Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-07-27


i. and families OF those who nigh
suffer through railroad accidents.
This law was passed through ih'
united efforts OF Hawkins and Fan
Are men who VIII foist a law Of thii
kind upon our people fit TO Sit in tht
convention which win frame the very
Fundamentals OF our law? Have such
. men any claim upon USE Have they
not forfeited every right to our con-
fidenceg
Yet these men and others Of their
type were the most earnest advocates
of the partisan scheme Mr.. Fall
came with al his forces to the re-
publican committee meeting deter
mined to put through resolution en-
| dorslng the non-partiean scheme. lie
failed. No utility republican Of this
kind. no matter how powerful the in
fluenee behind him, can hope to con-
troi the honest republicans Of New
Mexico II ii hard 10 discourage the
| corporation agent. Having failed
here. Mr. Fall FASTENED back to Otero
county and went TO work.
petaiis OF tho Otero county deal
were given IN these columns yester-
day by our representative IN Alamo
gordo. Mr. Fall and his associates
have evolved a plan which, II carried
through, win absolutely remove from
the people any part In the selection Of
their representatives. and place that
power IA the hands--of Mr. ran and
his associate corporation agents. Mr..
Fall Is one delegate~-chosen in be-
half OF the republicans, by himself
one delegate IL chosen In behalf OF
the democrats, and the third delegate
Is chosen by the board OF county com
missioners. Did you ever hear Of m
action like thlsl Deliberately 20
plot to take away from the people
the right given them by law to elect
their representative and 70 turn that
right over 20 a board OF three men
II the Otero county deal the kind |
Of mon partisan plan about which
Mr.. Fail ana his associates, the cor
poration representatives In the repub-
liean party, and Mr. Felix Martinez
ana his associates. the corporation
representatives In the democratic
party, have been pratlng? II II is
and we believe the evidence is clear
--then we are Justified in the warn
ng we gave long age agslnst ttis
1lan. We knew we wohld be lusti-
led, but we did not believe The public
would come so soon We
1new the hand of the corporation
igeut would show but we did not ex-
peet It 20 show so quickly ana so
But men OF tho Fan Haw-
xinsSpieHs type of corporation agents
have operated so long and SO boldly
n New Mexico ana with such uniform
success from the corporation stand
,oint. that they have lost ali fear OF
popular disfavor, Their attitude is,
imply "The people be damned
What can they do about It."
That Is the situation before thc
,eople from otero county Their rep- {
esentatiyea have been chosen for
hcm by this little GROUP Of corpora
ion agents. II the people choose to
atify. wen and good. If they do not
ehat are they going to do about 1t.
II IS time for the people Of New
Aexico 70 wake up. These ''non-par- I
isan' deals are IN progress in half ,
ozen counties ana in every case the |
orporation agent is pulling tho J
trings We do not fear a oonstitu-
ion written by honest democrats any
more than we fear a constitution writ
en- by honest republicans. But we
re threatened with a constitution
'ritten by e combine Of insineere,
controlled agents, from v
9th parties It Is time for honest 9
epuhhcans and honest democrats 10 !
axe hold. Read the Hawkins rail- I
oad bill apd the clear, uumlstakablc
omment OF fearless congressman
pom IL Then determine whether or
ot you want men like Fall-spless-
lawkins to write the constitution I
ndor which you ana your children
nd Your childrcns children viii have
> live. We do not want them. The
eoplc of New Mexico do not want
lem. We do not believe the people
otcro county want thom nut in