The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-04-17
'IfE anonymous lHIflvt circulated
yesterday gives -four reasons Tor
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TIM anonymous lrIilet circulated
yesterday gives -four reasons tnt
tIuptIus the proposed new city
runffsr fh. ftaf hrInr There D.
ifrtt lu numbers % five rnuuif
.lnpr trr better than three commits.
H.uurHa Dr. IH sufficient tu sth thnt IT
H.u HHmmIrsIuurra Hrr better than
fHUt. commissioner. Wr can have
fU.m uudrr the present charter with.
out HIuufIrF 900 the unnecessary hud
foolish proposition. contained in D
proposed r.y charter
THH second reason given ls that tho
600 HHfrIsT N unconstitutional Whirh
Dr. HIfu Wis aHt"mcnt aud 10 IN
EufI.tHIf fu stN Iu regard O. tnis mat
800. 5000 bod issue. depending up-
.H IuU .nueIfuuuullity ~ the char
t,r. ..i fho scrutiny of eminent
f.Hrnlr. HuI thr bond were ur.
H,uf.I tII uf which would nave been
U. Ht.sIHf. H there had been any
doubt H. 200 The UunHtifutinnnlity OF
fIr present charter tn" reason
further sass that % there are amy de-
i,.fa BOD thr ucW charter u may he
.Iru fu fur legislature aud rcrtificd
i,oil w. dp not want Ia be- run
rims 90 thH Legislature. which meets
only once Iu two years m order 10
oct UtrmFsIuu tu run our " At
fairs Under the present charter We
have th, power Co amend. and We de-
uHt want tp riNr % up
THE third reason charges that
%spriukNur tho su-oDts. which had been
Tome free Cor thirty years, stopped
when Wp adopted the commission
form of government Accepting this
statement Hs true. n should have cX.
plliuvd shat ih" results ~ thirty years
lrop s%pilublluE together with other
matters of the slmr sort. resulted IN
u deficit of ttG 200. which the CONF
mlssiuupra hHa 60 face The balance
of this reason is simply "a personal 49,
a.uIt upon the commissioners
The fourth reason asks YOU 20 vote
Cor the now charter because you want
1s low IL tHN assessment a. possible.
Exactly huW a u.W charter rs going
90 make t lower tax assessment b.
NOT easily perceived The present
charter expressly prohibits us from
lowing uuV tax authorized by the
Legislature Nuw q new charter would
tend to lower thc tax rates is incont.
urrhrnHihit
hut tho trouble with the proposed
charter b. that 10 proposes impossi-
Ole things n provides that n mum
Deer uf nominations may be made and
uu provision o. made for ascertnlninE
who iH elected a. also says that fye
commissioners shall be elected, one
fU hr nominated" from each district,
but uu provision h. made uH 20 how
This nomination shall be made, and
considering that anybody b. free 10
nominate himself Dos films a certn-
cato ut Oh, CiiY hall 10 De- clear that
thor. Is no practical method NJ ac.
rumuIlshlIE fhe idea which the franz
Dr. of the charter evidently had IN
mind
rh, constitution provides that an
elections shall ne hN ballot. ana the
candidate receiving tho highest mum
her OF votes shall boz declared elected
~ b. plain that with possibly twenty
coz twenty tive nominations the five
candidates receiving the highest mum ,
Dor OF ,utcs might an come from one
ward. in which ease the election
would np contested hy the candidates
receiving me highest number " votes
bod uis particular ward Under these
circumstances also. Il would he very
unlikely that the successful candidate