The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-03-31
EY0UR clTY'S
: BUSINESS

HR W. x. Walton announced
. In today's Journal the rea-
sons why he wants to aerVv
| Ie city. We had been told by the
|purnnl that the reason Mr Wal
In wanted to serve the city was
cause ita publisher. the boss of
. Tingley- -Mcil-Mniton ticket.
ked aud insisted that he become
candidate Maybe the pubiisncr
\ the journal was wrong II has
/ len known 10 happen.
In any event Mr.. Walton an
tunces the policies he would
for and seek to carry out. II
cted. His program h. a sincere
3npliment to the present city
lmlssion, II comprises In detail
program OF Improvement the
imissioners have been engaged
carrying out, on which thCy
ge made great progress. and
.ch thay propose to complete uy
ans OF the pending bond propo-
Unfortunately for Mr.. Wnltoh'=
temcnt OF policy. II neglectH en-
n would find the means TO carry
= H-ough the commissions program
4 improvements Tor water works,
Ncr water rates, sewer system.
Xrkr. library, etc. MIR. Walton
elects 20 tell the voters whether
not he fnvorA the bond issues
#poes Mr.. Walton propose 10
UN the Magee policy of public
NHcc. hy taking the money out
tth pockets Of the people when
II needcd"2
Dr does he fancy that water
rks and sewers car be built ny
kcity without funds. or by read
paper before the Ten buus
Xl. was on the theory that pub
works can be built ana con
Ilcted without money that the
sople Of Albuquerque were prom
1 ed lower water rates when they
Ilught the water plant By some
Iagir the wafer plant was expect
ID 20 run Itself without revenue
II iough TO pay for It's operation.
|onncli. Mclaughlin and ltaynoias
[,ade no such promises. bcius
business men they knew what
|ould have to be done. They have
|oen doing 1t and now have
brought the city to the point
whore by reasonable expansion OF
|h3 water plant water rates can
|a lowered.
J Visions are desirable and 80 are
islonary citizens. But behind vi
ion there must be- common sense
md practical business experience
Dtherwt=e the visions evaporntc.
Let us keep before us the fact
Ihat by sticking 10 business tho
er.sant commissioners have mad"
il possible for Albuquerque TO
1allze some Of IT, visions Of the
fhture let us see to A. aS a
n.nsure of enlightened selfishncss,
nat nothing h. done to check that
fealizatlon.
Mr.. Walton Is an amiahl"
and a good citizen. The
Sery things he failed to think
hbout In his statement of pablo
holicy furnish the most convincing
why he should not be
to the e.'y commission.
There should De some special
providence to protect a candidate
lfor office from hiH fool friends
Unfortunately there Isn't
sidney Wells misfortune IL q
cas-. In point. The public has
never heard word OF an alleEe,
: sharge that Wen received a com
Emission Tor leading the hotel driN'
antil th. Journal printed u on th'
front mage and followed u up e"
1ay with long w;nded etitoria
mourning over an alleged assault
IN the private business character
bf Mr. We'll
Il Nobody hnd heard of such AZ
nssault" The public had no reh
Non TO believe that there was an
2basis for any assault on Mr
Wells private business charac
Her"
I The Journal asserts that an 81
.fort IN being made 20 create pre-
6udlc. against We'll "because Of hi
|nat tonality' Everybody con
adhered We'll an American ciiizei
IuntiI the Journal raised the ques
|tion. Now that the matter ha
|been questioned. some people ma.
be left In doub,
The "cnmRpaiRn managers fo
Conneil. Mclaughlin and RAY
noids include several hundred en-
.zens and g5 per cent OF AlbuqueI
a,ue business men who favor thel
4 election because these three me
have demonstrated sound huEines
Judgment and the ability 20 -
definite results IN progress for M
city They have made no attach
on Wells private business chai
arfer" These several hundre
managers have let him strict
alone They have questioned on
his training. ability and eNperienf
In running a city government,
ntrastod with the obvious caps
I'm Of the present commission'r
The idea Of taking charg'
nrainst u candidate in order
defend them II not new u
bas.d on the theory that by arcn
i,r svmpathv votes may he ol
tained. l, has been known
work when used with judgmel
md dircre'ion Hut some cal
should be- taken In choosing u
Mind Of charges 60 fake,
IN Wells private business cha
or" has been asgiled by anyoi
he Journal has done II.
The effort made by the lourn
day to convince tho people IN
he present city commission n
Nnvorcd the New Mexico constru
Non company in letting pavil
.ntrec-s. and that Commission
k Ravnoid h Interested In
&narted with that company,
kfaisehood that should arou
,lng citizens "a Increased a
toward the defeat of the m
ournal wants 20 put into
he statement that city Man
ONddlng was employed In I
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