Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-31
SOLDIER RELIEF
IS PROMISED BY
THE DEMOCRATS
Jones and HinkIe Addressed
a Mass Meeting at the
High School Auditorium
on Monday Night.

x-service men and reduced taxa
ton for New Mexico were solemnly
promised last night by United
States Senator A. A. Jones. candl-
date for reelection. and james !.
Hinkle, candidate for governor, at
mass meeting held by the demo-
Gratis of Bernalillo county at the
High school auditorium.
Mr., Hinkle declared he would
bring about reduction OF taxation
by Small cuts all along the line.
by the adjustment of useless Of
fices, and by getting value received
! for moneys expended. He stated
/ that he had been accused OF being
an advocate of low salaries for
| state employees, but declared the
accusation was incorrect. II am"
he said. "in favor of high salaries
| for efficient men in necessary Of
! fees but / believe there are too
many useless offices. | would not
cut the salaries. but | would reduce
| the number of fellows drawing
| them"
Forced REDUCTION
| Mr.. Hinkle said the republicans
at the beginning of the campaign
had announced that it was impo5-
sible to cut taxes, but that the pub
licity given taxation matters had
! forced the republicans to bring
about a cut of nearly one-half a
million dollars. Even if l am not
elected" he said, 81 will have
brought about reduction of taxa
ton expenses for the state"
Declaring that he favored the
advancement Of education, Mr..
Hinkle said there Is a waste of
money in the state school system
that should be stopped. The over
head expense of administration. he
declared, Is too high, by reason OF
duplication. He made the charge
that the state educational institute
tions are being made political in
situations, to the detriment of their
work.
The highway department, Mr..
Hinkle charged. is inefficient. he
said in many places it has built
new roads at heavy expense, parai-
leling present roads that could be
improved at less expenditure. As
a result, he said, the state has no
comprehensive system of roads; in
some places there are good roads,
but they invariably lead to a
jumping off place" He said he
| favored expanding the road funds
for the improvement of highways
on a common sense plan, with con-
nected system of roads joining the
important sections of the state.
The present plan, he said, has led
to a heavy debt. and few roads.
Jones Speaks for Bonus
Senator Jones painted a word
picture of the events at Washing
ton during the war, when. he said,
the president and congress worked
for the winning of the war as speed
lily as possible. He declared t Vt
action taken then was Of a nom
partisan nature. and received al
most unanimous support, He said
republicans were placed at the
head of many of the more import-
ant bureaus. He declared that ex-
perts from all countries had agreed
that preparations should be made
! for q war of five years duration,
and IL there had been waste and
extravaganza, 1t had come about
because of sincere effort to bring
the conflict to a conclusion as rap
idly as possible.
at seems to me-" he asserted,
that anyone who would criticize
! or belittle the policies of the gov
4 eminent in that trying time for
political purposes is unworthy of
the support Of the people of New
Mexico"
Realizing, he said. that the men
who fought for $50 a month
should be given some measure of
remuneration in proportion to
that received by those who stayed
at home in times of high wages
and big profits, congress began
work soon after the war on an
adjusted compensation bill. The
measure passed the house and
went to the senate, where 1t was
reported without a minority re-
port. Just as it seemed ready to
pass, President Harding did the
unprecedented thing by going into
congress and asking that the bill
be reconsidered by the senate fl
nance committee. This, he said,
] WIS uOHe, anu lllS Ulll ucNeI IdIlO
back. On that day. Senator Jones
said, he made a statement in the
senate showing how the compen-
sation measure could be financed,
and showing that the presidents
contention that 1t would affect the
finances of the nation was not
we'll founded.
History OF New Measure.
He traced the history of new
measure, passing both houses and
meeting a presidential veto; pass
ing the house over the executive
veto and lacking of passage In the
senate by only a few votes. He
said he had been assured by Han
ford MacNider, commander-in-
chief of the American Legion, and
j. d. Atwood, commander of the
Legion in New Mexico, that his
presence in Washington was not
needed, as the fact that he was
paired with republican senator
opposed to the measure in effect
recorded his vote for it.