Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-31

Miguel and Mora. The third Is
San Miguel and Guadalupe. San
| Miguel has always outvoted Quad
alupe and Mora counties. 1t has,
| therefore, always had three sena-
tors. San Miguel county has elect
ed one democrat to public office
in twenty-five years. and that is
my friend. Antonio Lucero.
Socorro county, the home of
Boss Bursum, Judge Hanna point
ed out, is in three legislative dis
tricts. Mckinley county. a repub-
lican section, with 1900 votes at
the time Of the districting, and
Chaves county, democratic and
with $500 voters at the time of the
disuicting, he said each have one
senator.
What We're They After?
What was it they were after in
this gerrymander?" Judge Hanna
asked, Was it what they have
attained? Was it to keep the ma
joIity of the people of the state
from writing their laws so that the
interests could continue TO imdefi
nitely to control the legislature ?"
Showing how the gerrymander
worked Judge Hanna quoted fig
ures from the election that put Me
Donald, democrat, in the COVER
nor's chair by a majority of more
than 5000. while the legislature
remained republican by a majority
of nearly two-thirds The same f!
was true when DeBaca was elected, |
he said.
"Republicans say that they will |
correct this great injustice. but can
we trust them" Judge Hanna |
asked. The men who put the |
gerrymander into effect at the con-
stitutional convention are the lead
crs of the party today.
''Mcchcm Admitted Gerrymander."
Judge Mechem, in his first cam |,
paign speech at EspanoIa, admitted
the existence and effectiveness of
the gerrymander when he made
the following statement: The leg
islature will be republican and If
you elect Hanna the Legislature
will fight Hanna and Hanna Will
fight the legislature. and they VIII
get nowhere. Therefore elect me-
Cheers and laughter greeted this
quotation from the speech or the
Bursum candidate, and when
Judge Hanna added that his
friend Judge Mechem' had not
since repeated this appeal for
votes.
The Chino Copper company,
which is on the assessment rolls
for S18,00O.O00, of which $10,453,-
600 is the annual profits based on
the average profits for 1916, 1917 !
and 1918, paid $327,439.6O in
taxes last year, according to fig
hres not questioned by Mr.. Sully,
the general manager, Judge Hanna, i
said.
Shows Tax Injustice.
He pointed out the disparity in
the taxes paid by the mine and
by other classes of property by !
showing that the 10000 shares
of the company are selling today
for not less than $50 a share
which would make the value OF
the Chino property at least Soa,-
OOO,O
He called attention to a mining
in Arizona whose annual
profits in 1918 was $9,O5S,50O'
when the Chinos profits for the
same year were s9,550.0OO, to
show how New Mexico mines are
escaping their just share OF the
taxes. The Arizona tax system
assessed its mine on a valuation
of $3S,OOO,OOO, while the Chino
paid on a valuation of $1S,O00,-
0OO-less than half.
The mine law of New Mexico,
written by the republican legisla-
ture at the direction of its lead
ers, Sully, Bursum and Fall, Judge
Hanna explained, taxes the profits
on it's production plus the surface |
value without making allowance |
for the mineral holdings and the |
reserve mineral lands.
A house worth $4,000 producing |
in annual rentals about $500, II
taxed by the same system as the
Chino would pay only $l8 in
tayes But under the ad Valorem
system, it would pay about $l5O,
he declared.
Sully Admitted Figures.
Boss Bursum is the only man
who has questioned his figures on
tho Chino taxes. Judge Hanna |
said. Mr.. Sully, the general man
ager of the Chino company, ad-
mitted when the Hanna party was
at Hurley, that the figures quoted
were correct, Judge Hanna said.
RurSum, he said, says that the
Chino stock is worth only $26 a
share. But before the war it was
&73 a share and the apparent drop
is due to the federal income tax,
but why should federal tax take
away from the amount of taxes
that the people of this state are
entitled to? | am certain that
Chino stock today could not be
bought for less than $50 share"
No Deal" With HubbclI.
Replying to the charge of the
afternoon paper of the copper in