The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-12

II Is our belief that the specific charge madc by Mr.
M9sec Yesterday in his indiscreet violation Of the
ton ton furnished him by his representative It is our
that Mr., Magcc has been unable to sybstantatc his
wild and somewhat wierd charges against the stnfs
land office and knows that the specific statement fin
ally published In yesterdays Journal, is untrue.
Here follows tho specific assertion wo have finally
secured from Mr. Magce, in support OF bis sweeping
charge that the children Of this state are being looted
republican party who roam At large through the
land office and browse at will upon the rich pckings
protruding from the plat books;
I'VE KNOW THAT i2.OOO.OOO ACRES or
THE oHILDRENS LAND WAS LEASED
MuNIEIcENT sun or eySSSi 4 GEST 4 AND n'' 4
QUARTER AN ACRE, As BoNUs"
Above is the charge.
Here the facts;
or 6s % %Ss%@ @ Of sa sa land ever lease
subsantiatcd by the records OF the office
From Dcccmbcr 1, 1915 when general de-
mand for oil leases State lnnd h,rnIi, 10
Angus. t. 1870 the state land office had paid
aSes S .S c s'S1G S pss aT SS proceeds O" oil
This may be confirmed easily from the books OF the
land office and the state treasury
We do not know what has been paid in for oil leases
since august l. but the total probably is in OF
What. we ask you what Is a mere matter of $500. 600
In public revenue between friends. when Mr. Hanna
is running Tor oIfic' ?; and what. pray, is trinng
matter of 50OO0oO acres OF land in The young lives
Nisllant retormers like Mr., Seligmnn aud Mr.. Hanna
and Mr. Musee who can switch the profits OF single
mining company from ten million dollars year gross
To ten million dollars net and an bye
MSiS airy nothnss those ladies' and genuemen like
candidate CO.'S sSooooooo slush fund and the "con.
The Jecords the state land office are open to the
public. We have had difficulty III getting facts
from the records Mr. Magees representative In santa
Fc has had d Nculty GETTING Cacts from the rec-
ords Nor has any other person who has tried In q
sincere effort To get at facts
In the meantime MIR. Mugce having broken the
iron-clad Seligman order keep IL ndefnitoneNer
get specific may feel encouraged try again. lie
has made grave charges OF corruption mRtfcasance
In office against republicans He has done this In an
effort TO create dstrus OF republican officials and thus
make, votes for Mr. Hanna. Ho owes II to the people
TO make his charges definite and specific and to
them
"Ponzi promised ft--We'l do IT,"
there's the democratic slogan; the war-cry In AIR.
Iapua's airplane campaign.
The gllttering promises % the worlds foremost
Wallingford were unfortunately interfered with by
wrecked businesses. banks and stern court
proceedings. but nothing OF that Kind lmpedes tho
path Of the democratic pledge TO do what Ponzi
iseds make something out OF nothing.
n Is fact however, that the campaign draws
to Its early close the people are beginning 10 grow
rcstive. They are beginning to demand that Mr..
Hanna down out Of the air and say and prove
something definite support OF his campaign OF abuse
and misrepresentation Of his opponent and TO back
charges corruption aud dishonesty against
table men. Mr Hannas campaign manager and his
newspaper spokesmen will find themselves increAa-
ingly subject to that demand.