The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-09-29
HUGH WILLIAMS AND
THE BALLYH00 SYSTEM
An Appreciation.

(From the DENNIS Headlight
Tho editor OF the Headlight likes
Hugh williams %personaly. hut polit-
! fcaliN regards MIN ~ a me ~fourhushcr
and posturer. He a make NOR fuss
and shake az more feathers and ring
more tin pans ana start more furore
over nothing than any man IN the
state OF New Mexico.
lie b. sccsing the vote, regardlcss of
party. oi the people of Luna county
ON the ground that he u a citizen OF
Luna county and a poor self-niadc q
originally made in Luna county. As
q Democrat he Headlight remembers
him as coming TO Deming, when he
lived Ia 81 Paso. a few days before
any election that might be held IN
Luna county or Deming aud marshall
ing the forces OF his employer-thc
Santa Fe Railroad compsuy-and
marching them 10 the polls and voting
them solldly for TIE Republican
ticket. and u Is very questionable 8.
there has been 4 Democrat defeat In
Luna count since Il was created that
cannot be- traceable to the railroad
vote ana influence marshalled and
manned b. Hugh williams.
A. We said. personally, he is a very
clever fellow. politically the Demo
Gratis of Luna county never had a bit
tcfer. moro persistent or more eth
cient Toe. He has fought us IN sea
son and out 81 season, In the darn
and In the daylight, In the sunshine
and n the storm, ~ hill n cow
dale. an where and everywhere and
IN every way he has been one Of th'
chief Republican scratpcrs.
Hugh Williams has been FOR TIVE
years anu more "A member Of th'
state corporation commission. aue
when hr blows into Deming. some
thing lrr t sand storm from th'
west. hc be- full OF stories OF achieve
ments ard grca' things that he hai
done for the people OF Luna count
especially. and for the entire stat'
general lie has been SO full o
these beautiful. warm Wiuded storlei
that hs has impressed some homes
DemuUftiz with the idea that he ha
especial, devoted himself 10 the ac'
-commodation and the convenience %
the people ~ Luna county. What hal
he done re has secured d few rail-
road srossings. he got the santa ~
dcrot-po.sioiy he did-hc claims q
have influenced IL or caused u 10 o'
constructed out Of an Did box car a
900, old FaNWood station where Their
should have been constructed "a de
cent. Respectable station building
where strangers from al over tn
country debsis from the trains To -
over 60 tho splendid hot SPRINGS @
FnNyaod. three miles distant. Thi
was "a wonderful achievement, Whei
10 stranger or tourist gets on the trail
at Faay wood and looks al that old DO
car. he turns up his pose ana sneer
and - surprised and dissusted. II :
absolutely "a feproach a. TIE compan
to have such "a thing - that and dul
u "A station. He has caused the south
ern Pacific company to duplicate an
splendid work 81 the santa Pc AM
construct goTgeou box cars az Carns
Mlesse and Myndus. Al the latte
plare-there being lots of red oloeI
/. and enterprise In the promising tow.
Of n sndus-the people protested AM
declared that they would not hav
such a scare crow Of q thing there fo
"a station and wrote and petitione
Ar. Williams NJ santa Fe and urge
him 60 make the RAILROAD compan
lput a decent. respectable static
house az Myndus. Hush wrote ther
r back. urging them 20 be patient, no
10 push matters and become assrea