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aOITA JUG XKW MEXICAN, dAJNTJL !..,
TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1907.
SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN.
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4AX TROST, Editor. JOHN K. STAUFFER, Sec'yTreaa.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF SANTA FE COUNTY.
the New Mexican is the oldest ne wspaper in New Mexico. It Is sent to
ibry postoffice In the Territar. n& h aa 'wge an J growing circulation
tjiong .Le Intelligent and progressive peopie oi inn Southweit
U N 1 'fjlyjft-?
SECRETARY GARFIELD AT DEN
VER. . The Public Lands Convention in
Denver is over and as far as New
Mexico Is concerned it has not done
much good. The resolutions are not
exactly what they should be and it is
very evident that the cattle growers
of Colorado and Wyoming commanded
the situation. These may be very nice
fellows and very patriotic and public
spirited citizens but they do not have
much use for New Mexico and its peo
ple, generally speaking. The resolu-
. tion. claiming that the waters of the
'Rio Grande in its upper course in the
stale of Colorado were absolutely the
,: property of the people there is a
mighty bad proposition for New ex-
. ico when it is remembered that the
.inhabitants of the Rio Grande Valley
have had prior possession of these
waters and a valid right to them for
275 years before the San Luis Valley
residents even thought of irrigation.
The question of paying for
grazing on the public uoinain
is not popular with New
Mexico stock growers and people gen
erally. In saying the sentiment was
against that proposition the conven
tion did right but otherwise it was en
tirely too local and controlled by too
many local influences. However,
there is one very noticeable thing and
a gratifying one at that concerning it.
This was that the people of the Rocky
Mountain states and territories be
came better acquainted with James R.
Garfield, secretary of the interior, and
U. S. Land Commissioner Ballinger,
and Gifford Pinchot, chief of the
Bureau of Forestry. These officials,
one and all, made a most pleasing and
favorable impression. That their at
tendance at the convention did them
good, gave them more correct ideas of
western conditions and desires, and
put them in touch with the people, can
also be considered as iacts. '
Referring to Secretary Garfield, offi
cially and personally, the Denver Re
publican was evidently very well im
pressed with him and voices this im
pression in the following editorial:
"Whatever other fact may be
brought out in connection -with the
interstate land convention it is notably
evident that Secretary Garfield of the
Department of the Interior has won
the esteem and established himself in
the confidence of all who have heard
him speak or come in contact with him
in any other way.
"Prior to this meeting he was but
little known to the people of this sec
tion except as a federal official far re
moved from them and su-rounded by
an atmosphere of seeming indifference
if not hostility in some particulars
to the interests of this part of the
country.
"This was particularly true of the
sentiment of the people in the San
Luis Valley, for the inhabitants of that
locality had suffered from certain or
ders of the Interior Department which
conflicted directly with their interests
and seemed to be based upon a mis
interpretation of the law. The belief
that the orders in question were based
upon an erroneous conception of the
law remains, but the attitude of Mr.
Garfield to the subject is one of such
fairness and manifests so evident a
desire to do justice that the feeling of
hostility to him has entirely disap
peared. We are confident that this is
true also of the entire Rocky Moun
tain region so far as his influence up
on the convention may be taken as an
indication of public sentiment.
"In this we see both the influence
of Mr. Garfield's personality and an
illustration of the benefits which may
bo looked for from closer communica
tion between, prominent officials of
the federal government and the peo
ple of states and sections remote from
Washington. This is a big country,
and the Rocky Mountain states are
far from the national capital. It is,
therefore, not strange that the federal
government itself sometimes seems
remote from this section. Our people
come so little In touch with it that
it would be well if the heads of de
partments could visit this part of the
country more frequently.
"Mr. Garfield may be assured that
he 'has distinctly gained by hl8 visit,
and that his influence upon the delib
erations of the delegates has been
notably helpful in presenting in a more
favorable light the views of the ad
ministration concerning public land
matters." '.- ,
DENSE IGNORANCE OF "EXPERT"
M'MAHON.
Francis M. McMahon was the ex
pert accountant who made an exami
nation into the accounts and financial
records of the Territorial peniten
tiary under the Bursum administra
tion. . At the time he did so he was
secretary of. the Colorado Title and
Trust Company of Colorado Springs.
