The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-04-23

the election addresses Of thc various
candidates but there b. little space
given 90 The election in the press au1
very fow iarge political meotings
This year. however. the Brihudl4ts
are c~ndeayurinR TO make up for thoit
deficient orRanizotlon hy "a propt-
ganda specchmakinR campaign boo the
principal %Contcrs. To educate tho
public. They are also diHtrihutins
large quantities uf literature. 10 will
hc seen from this that She BRAND
lists depend almost wholly on the vote
uf The large section uf the commun-
lty hitherto indifferent 90. or sven con-
temptuous Of politics. Some students
uf political conditions declare that
this class is even moro Indifferent
than ever. They point out that ut the
election after the Panama scandal all
tho deputies involved. WHO presented
themselves Tor reelection were return
cd by Increased majority and that
therefore the supposed oncct OF the
Rothctte scandal should be larHclY
discounted Under those circumstances
q Il oas, tu realize the magnitude OF
the task the ntinndists set Themselves
The programs uf the two parties
diner more In degree than ~ ktnd
The principal divergcnces are on the
national defense and electoral res
form questions The Radicals. acc
cording 60 the program adopted at
their congress at Pau n few months
back. denS the ncccssit, ~ the three
years period nf military service nnd
advocate a speedy return To the W."
wears regime. The Briandists. ON tho
other hand. hold that such u step
IN face Of The ever growing masses
ON the eastern hontier Is tantamouni
to national suicide Both 4 agr"cN
Hs to the d~esirabliity Of electoral re-
fotm The Radicals would dchhc
To gutug back 60 the Ola Ftsi"W "l
sCrutin ae listp, boy which ou.h D.,utur
votes for as many deputies AS the en-
tire department has To elect TINS
was supplanted In 1859 by the present
lsystcm uf scrutin acknowledgements
under which each department is 81
Vided into a number of constitueu-
cites. each clector voting FOR one dep
uty only. The Briandists hold that
this does not go far enough Ihey
want 90 addition u modified form oi
proportional representation. The So
C~ialists agree with them
Roth parties again favor a gfodu-
atcd income tax instead at the pres
cnt system Of direct taxation calcu-
lated on The rental value of the house
occupied by the taxpayer. But while
the Radicals wish TO arm % fiscal.
authorities with power 60 verify the
declarations Of the taxpayer by exam
ining his books n papets, the bri-
andists OPPOSE such "a provision aF ar
bitrary and inquisitoriul iu which
they are, Of course. supported by all
the substantial middle class.
OF the other parties. the Unified
Socialists are weakened hy internal
dissonsions. ono section of the party
wished TO form "a coalition with tho
Radicals. but this was rejected. u
"a however, resolved that the So
%cialists' vote should be turned over
TO the Radical candidate tn Coustitu-
lencies where no Socialist was stand
ing.
\ new party. the Catholic party,
appears for the first time al the pres
lcnt election. II ts The result OF "a
movement initiated by the Catholic
newspaper. ftnivers The program
OF the ncN party D. the re-esuo dish
mcut Of diplomatic relations with the
Vatican. the recognition at The legal
status of the church Ia France, the
reconstruction In accord with Rome
of an ecclesiastical patrimony, the re-
admission Of the CNilcd religious or
dcrs. the protection of b Catholic
right to teach in schools, the pHrtici-
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lic funds and the repeal OF the d.
vorco law. Although there has been
considerable revival Of popular in
terest IN the church and it, work Of
recent years. u Is not believed That
the new movement vii lead 10 the
creation OF a Catholic party In pntlia-
ment II is receiving only partial
support from the church itself, and
Il is understood that many bishops
consider the movement dangerous
ana likely 60 have political consc-
qucnces hurtful TO the cause OF re-
'ligiOn.
The chamber which has Just CONF
plcted its IA years mandate CON
sisted Of 531 members. owing 10
changes IN population in various CEN
tiers there has been "a Redistribution
by which the number has been in
creased 10 6O5. When elected in 1910
the chamber WAS divided into the fol-
lowing groups Radical, ll3; social
istic Radicals. rs Independent Social
lists. "a Action Liberals, 50. Right
2l. independent, q By various
spite among the Republican groups
the total of . has been increased 20
~.
The nucleus Of IA Republican ma
.lority h. formed bN IA Radicals and
S%ocialistic Radicals, TO an intents and
purposes u group. tht other groups
being the Democratic Left and the
ProgrcssiVes, M latter OF a very CON
sentative tingo Of re~pubgcunism. To
these were generally Joined the lndc-
pendent Socialists, which include
among them BRAND and Mtllerand,
whose Socialism Is FAR removed from
the more or less revolutionary kind
professed hy the Unified Socialists and
their leader. JeH JaureE. The Action
Liberals, the Right and the lndepend-
ents are mostly Royalists or Bona
partlsts and have no political Eignih-
canoe. 4 WORKING majority based on
such shifting grounds has made the
continuous existence 81 ministries eN-
Cccdingly difficult Among 80 many
shades of republican thought differ
cnces OF opinion are necessarily OF
frequent occurrence. Offering unrl-
vailed opportunities to thc astute po-
lttlcai s%trutegist 4 certain romhi-
nation of statesmen may be- accept
able Go the bulk OF the Republicans
on some questions and meet With tho
strongest opposition On Others only
by constant recourse 10 compromise
and every cxpcdiCnt of procedure
could AN administrator hope 60 carry
ON the task Of government
lu the last four years there have
been eight ministers Of war. seven
ministers of foreign affairs and seven
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