The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-07

After a search " the land office rec
otds the Gerhardt lease was deter
mined upon al a desirable tract for
such a project Mr.. Pankey did rst
desire To purchase the land for his own
use sincc he has ample pastures Of hts
own. none OF them on state land. He
consented. however, 90 make the APP
plication n after further ~negOtla-
tons In line with state land office rou-
I ne, the application was made and on
May 30, 1919. first publication " the
sale notice occurred.
Hudspeth and seligman charged In
heir Newspaper campaign. hat the
whole Gerhardt pasture was to be sold
In d single tract, AND THAT BID
DERS MUST BID on ALL OR
NOTHING.
The official sale notice. published
two weeks before tho Hudspeth letter
appeared. stated and sttll states that
EACH OF THE ABOVE DE-
SCRiHED TRACTS WILL BE OF
FERED FOR SALE SEPARATELY"
The tracts are described In sizes
ranging all the way from 100 acres to
a section OF CSC acres. permitting. I'M
der the state land departments five
per rent payment contract. bidding by
any man who has more than fifty dol
lars available.
Both the safe land commissioner
ana Lieutenant Governor Pankey have
declined to discuss the Hudspeth
chssges for publication. boyend stat
ing that the facts in the cuac would
sustain Their action and show the
Character Of the Hudspcth attack.
his apnears 20 have been done.
State Land Policy.
Political nature Of the Hudspeth at
tack became apparent when he as
sailed the state land policy In rom
ncctiun W tn his letter. II Il pointed
out here That the vate land policy.
determined not by the land commits
sioner. but by law. requires the land
commissioner 10 -btain the greatest
possible revenue from the lands for
the use of the schools and public In
situations, This has been done. II
has been found desirable. from a rev.
cnue producing standpoint. to lease
Tho state lands to those men who
could pay rental Tor them. and this
has frequ rntly resulted In the leasing
aud In tho sale Of Large tracts. The
records show. however. that to date
about 50 per crnt Of all state land
sales have been IN small tracts. mean.
inr four sections ~ less.
Those most familiar with the stp =
land records point ou'. In addition.
that In charging favoritism to repub-
licans IN the state land department.
Hudspeth has pulled an additional
political hone. snce a majority both
81 large land leases and sales. OF the
past have been to members OF the
democratic party.
SUNNI ng u Up.
To sum up the incident, from all
the facts now available. Il Is gathered
that Lieutenant Governor Pankey con-
sented to take part. without profit to
himself In a plan by which u was
hoped 10 settle more families on New
Mexico safe land. on tracts ranging
from 100 acres up to n section. that
he became the applicant for a tract OF
state land Tor the purpose Of aiding
state development and small farmers.
that the facts as to the sizes ~ the
tracts We're ~ record and could not
hHve been mlsconstrucd; that the
hol'ers of the lease on the land 10 -"
sold prominent democrats Of their dts
trict were suhlcttinE the lease and
making % profit on H. and were 10th
to give n mp thai State Chairman
Arthur SeliEmnn ~ tho democratic
s'Ht" committee saw a chance 20 put
over q hard political body blow on
the Republicans a1d particularly to
sr Ike two men kelly To he continued
forces In opposit on TO Inn and that
ne used United states Marshal Hubs
pefh 10 place the punch.
Seligman has persisted for some
vcnrs IN Hn effort to drag the state
land DEPARTMENT into politics but has
been unsuccc sful up 10 this time he