Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-08
Campaign Funds.

There will be no attempt in this
campaign to compete by dollars
with our opposition. So many
people have been in the money
gathering business for the re-
dictionary cause that the millions
already in hand are more or less
a matter of general information.
All that we ask is that both par
ties deal in the utmost good faith
with the electorate and tell the
plain truth as to the amounts re-
ceived, the contribution, and the
items of disbursements. The pub
lie Judgment in elections should be
rendered after the fullest hearing
possible. Each side has the right
to properly present its case. This
is a legitimate expense. There Is
no narrow dividing line between
the legitimate and illegitimate IN
political campaigns. One contem-
plates the organization and main
tenance of such facilities as are
necessary to advise the people OF
the facts bearing upon the issues;
the other carries the deliberate
purpose to interfere with the hon
est rendering of verdict. How
misguided some of our people are.
Recognizing that REIMBURSEMENT
must be made, they believe tina,
they will fare better if they cast
their fortunes with those with
whom they dealt on the base Of
campaign contributors in Jays
gone by They do not sense the
dangers that threaten. The sort
of reimbursement which will appeal
to our self-respect and ultimately
to our general prosperity. is the
honest readjustment. Any unfair
adjustment simply delays the ulti-
mate process and we should re-
member the lesson of history that
one extreme usually leads to an
other. We desire Industrial peace.
We want our people to have an
abiding confidence in government,
but no reimbursement made under
reactionary auspices, Will carry
with it the confidence of the
country. If I were asked to name
in these trying days the first es-
sential overshadowing every other
consideration, the response would
be confidence in government. 1t
would be nothing less than a
calamity if the next administration
were elected under corrupt aus
pieces. There is unrest in the coun-
try; our people have passed
through a trying experience. The
European war before 1t engulfed
us, aroused every racial throb IN
nation of composite citizenship.
The conflict in which We partici-
pated carried anxieties into every
community and thousands upon
thousands of homes were touched
by tragedy The inconvenience IN
cident to the war have been dis
quieting; the failure of the repub-
lican congress to repeal annoying
taxes has added to our troubles.
The natural impulse is to forget
the past. to develop new interests,
to create a refreshened and re-
freshing atmosphere i'll life. We
want to forget war and be free
from the troubling thought of its
possibility in the future. We want
the dawn and the dews of a new
morning. We want happiness IN
the land. the feeling that the
square deal among men and be-
tween men and government is not
to be interfered with by q pur-
chased preference. We want a
change from the old world of yes
terday where international intrigue
made the people mere pawns on
the chessboard of war. We want
a change from the old industrial
world where the man who toiled
was assured a "full dinner pail
as his only lot and portion. But
how are we to make the change?
Which way shall we go? We stand
at the forks of the road and must
choose which to follow. One leads
to a higher citizenship, a freezer
expression of the individual and a
fuller life for all. The other leads
to reaction, the rule of the few
over the many and the restriction
of the average mans chances to
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