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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7 1907.
SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN.
THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
VAX. FR08T, Editor. JOHN K. 8TAUFFER, 8eo'yTreas.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF SANTA FE COUNTY.
The New Mexican is the oldest n ewspaper In New Mexico. It Is sent to
every postofflce In the Territory, an d has a large and growing circulation
smong the Intelligent and progresslv e people of the Southwest
THE WASHINGTON DELEGATION
OF 1890.
The proposed delegation to go to
Washington In aid of the statehood
bill, naturally brings to mind the dele
gation which -went on a similar
patriotic errand 17 years ago, and
achieved such remarkable results. It
will be an encourugemont to such ef
fort now, to see how successful an
active and Intelligent movement of
like character was In the time of
President Harrison.
The greatest need of the Territory
at that lime was some metnod of set
tling tho title to Spanish and Mexi
can land grants, the uncertainty of
which prevented permanent Improve
ments and large enterprises. Other
subjects called loudly for Congres
sional action, and the result was the
adoption, on March C, 1890, by the
Bureau of Immigration, of tho follow
ing resolution:
"Resolved, That Governor Prince Is
hereby earnestly requested to appoint
a committee, of which the Governor
shall be one, to proceed to Washing
ton to urge upon Congress tho abso
lute necessity for the immediate set
tlement of all questions pertaining to
land grants and titles In this Terri
tory, also to urge the passage of a
bill giving to this territory Immedi
ate titles to sections 16 and 36 of each
township, commonly known as school
lands; and also lands for the benefit
of the University, the Agricultural
Collego and the School of Mines; also
to seek Congressional aid for build
ing reservoirs and the Improvement
of irrigating facilities; also to peti
tion Congress to set apart as a Na
tional park, a certain portion of the
territory In the Rocky mountains up
on the upper Pecos water shed, which
i unsurpassed in the west as to vast
forests and grand scenery."
Pursuant to this resolution, Gover
nor Prince appointed fifty delegates,
comprising citizens representing all
classes of business, selected for their
energy and public spirit; and of these
twenty-five actually went to Washing
ton headed by the then governor, Hon.
. Bradford Prince.
The main body of the delegation
left the territory on April 20th, spent
one day in Chicago, wliero the leading
editors were visited, and arrived In
Washington on April 25.
The delegation organized by the
election of Governor Prince as chair
man, and Ira M. Bond and George H.
Cross as secretaries, Bocured regular
headquarters at 1112 H street, and
procoedod systematically to the dis
charge of Its duties.
The delegation called on the Presi
dent, every member of the cabinet,
the assistant secretary of the treas
ury, the commissioner and deputy
commissioner of the land office, and
the Mexican minister; and had especi
ally satisfactory interviews in rela
tion to land grant titles with Presi
dent Harrison, Secretary Noble, and
Secretary Blaine. They also were ac
corded hearings by the Senate com
mittee on territories, private land
claims, and public lands, and by the
House committees on territories, edu
cation, private land claims, and Irri
gation. Everywhere the suggestions
of the delegation were well received,
and every one of the subjects en
trusted to Us care was advanced, so
that they were all actually accom
plished years ago.
Its great success was In securing
the passage of the bill organizing the
U. S. court of private land claims.
For nearly twenty years, efforts had
been made In this direction without
effect. The Senate judiciary commit
tee opposed every measure that was
proposed. Finally this delegation wait
ed on President Harrison, and in
duced Mm to send to Congress a spe
cial message on the subject, and that
accomplished the desired result.
The delegation devoted just a
month to its work in Washington;
some members . remaining all the
time; others only gave a day or two
to the work; but all did what they
could to achieve success.
Every dollar of expense was met by
the delegates themselves; each man
paid his own. railroad fare and board,
and contributed to the cost or tne
headquarters, which was. not very
great. Every morning a. meeting was
held at which the business of the
day was arranged; and thus there
was systematic action and no' waste
of time or energy." ' Tho 'settlement of
the land titles In the Territory of it
self, was of almost Incalculable value,
and opened the way to advance and.
Improvement which would otherwise
have been Impossible. ,
AGAIN THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S
CLOTHING.
Under the .neadlng "The .Political
Situation." the New Mexican's Albu
querque morning yellow contemporary
again shows the cloven hoof and as
sumes to be the whole thingnothing
more and nothing less. No one except
the gang of tax dodgers and unscru
pulous political shysters that control
tho policy of the paper is to have any
thing to say concerning the politics
of the Sunshine Territory and the fu
ture Sunshine State. The sheet pa
rades itself as a Republican newspa-.
