The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-04

say we must he rid of them. They agree that these "bosscs' have
held back the census total Byron Beall tjeenily took
bigger than Santa Fe where Hanna lived for years and years-and
Santa Fc never grew by as much as two while Hanna preached civic
The Phelps.Dodge corporation built utown at Dawson that mum.
bers 5000 people it built a iroad from Dawson through tofax,
Quay, Lincoln, Otero and Luna counties. opening up territory that
the building OF Tueumeari, Carrizozo, Aamogordo, each now . county
seat of a thriving county where men and women are making good liv.
manhood.
Did Hanna ever develop anything in this statc-but an itch for
Officer
If so, what is it,
lie has, of conrse, developed this issue of mine taxation. which the
.busny engaged in working. But the difference between Hanna
and the republican party on this issue is Just here
party wants to work out of it a wise and just solution that will be for
the welfare of every interest, not an individual candidacy for office.
II Mr. Hanna is more than a preacher of civic righteousness why
does he not consider some other phases OF taxation in connection with
lie is, we believe, the active vice president of a life insurance com,
taxes does it pay3 On what basis is it assessed
This life insurance company has in invested capital only a frog-
ment of a percentage of the first investment cost necessary to open
up any kind of u mine in this state. Its force of employees is small Its
and the desire for protection of loved ones that existsin the breast Of
every man. Its investments on which it earns its profits arc chiefly
first mortgages on real estate, on which the other fellow pays the
taxes. This life insurance company, pays but a very small percent.
age sfs G wS S 9e ",Gc on sd ITS PGT%'u8 WbS Sol tSs snccinI r 1t p%ys Som noss%S
comes in with its proposal to make such corporations as this dig up
their fair share OF the common public funds, will MIR Hanna rush out
and preach the civic Righteousness of it,
According to Mr.. Lucero, Bob Putney is paying the cost of Mr..
Hanna tour about the state 81 that they may tell the people the
Win Mr.. Hanna. before he breaches any more civic righteousness,
refuse to ride further in Mr.. Putncy's hag-bedecked automobile until
Bob comes back to Albuquerque and sees to it that the assessments on
the house he recently sold to Mr.. Magec for $4,000, is raised to that
amount from the $685. at which he paid $39662 on it in 1919.
so that Mr.. Magee can sleep at night2
These, Of course, are mere details of civic righteousness and the
public welfare, but in one who processes to be the only preacher of
the same in our fair state, they need attention.
Finally, we do not regard Mr.. Hanna as too radical, about his
own taxes, or about the taxes of his associates. We do not know that
he is too radical about the other fellows taxes We do know that he
is willing, in order to get into office, to make statements that are not
accurate, to make charges that are not true, and IN approach a sub
iect of grave public Importance without any first hand knowledge Of
any of the essential facts.
Such a man may be a good preacher of civic Righteousness.
But will he make n good governorl