Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-10-12
SOLICITING SHOULD
Be CURTA|LEO To
SOME EXTENT
Sentiment Apparent at Com
mercial Club Meeting Last
Night That Pr0miscuOus
PanhandIing Should Cease

I diliidilullllg & ollOuiu Otdoct
Soliciting OF money for yaTi0as and
sundTy purpose. promizrious ticket
/ selling and the paphardiing of money
IN general from thc merchants end
3 business men oG Albuquerque, was
considered at lcnsth az largely al
I tended meeting of the Commercial
] club held last night Tor che purpose
( of discussing Policy No. 6 % our
z FoIieies.~ Policy 40. 3 is q resoiu-
uon to curtsn n prohibit entirely
/ the sale Of tickets and soliciting Of
money auEons the business men ~
N ciiy and y oRe ~ the nj 81 i'm
poriant matters o. be considered since
the plating the county meeting held
three weeks ago.
As the result II The meeting last
night President sehwenlker Was au-
ihorized upon g motion by ". r.. Wal
ton seconded hg A. II. Waas to app
point comElitee 30 five 70 formu-
late plans. which + is hoped Wai
solve the selIeliing question
The sentiment at the meeting last
night was practically unanimous R-ith
reference 10 the curta llment of salic-
ting The question as to whether or
ncf there should b. e stringent rule
adopted. prohibiting all soliciting or
whether exceptions should DE made
In certain cases. nas debated ai some
ieneth- There vas an aprareut SEN
iimeui that soliciting IN the interest
of churches charitable organizations
and Ike Institutions. should not be
prohibited
Tire mectins was largely attended
and number ef representative citi-
zens spoke on the question.
To overcome the abuses " premis-
coeus folieiting ii was suggested by
Ar J - l4erndon. during brief
address THAI q committee ol at least
five members ~ the Com mercial club
preferably five of The directors. bc
appointed Il thoroughly invcstigate
every proposition erfered To- the iu-
ting public 81 Albuquerque and
sitinits Bntil ilse approval 81 this
committee Is p3sts5ned. Nr Herndon
said thet he was 80 the opinion that
the members az the club pledge
themselves ts refrain from subserib-
Ing e. amy sto pr investing la
hemes. or purch sing tickets. uniess
they Dr. oftercd sr sfle 10y churchee
os 0g caaIfenle oI ganization.
Mr EerM0om i8 lhnt BE- believed
tisat praeiiral scheme could te
worked ont isr enforcing policy SO.
.G "a tine Cosnnteses.l tlah. and lhat
- had nn doi}r hut that ID viii bt +
Wa ns of protecting fnc busin -ss
mtn ag insi the inressani eall upou .
them To as aate ie ejttts and pFo5-
tcte % doubtful Valac. and from .
gaaa= lhla= saved t. build up
fua1a which viii b am pie % cover
lnsakraN iions o. worthy purposes.
80. Allan II. Waas suggested that .
the Commercial club adopt a resolu-
tion prohibiting members OF the club Z
frcm purchasing tickets or making
donations TO any affair OF doubtful
worth, a member 20 be fined twenty
five dollars for each o4fensc. Alr
waas SAID that this plan had NorkCa
in Pueblo and other cit-
les and believed ihut 10 would morN
Well in albuquerque Il
Mr b. Buppe spoke briefly and
put himself On record as being in
FAVOR ~ prohibiting ticket selling nd
soliciting entirely. with the exception
of soliciting Tor charitable purposes
Mir r. Il strouv said that hc WAS
sf the opinion thar soliciting should
be curiaied 90 some extent aud be-
ieved thot "a censorship committee
should be appointed 10 govern an the
various chemes before they were per
miit1l Go De- put before lhe public.
Objection io this plan was medc by
,ir a. B. Mcmillan. who said thar q
committee would be- % r decided dis
.Gvantare and could never he intal-
ihir $ mo tlrDes. be stld, lhr
sorshlp committee would approve -u
unworthy proposition. end aE. In dis
Improve worthy one. hiinEiuE more
,r less condemnation upon them ]
.clves Mr Mcmillan also szil that
solicitors auld use the endl lsernert
81 the c,usH ship commitiee as an eX-
ra strong lnducement and psulh
newer fail tp impress upon pT0oaolc
iatrons ihat the proposition o.
iretert hed been endorsed tV thr
Commercial club. Among th0-, vhp
.iso spoke GA tne soliciting question
we're III - fithgow. Jacob Wcinm4n
md number of other business men,
The eussfsu Was finaiir ended hy
De mot5cn De- alr. walton, seconded
,y Mr Wras. that 81 rnmwlft-e nf
ITs te appointed To leak irtu ta.
MASTER ana suggest a plan for sht
%. efft.f solution a. pcHrr N-
PRESIDENT schwentker rW arpaint