El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-02

cations Of capital, smoCfhly Step ia
land write laws to suit the purposes
.tof themselves and the millions
which employ them.
Think Of the unspeakable absurd
Ility Of ths theory that such men
come here at the expense OF their
corporations to write laws for the
benefit of the mass Of the people,
of the little taxpayers, Of the man
Ion the street.
And, INIT. Taxpayer, did you ever
think what these men must think Of
you, To allow them To thus calmly
take out Of your hands your own
public business and manage II to
'Esuit themselves and their masters;
Ito draft laws, for Mr.. Bursum to
pass, enabling nineteen million dol
liar corporations to escape with d
Isixth Of their valuation assessed for taxa
ton; enabling enormously rich combine.
tions OF capital 70 hold tremendous deposits
Eof mineral free from taxation while your
little farm or your little stock Of merohan,
disc must bear it's share Of the burden year
In and year ont, In bad season and in good
season, in hard times and prosperous timesl
1t IL not Bursuin personally which this
state has to fear; 1t Is Bursum as the tool
and the instrument whereby such men as
these control your government, and dictate
how you shall pay for It while they reap
the benefit and secure the protection at the
minimum Of cost.
1t is the outrageous economic injustice,
the cynical sefffshness which such men rep
resent that gals the citizen Of moderate
means who cannot command the influence
and the power to tighten his burdens as can
the men with the millions.
The public records OF your own state show
how consistent how faithful and dependable
Mr.. Bursum has been as a servant Of the
rich a legislative medium for the corpora
tions, an agent for predatory wealth. a floor
leader for corrupt political influences. d tool
OF bosses, a puDpet Of the Invisible Govern,
ment: an Invisible Gov ernment which has
become SO indifferent to the public that IL
doesn't care much whether it is visible or
not.
The most important piece Of legislation
desired by the people at the last session
81 the state lawmakers was a law equalizIna
taxation and distributing the burden more
Justly.
They elected men whom they thought
would give them such a law.
They paid these men to give them such =
law.
And yet they GOT their law, not from these
paid servants Of the public, but from Charles
Springer, treasurer Of a nineteen million
collar corporation; from w. A. Hawkins,
Epljds representative Of ether corporations
capitalized at many millions; and from ".
% Bursuni.
Did you, Mr.. Taxpayer, elect Charles
Springer 10 write your laws?
Did you, Mr.. Taxpayer employ w. A.
Hawkins for this purpose9
Did you Mr.. Taxpayer, employ Holm o
5ufsum for this purpose7 Did you elect
him to any office In the last state law-rnak-
Ing body7 Did you give these men power
ofgattorney to write a law and put It on the
statute books IN their own selfish Interests
list yOW WINHt DC Tic Nouit - u your Az
r%angement that a nineteen million dollar
corporation is assessed at a sixth Of lts val.
ue while your little property goes in at ito
full valuation? 3a
Haven't we had about enough Of this
kind Of volunteer lawmakers, who, without
warrant or authority or commission from
the people Of this state, step IN and run The
government. who now seek to put their
puppet and their faithful servant at the
head Of III
The menace to New Mexico embodied in
the candidacy of II. o. Bursum is not mere
ly the menace Of a man of false promises
and undesirable political record, methods
and ideals, at the head Of the state govern.
ments it Is the menace of the corporations
political machine that he represents, that
he has always represented since Re has
been prominent In New Mexico politics.
II is the old, old question as to whether
popular government must give place to gov
ernment by mOneyed oligarehy; whether
public service must give way to private
gain and the fattening Of plethoric fortunes
at tho expense Of the small means OF thogs
ands struggling to make a livelihood.
IT Is simply o question, Mr.. Taxpayer, OF
whether you and the thousands of your fef
low citizens who are neither rich nor pow
erfhf, are going to run youF state as you
business. or whether you are, going 10
sign y6ur rights over to political pirates
and greedy corporations. S,1t4E
II. o. Bursum has chosen the corpora
tlohs instead Of you; his service to them
Is an open book, from the time he passed
the notorious Hawkins bill for them years
ago to the present, when your statute books
bear on their freshest pages the obnoxious
taxation law and the obnoxiOus mine tax
Law, drawn up by Charles Springer and w
a. Hawkins paid representatives Of two Of
the richest corporations 4 M the unitod
States; both laws drawn up 10 give these
rich corporations the best Of Ii; drawn up