The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-10-30
Republican Nominee
for Reelection to the.
STATES SENATE


mines have been selling theirs, and has been considerably be-
low the price England was willing To pay the United States
for the same.
So senator FAILS amendment means that the silver mines
Of The United States can market their silver to the Initcd
rate, and establishes the market price for silver for alt mime
producers AT not less than that amount for such period of time.
without amy loss whatever 10 the treasury of the Inltcd states.
ii also means u bg boost for silver mining, now largely fallen
INTO decay IN our mineral regions, and should be q great boon
10 that industry throughout the state of Arizona, while 10 New
Mexico 'raEi ana Noeorro counties particularly, Wh'n, con,
tain a great number of silver mines they have hcrctotoru found
Improbable to work, will be greatly benefited.
The other measure enacted into a law by an amendment
which senator Fall proposed and fought strongly tr lRltll
both the senate and house OF representatives acccdci to ms
ideas, was to allow soldiers from II to 81 years of ar. drafted
into the army of The. United States, to select homestead Of from
100 to olo acres, anywhere ON tn" public domain, the -alne as
persons over u years of age have heretofore had the right to
do. His main idea was that anyone who is old enough Geo serve
the government ot the niicd States IS entitled 10 al. ir home
stead privileges at once that those above - are entitled 10, and
that If these young boys, coming from our public domain see
tionS' where their families are largely dependent ON public land
laws for acreage sufficient for cattle ranches. were taken away
from this country when they were SO near man estate without
having the right to get lands, that the very lands that they were
familiar with and had intended perhaps To enter, adjacent 10
III" other family lands, might he entered by outsider While the
boys were on al war ana So disrupt their own and Their lam
lies plans for the settlement Of the boys. The right already
existed under a : acral law for soldiers. even though is years
"l age 10 take lands, provided they settled and lived on the
same within SIX months after the selection of the same; but
such laws could not be applied TO the benefit of the bay, under
Inc present situation, because they might not be able TO return
and get upon such lands if they selected the same before they
leave, within Nnch period Of time. senator FAILS amendment
allows them to make their selections now, by signing their APP
plicationS or giving n power of ATTORNEY 10 someone Else for
them to do So, signing and acknowledging before their superior
army officers.
Both OF these acts are timely Under the mining amend
mcnt the price Of silver will not be less. and almost inevitably
WIZ 90 considerably above one dollar, and under the land law
thousands of our soldier boys aud their families will De- protcc.
ted while they are gone.
The Morning Times is also glad ia hear wines, TO the
Tact that a great many other national and public purposes have
been greatly advanced by the efforts of this peculiarly well
hited New Mexican senator, and Also that he stood with slugu-
lar clcarnesS and strength IN our Mexican crisis. and has also
been strongly hehind the administration measures for the prose
tlflDu of Ia Nuy with IN III pnt,. ..M,.h hoe .,M,
the appreciation of all men of the southwest, regardless of their
politics, and IT is open talk amongst many Of the prominent
New Mexico Democrats that the political line will not bp drawn
against him with the usual party bias in his state in the ap-
preaching November election.