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OukM, N. M., M second el mutter.
Saturday, November 4, 1882.
&MLAH PEOPLE'S TIGHT.
For Pclcirato in Congress,
TRANQUILINO LUNA,
0 Vteds County.
For the Oonncfl,
D. M. EASTON,
JOHN A- MILLER.
For RoprceetitRtiTe,
FLORENCIO GONZALES
NICHOLAS GALLE&
For 8hcr1ff,
JAMES A. TOMLINSON.
For ProbMo Judira,
WILL. DOWLLN.
For iTobate O rfc.
SAMUEL R. CORBET.
For Treasurer,
ARCADIO 6A1S.
For County Commissioners,
JOSE MONTANO,
B. T. STONE,
ANDREW WILSON.
For School Commissioners,
JAUEZ HEDGES,
GEO. L ULRICK,
FRANCISCO ROMF.RO Y LUXIUa
Tho Foghorn man has an attack
of tlio Jims. This timo it is Jim
Tomlinson. After the election is
over, he'll Lavo tlio jams, and lie
vriJ Lave 'eta bud.
David
the
And Fiita tli5 Blame on tho other
Party, where it Ihlongs.
It also Bervee na a Counter
Irritant for tho Other
Political iuiubca
who have
rcrstoal Grudges or Grijiings fur
Govcmacnt Grub.
Aye, There's the Hub !
The Wool a Found EtioSt-
ina; in the Teeth oí tie
Other Fellow.
If tlio Lradee Las accomplished
nothing else it Las at least ruBtloc!
around this journalistic, ta veyard
until it has waked the FogKm
from it's Rip Van Winklo sleep.
Hello! Good morning, neighbor.
"It is alive!"
When yon meet a man with an
u i leasy tli i nk-wc-will-geti t-on-tho-noot
sort of a look on his faco you
may 6afely eet him down as a sup
porter of tlio dry-waHher ticket.
The Regulars are all hoalthy, con
iident, wido-awako sort of follows,
who snuff victory in tho air.
TIiobo who havo boon there, say
it is truly pathotio to watch tlie
garrulous old crone who mlxea tho
witches broth for tho dry-washer
conclave, draw down the corners
of h'H mouth and slip 'era into his
vest jiockota as he sits down to dish
it up to tho "Whining bolter" of
the Lkadeb. "Pull the string."
The Foghorn has gono and blow-
cd it all ovor town that tho Lkaixck
man is like a fire-cracker makes a
loud uoiso and a bad smell, (new
joki ). If the L. M. has been steal
ing Lis thunder ho is truly sorry
and will fire it back to him at once.
After carefully watching tho vacuum
where tho editor of tho Foghorn
had becu spreading himself over its
columns for tlio last two months,
wo m.edo up our mind that ho had
bcoorno so thin it took about four
toon of him to make any kind of a
HI Hull.
". J I
A statement is going tho rounds
of tho exchanges that a man has
just been released from tho oui
tentiary of Pennsylvania who has
been in prison thirty years, lie
was a forger, and was com icted and
sentenced in 1862. What changes
that man will find in tho world,
and what Ins thoughts must bo'
lio owned a house and lot, whici
was worth alut $1,50 when ho
went to prison, and tho increase in
its value, and the incoiuo it hns
brought him, now gives him a for
tuno of $10,000 to start again iu
Jifo. It might bo well lor somo of
our fifteen cent capitalists to invest
their money tho saine way. There
is more money in it than in dealing
in mines, besides it would not take
near tho amount of "rustling"
with the boarMing-houso keepers.
South Fork, Lincoln Co. N. 21.,
October 28, 1882.
Editor Lincoln County Lender t
In tho lat issue of tho White
Oaks Golden Era, somo grave
charges aro made against Mr. D. M
Jbeston, in winch my camo ap
pears :
I morely desiro to say in cannec-
tion with tho subject that Mr.
Easton did not rceeivo, cither from
or through tne, any money or any
consideration in lieu of money, nor
tho promise of any or proposition
to that effect, to influence his action
in the last Legislature.
Mr. JJtiLancy paid mo to go to
Santa Fo, as a matter of business.
and to further Ids business, he gave
mo to understand that in tho event
of a Funding Bill becoming a law
I would receive the sum of seven
hundred and fifty dollars, to uso as
I saw lit, or aa JMr. UeLanoy sug
gested, to bribo members of the
Legislature, tliis Litter I did not
oven sec fit to make tlio attempt.
Tho bill passed and I received
tho seven hundred and fifty dollars
uud kept it.
