The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-23

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the house. and Herbert u. Holt, Of
the senate. Francis B Wood takes Is
a with the local ministerial alliance
on their letter 10 the house and zen
ate on the subject ~ state aid FOR Sec
tartan Institutions. The letter IL as
foilOWs.
Albuauerque. Jan. 20. 1915.
Hon. u. n. Davies. Chairman House
Judiciary Committee.
Hon. Herbert y. Holt. Chairman Sen
ate ~Iuhiciefy Committee.
Gentlemen. AIS attention has been
called through the medium " the
public press to the protest the Protes-
tant ministers Of Albuquerque. under
the name of the Ministerial Alliance,
have sent To you against extending
any charitable assistance 20 81. An
thongs OrphanaRe OF Albuquerque. In
particular aud TO the other charitable
institutions la tho state IN general,
and as their letter as published seems
TO me 10 contain several statements
not borne out by the facts. permit me
TO take the liberty OF calling your at
tention 10 them.
n II we'll known avs they state. that
the constitution forhids %appropria-
lions by the legislature te any chRrita-
ble institution except those which had
received annual appropriations prior
u statehood. and therefore the legis-
laturc cannot make an appropriation
To- ~. Anthony's: and 80 far aa know
no such object u sought There Il a
crying need In New Mexico for ZONE
provision to be made Tor the care u
helpless persons. particularly orphan
children. and 7 think this state stands
| alone in having made no such proNis-
! ion except through the charitable APP
preparations complained Of, That tho
| constitution contemplates legislative
provisions for this class OF persons IN
other than public institutions plains
appears 10y Sec. ~ AZ .. which reaos
ae follows:
Neither the state, nor n county.
I school district or municipality. eN-
cept as otherwise provided In TINS
/ constitution. shall directly or Indirect
Is lend or pledge ita credit ur make
any donation Go or In aid of n per
son. association or public or private
| corporation. or iu aid 81 ans private
enterprise for the construction of any
railroad: provided. nothing herein
shall be construed to prohibit the state
or any couniy or municipality from
making provision fof the care aud
maintenance ~ sick and INDECENT per-
sons"
II. az I understand. u h 10 be the
polirv of the state to provide ch1ftt-
able relief In each of b large Gem
munitlez ne " now done rather thar
attempt "a create one state institution
ntRome central points then the ny ar
sument against making provision TOT
he care of hcipicss orphan children
committed To 81 trthuuy's must nee
~essariiy be one based on seciurtanlsnl
lbipntrv aud intolerance an argument
which am sure viii have no Wcishl
with your respective committees hh'
sincerely hsps had no place tn lh'
minds of the memoirs Of the MINIS
%serial Aliiance
Tn. imprcation seeius attmpted @
be created by the communicative
| signed hy the ministers hat the 'ul''
ltable appropriations of past icEisl'.
trres are 10 Catholics alone pmltuni
Tho two institutions specified hy then
az being NOT stuctly charitable insttn.
lions and whIoh Z note receive nut
u.ltrv thousand duilarz each, tin'
that az each session of the LEGISLATURE
lback 60 1903 and earlier. these Apr"
priations have been divided hetWeci
AN equal number OF Catholics ah'
non-Catholic Institutions. jas follows
Catholic,
orphans school. Santa Fc.
81. Nfpceut's Hospital SANTA re.
Mercy hospital. silver city
sisters Hospital. Albuquerque
81 Mary's Hospital. Roswell.
Nuu-Cathnlic-.
GIANT County Hospital SILVER CITY
Ladies' Hospital. pcmins
/ Eddy County HospltHl Carlsbad
Gallup Hospital. Gallup
Relief Society. las Vegas.
referring Co their statement Una
the orphan and dependent children q"
the state are being successfully tdt''
for by "a non-sectatidu institution
(which. toy q letter of the reverend Nj
LaiIauce. one of their number. pun
liished e few DAYS previously. % ap
pears IL the Children ii"wc society
conducted by Reverend ~ lukens 4"