Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-10-23
DEMO CANDIDATES
GREETED BY GREAT
CROWD AT CAPITAL


| quoted from circular prepared by
the republican campaign commit
| tee and then read the text of the
league covenant.
zone Vote TO England"
He showed that England has but
one vote in the council aud that
unanimous action is needed" and
that even in the assembly where
England's colonies also have votes
pOrtant questions, the United
States, being a member is able to
block things it is opposed to-"
Turning to state matters, he con-
sidered first the gerrymander and
read from article four of the state
constitution which districts the
state for legislative purposes,
What 1t Provides.
I'VE find" he asserted, that the
first senatorial district created was
that of the county of San Miguel,
That was all right, but the second
is composed Of San Miguel and
Mora counties and the third of San
Miguel and Guadalupe counties.
1t has been easy for the people of
San Miguel county to outvote those
of Guadalupe and Mora counties.
The result is three senators for San
Miguel county.
THAT would not have been so
bad if it had stopped there. but we
find Bernalillo county in two dis
tricts, Sandoval in two districts and
the Kingdom of Socorro in three
districts. In the face of these
facts the republicans say they
favor majority rule in New Mexico.
Some Other Inequalities.
He then illustrated the difference
in votes of Mckinley and Chaves
counties in the election Of 1918, and
the relative importance of the two
as districts for Legislative purposes.
He quoted a republican candidate
as saying that the gerrymander
might have been all right when it
was passed and that it might not
be all right now, but that the re-
publicans would if elected, fix it.
THAT was putting the cart be-
fore the horse" Judge Hanna said
1T was all wrong when created, but
| it is all right now since the repub-
| liCans in many counties have come
to the aid of our party so as to
make the election of a democratic
| legislature certain. 1t will be all
right in the future, because the
democrats will give the people of
the state an honest redistricting
for legislative purposes
Pledges Self to Act.
"T nrnr11ica If ploataI I will ypt n
any bill favoring either the demo-
Gratis or republicans in this re-
districting," Judge Hanna declared
! Turning to the tax situation he
said that he had been using the
assessments of the Chino Copper
company not to reflect on the com
pany, but merely for the purpose
of an example.
I'VE do not propose to destroy
their business or any other busi-
ness" he said. eve use their as
sessment because figures of other
companies are not easily obtain
able. The mine tax law of 1919
gives mining companies a special
privilege in that their records per-
tanning to taxation are not open to
tltS pubiL1 lbI illSptiliOIi. ''i'
shows the desire of the bosses to
put over an unfair law.
Chino has not denied the figures
on their tax assessment or on the
proceeds of their mining operations
and until Chino does we will con-
tinue to assume that they are cor
rect and quote them as such"
Position on Road Work.
Judge Hanna denied the persist
ent rumor that he woulC change, II
elected, the road system back 70
the old county plan. He declared
that the democrats in the cam
paign had been criticising the ap-
pointment of road superintendents
in each county of the state and he
asserted that the first road system
of road building. roads without
county superintendents was stiil
available. .ra-E-
Judge Hanna denied that he had
charged that Judge Mechem would
be- controlled by bosses. He stated,
however, what had happened to
Governor Hagerman, Governor
Lindsey and Governor Larrazolo
when they actually undertook to
serve in the capacity their title IN
dicated.
History May Repeat"
He declared that if the bosses
control the legislature they would
do as they did with Mcdonald
when they ousted five democratic
legislators and took from an honest
governor his appolntive power,
He declared it unnecessary TO
defend himself on the anti-Span-
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