than six weeks the people were
without water, even for domestic use.
)ur streets dried up and our lawns
md flowers perished While the public
health was seriously endangered Dur
ny all this time a simple remedy was
It hand in the courts. Yet this adj
whether by willful neg
cct, stupidity or for some other rea- |
ION not known. did not take this /
mple, business-liSe course but con- !
umed meeting after meeting i'm futile I
ak.
We contend that franchise grant |
"a 10 any person or corporation is /
ontract between the city on the one /
,art and the person or corporation /
N the other. and that the city should |
equiro every franchise granted by /
[ TO be lived up To go the letter We |
Condemn the practice, introduced by /
his administration. Of allowing public /
ervice corporations TO make their (
'wn Interpretations of the franchise
.ranted by the city and we guaran-
ee that the candidates on the repuh-
lean ticket, IL elected. viii require
very public service corporation hold
ng franchise by the gift of the city I
% live up To- the very letter OF that
We condemn the Water supply
ompany OF Albuauerque for permit Il
ing its plant 10 get into such condi- 4;
ion that a sufficient supply of pure {
'ater cannot be furnished at an times, ,
nd we condemn the present admins ,
ration for having neglected the in .
erests Of the people in permitting
uch negligence ON the part of the !
'ater company and we guarantee that
he candidates on the republican Z
ckct. If elected will take stops TO sec q
hat the people are protected against ,
ny repetition of the dangerous water I
anime Of last summer
We believe that an persons stand
non AN equal footing before the law. I
re condemn as undemocratic varied i
Interpretation OF law or ordinance re-
llting in favoritism TO one person ,
nd discrimination against another.
1e denounce the course of the pres
nt administration in this regard and
e. pledge to every man equal rights
nd privileges whether il be under
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