Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-08
WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THIS MAN?

The following comment from the Las Vegas Optic
upon our editorial, THE People Have Spoken"
shows the ttleness of mems souls and their inablI
ity to perceive,
In the editorial referred to said we would
do all we could to make Judge Mechem's admins
tration a success for good and justice.
If the editor of the optic, Judge Mechem or any
one else construed our remarks desire to in
gratiate ourselves with the administration, he
has another guess coming. There is not the slightest
favor our serespect would allow us to accept from
Judge Mechem.
Nevertheless, the people have elected him as
the governor of all the people He will be as much
our governor as he will the optics governor. We
conceive it to be the duty of all righ-mnded people
to lay down their fight after election and lend n
hand to make the new administration an instrument
of good for all the people.
A paper dispensing the news generally through
the state can engage bush whacking warfare on
an administration which be constant menace
TO it and thorn in the flesh to the occupant of the
governors mansion
We expressed our intention of doing such
thing. We wish give the fullest and faircst pub
LEFTY to all the doings of the administrations We
wish our comments to be helpful, not hurtfu,
toward every policy for state bettcrment This we
conceive to be a duty.
Certainly we were privileged to say that we bore
no luminosity toward the administration and
would try to aid it. In saying that we carried no
flag of truce merely tried to be sportsmanItkc to-
ward our opponent. If the must on Judge
Mechem must fire the first shot. We believe him
too oad-spirted for that Only petty minds like
the writer of the following try to stir up rancor in
other mems souls when every effort to silence it
should be made Let's try to be biE-spiritcd in New
Mexico and stop fighting when the fight is over The
referee Uhe people, has decided the contest. We
accept the result and offer our hand to our oppo-
nent. That doesn't mean will not fight some
other day, if necessary
Our platform is presumed to be Judge Mcchems
platform. Why shouldn't leave it at the head Of
column until it has been interpreted into laws in
accordance with promise.
Here is the editorial:
THE AFFRONTERY OF THE MAN"
'The following editorial appeared in the
Albuquerque journal in its issue of today:
"1n the issue the Journal still has it's
platform at the head of the editorial column.
If the affrontcry of this interloper Carl Magee,
from Oklahoma could be turned into land we'd
had pasture large enough to corral all the po-
litical jackasses in the United States and that
would require some pasture.
THE idea of the Albuquerque journal con-
tributing to the success of Governor elect Me-
chems administration of the affairs of New
Mexico is too preposterous for anything that pa
per joined in with the political highbndcrs
who did every dirty trick they could command
to defeat the will of the people of New Mexico,
and now for it to come to Covcrnor-e!cct Nc
chem displaying loyalty and fealty is absurd
marked degree. The editor of the Albuquerque
Journal double-crosSed Judge Mechem in the
campaign, and got the sad end of its inf9my,
but it is safe to say that governor Of New
Mexico Magee and his newspaper are not going
to be given the slightest opportunity by Governor
Mechem or any other member of the state nd
minstration to deal him another dirty hand"
There! That will hold a while.