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inn Mil convinees I'm that the
world ovee hin . Hvine. I belong to
none Of thsss Glasses. Ny friends
did not bssssoh me to run. In fact,
my best friends strongly advised me
against Il. I certainly do not need
the Office, the emolumsnts Of which
are not especially attractive. have
made more money in the last six
years than / could possibly make in
the next six a. q corporation COM
missioner. And, thirdly, l haven't
the habit Of running, for this 10 abso-
lutely my first oiIsnse. l have never
been a candidate for Office before.
Why then am running for the po-
sition now held by Hugh H. Williams
on the New Mexico Corporation Com
missionf I am running because the
Progressive party has nominated me
for this position, because Of the ex-
cuse the race affords to preach pro-
gressive principles, in which l firmly
believe, because Of the splendid op-
portunity Of service which the office
10 which I aspire holds, because, al
so, Of the pleasure Of making the
eight. l am running because l am
weary Of the present something cor
poration commission, because l want
to BE- instrumental in turning that
$4,000 Joke into an agency Of pro-
lection for the people from the ra-
pacity Of certain corporate inter-
ests. I am running because in COM
mon with thousands Of respectable
and thinking people in New Mexico
I am shamed by clownish inefficiency
Of the commission as at present con-
stituted; outraged BY its incompe-
tence, diseusted with its futile buster
and sick Of it's puerile protests of
service to the people. I am address
inn myself TO the commission as at
present constituted. dominated as Il
is BY the two Republican members.
I could not with Justice charge the
minority member with incompetence
because overruled. az he is by two
stand-pat Republicans, he has had
no opportunitv. or slieht opportuni-
~. TO influence the actions Of the
commission an a whole. I NAV saw
in passine. however. that more We
bement protests. more violent dis
sensions than I have vet heard from
the Democratic member would have
been vastly more becoming than the
rather mild attitude Of protest which
he has maintained. No. the obloauy
Of the commissions inaction in the
face of wrongs which the constitu-
ton charged with the duty OF
rishtinp. must rest upon the already
burdened shoulders of the Republican
porty in New Mexico.
The CORPORATION Commission of
New Mexico was created to control
the corporations of New Mexico. Its
existence is prima facie evidence that
the people feel the need of protection
from the oppression of power-mad
corporations who have. by hook and
by crook. dominated this state in the
interests of dividends for a score of
years and more. II is true, as the
present commission will plead when
taxed with the futility Of its term,
that the sections Of the constitution
creating the commission sadly limited
its powers. n ia true that the hand