Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-30
Republicans Are More Solid
Iy United Throughout New
Mexico Than They Have
Been in Years
IS SURE HE CAN SAVE
THE TAXPAYERS MONEY
FavorS Securing Legitimate
Increase in Assessed VAL
uationS and Reclamation
of Arid Lands
Special to The Journal.

Santa Fe, Oct. 29.-The republi-
can candidate for governor, Charles
l.. Hill, who has been enjoying a
much needed rest in Santa Fo for
the past two days. said tonight
lust before starting for Gallup:
"The campaign is looking better
and better as the days go by; the
republicans are more solidly united
throughout the state than they
have been in years and the demo-
cratic charges are not having the
effect that they were expected 10
have" The trouble with the dehl-
ocrats is that they began their CAM
paign early with a line of destruc-
tive criticism and have kept at II
ever since, regardless of the tacI
that that kind of a campaign never
has won an election and never Will.
"As | have frequently stated
am not afraid to undertake to ad-
minister the affairs of this state
but If the conditions were as SER
ious as Mr.. Hinkle tries to make
them appear it would be task thaL
l would shrink from and so would
anv other man of good business
judgment.
The Tax Question.
"The tax question is one, OF
course. that must be solved but II
isn't a question that anyone, either
Mr.. Hinkle or myself, is going to
be able to find an answer for In
thirty minutes. Taxes are things
that are not raised or lowered, un-
der our form or government at
the mandate OF any one lndlVldual
whether he be a governor or NOT
and it is because / say this that
think that have been slightly ms
understood in some quarters
have never said that the governor
OF New Mexico Is powerless When
it comes to reducing taxes put
have said that his powers ere 'rMT
tied under,anY circumstances ara
they are almost negative when ne
is working with a legislature thar
is antagonistic to him and is not
disposed to act upon his recon-
mendations.
"Perscnally ] will say that II isf
my intention as governor or TINS
state to scrutirize carefully every
appropriation bill that Is passed.
to look carefully into the eXpendl-
lures of every one of the state de-
partments: to cooperate with tne
tax commission in its work and 10
eliminate from the state pay roll
every employee if there are anN
who are not earning their salary
by doing these things and py
making such recommendation TO
the legislature as deem necessary.
| am sure that / can save the tax
payers a good deal of money ana
can eliminate the waste and eX-
travagance which the democrats
are talking so much about These
are the things which any governor
who is pledged to a business adj
ministration can do and ought 70
do and | promise that under me
they win be done.
Reclamation of Arid Lands.
cone of the biggest things, how
ever, which can be done in order 70
reduce taxation is to secure leg
itimate increase in the assessor
valuations of the state and the best
way to bring this about is TO work
for the reclamation of arid LANDS
in this state.
"My own case is typical of what
can be done in that direction. Land
which own and which is today as
sessed at $4,000 an acre was worth.
only few years ago, less than
$500 per acre. This increase in
valuation has been brought about
by the work of the United States
reclamation service and personal
Industry and right here | will say
that without personal industry and
strict attention to business the cit
izens of New Mexico cannot expect
their burdens to become apprecia-
bly, lighter. The government of
the state can do mucn to help and
the reclamation service can do
much to help but these two agen-
cics alone cannot accomplish every
thing. The people of the state
must do their part. AS governor
win do mine. The federal govern
ment is pledged to do it's and.
working together, there is nothing
that we cannot accomplish for the
state of New Mexico. in the way
of reducing taxation and in every
other desirable way. We have the
acreage, we have the resources, we
have the ability and the courage
and having these things there is no
reason on earth for us to allow
ourselves to be frightened into a
stampede by the democrats who
are crying out that our only saliva
| tion lies in electing a democratic
governor who VIII sit for two years
in Santa Fe with his hands tied by
a republican legislature.