The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-11


EoR about four years Jim HInkle
81 Roswell n W. A. Walton
of silver city have been mem-
bers 81 the helpless little Democratic
minority IN the New Mexico senate.
u has not been a pleasant Job In al
way although Senators Hinkle and
Walton. being practical cltizeas. have
made the beat 81 u and have stood
for the pieasantries. real and alleged.
and wen for a Halle. . very little.
OF he rough stun MAT has been
SHE'D Of The minority BY the some
what dictntoriai gentlemen who run
the senato. But belonging to a show
Operated exclusively By the other fell
low. and chiefly for his advantage. Il
no lawn fete. eyen for a philosopher.
ana Il h safe 10 say that. while they
have for the most Of the time kept
ntnl there nave been times when
these two veteran Democratic leaders
haze felt like blowing up.
Now comes a time whcn the all
powerful majority in the senate finds
itself up against The real thing. IL
a ove neither forward nor back
ward. its clogEed condition Ia oil the
more painful because due entirely TO
internal disorders. not the least OF
which Is an undigested two-thirds
majority. Its faithful steed. the O.
o. p. elephant. a patient brute. broke
10 stand under almost an conditions.
ran no LONGER stand the gan and is
boiling straight for the cliff and a
fall 60 the rocks below. A crisis.
surely. II ever there Wal one.
What do the long surerinss sena-
tors from chaves and Grant do in
this situation Their enemy is PROS
trate before ,hetn.. ssrhhins. with ter
rifle cramps, He il. In fact. due 70
blow a. "A minute and left 10 his
own devices is headed for a swlft
finish. Note the course OF Walton
and Hinkie. No cold bIeoded. self
ish politicians these. They might
easily have left the mighty majority
20 struggle and die. Cold politics
might have dictated such a course.
But the death struggle and the re-
sulting corpse would have created a
condition extremely unpleasant for
the popuiaee. SO these large hearted.
generous gentlemen cast aside their
selfish interests. forget the taunts
and sneers and sights Of the past
four and. with charity toward
all and malice toward none, they
step bravely to the rescue.
III we don't help you get this SAL
airy thing out Of your system they
say 60 the mighty majority. you're
due 10 cash IN. snd with you a whole
battalion OF county officers aud
things, now quite dependent upon you
for a living. 20 say nothing Of a peo-
pie who you have led TO believe that
you are healthy and able 10 deliver
the goods. A. u stands you can't
deliver anything but a ysip and II
We did right we'd LET YOU keep right
on running amuck until you reached
your finish, We are assuming a
very considerable responsibility in
keeping you alive; but for the sake
Of the starving families Of the county
officers: for the peace OF mind Of n
disturbed and anxious people. We are
going TO take a chance. Here's a
hand"
Now as o matter Of fact the above
Il a longer speech than we ever re-
member either walton or HInkle
make; but i IL Substantially what H.
Haid In the Hinkle- Walton neutrality
resolution addressed 10 the majority
Tuesday.
There was no pelitlcs in the
Hinkle-w Walton resolution for a non
partisan settlement % the salary
question which the majority had con-
feHsed themselves unable 10 deal with
after five weeks Of unbroken strug-
gle.
That resolution was a little streak
of statcamanshlp. II saved a sltua-
ton rapidly becoming intolerable 10
the people. II forced the Republican
majority TO settle their differences;
"a forget politics n 10 remember
the psople. u was. as Mr. HinkIe
would put Il. a case Of hitting the
ball