Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-27
VACANCY ON THE
Commission IS
. STILL UNF FILLED
Members Are DeadIoCked
Regarding a Successor to
Walton; Names of Two
Men Are Presented

! That the members Of the city
commission of the city Of Albu-
uueruue are deadlocked regarding
a successor to william r. Walton,
recently resigned. as member OF
the city commission, was clearly
indicated in the meeting which
was held last night in the city hall
At one stage of the meetlns
/ Commissioner We'll asked Commls-
sioner Swope, who is acting chalr-
man Of the commission and as such
acting mayor, whether SWope
would consider any other nomina-
tion for the vacancy than Judge
Richard il. Hanna. Swope re-
sponded:
"Wen. you know l have a single
track mind about that. Ana !
can't think of any other name than
his now ~
name of Cortez Quickel had been
submitted and rejected. Swope, as
explanation of his voting mo on
the nomination. said:
"I want to say in regard to my
vote that the name of Mr.. llama
was submitted at the last election
/ The result was a split vote. Whlle
respect Mr.. Quickel, / believe Mr.
/ Hanna would make a better com
missioner, as he is more tamlliar
with public affairs
In later discussion on the sue
cessor to former Mayor Walton, the
name of Judge Hanna was again
brought up. Commissioner HugheS
addressed Commissioner Well and
said he could not get an agreemen'
as TO a city commissioner unless he
agreed to vote for Judge Hanna
We'll replied that there should be
some man out of $4,000 in Albu-
ouerque besides Judge Hanna who
can qualify and be acceptable
| Hughes then stated:
"Well, / won't vote for Judge
Hanna. You can count me out or
that Trot out anyone but an al
legged reformer and I will vote for
him. But I won't vote for an al
legged reformer."
Two names were submitted as
possible successors to former Com
missioner Walton. Both were sub
mitted by Commissioner Hughes
He first submitted the name OF
Cortez Quickel. Commissioned
Tingley said he had received a tel
ephone message from Mr.. Quickel
and that the latter had told him he
! did not care to serve and asked
| Tingley not to vote for him. Com
missioner We'll seconded the mo-
ton, which was that the nomina-
ton be rendered Mr., Quickel. Mr.,
| Swope offered no comment. When
! the motion y as put he voted no
distinctly. Tingley voted with him.
| We'll and Hughes voted yes
Several times during the meet
! ing and Hughes and We'll asked
Tingley and Swope to place the
name of someone other than Judge
! Hanna in nomination. assuring
support of any good man. Neither
Tingley nor Swope accepted this
invitation nor did they show any
indication Of an inclination to do
so.
At one point Hughes said: well,
we are getting along very well with
four men. We got along when
there were only three men on the
city commission and we should be
able to get along now with four
We seem to be agreed on every
thing excepting the naming of a
commissioner. l am satisfied with
you, Mr.. Swope. as acting chair
man. l think you make % good
one"
In reply to this Swope said that
it was not fair to the people of the
city to fail to appoint another COM
gni1 fhn rho ~
called for the city commission to
appoint a successor and it should
be done.
After further discussion Com
missioner Hughes moved that the
nomination be rendered DR.. j. A.
Reidy. We'll seconded the mo-
tion. Neither Swope nor Tingley
offered any comment but when
the motion was put both the lat
ter voted mo" Hughes and We'll
voted "yes."
Hughes then said: 1T isn't a
very nice thing to have the name
of q man like DR.. Reidy put up
before this commission and have
it knocked down. And it wasn't
a nice thing to do the same thing
about Mr.. Quickel. The city of
Albuquerque should be proud to
have such a man as DR.. Reidy or
Mr.. Quickel serve on the city
commission"
Well then suggested that each
OF the commissioners write the
names of ten men on slip Oh
paper. He said that from such
list surely one or more names
would be found to appear on
every slip. Swope objected to
such action. We'll then said:
"Well, we ought to be able to