El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-27

( have So improved that il has ceased TO
4 De an issue. but those conditions have
n0r improved and did not improve IN
III good election laws, and laws regu-
IN practically every state in our union
Money In FOliticS.
prominent candidates in both par
ties for nomination this year are de-
clared TO be good because they have
the money Men who would resent
reflections upon their business integ-
rlty are so accustomed TO the misuse
OF money By all parties in New Mexico
they they refer 10 II as an absolute
necessity and usual condition. with
out apology Leaders in Bernalillo
county. which prOclaims itself CONNER
cially the most progressive county in
the state. boast Of the amount Of money
spent by both parties in the election
OF 1911 It is a shame and a disgrace.
NO party and no man deserves con-
tnued confidence of the people Of acv
community who cynically grounds his
campaign upon the power of whisky
and money as arguments. Some say
that no other arguments are under
stood. ] say that such an assertion is
absolutely false and that the purchas-
able voter or the drunken voter is
just as likely 10 be seduced By one
party as the other; and moreover that
the seducer OF the American citizen Is
not himself morally fit for citizenship
no matter what his property interests
may be nor how splendid his intelli-
gence.
Above All Considerations.
These two issues. vital in them
selves. are so fundamental that they
precede every other issue in import
ance TO our people, and they absolute
" eclipse all personal considerations
We know the kind Of election laws and
tax laws which these men have given
10 us for they have dominated eve-y
legislature assembled in this state for
IS years. We know how the people
have been hoodwinked on first one
measure then another, not only in the
statute law. but in the constitution;
and we can't be fooled by any death
bed repentance on their part
There are good. clean outstanding
men in this state who believe that
the time has come or is rapidly sp-
preaching when the fundamental prin-
ciples Of government which the Re
publican party has espOused during
the past so years, and which Il has
written upon the statute books OF state
after state. Will be recognized as life
issues in our state. and personal poll
tics will he passed up. giving way in
Importance to those vital issues which
so intimately concern the welfare Of
all OF our people.
Bosses and Gangs Must Perish.
Il believe most devoutly that I am
not alone in this faith It is the faith
Of my fathers and the faith OF my
party. am not greatly concerned !
about bosses and gangs. for they alb
solutely must perish ] am tremen-
dously concerned to see New Mexico |
the cleancst and best governed state
in the union. with every dollar OF its
public money drawn equally from all 1
OF the property OF all OF the people
and expended without special favor in I
the development Of our resources. in !
facilitating our commerce, in inprov- /
ing our schools and our universities
IN Frightening our homes and in quick l
auing our people each year TO a little /
higher plane Of endeavor. That is
the legitimate work OF the public man.
personal politics IS the illegitimate /
work Of the CRATER even when his /
deeds are technically legal"