per when it In reality has no politics
except such as are based upon politi
cal chicanery, downright boodlelsm,
solf and pelf and unbounded conceit. 1
In the editorial mentioned it tells the
dear people what must happen and
what Bhall happen because It says so
and because it wants It so. It purports
to quote from "what our able Demo
cratic contemporary the Tucson, (Ari
zona) Star says." Now, the fact of
tho matter is that the Tucson Star
Is a Republican newspaper and the
chances are the quotation should have
been credited to the Tucson Citizen
which Is a Democratic paper. Be
this a3 it may, neither of the papers
has any well defined or correct idea
of New Mexico political affairs, if
tho clipping quoted In the editorial
by the Albuquerque morning yellow
sheet is correctly given. If the opin
ions expressed by the Arizona paper
are based upon Information gathered I
from the columns of the Albuquerque
morning yellow sheet they are about
as nearly correct as that white Is
black or that the moon la made of
green cheese. Thereafter the Albu
quorque morning yellow sheet again
assails the "plunderbund" but dares
give no names of the officials and men
who compose this plunderbund which
it charges has ruined and is ruining
this territory. In addition to making
absolutely false and untrue assertions
In the editorial It displays Its cowar
dice and its wickedness, although it
claims to be on the right side of the
courts and of the prosecuting officials
and that therefore no harm, no libel
or criminal cases can come to It. The
Republican party of this territory will
at its next year's convention nomi
nate candidates for a state ticket, for
the legislature, for county and pre
cinct officials, if the statehood -- bill
shall become law in time. If so, the
chances are five to one that these tick,
ets will be elected, the state, by a
very handsome majority, that the
same will be the case in the legisla
tive assembly, and also In a majority
of the counties. Certainly neither
the Albuquerque morning yellow sheet
nor its backers and wire pullers will
be asked for its or their opinion or
Its or their aid. Republicans, true,
tried and loyal Republicans, will do
the work of nominating and the ma
jority of the people will vote for the
candidates nominated. In case of a
territorial election the result will be
the same. Not Unscrupulous and dis
honest adversaries will not be recog
nized in Republican councils. It is
well established that the Albuquer
que morning yellow sheet and its
backers are In that category. No
danger exists and no threats made
by them need be feared.
A STRONG STATEHOOD ARGUMENT.
Auordlng to tho figures complied
by Traveling Auditor Charles V. Sat
foid tho assessment of taxable prop
erty in New Mexico for the present
yevr amounts to over $51,000,000, a
gain of over $5,000,000, or an increase
of eleven per cent over 1906. This, It
must be understood, by no means
represents the actual value of the
property subject to taxation which is
estimated by competent persons to be
at least four times greater than the
assessed valuation. An eleven per cent
Increase in one year Is certainly
very creditable showing. No doubt at
this time the actual value is much
greater as the figures above given
were compiled from the tax schedules
dated March 1, 1907, and as it Is well
established that thousands of immi
grants bringing much money and
property Into the territory have come
into it since that date and have set
tled within its limits. The figures
given in the statement are certainly
a strong basis for a good argument
in tho present statehood movement.
Under a state government the Increas
es immediately - after statehood is
attained may be estimated as doubled
and trebled yearly. The Territory of
New Mexico is now in the public
eye and is attracting many Immi
grants and much capital. The state
of New Mexico would be more so and
will be sought for homes by many
more immigrants than Is the case now.
DONATIONS FOR THE 8TATE OF
NEW MEXICO.
"That J5.000.000 in cash which Ok
lahoma is to get from Uncle Sam In
lieu of school lands in the old Indian
Territory will come in handy. It
ought to help In keeping the tax rate
down." Topeka State Journal.
Under the provisions' of the An
drews' statehood bill New Mexico if
admitted will alBO got 5,000,000 in
cash for the support of its public
schools in addition to sections 16 and
36 in each township and large dona
tions for the support of territorial in
stitutions. In this respect it will be
better off than Oklahoma. No New
Mexico citizen who knows what Is
good for the commonwealth and him
self will vote against statehood
should the Andrews bill become law
and every citizen who believes in the
progress and advancement of the ter
ritory should put his shoulder to the
wheel and push tho statehood band
wagon to the goal of success. This
is the time and Washington is the
place.
It is a very fortunate fact for New
Mexico that the sheep raisers of the
territory have enjoyed good and pros
perous times during the past few
years and that therefore this season
they could afford to sell their lambs
and ewes to the feeders on time and
wait for payment of the purchase
prices. Had It been otherwise condi
tions would not be as prosperous and
as wholesome in the territory as they
are today. The chances are nine to
one that whatever losses the Bheop
raisers may have incurred this year
by either having to wait for their
money or by holding on to their live
stock will be fully made up and more
so next spring and summer.
The Albuquerque morning yellow
sheet is cowardly attacking Governor
Curry wherever it has a chance and
It manufactures such quite often. It
especially delights in covertly and
undorhandedly assaulting the admin
istration of President Roosevelt, as In
doing bo it imagines it can Injure the
present territorial administration. It
is failing miserably as it ought to but
it does not know any better and there
fore its editorial prevarications and
silly assumptions are considerable of
a laughlny stock.
The statement of the First National
bank of this city at the close of busi
ness on December 3 is a remarkably
favorable one, especially considering
the financial conditions all over the
country. The bank has a well estab
lished reputation as one of the safest
and best conducted financial Institu
tions in the Southwest, and this is
borne out fully by the conditions
shown in the statement. The First
National bank of Santa Fe Is all
right.
