Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-10
BITTER FIGHT OVER
OIOVIs NORMAL SCHOOL,

II CLOVIS NOtkMAE S4lttONBAi
Tho real fight OF the day In the
house then arose when house bill No.
109 was read In full. u was the Clio
Wis Normal school bill. and Arr.
Toombs az once arose TO oppose a. lie
made a Iona speech In which he point
4 ed out that there was no need OF haste
in establishing the school and declar-
ed that he favored letting II so over
until the next session.
He said he had hoped 10 secure
| the school for Clayton, but on, coming
4 t. Santa Fe he had found the air SUR
I charged with opposition 20 any new
school at this time. He also discover
/ ed that the existing normal schools
were ia need of funds to maintain
( them az even their present efficiency.
/ He said he was member nf the
house committee shat visited the state
prison and be was grleved deeply 20
find that that institution. which Of all
state institutions, should be properly
maintained. was la serious need of
more money and OF additional build
ings. He said for that reason he
thought il unwise 10 create any more
schools.
He brought the light OF battle Into
J Mr.. Nichols eyes. when he referred
10 Clovis as little railroad town but
: ave years old. which like the Arab
4 "might fold its tents and silently
steal away" moot any old night he
said Il was nothing hut a mushroom
town that had grown up on iis faii-
road equipment which was all that n
! had and that the railroad might take
Il az the track "a ZEN miles on down
the traek a few miles whenever Il
felt like So doing.
In fact Il was a gloomy picture that
Mr. Toombs painted Of Clovis. he
sald It was poor business 10 put a state
( school in a town that had now IS
/ per cent less population that n bad "a
/ year or SO ago, In a polite manner,
4 he turned 20 Mr. Nichols and said;
i"i Congratulate tne geniiemaD On
havlne successfully R3rmed hla bili
ONT Of tho committee al last" SIC
then charged that tho other rcprcaen-
tntiyes seeking normal schools dld nor
have "tae ear OF that committee as
did Mr. Nichols who was q member.
anu said that whenever tho words
Normal school we're mentioned Mr.
Nichols. day or night. was always in
that committee ready 10 "arlso and
declage that the school must be TO-
Gated a. my Ave year old railroad
town" He then charged that an acc
tive lobby had becn constantly on the
job. 10 secure the school and he took
a few political raps az the lobby. He
closed his rermnks By moving that the
bill be laid on the speakers table un-
an next January.
4 Major Lleweilyn, iirmly graaping q
copy OF the Evening Herald showing
o fun page % pictures OF the churches
aud business houses Of Clovis, came
% the rescue
( Here 10 Clovis, the Magic CITY, he
said. Look AZ these pictures ln this
newspaper, OF one of the greatest and
most enterprisinE little cities in all of
eastern New Mexico. Look uPou
thege church spires rising on high 20
Sitter and CLEAN in the sunshine Of
the areat state of New Mexico be-
meath the blueai skies that can be
found Ia this universe"
Having delivered that bit Of poetic
Orat0ry. the major settled down 20
business and proceeded 10 tell what
Clovis had aud would have. no said
81 call clovis "teui clty" on q "iiS
by night" railroad town. wa libel
on thnt fair city. ne said d already
had one railroad and within "a year
would have Two moro, that Il was "A
city Of happy homes. honest people
ana decent surrouudinns 40 favored
giving Il q normal school Without de-