Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-01

| BOARD CT sl"uNlHatloh OF any eVhSiu'l-
able numher Of them. will stand in the
wa, of carrying out a reform as grcat-
Is needed as is the one under consid-
Grafton.
The other difficulty which the Reg
istcs-Tribune sees In the way IS the
fear that the incoming governor viii
not give tho effort TO effect q reform
in this direction his hearty eoopera.
ton
So far as We are able TO learn, there
q absolutely no foundation for an as
sunrtien Of that character, ana TO
Jump a. such n conclusion, in the abb
soncc Of anything to warrant it. Is not
giving The new governor "a square
deal" by any means. ON the contrary
il Would be no more than common
fairness to assume Tint Judge Mills of
any other man as governor Of New
Mexico. would use his influence as a
public official IN favor OF bringing
about a reform so vitality important 20
the interests OF the whole people of
,ft territory as the one now under
consideration.
After copying in fun The Morning
Journals editorial IN reply TO 4 former
article on this subject, the Register
Tribune says;
"rho Registor-Trihune is pleasoi to
note that the great paper OF the ter
ritory Is optimistic of the success Of
the tax commission. though II Is care
ful 20 indulge in no prophecy. So far
as we are concerned. we meant just
what we said, namely that while GOV.
Mills is in the main in favor Of the
plan. It is q eommon report that he
viii not put his power back OF the
commission He has q great opportun-
iiy to prove his willingness 70 reach
an honest system Of assessment. ana
we viii be the first to give him credit
for n. II he does 80. Tho same thing
Is true Of tho territorial board Of
equalization. The recommendation
of Tint body for the creation Of the
tax commission means nothing A
governor IN power can get any Rec
ommendation he pleases from any
board he creates. IT Is q matter Of
common report that the board of
equalization is at heart hostile to the
proposed reform, and that while it
apparently fnvors it, under another
governor It win put 40 many obstacles
In the way of the commission that 1t
will be able to do nothing. without
a.. FAff 20 III. ..tl
tho board the commission can do
nothing. with the support Of one aud
the pathy of the other, il can do lit
tie. II Is up TO the governor and the
board to prove hat they mean what
they have said. and common report is
so strong that they will be held under
judgment until they make good.
The purpose of the ReRister-Tri-
bune IN printing the editorial above
quoted was plain. We have a great
admiration for GOV. Curry and sym
pnthy TOR the rcform he has planned,
and mean that the people shan know
why Il fails, If II does fail. It's sue
cess IL a matter wholly in the pro-
vince OF tie new governor and the
board, the commission being willing 10
do Its appointed work. Tho chairm n
Of the commission Is "a clean ana an
honest man, and his associates arc all
right We do not mean II the reform
fails That they shan bear the odium
of such failure, but hat It shnll rest
.spuarely where II belongs, with GOV.
Mills and the territorial board OF
equalization. An immense pressure Is
being ana win be brought To bear up-
on the responsible parties TO induce
tAem to kin the reform. II is but
natural that they should try 10 shift
the blame upon the commission, and
we do not propose that they shall do
It II is the board ana the governor
who hold the key TO the situation, and
we mean that the people shall remem-
Der IL. If the powers get In behind
the commission ana the reform Is
thereby reached, we win be the first
e. eNtol their action in the matter. IN
the meantime, the report Is as we
have stated, ana we VIII make it
clear,