The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-23

WOMEN WANT TO KNOW F MR.. MAGEE
Really ;BEtlEvES IN PUbMClTTs
or m SUPPRESSION or EVl THINGS
Editor Morning Journal,
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
October q, 1890.

Dear Slit
The editorial appearing upon the front page of the Morning
journal of Wednesday, October Goth, contains a long list of questions
AN effort to find out whether we consider the statements which We
made and the action which we took in regard to the editorials in the
Portaes journal of October 8h were wise and right aud whether we
would pursue the same course now if we had it to do over again.
All three of us have lived in New Mexico for many years and
those who know us even by reputation know that during those years
we have all been active in educational and public welfare work in the
state. In fact, the one great reason why we have entered into politics
or entered public life at all i 81 in order that we may help to accomplish
directly the business which we have in the past been obliged to pur-
When we first read the editorials published in the Portalcs Jour
county Ty' office G~'c on n tRc d %no ii ticket a. w yp bo u%e and a f slp, s"ro ,b ht
his editorials would be repndiated by the democratic women of Roosc-
welt county or by the women who are members of the democratic state
When a week had passed after its publication and no notice had
been taken of these editorials by the democratic women or by the dem.
oeratic nominees, we felt il proper that we should issue a statement
We believe that the worst evil in the whole histo~ of New Mex
leo political campaigns has been the effort to play upon the radical
the best way to put an end forever to such practices by any person or
am party IS, as you have SO frequently said in regard to what you con
slider evil, by giving such efforts the widest and most pitiess publicity.
We therefore arranged that the offending editorials with our
statement attached were published in a daily paper and also that rc.
prints were made and transiated into Spanish, and that both Spanish
and English copies were circulated freely in all parts of the state.
The results which followed, that is The apology by the writer, his
resignation from his party ticket and the reputation Of his statements
by his own party nominee, were exactly what we wished to bring
We were very glad to see this and hope that the announcement
will have a wide circulation. However, as these events did not occur
ieve that they ever would have occurred if this wide publicity had not
been given to the original editorials.
necessary part of our efforts to destroy this issue once and for all that
the people who were deliberately insulted by these editorials should
be able to read them in their own language. We assure YOU that we
have done exactly what we thought wise and hest for the welfare of
the state and that we would pursue the same course now if we had it
to do over again.
May we ask You also a question which we should be glad to have
you show us the courtesy of answering in your columns. II these ed.
torials had been called to your attention at the same time and under
the same circumstances that they were called to ours, would YOU have
carefully suppressed them, thereby allowing the effort to create
racial and religious prejudices among the protestant and English.
speaking people of the state to go unrebuked while at the same time
a large majority Of the Catholic and Spanish speaking people of the
state were left in complete ignorance of the insult charges made
against them9
If this would have been your course what reasons can you give
for believing that ii would have served to "clear the atmosphere and
restore harmony and would have been for the best interests Of the
people of New Mexico, without regard to whether votes wcre gained
or lost by either political partyY
Very sincerely yours,
MRS. II. +. ASPLUND,
MRS. RUTH G. MILLER,
MRS. A. b, STR0UPt
Members Republican State Executive Committee.