The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-11-01
is MR.. N WORTHY

! election upon issues created for campaign use by his political
manager and by his advertising agent, such as the population ISSUE -
the "minetax' issue, the Harding Brothers issue, the gerry
mendcr' issue, the packing ofthesenatc" issue, etc, which it has
been necessary to explain and dispose Of. In doing this it has been
necessary 10 question Nh. Hanna sincerity and at times, his regard
for the truth. On one occasion The Herald offered to contribute
$1,000 TO Hannas campaign fund il he would prove that one of his
statements, that at CAPTAIN about an alleged underhand attack upon
him by this newspaper, was not a falsehood. lie has never referred
to it since.
In his address in the armOry Saturday night Mr. Hanna got
even - He roasted the editor of The Evening Herald, added a few
more falsehoods to the lengthy list on his record and said some very
unpleasant things about the editor of The HERALD personally. His
associate, Mr.. Puney, went somewhat further in the way of personal
abuse, referring pleasantly to The Herald as a dirty, lying sheet y
The particular cause for Putneys outburst appears TO have been the
exposure Of his rather laughable inconsistency as an advocate Of i'm.
proved taxation methods. The Herald printed the facts about Put
neys taxes, showing that he swore to a tax return that turned in only
q triHe in excess Of 20 per cent of the value of his property. If this
statement was a falsehood it is not The Herald's fasebood. 1t is
either Putney's ralschood or the records of the assessors office have
been falsfed.
Calling The Herald names and telling abs about its ownership
and its editor, however, do not alter the facts of Mr.. Hannas cam
psign. These facts, briefly, are as follows;
MI. Hanna has deliberately misrepresented the character of his
opponent to the people. lie has said repeatedly that Judge Mechem
'can and will be controlled" For the purpose of casting 1iscredit
ON his opponent he has rugged up a set of bosses and has called
those bosses names, thus attacking his opponent through them. This
has been his method Of attack when close to newspapers and tee
graph lines. Back in The outlying districts he has made his attack
direct. His own supporting newspapers are the authority for this
statement.
Hsnna knows Judge Mechcms record lie knows that every
time he has uttered the intimation II made the direct statement that
Judge Mechem will be controlled, ? he has uttered a deliberate
falschood.
II is not necessary to make the comparison Of this kind of cam.
pagning with the campaign Judge Mechem has made. The people
will make il. We hold that his willingness to make such a campaign
marks Hanna ny unworthy of the confidence Of the people.
Mr.. Hanna has deliberately misreprescnted not only the republi
can legislative and administrative record on taxation, but he has mis-
represented taxation facts to the people. Dealing with a subject of
first economic importance he has directed his assaults upon two or
three large mining companies as shining marks and useful examples
for aroh2ng prejudice, when unscrupulously handled. In the ar
mory Saturday night, Hanna told his audience that the assessed value
of New Mexico, now around s~s75OOo,OOO could he raised to one bill.
lion dollars at once by some magic taxation remedy of his, which he
did not disclose. He never has disclosed it, He has limited at a
dozen taxation schemes and has stuck to none has given details of
none. Hanna knows that the work of advancing New Mexico asses.
sed values to a billion dollars win be the work Of years of careful tax.
alton methods, improved assessing machinery and of increased de.
veopment and ysath. II he does not know that fact he is not Gt to
be governor Of this state, because he is not equipped for the job.
Mr. Hanna, his advertising manager, and his newspapers have
persisted throughout the campaign in trying to leave the impression
that the Chino Copper Company has earned an average of $4,000,
900 a year, in actual profits paid out to the stockholders. The fact
paid out in dividends, has been steadily concealed. When this false
hood has been proven the answer has been that the Chino Copper
company owns the men and the newspapers making the exposure.
Hanna knows that the vast increase in taxation for which he has
!pTaR,.H;n ne u people poS,s 70 h s.lSa me an Un mnS.r topper 81 pslo. COMPANY hacS,, thus bs
knows that the taxable values he talks about so gibly do not exist
a legislature try 10 so increase them. II Hanna does not know this
then the people of New Mexico displayed even better judgment than
supreme court
But Hanna does know the facts about This and other mining
property assessment, and because he has chosen to deliberately mis-
represent the facts to the people, we hold that he is unworthy of the
Nj. Hanna joined with others in an incorporation of a nonproRt
making company, under the laws Of the state of New Mexico, the
organized labor. Later, when his campaign opened he posed as the
champion Of organized labor. He permitted an attack to be made
upon his opponent, known 10 be unfair and without foundation, upon
the false allegation that Judge Mechem had not returned a certain
questionable as to labor matters issued by the nonpartisan league
campaign committee. Tint QUESTIONABLE had been completed fully
and returned by Judge Mechem weeks kNfore Wilde this attack
was being made Mr.. Hannas own QUESTIONABLE had not been com
pistsd and this 50 embarrassed the publisher Of the Morning journal
that be scolded Mr.. Hanna over the telephone about it, demanding
thpl be fz - M q once. This happened no later than last Friday
night
Posing IS both advocate Of open shop and champion Of organized
lfboi, lIanna has played for the support Of both. We hold that Mr.
Ilanna Is unworthy 81 the confidence Of either.
The people know better about these things than any newspaper.
FOR Dir. HannaS record in this campaign we have had TO rely very