Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-30
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The guyci, Of nations has receive,
% decided impetus during the PAS
two months from the performance 0
the morning paper OF this city; bu
gaycty has given place to boredom
ana boredom 30 disgust not unmlxe,
with pity As the public has rcgrctfui
~ watched the rapid Degeneration %
what Was once a fairly clean news
paper into y simple DrOmUiyatOr o
fJIIlo falsohDOd aud foolish person
Wiliof, Since the inception OF ~
present political attitude the Morn
ing journal hrs been exposed OT
every Attempted argument or cam.
paign statement; has been shown ~
nt every turn as guilty Of the gr0ascsI
misrcprescntp ton. has been driven
fairly into a corner and ~ IN final
resort raiseE the yell Of '1Iuhbcll" In
an expiring attempt 10 regaln some
standing In the campaign and 10 d..
vert the egtrcnt Of public sentiment
away from Taft and Jaffn
Two months ago the morning pnpcr
was an enthusiastic Progressive or.
gan, lnuding Roosevelt and tho Now
Mexico PToEreShv0s 10 tile turquoise
skies During that period the morn
INK paper showed conoluslVely dny
after day that the election Of wood.
row Wilson would Uc public cnlam.
lty: that Wilson Was rcaotiOnary.
unpopular. vacclllatlng. vague and IN.
competent. The morning paper dem
OnStrated at that time beyond posi-
blllty OF refutntion that the aceession
Of the Democrats TO power would re-
suit In industrial diBnster and hard
times. II declared unequIyocally that
any attempt To ,nrry out Democrats
tariff policies would be little short OF
fatal TO the country.
When the morning paper Wus NJ.
prls.d In IL delicate aud cOBsiderutc
manner that the Progressive move
ment Was able 10 run itself and the
editor thereof way Informed with
equal tact that Colonel Roosevelt was
very busy. the nr0rnlng paper linmu-
diately turned sayagoly upon the PRO.
grcsHiye movement ana ondcovOrcd Ia
scratch lis eyes out.
Now II II ostGnHlbly supporting
Woodrow Wilson and u. u, Fergus.
son: IN hnlf.heartcd. Intellectual
way. damnlng its candidates with
faint praise. As tho echoes Of liza Wig
nrous attack On Democratic iuriff pol
irios had hardly died away. nothing
appeared available at first save to
rise the eTy W "Hubbell." liz only
stock In trade. ANA 10 .ndeavOr -
make the people believe that the re
publican party In This county WAS
hOpelesaly divided. Declaring TINT
the election Of Congressman Jurfa
would restore Frank Hubbcli 10 power
In this county. the morning paper was
forced into an absolute rctruCiiOn Of
the statement InslDuntlng that Mr..
HubbCli had offered money ~ an ef
fort 10 control the county Orgunlza-
ton, the morning paper was forged 10
admit the falslty Of the inslnuation.
Fearing that after many years of
usefulness the Hubbell buga boo was
too frayed at the edges 10 scurc intel.
lIgeBi men. the m0rning paper took
heart Of grace ana screwed up Its
courage 10 the point OF inudlnE the
Democratic tariff policies Il had va
recently annihllatel. The editor who
had annihllated those policies actually
had the nerve 10 take the public plat.
form ane Try 20 Tefule his own argu.
inenta. becoming 10 badly enianglcd
that amid the roaru VI The populaco
tho morning paper in chagyIn shut
uP hkp an angry clam on the tariff
qussti0a, Meanwhile the strength OF
ne Eepnhllssa prosperity cause 10
M ~ enc stats hiss been. lhgfeaalnn
~ hears ana pepnaB until a d 4 Ser-
tAshlr tbag shs etafs 4aa a. slaal
tiil sale ~ st 81 4
dafta, gne lteAAA 3Eu S|4t
pelalb ~ 49, lsha ~ ans
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