The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-09-01
WHICH MAN WILL BEST SERVE
NEW MExlCOa

tfAW Wt~<>iSof
u,liIcn man win tssi serve New Mexico IN the raiea ssa,es
Nv senate; I'ursum. she builder; or Hanna, the criiici
The q'ssticn y pertinent as the senatorial campaign opens
fkc individual interests o. each q US and viii govern il large meas.
rfe the welfare and prosperity Of New Mexico during the next three
and onelalf years 81 she present national administration; the period
during which the senator We win elect on September 20 will serye
No great national issues or differences of party policy will be
dfterm'nssd g this election Those issues were decided IN The cler
iqp President Harding the greatest popular majority ii our history
The national government, for the period during which the Junior sen
with that election national issues were closed and national policies
decided for four years, three and onehalf Of WHICH are Yet TO run.
Orr thcise Of senator. then, should not be given upon the basis
~ partSanship, nor should we as individuals permit ourselves to be
minds and east "a VOTES for the candidate who " e believe IAN per.
people.
This means that our choice is between men and that il win be
rnided by our Judgment Of the relative capacity Of the candidates.
iahons as supporters or opponents Of the government that is in
power and that i 10 remain in power during the entire period for
expected 10 secure in our behalf and IN behalf q the things this state
most needs for its growth and prosperity.
senator Bursum has bern described above as 4 builder, his OPP
ppneni, Judge Hanna. as a critic. That this description is fair and
Just and adequate as to both men must and will be admitted by all
services they have undertaken.
NJ. Hanna . lawyer Of parts an office holder by his own
preference an office seeker upon the basis of q purely partisan sery.
ice His desire for public office led him to leave the republican party
supreme court justice. to which he was elected by a narrow margin.
Defeated for recollection in 1918, Mr. Hanna a given a federal APP
governor by the organization in control Of his party's affairs. De
tt5sated, overwhelmingly for the governorship last November, he was
the only one ont Of many prominent Democratic leaders who was will
i9g 70 accept a nomination in this senatorial campaign, ON a partisan
ship basis. His condition of acceptance was acampaign fund Of $685.
900 which he said would be necessary to permit him to make a state
wide campaign " a partisan sacrince a campaign obviously for the
sake of holding together and strengthening a party organization. In
other words Nj. Hanna candidacy is not based upon service to
the state, but TO his political party.
throughout his political career. He is a bitter partisan at all times,
tYes Even those with slightest knowledge of Mr.. rapnas previous
campaigns for Office win realize that this Is true.
IL is a question Of what service a critic can be 10 this state in the
United States senate during the next three and one half years; or Of
What possible and reasonably probable disadvantage his presence
New Mexico has three major industries upon which this state
and alIlts peocple depend for livelihood farming, livestock growing
and mining. Mr.. Hanna knows none of the practical necessities and
trses' In his various campaign for state oTees he has never under.
taken TO advance o constructive policy or program with regard to
any of them. lie has confined himself to assailing the men who have
taken up and carried on their development 1t is only necessary to
recall the outlines of his campaign and public record to realize that
Nj. Hanna is an able public speaker when indulging n de-
ppneauon and invective and when dealing with generaIties. His
grasp Of public questions aud industrial problems is never thorough
and is, in fact, superficial. lie lacks both the knowledge and expert
enee 70 understand or to deal effectively with the fundamentals Of
These things being true: and their truth cannot be successfully
denied; what IAN Mr Hanna; critic of other mems motives; violent
partisan given to frequent and unrestrained speech; accomplish for
and onehalf yearsf He would be a member Of a minority party and
2 critic Of the administration to which that majority adheres. lie
as his public record indicates, would serve to irritate him and bring
iao play these characteristics which are least attractive and least
likely 70 commend him Or the Interests OF his state IN Che greatest de-
Lucrative body in the world.
senator Bursum has been referred to recently By one Of the
%nswspapers supporting Mr. Hanna as that sheep hcrder 1t is true
that Bursnm has herded sheep. lie has punched cattle. He has fol-
inAAeu a pow ne mas uilNeh huiea IN u grazing camp. ana welded
the bull whip on dangerous trails He has laid out and helped TO
dg irrigation bitches Birsum has never been too proud to work at
whatever job was necessary TO be done lie has never been too proud
to fight for what he believed 10 be right. He has always worked IN
diligently, and he has always fought fairly and justly. Working and
fighting he has won his way from hard and humble beginnings 70
: seat in the United States senate aud to am enduring leadership in
his home state TO whose welfare his life has been devoted.
On that long trail upward from sheep herder TO senator Bur
sum learned at first baud the needs and problems Of New Mexico
farmers and stockmen and miners. His knowledge is fundamental
fnsthand and thorough. When he stood in the senate aud argued
for the tariff on hides recently il was generally remarked that he
knew the whole subject from the skin drying ON The fence 10 the mar
ketine Of The manufactured leather. His knowledge Of wool tariffs
ts moi only theoretical but is also practical In It's understanding of
,hat other tariffs have done TO aHd for wool growers and what
tariffs proposed may be expected to do. When he advocates reela-
10 ard md rafer louOed lands he sneaks with fbe nreunss