The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-08

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w upon tho attitude Of the
men In charge o. the Republican MAJ
jcflty IN the Legislature. a. regards
y taxation LEGISLATION they have de-
scrmlned to pass. the Herald. BY way
OF keeping the record straight SIN
ventures to point OF 70 these men,
and 10 the members Of the majority
who appeal ready 20 accept their or
ders unhsnltaslngiy. that the bills now
pendlnx IN the senate and which may
AVE passed hat body before this
issue Of the Herald aOpears the Bur
sum TAX commission bin and the
HAWKINS mine tax bill are a complete
rcpualasIon 81 the Republican %party's
pledges to ms people: given first
when the amendment 20 the eonsti-
tuition was proposed. wiDing out the
state board Of equalization. n again
when that amendment was adopted
By the people, upon h promise Of
the Republlcan party to give us in its
place a strong. clean and efficient
taxation and revenue system.
The Republican platform OF 1915
promised the creation OF a central
tax commission. having ~plenary pow
ers; aetual valuation Of all property
for assessment purposes. and a max
imum rate Of taxation thereon Of one
per cent
The Bursum tax commlssion meas
ure specifically violates every detail
OF this pledge. and so specific and
detailed In the violation that 10 deny
a violation IL an Insult 10 the inteili-
gence Of the people Of this state
The Hawkins mine tax bill makes
the violation .of.sehsse platform
pledges more extreme By specifically
exompJlng certain kinds ~ property
from fair and just taxation.
II did not require the categorical
datements Of the chairman o. the
Republican state committee. Mr.. Ely
TO inform the people that the taxa
tlon and revenue pledges Of his party
were TO be dlsregarded and nagrantly
violated. ANY one Of thousands OF
intelligent men and women In this
state, who are weary Of their Excess
siye burden % taxation, recognized
the flaErancy OF the proposed viola
tion Immediately these two taxation
measures were made public. The
statement OF AR. Ely regarding them
merely tended to center public atten-
tion upon the utter disregard by the
men who manage This Legislature Of
public welfare n public sentiment.
In the past the Republican party
managers Of New Mexico appear to
have operated upon the assumption
that the people will forget; n that,
being fools anyway. Il makes no es-
sentlai difference whether they for
get or whether they remember, since
they can be fooled again WIN 1t be-
comes necessary.
Repeated successes by the Repub-
lican managers IN violating their
promises to the people and In bring
ing them into line" with new prom
ises when necessary may seem 10
justify his attitude Of the bosses
But Mr.. Ely and a few other FAR
seeing men have had intelligence
enough 20 see that In this question Of
taxation. affecting vitality the daily
life Of every man and woman who
owns property In this state. Is on'
upon which our people cannot hS
fooled. They have seen mut ,h'
people are watching the solution Of
the taxation problem. now for th'
first time directly before us. as the,
have never watched a public ques'
tion before. They have seen that vi.
olatiOn OF the Republican party'i
faith upon taxation legislation is one
violation n good faith which th'
people will not forget and which thel
cannot be trlcked into overlooking.
one Of the Republicans who seem
90 have been able 10 see he politica
result Of this amazing program a
well as the fundamental economi'
outrage proposed 90 be COMMITTEES
against this state is state Senate
John s. Clark, who up to this tim
and against enormous pressure, ha
stood out agains, thu measures pro
posed b. the Republican bosses, an.
contended for right legislation an
the redemption Of The R%epubliceI
pledge.
pledge. Unfortunately, minor amend
ments proposed IN the senate thl
morning appear to have overeom
senator Ciark's objection 10 the ivy
bills Sufficiently 10 cause him 20 vot
for them.
Tho Evening Herald has been a
considerable palms 70 ascertain th