Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1920-10-12
CRUCIFY EN-

IL is peculiar the way partlsanship
will warp judgement Judge Hanna
democratic candidate for governor,
good Judge and a SUCCESSFUL poilu-
clan who has been eating from the
hubble bins for many years, comes 10
Deming and tells local citizens how
corrupt John Sully and Billy Murray
are. And Deming citizens, In the grip
of partisan frenzy, cheer the sehu-
ments EXPRESSED Hanna said thht
Sully hadn't paid all the taxes that
-Hanmn-thought he ought to pay
and that Billy Murray Is sure to make
il ensv for the big interests II he Is
elected To the state senate instead Oh
G. &. Royal, who is lawyer Ike ran
ma. Knowing John Sully ana Billy
Murray as we do in this end OF Ne"
Mexico. doesn't the allegations OF the
politlcll carpet baggers SOUND absnru
II bunch Of prupagandiSts were
to descend on Deming from the f'Sos
and Rio Grande valleys In any but
campaign year and tell us what
williams Sully aud Murray are tley
SouId probahly bc esOrtel to the
eornorate limits Of the city by u dem
,rratic sheriff and dcputation OF
citizens Selected for their physical
nrowe.s rather than their political De-
liefs. The nerve Of EN- to float down
here in an automobile labeled "6on
Government and tell us what pair
Of birds Sully and Murray are. IL
n petition had been started last week
in the good I'D Atheninan style u os'
tracise Sully and Murray. all the dem
ocrats would probably have signed 1t
and the men who have done ~ much
for Grant and Luna counties ana the
state. would have been sent pachlhg
Ia stand their years In exile, leaving
n hpnch OF tax-eating politicians to run
things.
Bnt MIR. Hanna says he likes hssrs
Sully and Murray, personally nut ne
doesn't want them mixing up IN poll
tees. WAS there ever a time wheh
professional politicians welcomed busl-
ness men to their councils) lie mas
nothing at all on us, we all ike our
local empire builders. Messrs Sully
aud Murray. and. when we are III
normal frame of mind. we recognize
that they may have some good IDEAS
about taxation and other matters OF
state administration. or course Judge
Hanna never mixes in politics. q my,
NOT so YOU can notice IL, only to the
extent OF drawing his pay. lie says
n hANN
but sold Il because the taxes were
eating him up Does Hanna paw any
taxes now The chances are that II
Hanna had n mining property paying
more than $30O,OOO a year IN hNes
he could see some sense in Sully at
tending tax meetings and being pres
emf when the state legislature Is CON
mean life and date 10 the industry.
IL Sully hasn't the right tn he heard
ON mine tax matters who. for the love
az Mike. has, Judge Hanna, perhaps.
Men who have never been producers
creators Of large industrics-never
view development like that III santa
Rita and Hurley with anything but
suspicion. They can't conceive OF
human being finding hole IN the
ground mad hoisting therefrom few
millions I'm cold cash without heiu-
dishonest.
w. d. Murray conducts million
dollar wholesale grocery In Demlng
besides several other large enterprises
in this section that give employment to
large numbers II citizens, adding to
the commetoi al wealth. and importance
" the community. paying taxes ana
contributing to local enterprises OF
vnrious kinds when the good demo
various kinds.