New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

Wob m2oo CuoA1 Ahau "a Inv CoHiiuAttce
on expenditures Of the Department OF
Justice, which met the last time there
was q blue moon. along about 1917,
which neve has reported a bill and
Ii - important as the committee on
ventilation and acoustics. He was put
on the committee on war claims,
which also never meets and was made
last In rank on the committee on In
dian affairs. one Of the third.class
committees OF the House. He got q
place also on public lands. a second.
rate committee.
Later he quit the war claims com.
mittee and joined the irrigation com
mittee.
As = member Of the committee on
public lands his $500 a year activity
consisted of bringing in a bill for the
relief OF a man from Alabama. one
for the relief of a man in Texas and
one for a citizen Of New Mexico. From
the Indian affairs committee he
brought in a bill for the relief OF a
man in Arizona.
A monumental record of statesman
ship as shown by the congressional
record for $4,000 in salary.
What Did He Dor
He introduced twenty bills or reso-
lutions. Five We're for pensions or
increases in pensions, NONE OF which
have been passed, six were petty re.
lief bills. two to correct military REQ
ords in the Civil War, two to correct
proofs on homestead entries and two
for claims by citizens against the
government. NONE of them have
been passed. Other bills We're for a
public building (pork) at Silver City.
preserving certain battle grounds In
the state, granting land to the village
Of Hot Springs. relief OF Grant and
Luna counties and Silver City; to re-
lieve the Pueblo Indians and for a
grant Of public lands to the state.
All these were petty bills II
could have been drawn by any clerk
except the latter. which was simply .
repetition OF bills which had been in
troducsd in avery Congress by Sen.
ator Fall. NONE Of them have been
passed.
He made q half dozen speeches on
the floor and got leave to print half
Q dozen times.
That is the Democratic idea of con.
gressional timber.
Now. Compare Them!
Compare the two:
Hernandez. a Republican in a Demo
cratic Congress. gets nearly two mil.
lion dollars for good roads in New
Mexico and votes four times to pre-.
pare the army and navy Of the nation
for war and votes against the surren-
der of American rights to Germany.
Walton. a member Of the Demo
cratic majority. introduces twenty
bills. of a petty. personal nature and
for money for some small locality,
gets none Of them passed, reports four
of five bills for citizens Of other
states and makes half 4 dozen
speeches.
Which timber is solid oak and which
Is mesquite?
And If that was the Democratic
idea Of timber two years ago, has it
improved in the nomination of the
Honorable White Vest Richardson.
who makes political speeches during
the Liberty Loan drive, is known as
Roswell's ever-busy tree planter. and
finally made up his mind to run for
Congress solely because the salary
argument finally persuaded him?
Walton has made a record OF zero
per cent In achievements in Congress
and Is good enough from the Demo-
cratic point Of view now to 90 to the
Senate.
Hernandez made a record of 100 per
cent statesmanship and Americanism
In two years and secured the largest
appropriation given any Republican in
to the size and population
Of his state for good roads.
1t 10 up to you. Mr.. Voter Of Intel
ugence.