The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-04

rnrtmont disclosures Mayor Boatright
.aid.
The p,arso letters came into nay
possession during last july. I re-
NOV ed Alderman 'ucu as chairman
OF the fire committee and as a mem
Der OF the committee.
- withhold this Information, ho-
li"Ning mat the ends of Justice would
Dee better served hy 80 doing. hoping
that by pursuing the Investigation
that other evidence could Doc uu,u'-
cred.
suspicion ui irrcguldriti,n 90 the
tire department gradually grew on mo
until the feeling became more than a
suspicion and was convinced m my
mind that something was wrong IN
the pur,husc Of the equipments and
supplies for the fire department and
thr management of the department
as q ii"- lighting force. My ohscgNa-
forced mo tofthis conclusion.
Whom entered ufhcc knew Al
dcrman Cocn had boon chairman Of
tho lite committee for spmc time lie
and chief Klein seemed tu uc work
ing together H%procshly and 1 felt that
IN, best interests Of the punliy would
nc served bog continuing him as chain
man of the committee ana Tor mat
reason / ropppoint'd him.
\, to Personal Feeling.
1t has bc,u charged that in my ag-
tinns as mayor relating Ia the tirc de-
pJrtmout. I hnVc been prompted hy
personal feelings and political mo-
tiNcs.
M lu the presence uf the dead body
Of nttlo owen Doris. who met an
untImcly death 1t the hands of the
fire motor truck driven by q man who
to- begin with was Incompetent and
who under oath admitted That he had
been drinking ON the dHy ot the acci-
dent ana m the presence Of the
pric,cd family. I showed some feeling
.of indignation ut the dcplorahlc oc-
curr,uccs that could be termed per
aunal feeling. then It can be said that
! displayed personal feeling. other
Wise it cannot.
III "a sincere EFFORT To correct IN"
conditions that made the danth of 1T
tie owen Doris possible can he
prompted unly 10y political motives.
thcn and In that event only could my
efforts toward the f~oorganilation and
rehabilitation of the fire department
Doe termed political Never during my
whole life have matters of personal
feeling ur of q political nature en-
tered less nto my actions than they
have entered In all my cfptts To im
prove the fire department. have
acted sincerely and solely in the in
forests OF the public welfare in every
act and every step that | have taken,
had hoped that the city council
would see the necessity ana TAX" the
Initiative in the orgnnizatton of the
ire department, hut a majority of the
council no only failed 10 do sD, hut
gave every indication Of hostility u
any action that t. az mayor, migl at
tempt Ia take IN the premises, !
waited patiently Tor the council "a
act They had every Opportunity "a
act. Time went by and they failed "a
de- anything To- correct the evils In the
rre department hat were apparent
tu the people aud must have been APP
parent tn the council then took
IN. matter IN my W hands ana eycr'
cisod what ! regarded ~ my prcrora'
iiycs M inayor of the city. renewed
jacob Klein az chirf of the fire de
Iartniont for the reasons heretofore
stated IN writing and charges 10 the
city council | hold him responsible
as chief of the department for a mum
her of years Tor the conditions that