It stands to reason that this man and ,
the president of that company knew!
all about its business if any two men
connected with it did. Yet this so
called expert having been subpoenaed
to give testimony for the Territory
in a case in court in order, if possi-
ble, to arrive at the accuracy and
correctness of certain items in the
penitentiary accounts found by the
referee but which differed from those
given in the expert's report, flatly de
clined to give such testimony al
though the same bad it been given
would have aided the cause of justice
and equity. This "expert account
ant" employed by ex-Governor Her
bert J. Hagerman at territorial ex
pense, although secretary of the cor
poration to which was entrusted the
very delicate and Important task of
examining the penitentiary accounts,
could not or would not remember how
much compensation the company had
received nor what the agreement of
the company was with the ex-Governor
in the matter. This so-called ex
pert did the investigating not over
a year ago and if he did not know at'
that time what the pay to the com
pany was and what the agreement
between Hagerman and the company
was, he was either absolutely derelict
in his duty or a fool, in either case
an unfit man to investigate financial
transactions going through seven
years amounting to many thousands
and thousands of dollars and to make
the report establishing that the offi
cial whose accounts were investigat
ed had been honest or that this offi
cial was guilty of embezzlement and
malfeasance and misfeasance in office
thus in such case, putting him be
yond the pale of decent and honor
able people and subjecting him to
criminal proceedings.
If "this expert" has forgotten all
about these items within a year he
certainly shows a very, very weak
memory and cannot be a very expert
accountant. This Is the condition
of this case and not a
theory. This man McMahon declined
to testify for two reasons only; either
he actually did not know enough
about the case on which he was en
gaged for four months and for which
the company of which he was secre
tary was paid received $1,250 from the
Territory or he was afraid to impli
cate and incriminate in an improper
manner officials or persons whom he
desired to shield. There is no other
alternative, no matter what the coyo
te howls, slanders and libels by Mac
pherson's Albuquerque Morning Coyo
te and its co-coyotes, may publish or
charge or what may be asserted or
proclaimed or written by the fake re
formers. The whys and wherefores of this
so-called expert's report which was
published by tens of -thousands of
copies at the expense of some one
probably at the expense of the contin
gent fund will be forthcoming in due
course of time. The question now is
why was this man afraid to tell the
truth in a case in court in which noth
ing but the truth was desired and
wanted by the proper officials of the
court in which a regular judicial pro
ceeding was pending and which it was
sought to establish the absolute hon
esty of an official charged with dis
honesty and embezzlement or if the
facts so proved to bring this man, be
he who he may to justice both financi
ally and criminally?
NO OTHER DEFENSE SEEMS POS
SIBLE. The yellow sheets 'of the Territory
are making light of the investigation
into the charges of brutality and bar
barous severity in the present man
agement of the Territorial peniten
tiary but respectable newspapers hav
ing the best interests of the Territory
at heart and desiring a clean and
humane, yet effective and strict, man
agement of penitentiary affairs, take a
different view of the situation and
the right one. For Instance, the So
corro Chieftain referring to the matter
editorially says:
"And so the Hagerman claqueurs
consider the Trelford Investigation a
roaring farce, do they? That is not
to be wondered at when the Hager
man method of procedure is consider
ed. If Acting Governor Raynolds had
chosen to follow the precedent estab
lished by a certain ex-Governor, he
would have demanded Trelford's res
ignation summarily. He would then
have imported so-called experts from
Colorado or some other foreign coun
try to investigate Trelford's official
conduct and would have set them to
work with careful instructions as to
what their findings should be. He
would have denied Trelford any hear
ing whatever at this Investigation.
Trelford would not have been served
with a copy of the expert's report, but
that report would have been given to
some political organ unfriendly to him
for publication just at the time best
suited to ruin him politically If he
had any political standing whatever.
Such -procedure would have been ac
cording to precedent. Acting Gover
nor Raynolds, however, did not choose
to follow such a precedent. He heard
that Trelford had been guilty of pun
ishing convicts in a manner so in
human and -brutal that punishment by
means of the now famous spanking
machine was only child's play in com
parison. The Acting Governor insti
tuted an investigation under the direc
tion of Attorney General Prichard.
The evidence already adduced is
enough to establish the fact that Trel
ford is guilty as charged. The only
defense thus far offered is the bold
assertion that the investigation is a
farce. In fact, no other defense seems
possible."
HOPE FOR SETTLEMENT OF
COUNTY DEBf
The clear light of hope is dawning
on the dark and somber financial con-
dition of the county of Santa Fe. If
the action of the county officials as
recommended by District Attorney II.
