Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-04
COhNELL, MCLAUGHLIN, RAYNOLDS.
URGED TO BECOME CANDIDATES
In the CITY COMMISSION ECTlON.
Albuquerque Business Mems Cooperative
Association Members Pledge Support TO Re-
firing Commissioners; Plans for Advertising
Albuquerque Are Discussed.

Collectively and individually the
members of the Albuquerque Bust
ness Mems Cooperative associa-
ton who attended the regular din
ner meeting at Taft hall at the AL
Varado last night pledged their
support to the three retiring city
commissioners, Walter NJ. Council,
]. M. Reynolds and j. II. McLaugh-
lin, in case they should become
candidates for reelection.
The action followed a discussion
OF the city's future and was the
outcome of a motion put before
the members by Wallace Hessel-
dena
Discussion of the coming cleo
ton was started at the meeting by
Col George L. Breeze. who point
ed out the great success of the
present administration in carrying
out the plan of city commission
and manager form of government
and the need of keeping the same
officials in office during the COM
ing few years when many great
improvements would undoubtedly
be made in the city.
Il have heard less complaint
about the Albuquerque city ad-
ministration than of the governing
body of any city l have visited in
my life" Colonel Breeze declared.
and / believe that it is for the
best interests of the city that the
three retiring commissioners again
accept the responsibility of their
office as they have had enough ex-
perlence to know how to meet the
many important questions which
will soon confront the city admin
lstrative body"
Speaking Of the question, Chair
man of the Commission Walter
Council gave brief outline of the
workings Of the city government
under its new charter which pro-
vided for the commission and the
city manager and stated that the
three retiring commissioners be-
Ileyed it best that precedent be
set which would establish the Gus.
tom of commissioners only holding
office for one four-year term.
However, l can speak for both
Mr.. Raynolds and Mr. McLaugh-
lin in this matter" Mr.. Connen
stated. 1--WE have decided that we
will either all three submit our
names for candidacy or that all
three of us will withdraw in favor
of new blood"
Mr.. Cornell made no remarks
following the action of the assoc
citation regarding it's pledge of
support in case the three members
should become candidates."
How the Chamber of Commerce
intends to start a campaign with
an object of increasing the city's
population to $4,000 within a short
time, was outlined to the business
men by M; l.. Fox, new manager
or the Chamber of Commerce.
First Of all. we must sell Albu-
querque to Albuquerqueans," Mr..
Fox declared and he then outlined
the conditions in other cities and
proved that Albuquerque had suf-
fered less than most of them in
the reimbursement following the war
and that it was at present enjoying
more prosperity than most cities in
the United States.
lie claimed that the one big as
set OF the city was its climate and
that this was going to be taken
advantage of by the chamber and
brought to the attention of the en-
tire country The campaign will
start within the next few days.
Cheaper Money.
Cheaper money was the subject
Of short talk by Frank Wilson,
who claimed that it now takes one
half ThA "A "a nf ~ ,1A
business which it took during the
war and that the other half was
now in the hands of persons who
would soon be glad to let it out at
much cheaper rates.
Touching upon the need of
drainage in the valley. Mr.. Wilson
advocated the plan recently out
lined by Gov. M. c. Mechem of
prorating the cost upon all prop
erty in the valley as all property
would profit by the Improvement.
Real drainage is too expensive
for the land owners Mr.. Wilson
declared, land as the entire valley
will profit by the accomplishment
of the work. it is only right that
all of the valley should pay the
price of admission" He stated
that in recent figuring it was esti-
mated that the cost per acre would
be nearly $72.
Better Advertising.
A city ordinance providing for
the licensing of advertising solicit
ors as a protection to merchants
and business men was advocated at
the dinner by II. B. Hening, who
claimed to have made a recent
canvass of the advertising situa-
tion in the city and expressed his
belief that at least one-third of
the money spent for advertising
was thrown away on graft and
charity.
Mr.. Hening exposed a number of
recent graft advertising schemes
which had been costly to local bus
mess men and urged that a COM
mittee be appointed from among
the association membership to
draft plans for the proposed city
protective ordinance and to submit
it to the city commission at an early
date.
How Albuquerque can have