If Mr. DeLaney supposed
would leave my business, go to
Santa Fo, in tho middle of winter.
remain theré ono or two woi-ks, just
for tLo sake of charity to him, lie
gave me too much credit.
My principal anxiety for tho pas
sago of tho funding bill arose from
tho factv that I was on Dowlin &
DoLauey's paper, held by tho First
National Bank of Santa Fe, to tho
amoujit of nearly nine thousan
dollars, and if tho bill did not be
como a law, there was a stron
probability that my property would
bo taken in satisfaction for their
dwbta.
My telegram to DeLaney, as fol
lows: "The Santa Fo party whom
you referred to haa offcrred to sac
rifice your wool," did not refer to
Mr. Easton, but to Mr. W. T.
Thornton, member of tho Council
from Santa Fo county, who think
ing that Mr. EaKton's action on tho
funding bill would bo influenced by
his enmity toward DoLaney, and
knowing that tho county warrants
held by DeLaney were tho proceeds
of tho Balo c f tho present court
house building, offered to accept
an amendment to tho Funding Bill,
excepting from itá provisions all
county warrants issued by the
County Commissioners of Lincoln
Co., fur tlio payment of county
buildings.
I am not awaro that Mr. Will
Dowlin was at all conversant with
tho facts as stated above, at that
timo.
I merely make this statement
public in justice t: Mr. Easton and
Mr. Miller. Very Respectfully
J. II. ULAZE.
Hasten Ar.
Charges J)roii
Aguin.-it Him.
Mors
ht
South Fork, N. M. )
October IS, 1SS2. )
E"itor Rio Orando Republican.
In the Convention held at Mes-
11a, tho. other day, ono of the
'planks" in their platform reads as
follows :
8th. Wo are in favor of tho ro
pe al of all that liortion of the
'Town site law" pass'.-d by the
ant Lcjrielatnre, which requires the
owners of lots within town sites on
the public domain to nay exhorbi
tant and nr.necasary ices to the
'róbate J udire to obtain title to
their property ; and wo assert that
Keprosentauve JJ. M. Jaston in
introducing and securing the pass
ago of caid law was animated by no
roper motive, and that, said law
was passed to benefit individuals at
the expenhe oí tho people
Tho statements made in tho
above extracts aro false. Tho bill
in question was written in Col. F,
A. Blake's room, at tho Exchange
Hotel, in Santa Fe. This gentle
man, now a candidato on the
"Kickers'" ticket for the Territo
rial Assembly, approved tho bill,
as ho ho staged to me at the timo,
Tho "Town Site bill" was net in-
introduced by me, but by the Hon.
W. T. Thornton, member of the
Council from Santa Fe, passed tho
Council, and was referred to tho
Assembly for their action. When
the bill came up for discussion., I
amended it by reducing tho fees
allowed to tlio Probate Judge,
when the proposed town site ex
ceeded eighty acres. The amend
ment made a scale of fees ; for as
the town site embraced a greater
quantity of acres, tho fees were re
duced proportionately. Tho bill
passed the House as thus amended
and was returned to the Council
for their concurrence. By
V'f, i:i ul i!i he
War; i:i p'.itv'f sin.i
I't'idouce to
S!h had b
blackmailing
tat
1 I i;it
ci'.iiic:.
tin- eill.t
',al Mr.
en omr H:ccl in tonic
" Pcheini', and that
if Sligh did not let up on him, he
(Thornton) would publish the same.
Mr. Thornton also told Mr. Dolan
and J udge Toinlinson that he held
Sligh's lettters, that if made known
would placo Sligh in a peculiar
position.
Mr. Thornton was present at the
Monilla Convention when their
platform was read ; took a promi
nent part in tho proceedings, and
knew thut this part of their resolu
tions rtferring to mo was utterly
false, totally dev oid of foundation,
and by his acquiescence in the pro
ceedings as published, mado him
self a party to the lie.
Very KesyectíuliV
he invr-tigale'l in the calm, co.l n:er
uviv;i!l of the cainpaL'n. It is the
fiiidt of political precedent that the
acts of our public Bet vants are only
discussed during times of greatest
excitement.
"Peoples Ticket." Now Mr. Edi
tor, we are free-born AmericJn citi
zens who at tho coming election
intend to exercise our right of suf
rago as our judgement dictates, and
wo do not propoao to bo guided or
influenced by tho Tall Sycamore- or
his candidate for tho Council, tho
Post-trsder's assertion to tho con
trary ! We intend to vote for tho
men who aro qualified to fill tho
different positions they nspire to,
and we believe thesu men to bo tlio
candidates whose names appear in
your paper on tho "Regular Peo
ples Ticket," and I would add that
tho above is tho sentiments of tho
inhabitants of Precinct No. 7, al
though some of them do not wish to
D. M.
EASTOX
TES LOCAL WOOL 51 ARRET.
