The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-02-26

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and bis sehesa ars right In their
that there shah be some
vsy Of plseiss under tribute the great
cf the country. The s~psetacls
4 Andrew Carnegie kicking al HE own
an account, and that Of many other
roat miiiionsires almost wholly evsd.
ne their just expense Of government,
: sufficient warrant for the income tar.
TO be sure u would reach everybody
whose earning capacity Is at or beyond
lea.6e q month, but all that any ressr
enable person wants In that tho IA shall
be equal on all alike, 90 that the man
who has mucn shall pay In exactly the
same proportion rs the man who hss liz.
tie. By such process there IL no such
thing ss discrimination.
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There Is no Disgusting the fact that
the coming constitutional convention
will witness the arst round Of the In.
svitable fight for n correct system Of
taxation In New Mexico. There In no
way to get around IL. The elements
have been forming for years, and they
were gathered together by the action
Of Gov. Curry IN the recent tan crisis
at Santa Fe, wherein the territorial
board Of equalization assumcd powers
not bestowed upon Il by the organic act
by and with the consent Of the large
traetmen and corporations, made the
coming struggle inevitable. In the con.
v~ention there will be q lining up Of all
those who nave been studying the con.
ditions. There viii not be any party
in II. All over the territory candidates
for the delsgatsship will be compelled
. to take a position that Is straight aud
, oatspoken. This gives promise Of Mt
least sho beginning at the formation
. of the Charter, and the rest will be up
to the people themselves. In the mean
8 time, II you have the chance, you should
. hear Gray on the crisis in England. II
will very likely start you right In the
determination Of one Of the most i'm
~portant problems Of government.
! Andrew Carnegie wants the a OF
's personality abolished. He 10 payinl
' on dve millions hs owns when he own
y over a hundred millions. What b
. ought to do Ia TO move to New Mexie'
L. and leave his interests In the hands o
y the New Mexico Board Of Equalization
As usual, I didn't write any specia
articles about George Washington thi
y. time. To tell the truth about Il, l hav
sid~estepped that subject for q goo
many years now. Somehow l can
seem 10 forget that something droI
ped the last time l did il. The troubi
=. was that / tried 70 be too darned VI
conventional In my handling Of the sui
ieet, and judging from the result SUI
eeeded In my hellish desires. ha
!. just finished reading Curtis life {
Washington, and felt that 1t was m
bounden duty TO tell all Of the tru'
about the so.called father Of this cou
try. / did, and that was what ma,
: all Of the trouble. I laid bare to q
little world Of mine the fact that Wa
=. ington occasionally got drunk, that
could aud did russ like 4 mule wran
Ter, that be liked the great Ameriei
A.. game Of draw poker or it's equivaler
:, and that no was q trifle too fond
=. the flsshpots Of Egypt. 1 pointed Of
that none Of these things detract'
from his greatness a. the pioneer pre-
ident, or that H. should be remember'
against him except ~ truths that
were well 20 remember when there W
any indication that hero worship W
at hand. 1t was a real good r%ticle,
| say It myself. 1t attracted attention
and other things. When the smol
cleared away twenty Daughters Of q
American Revolution had stopped the
papers, aud forty seven delighted heat
on had subscribed, one Of the best o
doctors In town had classed me rs
linesl descendent Of Benedict Arnol
and / had peer convinced some mo
that while IL Is always advisable to Il
the truth, IL is always best to pick O.
:. your truth very carefully. Since thu
a. have left the eulogies and descEs
tive articles in regard TO George to 9th
people. | may got over this very fe'
"a. ing after q while, but the time is n
M. yet.
acknowledge the invitation Of III
bert Putnam, librarian of congress,
send him 50 cents and receive the
port Of "Ths Star spsnsled Banner
"Hail Columbia" "Ameries" 4
..."Ysnkss Doodle" whose pedigree ha
been traced back to the beginning.
am very grateful for the i~nvitsti
r.. but IL IL nix for me. l do not adm
that the four embrace the four ieadi
patriotic songs Of America. "DiIi'
10 left out. In the past thirteen yes
| have heard tho rebel yell when ii
was ground out, and / know that
ought to be In the class. There are Of
or more sentimental and exalted reaso
but they might DO sneered at, conf
from a galvanized Yankee, and 30