The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-10-12
So THAT THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW

in its columns? No, you have not
and you viii not. Why does not this
Oklahoma jimmycrat give you the fig
ures? Why does he not explain to you
why it was that in the year 1914, when
the Citizen forced a show down on
bids for county printing, even though
it had to do so in spite of secret ses-'
sions of the boa1d of county commits
sioners, that the English, so-called
"official organ got $464.42, while in
the year 1912 it got $1166.13; in the
year 1913, $818.79; and in the years
1915 and 1916 up to July 7, $885.29?
Nor is there single penny for pub
fishing delinquent tax lists included
in the above amounts. These amounts
foot up $333463 and of this amount
$1,038.45 is marked under the column
of 'For What Service" Publishing
Com. Min. ETC." while $2,O14.78 is
marked in the same column, "Pub.
Com. Min" alone and one amount.
namely, $2S1.4O is marked Printing"
alone. Why doesn't the Oklahoma
jimmycrat tell the people how much
of this money is for this or that in
stead of vomiting lnsipient vapidty
upon its limited readers. Nor have
we given all the English so-called "of-
fetal organ" got. There are other
amounts marked job work" that are
, not included in the above and it is pure
assumption to say that "etc" in the
above is for job work. 1t may mean
= something else just as well and who,
! but the Oklahoma jimmycrat, the jim
: myocracy of whose like is being sent
to its everlasting oblivion in Oklaho-
ma by republicans and socialists, is
going to assume this or that just for
- the benefit of the jimmycratic gang
- of Oklahoma-bossed jimmyocracy in
, Union county? No wonder $50 the
a people may know!" is a wasp, under
the shirt of jimmyocracy, that stings
- without losing It's stiageg It is not
i, the record Of the republican party, nor
; the socialist party, nor any other
~ party but the jimmycratic party, en-
- gineered, manned, bossed and ruled
: over by miscegenation of Oklaho-
~ ma and New Mexico jimmycrats. Nor
- yet is it the record of the Clayton Cit.
Il, izen. Nor yet is it the record of dem.
ocracy. There is a vast difference be,
tween democracy and jimmyocracy
nc but jimmyocracy is in the saddle al
- present and must stand upon its own
'S record. If our mild tempered little
d contemporary would use it's Cracked
Ne lip" in telling the people some of the
~ truths it says the Citizen is care ful
VI to suppress, it would be perforrlin2
III service worth while. But how can
Wy 1t "unscrew the inscrutable ?" 1t hfs
're demanded, "for the sake of the party'
III that the News do so. Why she Md tht
PIE News worry? The board of CONT,
ru ru- commissioners have approved its bills
~ Sweet Angel of Light, why no. tai,
'aN another look at the company ore,
so' lngersoll and take note that it is 'hirl
Oe- time" you get "on the job" and "spo
'eS the carpet of explanation? Tn,
an campaign is on and the people wan
ces to know. 1t takes "facts and figures
Ohs these days to prove thincs. Cheal
ese balderdash, buncombe and bombas
'ne don't buy anything but deserved con
IN tempt. And while you are on tn
50 carpet of explanation you might ex
i'h plain why the jimmycratic tax-spec
tne ulator could "have so much bette
'eii success" in Union county than i
e'- ColfaX county and why the board q
IN 1m- county commissioners have ben in
the structed 70 "r,oLo .,,.,, -. p"
will fully protect the county's inter
lgel est" IN the matter of the publicatio
the of the last delinquent tax list; togetl
81 er with lot of other things that I'll
'go, Citizen hasn't mentioned yet VIII
less don't you just "beat the Citizen to it ?
the Aye, there's the rub! Adios, Senor O
erts wald Doodlebug! You just, "Walkc
ng! right in, and turned right around, al
Kind walked right out again!"