S. B. DAVIS, JR., A8SISTANT U. 8.
ATTORNEY.
The action of U S. Attorney David
J. Leahy In recommending for ap
pointment as assistant U. S. attorney
of New Mexico the present territorial
district attorney of San Miguel and
Mora counties, S. B. Davis, Jr., of
Las Vegas, is all right and will prove
very satisfactory. Mr. Davis appoint
ment is another indication that the
younger element In this territory Is
coming to the front and Is making
itself felt. This is as it should be.
An infusion of new, young and good
blood is bound to be beneficial. Mr.
Davis is but thirty-three years of age
but has already demonstrated that he
is a good lawyer painstaking, ener
getic, and a hard worker. His record
as territorial district attorney for
the past four years has been praise
worthy and under his administration
the criminal laws of the territory have
been well observed In hs dis
trict and his prosecution of violations
of them has been successful - to a
large extent. District Attorney Leahy
chose well.
"Governor Curry may have inside
Information from the President as to
the chances for statehood. , The cap
tain is enthusiastic enough, and faith
may move even Roosevelt. though for
our part we should choose to tackle a
mountain." El Paso Herald.
Governor Curry Is a level headed
man and right well acquainted with
President Roosevelt. It looks as if
Governor Curry's faith in the success
of the statehood movement is well
founded.
The three tailors of Tooley street
thought they were the people of Eng
land. In several towns In this terri
tory these fine December days there
are a few Inhabitants who think they
are "it." ' Nevertheless the people
will be supreme and the majority
will rule. Fake reform protestations
on which to jump Into office are very
much discredited in the Sunshine Ter
ritory. ' '
"The special assistants to the at
torney general's nightmares" are dis
appearing and they will never re
turn. Another good reason for being
merry at Christmas.
Kansas is certainly not poor this
year, despite the financial fiasco in
some of the. great money centers east
'J. he value of the products of the
state for the present year amount to
9280 to each man, woman and child.
Newspaper readers all over the coun
try can afford to be merry on Christ
mas next. The second trial of the
Thaw murder case has been postpon-ed.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
' atT3TWeTaTDCw!
' max. frost,
Attorney at Law.
Santa Fe ' New Mexico
G. W. PRICHi-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 Bit, Santa Fe, N. M.
BENJAMIN M. READ.
Attorney at Law.
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Office: Sena Block, Palac 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.
Deming . New Mexico.
EDWARD C. WADE,
Attorney at Law.
Practice In the Supreme and Dis
trict Courts of the Territory, In the
Probate Courts and before the U. S.
Surveyor General and U. S. Land
Offices. - Las Cruces, N. M.
E. C. ABBOTT,
Attorney at Law.
Practices In the District aod 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 B. 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
Court in Washington.
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
H. B. HOLT,
Attorney at Law.
Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Practices la the District Courts as
well as before the Supram Court of
the Territory.
MARK B. THOMPSON
Attorney-at-Law
District Attorney, Eighth District,
Dona Ana, Lincoln and Otero Counties.
Las Cruces New Mexico
HARVIE DUVAL,
Attorney at Law.
Land, Mining and Corporation Law ex
clusively. Practice in all the District
Courts and Supreme Court Special
attention to perfecting titles and or
ganizing and financing land and min
ing properties.
Office, Laughlln Bldg., Santa Fe, N M.
H. M. DOUGHERTY,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Practices in the Supreme and District
Courts of the Territory.
Office, Socorro. New Mexico.
CATRON & GORTNER.
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
Catron Block.
Santa Fe New Mexico.
JOHN K, 8TAUFFER,
Notary Public
Office with the New Mexicai 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.
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Osteopath.
No. 103 Palace Ave.
Successfully treats acute and chronic
diseases without drugs or medicines.
r No charge for Consultation.. .
Hours: 9-12 m., 2-5 p. m. 'Phone 166.
CONY T. BROWN,
' Mining Engineer.
Secretary and Treasurer New Mexloo
School of Mine.
Bocorrc New Mexico.
CORBET 4 SMYTH E,
Civil, Mining and Hydraulic Engineers.
Assaying and General Contracting.
U. 8. Deputy Mineral Surveyors.
East side Plus. Santa Fe, N. M.
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RUFUS J. PALEN, President JOHN H. VAUGHN, Cashier.
LEVI A. HUGH E8, Vice Presl dent ALFRED H. BRODHEAD,
Assistant Cashier.
DAVID US. WHITE, C. E.
(Late Territorial Engineer.)
Irrigation, Water Supply, Railroad
and Bridge Building.
Santa Fa, New Mexico.
E. W. HART.
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Plans Specifications and Supervision.
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world on as liberal terms as are given by any money transmitting
agency, public or private. Interest allowed on time deposits at the
rate of three per cent per ann urn, on six months' or year's term.
Liberal advances made on cons ignments of live stock and products.
The bank executes all orders of its patrons In the banking line, and
alms to extend to them as liberal treatment In all respects, as It con
consistent with safety and the principles of sound banking. 8afety De
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