The following Mere received just
before going to presp, and are tho
very latest quotations. Ono is a
copy of a telegTam sent to tho Jiio
Orando Jiijmblican, and tho other
a letter from Hon. D. M. Easton,
and arc reliable :
(COl'Y OK TKI.KflllAM.)
Four Stanton, N. Mm 1
October 28, 18S2.
Rio Grande Republican, lias Onices, N. M.
The statement in the Golden Era
.1. 1
mat any memoer oi tno last legis
lature was bribed by or through me
or that any money was paid through
mo to either Easton or Miller, in a
direct and vilhanous falsehood.
(Signed) J. II. BLAZER,
Lincoln, N. M.
November I, 1S82.
Editor Lincoln County Leader :
Have just arrived at Lincoln :
have had warrants issued for the
arrest of John C. DeLaney, S. S,
Terrell and Ilelphingslino oa the
charge of criminal libel. Iam de
termined to push this matter
through to the bitter end, and have
tho scoundrels who have been en
gaged in propagating infamous lies
against me punished.
1 . Tl
lours res.pecnuiiy,
U. M. EASTON.
some
means, after tho bill reached the
Council, the amendment was mids-
ing. Mr. Hazledine, of Albuquer
que, informed mo of the fact. I
. ii lit
men wroto anu nanoeu mm me
amendment, and he attached it to
tho original bill. This was the ex
tent of my connection with the
wholo matter.
Col. Blake not only approved the
bill, but, in reference to it, wrote
mo the following letter upon hia re
turn to White Ouks :
mito Oaks, Feb'y, 14, 18S2.
Hon. 1). M. Easton,
Santa Fe, N. M.
DkakSir: I expect vou have
received copies of the Era of hist
week, and would naturally wish to
know how 1 tell about things gen
prally. Well, as you may think if
I keep oilerce that I cudomeevery-
tuin said or unsaid in the r.ra. 1
will state just how things are. On
my return troni hanta l'o I had a
talk with Mr. Sligh, and expressed
myself in strong terms of praise in
regard to tho work you wero doing
in tho J louse, and urged him to
sustain you. I also stated to him
that, in my opinion, your genera
course would bo a credit to tho
county and Territory. I meant
what I said, and while I did not
presumo to dictate what course he
should take m reference to you,
liad a right to presumo that mv
opinion would receive Romo consid
erution. You must bo 3rour own
judge, from tlio hies oí the paper.
about what amount of considera
tion it has received so far.
Vou can rely on the above.
Very Truly Yours,
(Signed) F. A. BLAKE,
The GoUUn Era, of tho h.suo
refered to in Col. Blako's letter
contained an editorial, headed in
flaming head lines, "Snkak-Tiiikk
Thoknton's Guau Town-Site Bill!"
in which Mr. Thornton's course
was very severely criticized, as was
also my action in supporting tho
bul in tho Ix)wor House.
Iu a conversation with Mr
Thornton, he expressed himself as
feeling aggrieved at the articlo in
question, and informed mo that h
would ma);o Mr. Sligh retract
that ho held the whip-hand over
him and would into it. Mr. Thon
Ion then read to me a letter ho ha
written to the editor of the CcU.n
Prom tho Eed Clond Precinct
Editor Lender :
I wii.li to givo a true and impar
tial statement in regard to the
Gallinas mining camp being a legit
imate voting precinct and the per
sons who were instrumental in so
curing tho saino, with its bound
aries, etc,
I have heard a great deal of
talk from the opposition in regard
to tho Gallinas as a voting precinct.
and m above ntated wo desiro to hurt tho Tall Sycamore's feelings
givo a correct detail therein tho by expressing them.
voters of Gallinas aro intcrosted. I TREODÍOT NO. 7.
