El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-05

paIgn viii be- / said 10 him. What
: VIII D. your course. Mr. Hagerman ,
Assuming that Mcdonald and Bursum
. are 10 be the nominees OF the two
pofies what would your course be?'
Hagerman NOn-COmmittaI.
~ ,,, qo not care 10 assume the role
( o. political prophet and try 10 fore
I cast the work of the conventions. Z
10 not know who the nominees will
De and i cannot make statement as
70. my conduct prior to the nominal
( tionS by the convention. I do nor feel
+ lusuIied in making a statement based
upon an assumption that any certain
I men men VIII be the nominees I do not
SNOW, as matter Of fact. what I viii
I DO. VIII not be able 10 tell until
after the convention
IT Is possible that all the time /
VIII be able to devote TO public work
VII pc IN trying to solve the problem
I OF taxation of New Mexico. in which /
am deeply interested
Taxation Problem.
Hagerman is president OF the New
Mexico Taxpayers association. which
was organized September 1. 1915. He
IS also chairman Of the executive COM
mittee- His views as to the question
OF taxation, the relation Of disburse-
menIs TO receipts are outlined in the
New Mexico Tax Review. the official
publication of the association. first
issue, dated February 1916. his state
ment is as follows:
The New Mexico Taxpa vers. asso-
citation was organized on the filsr dav
OF September, 1915, for the purpose Of
affording those who pay for the gov
eminent OF TINS state medium Of in
suucIlon and an organ Of expression.
II was the aim Of its organizers and
Is the ann OF ITS directors to keep the
organization absolutely free from
politics, and TO give its members and
all taxpayers an unbiased source Of in
formation as TO matters concerning
the raising and expenditure Of the
peoples money and the conduct Of
Voluntary Work.
Being absolutely unofficial and
supported entirely by the voluntary ]
subscriptions OF the members. and its 4
need being unquestioned. its success.
we belleNes VIII be assured as long as 4
II remains a non-partiSan. opeu forum .
for the study and discussion Of taxa /
ton and administrative problems. II /
IS not the aim OF this organization TO 4
cTluclse but TO anaylZe- Il does not !
propose 10 tear down but to build
and to destroy only as il offers we'll i
grounded substitutes and improve
ments-
-Carefuluess and extravaEance in
the expenditure Of public moneys.
waste and inefficiency in the conduct
OF public business, have long been the
rule rather than the exception !
throughout the United States. But the
desire to change these conditions is I
growing There is an increasing Gag
erness amongst taxpayers 70 find out /
-
the system, where they find il is
wrong, can be made right There is a
keen desire 20 learn, a wish TO be I
shown, an insistence on knowing
why
People Are Appalled,.
The people are moreover begin
ming to be appalled, at the extent OF
the demands made on them. and in
general at the comparative inadequaey
OF the results attained At the same
time they realize that improvements I
can not be brought about until the de
fects IN their present systems OF tax
discovered through careful and dis
passionate examination of our present
conditions. painstaking and thor
ough analysis Of our present laws
TO bring about such an eXamina-
ton and such an analysis as far as
New Mexico is concerned. is one OF
the main objects Of our association. /
and in doing so we will serve not only
the members of the association. but all !
the people Of the state. The TaXpay-
ersi association can accomplish NJ h
ing good which will not be good for |
every resident of New Mexico This !
large or small. to become a member ]
o. the association as soon as he is !
convinced Of the sincerity OF its aims /
and the sOundness Of its methods"
Hagerman's Intentions
There have been many and con- |
-llcting statements made as TO what /
Iagerman will do in the campaign, in /
The event that certain men are noni-
mated by the convention In TIE cam
Daign Of 1911, he supported Mcdonald
and opposed Bursum as aggressiyeIv ,
as he could Time and again I have
heard the statement here thai in this I
election, having Mcdonald and Bur
sum as candidates TO choose between.
he would be neutral I have heard | {
hat he would not, under anv cir 7
support Secundino Romero
haA ] D..
ma Bursum- he would supoDrr /
5arth; that he would support Putnev !
Tlth enthusiasm However, Hager- I
nan himself did not make any such / ,
7 asked him sneciffce,II1- .
THAT his course would be. in the event :