The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-12-08
THE BIG TARGET

! the biggest Office in the state. handling the biggest business. The
poor marksman prefers a big target. Shooting at such a target con
ceais both poor craftsmanship and doubtful craftsmanship. There
has been very little high-power rifle shooting at any particular spot
on the state land office target 1t has been mostly saweo-on ~ gun
shooting, with bird shot, at long range, so that the charge could seat
ter That is why al. the political cunning done Tor the st state en-. rsnd l o
office is OF demonstrated resutproducing efficiency. Brd.shot ds-
STSrs'a are ey a Hf ewa %osR spots in the arm 10: Their number is being
steadily reducedso Shooting at those spots is perfectly proper; IL
state land Office with bird shot is unnecessary, Improbable and un-
pleasant. It has not injured the machinery. The rebound from
such irresponsible political shooting has kicked the political life out
Of quite a number Of such shooters.
The Albuquerque Morning Journal, at early, dawn of its present
ownership, began cunning for the state land office That office was
Is InSHr Sss6 ,pPf bet s S%r%s hi his r %i1d, announced announced that at he e% would d sup.
port every candidate on the republican state ticket except lang
permit him to support Field. Later the said Iunermost Soul wouldn't
permit him to support anything republican but that is another
story.
Present interest is in the fact that Land Commissioner Field was
reelected by over 5000 majority He ran far ahead Of his Ticket X
for land commissioner in that gentleman's home county, strongly
democratic county. Whether this result was due to the fact that the
Morning journal opposed Mr.. Field, or whether the people reposed a
6,OOOmajority degree.of confidence in him, or both such facts, is an
open question.
If there had been any widespread dissatisfaction with the man:
agenent Of the state lands Mr. Field would not have received 6 ~!
spread dissatisfaction Eiih the hest STATE lar land .t Gtaie that n0nl cause Rsyo w SSea
widely and favorably known, and a good citizen. Not a word was
be said against his candidacy. The whole campaign, so far as the
s sS%in 1sad G5a'S Of T ,Ss S Sssss. F,d S sa s0n pe,e 7 . by . e S5s5G m a3a fs
Pretty much every one but the Morning journal has accepted
Nelson a. Fields administration Of the state lands and of the results
obtained through that office under uninterrupted republican direction.
CARRYING his campaign propaganda right along. He is hunting for
trouble and is determined to create it, If it doesn't exist.
Taking the report OF the special revenue commission as his text,
the editor Of the journal heads a recent editorial Clerks are Run,
ming Land Office. ," This editorial concludes; 1--WE say again that all
is not well in the land Olive Will public sentiment take a hand in
strengthening outf' .........
We venture to suggest to the Prophet Of the Dawn Of the New
Day for our fair state that it, he will point out to the public what is
"not wel'' in the land office, it will be Strengthened out right quuiek.
he has been chanting mournfully that "al is not WE'LL for quite a
SPELL This has reached the stage where public sentiment is entitled
to conclude that "au is not we'll in the attitude OF the editor OF the
reached that the said attitude is to set up CHESTS OF evn; ana as so IN
to make the public believe that a real fight, for an honest cause, is
It is not The Herald's purpose to discuss the report Of the spe-
report is unfarto the state land office. Some of its conclusions are
based upon misinformation, or the lack of information. When it
states that Commissioner Field does not run the office and that "prac-
ieally no questions u a arc T sa up 10 INN nann 90 SSCts' Un1ort viii vi |" he 4" dis.
cussed at a later date. IL M sufficient to say now that the editor OF
state land office management, knows that no serious wrongs exist in
that management. The most exhausive-and exhaustmg-eforts
have been made to find serious wrongs in that office aud al. OF these
have failed-because the wrongs do not exist. ... A..
We wish to direct attention, specifically to the assertion that
"the dtate land office is virtually without q head and is run by a
bunch Of clerks"
If this statement by the journal were true, it seems to The
Herald that the results must needs refsct considerable credit on 1.-THE
We have before us the annual report of the state land depart
ment Of Arizona, run by a commission, supervising a commissioner:
The dnsr1 us Is Observation-Disclosures lentg 81 mscsSc TO T.e sns Hr Visted pl Nsw % 4 nSo to n study
ways and means for shaking some of the "head" and putting in
This Arizona report show. that the land lease income during the
pas. .o ns'q n. year Mss, s6 y rSSnS rBSSrs,n got ndl ont Of tb + same an w acreage &c
as was given to New Mexico by congress. II cost Arizona right at
'fOO The income Sns :" Of I the New Mexico 4 K school dS%i children and institutions
from their state lands last year was in excess Of one and one.quarter
million dollars and it cost them approximately $4o,OOO TO get II.
Arizona and It's administrative system have been held la. up to US
ers, as the shining example for as to copy in making over our admin
WouId the results be satisfactory, judging by those thus far
obtained in the two state land departmental. -
Ia. . aS,uSaa head aS : ! '' according SSH%'s 70 the ' ofss a T d to Tm4 four OF D
s ssl assa asDsrs@ 9nsns az . : gs's si 2 1ssss 'as0'"' Oh Sialg0V a. 2
New Maxico has a land of6ey run by . bunch Of clerks Wild