The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-07-31

tho extent ut giving unrescrNed sup
purt to the Republican stat ma"hin"
tina, very visible mechanism which
Afr. Ralph e Ely terms our invisible
Government quotes At some length
from a recent editorial; IN the Herald
with reference to the tcnacity with
which members of the old Republican
sang held TO all the offices their party
control to the exclusion Of new
Republican blood ana without regard
tor fitness FOR ser'ic.
says the Enterprise
we rommiscratc with the
Herald IN truly sym pathctia man
nor. Our editorial hearts beat
~ unison when II comes To op-
posing perpctuatiun IN office ut a
little clique Of office holders.
NuW. frinstaucc. down here IN
Grant county. the same conditions
tina; the Herald complains OF IN
Brrnll,ilo county exist only tn"
office holders who wish to per-
pctuatc themselves IN Grant coun-
Is are followers OF the good old
Democracy of Willie walton and
Woodrow Wtlson while iu Hcrnu-
mo county they are an confined
60 the Eopubliran party accord
.- g.. ,.. Herald If,t 49, YIt
sur, thu viii make uo difference
lu the Herald. whose broad
minded policy OF serN,nG al the
people Tor the pubh, Eood viii
lead it to CIV. just as much pub
ntity to these self ~pvrpouatjnE OF
itcc holders In Democratic Grant
county as j, has ia Republican
Hcrnalillo
Nc should like to assure our friend
tho Enterprise that this newspaper q
ilsi us kroad.mindcd a. % assume
to Doe. aud that II conditions In coun'
Is office, held by Democrats III Grant
county are the same az they are "
certain comfy offices held 10y itcpu1'
huaus in Bcrnaiillo county, that IN,
Herald ain he Just as VIGOROUS IN 40
opposition to perpctuntiou Of suit
Grant county democrats IN officc.
st this writing. and without refer
ring to the Blu" Book the ilcrbl,
do's not know who - tho pres, %
sh riu of Grant county. We are sat-
l. assuming that he Is a Democrat
If ,ho Enterprise viii go On rccor'
$, saying that the sherin OF Gran
county performs no service in rctUri
f" the salary paid HIM that ne uso.
the office for political PURPOSES only
that ne turns over all business of tn
ufncc to u deputy and detotes la
time lot winch the pubuc pays u ta
salary to the transaction uf priNa''
business aud the promotion of 20
ltlcal deals. then wc assure tho bn
typrisc that We Will heartily econ,
any efforts IT may make tu proven
such q mar perpetuatins himself II
county Office,
Jus, & keep ,hc record straight "
visn tn point out IT, the Entcrpr.s
that She editorial from winch 1t quote
showed the utter utility of thu or
sututional office holding limitatioI
written INTO oug constitution by tn
Republican organization To- do NOR
for the protection OF the public tina
Go shut chrome Job holders from ON
county ufhce to another. The tcnc
tury of the provision as was show
servants out Of office, ara this wa
made infinitely worse nS the 'ou-t'
%tutlunal amendment which cut IN
term Of ofhc, from four q" two year
There are Republicans hoidin
county ulnrc IN Sew Mexico who ar
excellent public servants ana who Civ
dollar for dollar ~ service Thi
newspaper has had the pleasure e
Iont.ug out spooificnllN men IN uu
own ,pUut, who have given jlst sue
service Ill whose refinement will "
q puhli, ils- Tho constitutional I'm,
itation against pcrpctuation IN IN
Same utGCc VIII fore, these men oJ
e the pualI' service. hui d wliI no
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