Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-07
"THE TWILIGHT OF THE OLD DAY"

The evening paper continues to show the bad
taste Of unkindy discussing the private business
affairs of its competitor the publisher of the Jour-
nal. The public may reach its own conclusions as
to the motive. We would call attention to the fact
however, that nothing said by that paper
concerning the sale of Journal bonds by Mr. Magee
until after the Journal declared that it would sup
port Senator Bursum. Then it promptly joined a
few democratic papers in filings at us.
1t not the wish Of the evening paper that
this paper divide with 1t any honors for republican
success It's selfish interests put in eclipse any
interest it might have had in Senator Bursums sue
cess. That paper tried in every way possible to
drive the journal to bolt Bursum. 1t willing
to eopardize Bursums chances in order to strike at
u.s. The public is aware of the fact that the venom
of the evening sheet had effect the course we
pursued
Ten days before the election the editor of that
paper himself bolted Bursum and for four days abb
scented himself from his office. Upon his return he
refused to get into the harness again until John
Suy came here from Gallup and ordered him to do
so. This is example of the evening papers dis
interested enthusiasm for Bursum. The journal was
right when it said that the evening paper was not
intellectually for Bursum.
This latter fact further proven by that
paper when it carried Secretary Falls interview
calculated to dscredit Senator Bursum. That inter-
view not only betrayed the evening papers real at
titude toward BurSum, but 1t proved the JOurnal S
contention that Fall was not for Bursum-a state
ment which the evening paper had repeatedly ridi
culed as wholly false.
At the moment of denying breach between Fall
and Bursum the editor of that paper knew the facts
and wilfuly mslead the public. thereby preventing
Bursum from getting the votes of many hundreds
OF anti-Fall citizens. Every conceivable plan to
hurt Bursum while seeming to be for him used
We wonder how this dsloyalty appealed to Col
Breeze, Charles Springer and several other who
put up about $4,000 for the evening paper, its
plea that it needed the money in order to send that
paper free of cost several thousand voters during
the campaign, as a of helping elect Bursum?
The gentlemen who were suckers" enough to put
I'D their money really in earnest in their sup
port of Bursum. That money than
wasted The only pleasing feature to the Journal
of that rather undignifed, but secret, hat-passing
performance was that the First National crowd Is
reported to have been among those who "fell for it.
We rather enjoy watching them distribute their
money.
Senator Bursums friends not bubbng over
with enthusiasm the treatment he has received
at the hands of the evening paper.
That sheet calls us the Dawn of the New Day."
Again we express gratitude to our contemporary
for its kindness in crediting the Journal with the
rapid Improvement in conditions which Is going on
In New Mexico. We wonder whether that Twilight
of the Old Day." will the inevitable swing of
things in New Mexico and repent its ways in sack
cloth and ashes, in time to it from the destruc
ton toward which it is rapidly drifting. Its petty
gratis may defer but not prevent, the coming
of the end Only repentance and conversion to
ideals Of service to the people can save 1t.