Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-14
THE presidential
FIGHT BEGINS To
DISPLAY ENE Roy
Contest, Which is Certain TO
Rage Around Woodrow W VIZ,
son and His POliCieSr viii
Soon Be Active,

tsY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wlREl
New York, July 13.-Constant
clashes between the standard bearer
of the democratic party and the lead
ers of the G. o. p. will open the presi-
dental campaign of 1920 within the
next fortnight and keep it boiling
right up to national election day next
year, it was declared today by party
heads in this city. In spite of post
war political apathy. hot weather or
any event of the coming SILLY sea-
SON." the political chieftains propose
to make their bid for or against
Woodrow Wilson and his war and
peace policy from now on until the
American people have the chance to
reject or indorse it at the presidential
polls, it is now evident from the plans
of national leaders who have been
comforting here. Already the con-
servatives of Wall street and the radi-
Gals of almost every other street are
picking presidential candidates to take
part in this most stirring test of the
popular verdict on the events of the
last few years, that can only be rem
dered by the whole nation some six
teen months from now.
NOdI ATIStS.
Watching the waning coal heaps,
that are shrinking to startling size
for even this season, New Workers are
just awakening to the fact that fuel
may be very precious when the first
frosts of fall come around again
Though a resumption of record
breaking activity in the mining fields
may result in replenishing the local
supply to near normal the people or
this town are being warned that their
empty bins should be filled just as
soon as this can possibly be done IN
these time of uncertain delivery. I'm
less the householders here succeed in
laying by much more of the precious
black diamonds, it is feared that they
may suffer severe privations in the
coming coal spells.
Motorists Mad.
Aroused at the apathy OF the state
toward carrying out the rebullulhS
and maintenance of the roads, upon
which everyone depends, the motorists
of this city are now beginning to APP
peal to their brethren upstate to pro-
test in the name of all the puDIc
against letting anything stand in the
way of such vital activity from AL
bany. Until the sadly worn highways
are again made good for everyone on
business or pleasure bent hundreds
of thousands of the taxpayers
throughout the state will object to any
other enterprise being undertaken. II
is now assured. Since the Tammany
contractor crew have begun TO try
to nut over schemes to launch the
commonwealth in the water-poWer
business by building vast plants for
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electricity, the Indignation of the pub
lie that suffers from this failure 10
keep up the roads has fairly begun to
boil.
servants Scarce.
More housewives who never touched
a mop or kettle are now working reg
ularly at kitchen and housework than
ever in the whole history of Gotham
it is reported by experts on the house
hold employment situation. Practical
~ no general homework help, few
housemaids and fewer cooks are to
be had at any wages or terms of serv-
ice, the Intelligence bureaus report
while even the highly paid servants of
the wealthy mansions are in great de-
mand at almost any price. Though
the students of this servant market
ing supply at the close of the war. its
cramped conditions appear to grow
worse rather than better.
Busy Barllceps.
Selling soda, stationery, cigars, sub
way tickets and thousand other ar
ticles that the law has not yet banned
the bartenders of this town are now
pretty generally shifted to new fields
of activity behind the counter. Though
the men who used to mix liquor pro-
fess deep disgust with their new
forms of labor, they are as a rule con-
sidering themselves rather lucky to
get any jobs at all in this dry me-
tropois. Chief of their complaints
against their new vocation is the UNI
usual strain of dealing with lady Gus
toner's who are much harder to
please than the men, they aver.
They have curious way of taking