C. Gortner stands and 1 sustained by
the courts the funded and judgment
debt of this county will bo settled in
such a manner and at such a figure
as will enable the property owners
to pay sufficient taxes to take up the
interest coupons as they fall due and
to create a sinking fund for the pay
ment of the principal. The bond hold
ers if they will consent to a fair set
tlement upon a certain percentage of
the principal of the bonds and inter
est due will receive all that is justly
theirs. If they will take a pound of
flesh without the ounce of blood then
in such case all parties should be
well satisfied. The decisions of the
Supreme Court of the United States
have well established the facts that
bonds and interest coupons on them
are taxable within the municipality
and the commonwealth in which they
are owned or situated unless exempt
from such taxation by special statute.
Certainly, if these matters are decid
ed as the New Mexican in common
with all property owners and good
citizens believe they will be, and if
tho action taken recently is held
valid then and in such case this coun
ty will slowly but surely rise from
the slough of financial despond It has
been wallowing in for many years and
will pay Its obligations on a compro
mise to the satisfaction of all con
cerned. The sooner such a one is ef
fected certainly the better.
TRUE REFORM ADVANCING.
Real reform is coming to the front
again in the Sunshine Territory, and
fako reform is being pushed to the
rear and out of sight where it prop
erly belongs. The sentiment of the
great majority of the .New Mexico
newspapers, in fact of all of the re
spectable and public spirited ones, is
for true reform and against the Hager
man fake reform humbug. Says the
Pecos Valley News published In Arte
sia, Eddy County, a thriving and
growing town, on this very important
subject to the people:
"It is a pleasure to note that steps
are being taken to get rid oi the in
competent officials who were placed in
power by the Hagerman administra
tion and that men who are fit for
the offices are being placed in charge.
The facts that the Trelford investiga
tion is showing up, are bad for the
Territory, but it would have been
much worse to let such evils go un
corrected. This reform which to say
the least, is radically different from
the fake reforms undertaken a short
time ago, shoum be extended to other
departments, and one of the first to
be taken up should bo that of the
Bureau of Immigration. The people of
the Territory do not like the idea of
having this Important work intrusted
to a young man, who, while he may be
the best yellow reporter in New Mexi
co, is totally unfit for the place he
now occupies. It was such breaks as
this that made the Hagerman crowd
s6 generally distrusted."
WHERE ARE THESE OFFICIAL
DOCUMENTS?
Like Banquo's ghost those contin
gency vouchers and that original re
port on the penitentiary financial
investigation of Expert iucMahon will
not down. The New Mexican does not
know where these official documents
are but hopes that they will be forth
coming in due course of time. The
New Mexican does not know that the
contingency vouchers contain anything
important to the dear people but if
they are official documents and repre
sent expenditures of $3,750 they
should be In the executive office. If
it is considered that the contingency
fund was private property that is an
other question. As far as the origi
nal of the expert's report In the peni
tentiary investigation by one Francis
M. McMahon, is concerned, it seems
that this is an official document for
which the dear people paid something
like $1,250 and therefore that docu
ment should also be in the executive
office wherein the opinion of many
people, although they may not be fake
reformers It properly and legally be
longs. If not, why not?
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
ATTORNEYS-ATLAW.
MAX. FROST,
Attorney at Law.
Santa Fe New Merlco.
RICHARD H. HANNA,
Attorney at Lw.
'Phone 66. Office, Grfffln Block.
G. W. PRICH riD,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
Practices In all the District Courts
and gives special attention to cases
before the Territorial Supreme Court.
Office: Laughlln Blk., Santa Fe, N. M.
BENJAMIN M. READ
Attorney at Law.
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Office: Sena Block, Pa'.acj Avenue.
WILLIAM H. H. LLEWELLYN,
Attorney at Law.
Las Cruces, New Mexico.
United States District Attorney.
A. W. POLLARD,
Attorney at Law,
District Attorney, Luna County.
Denting New Mexico.
Tucumcari, the county seat of Quay
County, is evidently growing apace,
judging by the appearance of its prin
cipal paper, the Tucumcari News and
Times. On May 24th last this paper
published a splendid finely illustrated
special edition on book paper consist
ing of 28 pages and 35 illustra
tions. Its regular issue of last week
contained 22 "pages of four columns
each replete with Interesting news in
cluding Quay County and local hap
penings. The News and Times is to
be congratulated upon being published
In a Hye, growing and energetic com
munity and the people there are also
subject to congratulations for having
such a fine paper in their city and
county.
BONHAM & WADE,
Attorneys at Law.
Practice in the Supreme and Dis
trict Courts of the Territory, in the
Probate Courts and before the TJ. S.
Surveyor General and U. S. Land
Offices. Las Cruces, N. M.
E. C. ABBOTT,
Attorney at Law.
Practices In the District and Su
preme Courts. Prompt and careful
attention given to all business.
