Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-11-02
I,,r,res ''La Voz" Was One
',ts # First Newspapers in
State to Establish Eight
Sorr Day for Employees
hays BURSUM IS FOE
TO ORGANIZED LABOR
,tas Instances Of Non-union
p. Publications Controlled by
ReoubHcan Candidates, In
cIudIng State Record

.,sso,nrrct 70 MORNING JOURNAL
49, 49,, Fe Nov. Charges circu-
W, the republican state centrai
'u ,ioe through letters addressed
,.i n~ion labor organizations throush-
tho state that Lieutenant-goVerh-
q. de Baca, democratic cdhul-
40 far governor is unfair TO uh-
rsbor ON the ground that La No]
puabIo.a a spanish newspaper
,Hyba5 in Las Vegas in which Mt
n.ra owns q minority interest en-
~, non-union labor have drawn
IN from Mr.. de Baca a vigorous
II ~. in the form Of a statement Is
Ii .5 IN the voters Of New Mexico.
M de Baca declares that La No"
one Of the first newspapers IN
4 ~ Mexico to establish the eis'''-
,or day for its workingmen and mas
II rsvs been firm friend Of the Ia
ii UNA interests. The fact that f.hl
owned by II. O. Bursum,
II n Independiente,' the personal or
,.5 m Secundino Romero, La Ban-
srs Americana" owned by Frank A.
|Hgtbel. and a number OF other
Spspish newspapers supporting the
/ subican ticket, are what is known
/ ! Tong union men as rat" shops rs
Bted out by Mr.. de Baca as show
4, he insincerity of the charge made
EGinst him.
The state Records Record.
In This connection, democratic lead
n arc calling attention to the case
Il the New Mexico State Record,
sesklv paper published in Santa Fe
which w. G.. Sargent and Frank w.
Nrqacv candidates on the republican
ket are officially listed as stock
Il ders and to which ~ o. Bursum
b. Frank A. Hubbell are reputed to
0ro made substantial contributions
Igbe State Record il will be recalled,
. as established with a view to max
d. Il daily paper and TO conducting
as the official organ of the republic
san party in New Mexico; and ever
hnes it began publication 1t has con-
|sgsntly supported all republican can
'dates for every office in every cleo
n
The story told is that at the begin
eng Of the present year the New
Mexico State Record signed the union
ale and started out as a union pa
3er Signing the union scale and pay
Biz union wages, however, proved TO
two entirely different things, and
is commonly reported that several
f1onths ago, when the ghost failed TO
a ak in the Record composing room,
he union men walked out and the pa
Be- has since been conducted as a
|rat publication.
It is pointed out, also, that a large
hmount of the campaign printing for
.ihe republican state central commit
ee has been done by the State Rec
0rd and that none of this printing
s'ears the union label
Mr.. de Baca's statement.
The statement of Lieutenant-gov-
tFnor de Baca regarding la Voz del
Pueblo is as follows:
To the voters Of New Mexico: Art
EaIly and unfortunately, as is ever
fae practice of men who have no re-
.sard for truth and fair play. certain
N my political opponents, as I have
teen reliably informed, are CirCulat-
'hg the false report that ! am an enc
lAy OF organized labor and pretend
III prove their false statements by the
lact that La Voz del Pueblo does
ny carry at its head the union Ia
These detractors, so willing to crit
leize me, forget to say to union men
tnal my competitor, Mr.. Bursum, is
tO a union man nor does he carry
fhe union label at the head of the
newspaper 'El Heraldo,' reputed to
.le his own; nor have such republican
4 aPefs as Ell Hispano-Americano, OF
nslen La Estrella,' of Las Cruces;
Ia Revista de Taos, the 'Sarta Rosa
f,,un FL Combate, of Wagon Mound;
la bandera Americana the person
organ Of Mr.. Hubbell and owned
n! MIN; Ell Fenix. of Clayton; 'El
t,ueFo Estado, of TERRA Amarillo; La
OIAeta, of Ration, and conspicuous
,lIohg all 'El Independence Of Las
sas, the personal organ Of Secun-
nv Romero, and as | am reliably in
tg,lhed the New Mexico state Record
men rs the state newspaper of the
Republican party
49,. Noz' Friendly to Labor.
IL mere are the personal organs OF
candidates for governor and Unit
states senator which not only
- hol the union label but are nom
- pubhcauons, and yet only L.
"a uei Pueblo, paper in which I
~. e only a small interest and whose
/. ~, s.,.. ~ and policy are not in my hands
Il tiillleized and an effort is made
s... e.as and prejudice the union men
H. me. The efforts Of my po-
/, ~ % opponents in this regard clear
2uo" now unfair and unjust their