The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-09

Hfthlu was nhle TO print only "a briC
synopsis saturday afternoon OF IN
speech OF state senator ~. B. HoI
In the senate. In which the charge
brought In connection with the fail
ure Of the First state bnnk OF La
Cruces, the related Affairs Of IN,
State Agricultural college, etc. wer,
first elaborated. These charges. form
ing the basis. practically. upon which
II " proposed TO conduct the leais
lative investigation provided for IL
the Blood bill, become important nne
the Herald publishes below A conden.
sation Of the stopographor's record ol
Mr.. Hollis speech
-
Mr.. President:
A few days < the senator from
hernalillo asserted that / had in ms
possession a certain memorial which
a been drafted under the direction
OF the board of regents OF the Agti.
cultural college Of New Mexico ad.
dressed 10 the legislature, with the
contents of which the Eentlemn dis.
played, as ! then remarked. an nmaz-
ing familiarity. As to how the gentic-
mas became so well aware Of the con-
tents or the memorial. as asserted.
u"pt Know, nor Toes h make much
dimerence. But the memorial Ia In
my possession. having been handed
To me by a member OF the board of
regents OF the college. who la now
The secretary and treasurer OF maj
examination. az ! passed through the
CITY oi Albuquerque, with the request
ina as a member OF the Republican
majority of this body / should exert
my utmost %endeavors 10 secure neces.
sary financial relief for the agricul-
tutal college, such relief having been
rendered necessary Dy virtue OF the
failure 81 the First state bank of Las
cruces. In which, at the time OF that
tntiurc. there was upon deposit. In
round figures. $4,000 Of the funds
bnlonging 10 the agricultural college.
Mr.. McCanna was frankly INFORM
cd hy me, as vas also the chief ex-
e'utiNe of the state later. that there
was no man In New Mexico more
deeply and vitality Interested /, the
welfare Of the agricultural college
ihan myself. But. Mr President. /
said On Mr.. McCanna az hat time.
and ! say o. now. that ! felt that be.
Tore ! could co-nscicntiousB ask my
Republican colleagues In this body or
~ the house OF representatives to
ONE To the financial assistance OF
this Institution. the governor Of New
Mexico owed a duty To- the institution
ana to the state. hat he should first.
IN my humble judgment. rcmove. or
call for the resiguations. of two DEM
o'raitc members 90 the board OF re.
cents az whose door Ia the opinion
~ the citizens iu Las cruces most
familiar with existing conditions dur.
ing Inc past Two or three wears. lies
the fault for tho unfortunate condition
IN which the college finds iisoIf To-
daN, mat I could not ask m. coll
I'hs"s q" hetp mc relieve the situation
unless b governor wound do what
seemed To us tu Dee hiv plain duty in
lhc premises; further. Mr.. President
mat u was not my purpose 90 desire.
" iwiihstandinE the political adyant-
age resulting from an Investigation.
Notwithstanding tho recognition OF
thar advantage, 10 Was not my desire
Z" hrin about am i-u'cstgation but
the contrary. o. was my desire ta
avoid an investigations out that my
personal know ledge Of conditions
which had existed In tlat institution
during The past three Years was of
such q character hat The conviction
had been forced iu upon me that an
investigation was almost absolutely
necessary.
Upon arrival In Santa Pc / had an
interview with the chief executive.
ana during that interview I said 10
chief executive in substance that
J have stated here and was
informed by the chief executive thar
'he of those Democratic members
mat the resignation Of one Of them
had that dag been accepted and his
'u'cessor appointed and, while he did
not say 50, 90 was apparently his de-
'ire To- create In my mind the impress
non that under certain conditions
possibly later, the resignation ~ the
'thcr Democratic incumbent might be-
accepted | received no assurances
him that such would be the
nse. I felt, Mr.. President. at the
me, and I feel now strongly. that
hat incumbent. who has been the
of the hoard Of regents, was
ne man upon whose shoulders more
nan any other member OF the board
n regents, rested the responsibility |
or the proper administration OF the
Iulirs of that institution and there
ore nt his door, by virtue more OF
ans 81 omission than Of commission. |
" reason of indifference. by reason
y not paying any attention To the
administration OF the affairs OF the
Hes The responsibility FOR the
ltoleruhle conditions which arose
nd have continued 90 exist. by rea-
Of which u has become a known
'tt IN the community that the iusti-
ltion was being run along political
mes.
Those two men were appointed at
hrst session of this legislature.
OF them announced publicly that