The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-11
WILSON PROMISED MILITARY AID TO RUMANIF
CLEVELAND SHUTS WIN WORLD
Shall We Junk the State Highways
And Throw Away Millions?

THE democratic party OF New Mexico under the
guidance OF Scgman. Jones, Hanna Putncy and
Frank Hubbel. propose to abolish the state highway
rnron of ond 20 r WpI m rc Su &c % nG
time system Of Individual county road building. They
ready accepted by state. FOR during and
1895 which will near the abandonment OF every hp-
proved Federal Aid road not actually completed. They
propose to give U.S. In place OF the present modern
efficient system the old precinct road boss
Here Is the democratic party platform declaration Of
purpose as adopted by the party convention In Las
'IIiat favor the repeal OF the laws
nilng and maintaining the stats road board,
aud the Inadequate and cumbersome system
Of so-calcd road construction and rnantc-
such purposes are Gisslpetcd anil exhausted
In salaries AMI expenses with "a Itic profit Ia
TME rs Ssii S iFiG ThHNroS NS T 81 s4ST
o6TSrIEs t TSrGiSS T SINTDNASeE re @ OF sEEs Moans
WITHIN % LIIEin , LIMITS ,-,I, uNnrn sTATI-
SURE GOOD ROADS At FAIR AND REA-
SONlABLE EXPENSE"
democratic party under which should the people elect
them Mr. Hanna and democratic legislature VIII
abolish the state highway commission, wipe the
efficient system which was installed under Governor
McDonald's administration aud which has been TIM
proved and enlarged since that time: under which
New Mexico taxpayers had the first and only
the tax money paid into ' the treasury Tor roads
hs claim % 6T made no doubt, shSs , the w words &
democratic party platform pledge against return to
road funds which existed under the old precinct road
hut the democratic platform makers meant just such
n return to zero when they wrote that plank--and
There is moro local political patronage under the
precinct boss: more johs to dispense and money
70 be disspatcd by them.
II is hard to work politics under a centralized
state road management especially when Its operations
are very largely under he supervision OF engineers
DO you remember how he road building game ugod
TO work here In Bcrnaluo county before the
highway department came into existence?
Those were the rare old days when Frank Hubbcll
was boss OF this county and we lad n road bosa In
taxes; Thousands thousands of dollars of good
money and we didn't five miles Of connected road
construction In u decade. The money might as well
have been dumped into the river for all the good 4!
did the people who paid the taxes But II helped
keep hog-tght political organization In smooth work
il is significant that Mr. IIubbcs entrance into Tie
democratic party bacllcr OF Mr. Hanna is eoinci
What Docs This I,emocr5ltlc Pollcy MeanS
What will be the practical effect OF this democratic
policy Of dccenrazcd local road management through
the medium , OF the precinct boss? .-, -.
county highway building in this state.
Bernalilo county; under this syHcm with an eff.
cient county commission might build few miles of
good road-and that road would lead to jumping-off
place at the boundary Of the n"A county should an In
efficient politically managed county government hap
Such thing e highway which real inter
county traffic could be handled. would pass Of
We could farewell connection with Interstate
We could notice the tourist travel OF the
nation to take the northern route, and hang the i'm
Ico at spriSserSe Vi % Gallup % ard i' "a so Paso IL N
We would he through done. finished and farewell
forever as far az tourist travel " concerned
We would be safe In taking the 10000 automobiles
now licensed by this state and listing them with the
uaed-car dealers because by the end Of the first
under this rcnctionail destructive policy. would be
through with automobiles ana truchs-for good
This democratic pledge wreck the highway
department would the immediate abandonment Of
siNty-two (62) Federal aid road projects either
nearing completion, well under way approved for
immediate construction, In twenty-five out Of the
states tw"ny-ninc counties, and for the construction
OF which THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAYS
ONE-IIALF OF THE COST.
ANY citizen who doubts this has but to look at tho
Federal Aid road act which In specific terms that
EACH STATE IN. ORDER TO RECEIVE THE AD-
VANTAGE or FEDEIlAi. AID IN ROAD BUILDING
MUST HAVE a STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
THROUGH WHICH THIS WORK MUST BE CAR
RIED on.
We have federal aid road project from Albuqucr-
que to Iseta-a concrete highway, approved Tor
sruction by the Federal road authorities II III fed-
cra Aid Project No. CT. The federal aid money s
available. We have arranged tho county, portion.
Under this democratic decree OF destruction that
ject would bU junkcd. II is striking Illustration Of
what would happen all over the state. Thousandb upon
thousands OF dollars worth OF United S;atoi govern
ment roadf building machinery and equipment the
ground, ready for work. Dnd that did this
state cent would he withdrawn. We would 20 right
along paving udr quota of the federal taxes. but
would he deprived every OF return enjoyed by
other states under the federal aid road appropriations
County Funds spent at Home.