Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-10-27

IU1r 10Y o. INV ~ lIU< .
I,oasI1Ie ~ eVor< d's>r|cI X |Io star
to hold torms Of school vnrv1nk fro
five l1onfhs--(ho ulni.1um under I
iaw--oo ten mou1As This law "
later o,nplIfled BY Rcpublloan Lee
Inturo Into 3 rtlIl greater eduCation
tcp for the state. Morp Of that la
In moment.
The 1918 Legislators. which WI
Republican. passed the Iav reEulatin
business colleges and correspondence
schools. thereby preventing he people
from educational Quacks.
The 1919 (Republican) Legislator.
clao psased law which made II pcs
lille for more than 400 country scho,
isirl,ts 10 build the Kind Of schoo
onsofo needed for the ho,lsigk OF lis
lie cLi'Litn i-and this law. doslkned
carry better edioa tionaI fncilI(ies e
the remote districts where DC chill
dren had none OF The ADVANTAGE OF
city. was vigorousl, opposed BY Gov
crnor VIC. Mcdonald and his person
al legal adviser and deserving Dem
ocrat." Summers Burkhart.
n the Democratic governor who nov
boasts Of New Me~ic0's educatlona
system and tries to take the credit ioi
Il. had had his way. the law nevel
would have been passed and the coun
Try children In goa districts woul.
have hon denied the new. warm
achool houses they now havc.--
but for this law. enacted fol the
people by the Republican LEGISLATORS
he school districts could not have se
cured the new buildings. for the prop
erty valuations were too low to pes
init OF bond issues and surplus school
funds FOR building purposes were un
heard Of. Under the law, the sts;'
tmnished Si25.000 Tor these buildings
and approximately ,G5.0vu In, igones
or labor was contributed BY the people
4 the districts. who werp eager TO
provide better schools when eneour'
aged by help from the state.
These people got no help from Gov.
crnor Me. onald and his Democratic
administration.
The people has never had Md IRON
Governor aclonaid aud The Demo
cratic party IN their desire TO secure
better educational advantages ioi
heir sons and daughters.
Governor Mcdonald and the de
serving Democrats" who have beea his
advisers either perniciously opposed
improvements In the states education
system which the Republicans were
irying to make or hy lack OF co-opera'
ton or cold indifference were Stun
bling blocks which the Republicans
had 10 push aside In their determine
ton To do their very best by the boz :
and girls OF New Mexico and by the
parents who are anxious 10 see theii
children succeed IN life.
but now-when the worth Of the ed
ucaliOnal advantages secured by Re
puhllcans and the beneficial effects oil
the Republican Legislative enactments
for the cause Of education are appar-
ent. and the record OF Mcdonald ahd
his Democratic party is borne TO the
light and placed under scrutiny--now
Governor Mcdonald and his "deserv'
ing Democrats" want 10 claim for
themselves the credit for these good
deeds, and deny the authorship of the
Republicans. knowledge that their
own wretched record hetrnys Melon
aid and the Democratic party rs OBJ
structionists. rcacfionaries or flabby
nonentitics goads Then, IN their frantic
efforts to rob the Republicans OF their
Just title 70 the credit
But the records show where the
credit belongs-to the Republican leg
isnatures which initiated and enacted
The school legislation. Cos ernor Me
Donald had no more 10 DO with secrr
ing better education for New Mexico
children than 10 stand IN the way oil
some OF II.
To the Republican Legislature Of
1915 belongs the credit for enabling
eve the poorest districts In the state
TO hold school for their children the
full nine months and at the same time
reducing the total tax required foi
school purposes.
The Republican Legislature did THE
by the enactment OF the so called coun
~ unit tax law.
Governor Mcdonald points with
pride to II In his campaign spaechrs
and tries 10 convey the imrFe ss on
that he aud his party were respolsi
Ult ltf u.
Republicans framed II. enacted II IN.
To law and II made possible longer
school terms throughout the state
without an Increase. but with n reduc
ton In the total amount necessary tc
he raised In the counties BY taxation
because Republican congressman had
secured such generous allotments NJ
federal school lands and they had been
so successfully administered by ROB
ert P. Ervien. Republican state land
commissioner
Land Commissioner Eivien believes
In the develop en- and Growth OF the
state. not only n education but In all
things. BY the same oxen. Governor
Mel onald has repeatedly exhibited an
antagonism TO development
The Republican state land commits
Sloner so capnbly administered the
school lands that revenues from them
contributed substantial. to the sup
port OF the schools. so when the Re
publican Legislature passed the coun.
~ unit tax law. the total tax was low
~ than under the old system although
the length Of the term and tho operst
Ing cost was increased IN nearly all
the country school districts Of the
state.
The county unit tax law. which the
Democrats are trying wronrfully 10