The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-07-28
HAS THE JOURNAL QUIT
THE NEWSPAPER FIELD?
To Join the Ranks OF Cut-Throats and
Hired Assassins?
Vicious Attack Upon otero County is without
Precedent or Parallel

The albuquerque Morning Journal is just struggling
through after Of righteous Indignation and moral
action and regeneration fearful and wonderful to be-
hold. refreshing and encouraging that least
paper the patriotism and the moral courage stalk fearessy
into the county nquy great individual
peril prevent the plain citizen from hanging milestone about
his neck and casting himself into the
If anybody had faith and confidence in the editorials pub
shed in the Journal during campaign times and if e1ebod
could forget the acrobac which have been performed by
Journal whenever the brought BEAR then this
euogy the Journal pronounced above might hold
alack alas 1t possible that in the
gone Journals acrobac ea have the best
efforts of hybrid of crawfh extraction And
passing, might also be remarked that in being little
the Journal has made its attack vicious
with little regard for the actual facts the that
the coven clearly revealed and the the
protrude In other words it patent that the Journal acting
upon initiative and in the clearly defined province of
reputable newspaper has singled out and attacked Otero
county having the political conditions existing in
all New Mexico
discussion of this The News will face the issues
fairly squarey There will be evasion of the facts and
mncing The object of the Journals
defeat Judge Albert Falls nomination for delegate
from Otero county the constitutional convention
To review the attack briefly In the issue of July a. The
published editorial column in length under the
caption Danger ahead that editorial Judge Fall
lone of the most arbitrary and defiant of railroad agents.
the of July 26 the Journal devoted columns of the
first page alleged frame which had for its pur
pose hoodwnkng the people The issue of July p devoted
eight the called nquou schemes of the
county gang leaders.
Without aid of inside history, let first consider the
fairly and mpartia Does it reasonable and paus
be think that the Journal would clear Oero
county, campaign solely and wholly because it inter
esd in the welfare of peope Has the Journal before
conducted distant campaign in the interest of good
ment that might possibly be justified believing that the
Journal is acting good faith? And if the Journal
and and actuated by the of motives
the policy of clean c0HM not haze f0nnd b9 Fe
of usefulness in whc 10 aOy M home than OcyO county!
The of the Journals TRADE relates passage
the Hawkins Railroad Bill 1t of intention make
the BILL because is really pertinent 1t
open of the legislative assembly of New Mexico
it repealed open session of open history But
relation does the Hawkins Bill bear the election the
delegates to the constitutional convention? Mr.
Hawkins is and will be- candidate in this election
Now for the inside history Last week offer made
send quantities into Oero county to be
defeat Judge Fall for the nomination. This fatfooed unequi
vocal offer made twice in Otero county 1t
made in tentative guarded to Others Finding
that their counterfeit and could not be expended
Oero county, the outside foreign which desired the de
feat of Judge FALL necessarily compelled to look eewher
for medium through which to conduct the fight Is it
possible that the which tried to send money into Oer
county defeat FALL The bOsveyy whch 6eu
Me Journals vOHs and unparalleled attack No great stretch
the Imagination would be required to believe this
The Journal has mailed copies the papers containing the
tack everybody in Oero county, nearly it could Peop
Aamogodo who before heard Of the paper receive
copies Every postoce in the county has been favored with tn
papers in big bundles On the face of it, does this appear
the dsnerested work of reputable newspaper Does the ou
nal make practice of keeping list OF the and citizens
every county in New Mexico? Who paid
the papers which the Journal distributed broadcast
Otero county? These questions which will naturally
the voters Of this county And the questions will be answered
IT cording to the evidence.
The people Of 0tero county need enghtment Judp
Falls They familiar with his record II