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

existed in the department that made
possible the denth ~ little owen Dor
ris. Ills testimony at the inquest. his
testimony before the fire committee
.u the hearing held b. that commit
tee, his various acts and duings a. fire
chief, demanded MS removal II was
Useless To- undertake The r~oorgaui2.t-
ton OF the fire department With Jacob
Klein AZ chief Il was Impossible to
,ondonc the offcuses of Jacob Klein AZ
lrc chief,
Immediately ON the dny following
tho removal of Klein rumor were.
current that the majority of the coun-
ell would uphold HIM, At the meet-
ing of the council on the reading 81
my communication my action a an
c-Noncration Of Klein AZ the same
time a hearing OF the charges against
Klein WAS ordered so we have first
% determination Of the issues by the
Judging body and afterwards a hear
ms of the eyidenDc-an anomaly In
procedure Tor the determination of
controversies As to the outcome ol
this hearing Il h. OF cuurs', improper
for me To- discuss, but | viii say that
before I made a move in this matter
! considered IL thoroughly and deter
mined lu my own mind e. my entire
satisfaction my duty as mayor to the
people of tho city of Albuquerque ana
from what | regard as my duty / will
not dcNiatc. l shall PERSIST IN the use
uf every lawful means within nay pow
cr to correct the cyils ~ the fire de-
partmcnt
Majority Nntagoni~m.
u spoke In my communication 10
tho city council OF the a%,ttgonism ot
Tie majority uf the council meant
boy that mat the majority oi the couu-
Gil - aud has been since the induction
Of the present city administration into
office a~u'a.outsuc 40 ;ht may cor. /
have known and iclt this a~ntagonism,
not only on occasions but az an times
while | have not heretofore fclt mat
I should speak of q, publicly, the is
sues involved in the tiro department.
controversy are of 80 serious a nature
to the whole people of the city that |
think that al matters that may likely
influence the action ui any ot the cit!
| officials should bee before chem
Widespread IBIS, us~ion.
The so-called graft letters were
widely discussed amoug citizens to.
day, That u thorough inyostigat,on
was called for was the general opin.
ion. II seemed 10 be agreed that
whatever prompted the mayor to
| make the disclosure too much had
boon said and limited At ~ let the
matter drop.
The mayors statement follows;
ITO the Council: For the intorma-
| ton of the council | beg To advise
that I haNc uncovered prima facin ev-
ideuCe of irregularities in The fire de-
pariment, that I have pursued the
| Investigation as best | could thus far
but further pursuit and investigation
thereof viii require some funds, and
therefor respectfully request that
the council appropriate the sum of
,s5OO. 00l five hundred dollars for the
purpose of dcfraying the expense 90
further investigation b. the mayors
office of graft in the city fire depart
ncut and IN" appropriation To he dis
bursed upon The order of the mayor.
"Thc council viii 'car Ia min that
oncnses 90 this Kind ana nature are
always conceived and executed IN SCI
CreCy and tho gathering 80 evidence
bearing thereon is a very dificult uu-
dcrtaklng, Generally the source from
which evidence can be secured IL from
the principals themselves through
their careless conversation and UNI