Santa Fe New Mexico.
A. B. RENEHAN,
Practices in the Supreme and Dis
trict Courts. Mining and Land Law
a Specialty. Office in Catron Block,
Santa Fe, N. M.
CHAS. F. EASLEY,
' "(Late Surveyor General.)
Attorney at Law.
Santa Fe New Mexico...
Land and Mining Business a Specialty.
GEORGE 6. BARBER,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
Lincoln, Lincoln County, New Mexico.
Practice in the District Court and
Supreme Courts of the Territory,
Prompt Attention Given to All
Business.
FRANK W. CLANCY,
Attorney at Law.
District Attorney for Second Judicial
District.
Practices in the District Court and
the Supreme Court of the Territory;
also before the United States Supreme
Coufct in Washington.
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
JOHN K. STAUFFER,
Notary Public.
Office with the New Mexicau Print
ing Co., Santa Fe, New Mexico.
ROMAN L. BACA,
Real Estate and Mines.
Spanish Translator, Notary Public.
Office Griffin Bldg., Washington
Ave., Santa Fe, N. M.
OSTEOPATHY.
OR. CHARLES A. WHEELON,
Osteopath.
No. 103 Palace Ave.
Successfully treats acute and chronic
diseases without drugs or medicines.
No charge for Consultation.
Hours: 9-12 m., 2-5 p. m. 'Phone 156.
CONY T. BROWN,
Mining Engineer.
Secretary and Treasurer New Mexico
School of Mines,
Socorro New Mexico.
CORBET & SMYTHE,
Civil, Mining and Hydraulic Engineers.
Assaying and General Contracting.
U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyors.
East side Plaza. Santa Fe, N. M.
H. B. HOLT,
Attorney at Law.
! Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Practices In the District Courts as
well as before the Supreme Court of
the Territory.
-STANLEY-
is the coming city of the Es
tancia Valley. Lots close to
depot for sale. For terms call
or write to
TARR & DOUGLAS,
Stanley, N. M.
8HOR1 ORDER MEAL3.
The best short order mools are now
being served at the Bon Ton Restau
rant. Tie heat cooks, and waiters are
employed at lii pla
The New Mexicau Printing Com
oany has on hand a large supply of
writing tablets and scratch pads snitf
able for school children, lawyers, mer
chants and also for home use, which
will be cleaned out at 10 cents a pound
aud cheaper If ordered In larger quan
tities. These tablets are made from
the odds and ends of the best paper
obtainable, and you are getting double
you? money worth when burlng.
THE FIRST pTIOpi BAJM
, OF SANTA FE'
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The oldest banking Institution in New Mexico. Established in 1870. J
RUFUS J. PALEN, President. JOHN H. VAUGHN, Cashier.
LEVI A. HUGHES, Vice President. ALFRED H. BRODHEAD,
' Assistant Cashier.
Capital Stock 91 .000.
8urplus and Undivided Profits $63,5WK
Transacts a general banking business In all Its branches. Loarm
money on the most favorable terms on all kinds of personal and col
ateral security. Buys and sells bonds and stocks In all markets for
its customers. Buys and sells domestic and foreign exchange and
makes telegraphic transfers of money to all ports of the civllixud
world on as liberal terms as are given by any money transmitting
agency, public or private. Interest allowed on time deposits at the ,
ik,.. nt ner annum, on a six months' or year's tenn.
lahw V hmvw r
Liberal advances made on consignments of live stock and products.
The bank executes all orders of its patrons in the banking line, and
aims to extend to them as liberal treatment in all respects, as is con
sistent with safety and the principles of sound banking. Safety De
posit boxes for rent. The patronage of the public Is respectfully no-"
licited.
WILLIAM VAUGHN, Propt.
One of the Best Hotels in the West
Ccisfne and Table Service Unexcelled
Large Sample Rooms for Commercial Travelers.
Santa Fe, New Mexico. - Washington Avenue
LACOMU & GABXE, Proprietors.
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Heated. Electric lighted. Every Boom a Good One. Short Order
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CoronadohWs and Cafe
One oi the Beet Re stan rants in ike Southwest. '
OPEN DAY and NIGHT
You're Treated So Well You Can't Hardly Leave.
DON'T FORGET THOSE SWELL ROOMS
Only 50c. Hot and Cold Water Baths
'short orders served INI rush
Eat Pure Food, Sleep on a Nice Clean Bod What More. (Es Bastante)
I respectfully, but earnestly request that you take your meals at
my restaurant, south side plaza.
G. LUPE HERRERA, Prop.
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