Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-31
DEMOCRATS HAVE
GREAT DUTY To
PERFORM,HUNkER
Party Cannot Help But Be
Successful if No Mistakes
Are Made in Nomlna-
tions by the Convention.


"The democratic party has
great duty to perform to the
masses of the people" said
George Fl. Hunker, chairman, IN
addressing the meeting of the
democratic state central commit
tee at Albuquerque yesterday
"The republican party is boss
ruled, some eight or ten men IN
it controlling not only the policy
and platform of the party but the
entire patronage and the say as
to who shall or shall not be their
nominees"
Mr.. Hunker further declared
that "if we make no mistakes IN
the nominations in our conVen~
tion,s we cannot help but be sue
cessful.
His address follows:
"I presume that it is in order
that / make a short report to
, you of the work ] toal '1een tr5s-
| ing to do since selected as your
chairman last February. / think
| it only fair to say to you that
/ when / was selected as chairman,
, it was great surprise to me.
After being chosen, however. l
| felt that it was my duty to ac-
cept the call of my party and do
what | could for it. I fully ap-
preciate the honor you have con-
ferred on me and everyone will
! agree that it was quite a recogni-
ton by the party. In this work.
! have acted as / have in my own
business. L have not shirked my
duty. l have worked early and
late. | think l am safe in saying
that since last February / have
spent at least two-thirds of my
time, at a considerable sacrifice
to my personal affairs, on politi-
cal matters. / at once employed
an extra stenographer and estab-
lished my office at Las Vegas
with a small publicity force. For
the last two or three months we
have written thousands of letters
and each week we have sent out
to every democratic paper in the
state some publicity matter.
Toured the State
early in the game l became
convinced that I could do more
effective work by having a two
hour conference with the leading
democrats in their respective
home towns. About the middle
Of April l started on a tour of
the state. On this trip we visited
twenty-one of our thirty-one
counties. Upon returning to Las
Vegas and about week later we
went into seven other counties,
thus making total of twenty
eight we have visited. AS early
MS this we found the democratic
leaders very active, full of hope
and enthusiasm. each one thor
oughly imbued with the idea that
this is going to be a democratic
year.
AFTER giving considerable
thought to matters confronting
our party and the state of New
Mexico, l became convinced in
my own mind that the people
were demanding a reduction of
taxes, an elimination of waste, a
thorough audit and check of all
Of our public offices. That the
great and crying need is that the
! men who have charge of our
governmental affairs should be
honest and capable and espe-
cially should the chief executive
| be, a man who would look more
to the business end OF running
our state than to building up a
party machine and simply using
the office to further his political
| aspirations without regard for the
best interests of the state.
Public Accepts Program.
~, was surprising to see how
readily the public accepted such a
program and how many people
have come to me, regardless of
PARTY affiliations, and stated that
| if we can carry out this program
| there will be no doubt about our
success in the coming campaign.
THE next step / undertook was
to convince some of our leading
men that 1t is high time for some
one to make a personal sacrifice
| and to become candidates on our
ticket for the coming election
This was no slight task. In the
first place. the republican party is
now in control of the affairs of this
state and also of the nation. 1t
has all the machinery, power and
prestige to put over an election.
Normally speaking, the odds for
their success in New Mexico this
year would be granted, but after
studying conditions in our state
and studying the record as made
by the republican party%the entire
situation is changed and. In my
Judgment, il. we make no mistakes
| in the nominations in our conven-
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