The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-10-14

tuture generations strulling along will
wonder WHY IN the devil We put them
beth 10 the sawe grave. A. said lee
fore this j. not q question of iudivid
nals. " Is not = question at candidates
80 much, u i y question Of principle. q
question Vt policies. We b,th have nom
mated out candidates. aud want TO tain
With YOU along that line for u few min
ntes. want to say to vou In the first
place that our candidate for governor.
Hon. H. o. Bursum. - . man have
known for u period OF ten wears.
bave net only Known him. hut have
known him intimately aud known him
we'll anu familiar with his career.
both public aud private. some Ut OUT
enemies. aud more especiatlV that pub
l~icstiop which an sorry 10 say =, pub
liShed IN my home town OF Albuquerque.
aud which Is known ~ the Albuquerque
Journal. The Albuquerque Morning
Journal j. newspaper for revenue unlv
II ran be bought by ANYBODY that has
money enough and has little enough
principle 10 pa, Tor It, aud II will advo
rate anything under the SUI Tor money.
| wisb 10 ssy 10 you tonight. nv friend,
that u MI. pursum would slun a little
mouey Ipto The poe kci VI M. ban Mae
Phersou, the mHu Who runs the PAPER.
bs uculd tell YOU that Mt. i.utsum o.,
QUE Of The greatest met Ia NcW Mexico.
But Ne are not that kind and w. Ia not
have 10 hut that Kind Of people We
do not want them. We would rather
have them against u than to- ". They
hrst started cut calling M. But-ua q
land gtabbcr. Those who read that ~,
per . fs~ week, ago will probably t.
membef = great scare beading in larg"
type about lsnd grabbrfs. and that u
Mt Bursum Wa ever elected he was 20
10 grab all thr public Isud. We'll. It
d"esu = SAY ANYTHING mote about that
! don't suo~ why. but have nu idea
! ~sut to say thi-. Mr. Mcdonald i e
good triend Of niue. but unfortunately
MI. Mcdonald va nominated On the
democraiir ticket Tor governor. aud
when riley come to look ur the record,
" vas tOubd that Nj. Mcdonald hAs
more land leased 10 this Territory than
all ID" republicans put together. Well,
they bad nothing more - ,av about the
lsnd.grahhing business Bui the, had
70 have something aud they SAID he wa.
short ~ his fund SEVEN wears agu when
he was warden Ut the p"nitrutiurv. Tie
Wss short IA his a%rcoun's. They nave
10" autaci'y 10 publish in that papri
today. and II =. copied ~ ,,mr ct 'hr
smaller papers, that are published, that
BuIsum "a. short 10 hts funds. that hr
stole tue funds and burned the books.
Nv friends. that b, % mutt"r ui record
~ the court. uf thi, Territory rhi.
i. old tu most 1T you. But wI,l TO
say right here thar before the election
! expect to see "a II - q member "t 'hr
Af'llNN ' H"lllillNNff ~ NNf IfINNNlillttN
party IT rhi, state. that every voter iu
this Territory has q copy verbatim Of
what the record. "f the court shows
To" facts are ihi., We bad 70 hoy
governor p great rrt"rn"r, VIII" hike
most Ii rrformcrs. wanted 'o urt,rm
everybody but him.rii. Won 'ah, 4, rr
forming mau, thar . o. professional rr
former. and u duu = make amy iirrI
enc" what = man =. iu-' want 70" reform
him any ,"w. y U. |c rr,amr yuNrrrut
aud -iattSd q ,rrir. ct inv r,tigatiUn,
but seemed 20 Iuud hnHliN "u the rrui
teuiist". u" sent ur q" ,ut"tai", got
au accountant ~hu came down =, ~"
Iity Of Santa fr aud put 10 be-. duS, go
ing over the records OF the I]cuientiuTV
and MS night. playing poker aud drink
iug whi-krl, aud h- worked more nights
than day., but he huplly tururd in q ~
called report 10 whirG h- claimed that
the records showed tuur Nj, Itur,um
w. short some fund that he claimed he
owed The Territory. A. soon - the d,
port came out, Mr. Bursum, - soon o.,
be- possibly could, looh steps :" have the
msttef FULLY aud thoroughly inyr,tign
should be property Investigated. 10 4
court 81 Justice. tie brought suit
against the Territory uf New Mexico
in which he asked that al the a%rrount-
aud every cent uf money that hr had
received - warden II the pcuitrutiary
should he taken into account Mud he
-aid llkr ANY other homes, man would
say, that IL hr owed the Territory ui
New MeNirO anything, that h" wanted
20 know il, and p9y u, lie said IL" want
cd 10 know Just exactly where aud how
he stood, The action Wa h,ought IN
'hs court before Hon. Frank ". PARK.
~, o.. upright and honest . iudg" ~ go,
ef sal upon ANY bench aud ! know him
~ know nv ~ brother. know no
man on God. green earth VIM could
were Judge Parker one huir breadth
to The right OF left, aud he wac The
Judge ia that rasc, lie sppoin,rd Mr.
Charles A, Stafford. Who ~ that time
was Travelling Auditor ~ New Mexico,
and who | presume most Of you know,
rpG who has . reeoyd - one of the best
sccountaatS IN the whole rou"try. He