Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-08-24
AN ANONYMOUS LETTER.

The Journal ordinarily consigns all anonymous
communications to the waste basket. The following
letter would be treated except for the fact that
Il supplies us with text. II the cowardly black
guard who wrote 1t had made reference to any living
soul except the editor of the Journal we would have
refused to print It, Of course.
Here is the letter:
Gallup, N M, Aug. 81, 1921.
"Mr. Money Talks Magee,
Albuquerque, N M.
You Dear Old B. S.
Uncle Sam does not permit transmission
through the mail sentiments such as
pressed by republicans and democrats relative
to you and your policies--money talks-most
Of us will take off our hats to you when 1t comes
to getting the money however, none In Gallup
to my knowledge would stoop low there
are few perhaps that might raise checks.
forge checks and there are many bootleggers and
nnoonshipers, but they not hypocrits and do
not get their money through backmail, they are
gentlemen and are not to be classed with editors
that 'lambast' individual or individuals most
numerically for months to get all the money
they can out Of people they know will approve
of 1t and make the other fellows squirm until 1t
hurts so much that they only too willing to
hand over the money to said editor to get him to
about face and tell his readers what good little
ports about their tax lodging, graft, etc. ETC..
were exaggerated and even at that 1t was done
payfully now let us forget all about 1t, they see
the errors of their little pranks, last night they
all reformed we will now proceed to put them
in power (if we can). Col. D. X. B. Sellers knows
money talks now get after him and make him
sQurm make him come across just little
blackmail. few thousand dollars worth and
YOU will soon have the peoples paper paid for,
then you tell the people to go towel.
you know.
Money Talks"
The public may place It's own estimate upon the
fight but rather shot from ambush. Our opinion is
that he is not democrat but is anti Bursum ana
specal-nterests republican. trying the guise Of
a disgruntled democrat 81
The reference to raised check artists and boot
leggers and moonshiners and blackfnailers we pass
without comment.
We asked people who believed In free open
and fearless newspaper. to help main
tain the Journal such. 1t has been such paper
and will continue We have intimated that
would be democratic paper. On the contrary we
Lave said Its tendency republican when decency
would permit. We have msled no one.
We have pounded certain conditions in New Mex
leo and certain men for months until we have made
them squrm and We will pound them for further
months IL they refuse to mend their ways. We have
about faced on nothing and do not intend to do 80.
II the coward who wrote the article will reveal
his identity will convince him that money did
not enter into our decision to support Bursum. On
the contrary 1t adversely affected the business side
OF our affairs. Let Judge Hanna, Robert Putney
and Arthur Segman say how much money 1t took
to secure the support of the Journal for Judge Hanna
last None Of these three in charge Of the cam
paign knew that the Journal was to announce for
Hanna in the morning, ever. until the editor Of
this paper whispered 1t to Mr.. Putney as he was
about to begin speech at Belen the night before
the announcement.
The editor of this paper had short interview
with Senator Bursum just after midnight on last
Thursday morning. II the first communication
between the two in many months We were there to
learn his attitude toward public questions. Senator
Bursum was not personally cordial and Mr.. Masee
left him without any comment to the Journals
position. On Thursday morning we communicated to
DR.. Boyd, former president OF the state university.
and Dr. Grille. former president of state college, the
conditions under which we would support Bursum.
those conditions all referred to the welfare Of New
Mexico and her peoplenothing else. II the contrary
is true let these honorable gentlemen speak.
We have no single word to retract Of what we
have said about tax-dodgers grafters dsnquents or
upon any other subject We will continue our attacks
upon I'LL pau conoltlons IN New Mexico. whoever that
hurts must accept the hurt An effort to muzzle us
will work better in the future than It has in the
asst. We have not been playful" in this fight for
civic decency and we are not apt to become 80.
The Journal believes that in supporting Bursum,
1t Ii bringing very powerful allies within the repub-
lican party to the aid Of civic righteousness Time
will prove this to be true.
The Journal will not defend Senator Bursum's
record. We will forgive 1t. IL he will follow the vision
Of service which. we believe. he now has Men do
grow and their ideals do change. He can be very
useful to the people Of New Mexico In our sincere
he will be.
We can arrive nowhere by living In the past. As
long as men persist in keeping tied to old and
corrupt methods must fight. When they are will
Ing to abandon such methods. the fight Is over as
far as the Journal is concerned. Until that time It is
not over. We have no one whom we wish to punish
for the dead past. Our faces to the future Civic
decency must prevail in New Mexico. The Journal Is
In close touch with conditions ana 10 doing its best
wisely or unwsey. to serve the people, This was our
commitment to the people and upon that commit
lnent we stand.
Hs ~ u 3 , w.