The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-07
HANNA AND FACTS

n m HANNA. in course Of his campaign against business and in.
M dustry, has wound himself up in a curious complication Of con
As@ Trajectory statements, il we are 10 accept us accurate the pub
ished reports of his speeches, sent out by Chairman Selgman s prop
aeanda bureau and as printed in Mr.. seigman's daily newspaper
Organs.
There Is. Of course, the sanderous attack upon Judge E. r.
Wright Of Santa Fe, which, having been retracted by the Seigman|
newspapers, may be passed by, although Hanna's specific retraction
is still to come.
There Is, also, the attack upon the courts of New Mexico, to.
which lawyers have directed attention and demanded explanation,
aud which may be passed by for the present.
There are the various estimates upon the millions which the min
ing compalies have Stolen from the people, and the varying asser-
tions as TO The profits they earn, ranging from $i0000O00 gross profit
10 $l0O00OO0 net profit annually in one ease. Mr.. Hanna 5 estimate
on the profit from New Mexico mines is as elastic as Candidate Coxs
estimate Of the republican campaign fund, and Just about as reliable.
At Silver City Tuesday Mr.. Hanna devoted most Of his attention
TO- theeoal mining robbers, attacks upon copper mines not being popu-
ldrFwMh the voters of Grant county. He concluded a series Of heavy
blows al the "coal barons'' with the statement, "You and paying
taxes O. our property at FULL VALUE may not consider our prop
erty subject TO damage by fire or loss from theft"
At that time it is possible MFR. Hanna had not read the record Of
Bob Putney's 1920 tax return. Or he may have been referring to the
tax return Of the National Life Insurance company, of which he is a
vice president or he may have been thinking Of Mr.. Seigman's taxes,
or Colonel Cuttings heavy tax burden.
However that may he, the Hanna-Putney team, advocating FULL
VALUE taxation, are bound to cause constantly increasing merri
hens in this campaign.
1t is part Of Mr.. Seligman's program TO slip through a Seligmsn
legislature 10 work with the Seigman governor, IL il can be done
under the smoke screen of the assault on industry. Therefore Mr..
Hanna frequently recurs to the outrageous apportonment' made
10 be revised by the next legislature, under constitutional provision.
He is quoted by the Sclgman newspapers as having said on sew
era. occasions
Two republican counties. made republican through coercion
and corruption in the first election aader statehood had a voting pop
nlotion Of approximately LOO and 1000 respectively, c0dh having a
senator, whereas a democratic county with a voting population of
$500 had only one senntor-one-thrd more votes but only halt the
Representation
Hanna is a great desounecr. but he is never definite. He seldom
acts down 10 facts, and when he slips into a definite statement IL is
nearly always IN direct conflict with the facts.
The seven enunties having the smallest voting population, ac-
eordine 10 Inc election returns Of 1911, together with the vote east at
that election and the populations Of the respective counties as shown
- ~ InI0 nnronu ao ofunn horn.