In tho first place tho opposition
it trying to make it appear that the I JCZLl A. KILLEIi,
Alkali Wttllu ara not F.ituAtod in I
Lincoln county, consequently tho ÍT1ÉEU ZM FfiM &UW 10130 10 the
people ol that locality cannot leg .1
ly voto in Lincoln county, but if
these influential parties who had
tV:en so much pains to find out
that it is not in this county, will
take ono half tho trouble to look at
tho map, they will certainly fiud
that the base line running from east
to west runs clooo by tho Wells,
but upon a closer inspoction they
will find tho county lino several
miles north of this baso lino leav
ing the" Alkali Wells in this county,
If tho Alkali W ella arc not in this
county, why ha3 our sheriff been
collecting taxes from them for the
last two year of more, as wo are
creditably informed ho Las done,
for the support of the county t
Of lato that galvanized smut ma
chine known as the Mesilla New
and its echo, tho Foghorn at this
placo, havo been industriously
throwing their filth at tho Hon.
John A. Miller, candidate for tho
Council on the regular ticket. It is
needless to say that in this mutter
Mr. Miller has always main
tained a comniendablo silence, pro
fering rather to let them exorciso
tho only talent they possess in their
own peculiar ay, much after the
manner of other harmless lunatics.
Howover,some of Miller's friends,
thinking that tlio public generally
might not be acquainted with tho
T. , V . ' , ' T, I unfortunate malady of which these
It has also been asserted by John x. ' , .
Yt alters and Frank. Lea that it was
through their influence that tlio
Gallinas became a voting precinct,
but in tills I bog to differ. There
was one petition presented to the
County Commissioners something
over one year ago, but owing to a
Another Batch of Wool in Danger.
Lincoln, N. M.
October 30, 1SS2
Editor Lincoln County Lcador :
An article armcarcd in vour isiuo
....... . .
oí the 2Sth mst., with reference to
certain Lincoln county officials
speculating in county warrants.
Hiere can be no doubt on that
question. Fram January 1st, 1881,
to September 30, 1SK2, inclusive,
merchandise and honor licenses
have been issued by tho Probate
l-Ierk, and turned over to tho
Sheriff for collection, amounting in
the aggrigate to $3,0d7 50, of
which sum il,5:.!3 io belongs to
the Territory, and an equal sum to
the county. lJut not a single' dot
lar in currency of the above named
sum has been paid into tho county
treasury. 1 he bhcrin has no cred
its on tho account current book in
tho Probato Clerk's office between
the 4th dav of April and July 7th,
of tho current year. Tho law states
that
On orle fore the tenth day of each
month the Collector shall pay to the
County Jreasurer alt nioneus due
the count for tajes and licenses or
othir-nise collected by him for county
or otntr jntrjtnxes, etc.
Why has not the law been com
plied with i JSecauso it was more
profitable to buy cc
(in vUdation of uvw) issued prior to
diililt with tho county money
collected from licenses, and havo
said warrants funded at tho July
meeting of tho Board of County
Commissioners, which bonds were
selling ata premium, and then pur
chase at a liberal discount warrants
issued subsequent to J uly 1st, and
not convertible into bonds, and
tura tho same into the county
treasury ai ineir iaco value.
GRAND JURYMAN.
The foregoing statement needs no
comment from tho Lkadku furthe
than the assurance that tho maker
of it is in position to learn the facts
and does know just what he is talk
ing about. Should any one doubt
our authority wucan readily satisfy
them. Our opponents began this
crusade on tho records of candi
dates and wo cheerfully take up tho
gauntlet thus thrown down. Our
only regret is that wo are coinpellec
to discuss these matters
political can vass, and on the evo of
an election, when men's pasuions
aro somewhat inflamed. These aro
grave mt'Mors which concent tho
whole people and should only be
'J I Kf T WD ÍTTV X M I
summer, I think In June, Mr. October 24, 1882.
..nine ana sar. uiarn were nero Edltor Rlo 0rande .p .
ooking after some mining property, Of all tho reprehensible things
and they talked tho matter over resorted to in a political contest.
with tho people in that section, and that of tho defamation of the good
it was decided to get a petition with character of an opponent is tho
tho required number ot names and meanest and lowest
íave tho County Commissioners Any man who will Btoop to this
act upon tho same. O. D. Kelsoy, 1 practice is unworthy the confidents
John Bolton and another party, I or support of the public.
have forgotten his name, drew up Not only has this boon done, but
the petition, sent it to Judge Tom- wholesale lying has been added.
mson, and ho sent it to the County Aa an illustration, take the articles
Commissioners, and they declared in tho Mo3illa Ncwsy headed "Tho
tho Gallinas a voting precinct. I Graveyard Ghoul. The Dospoiler
N ow, 1 am not inclined to be in- of the Dead," etc. It is well
consistent ia regard to this, but known by the residents of Silver
only desiro to show to tho parties City that the old graveyard in tho
that I believe in a true and honest valley at the upper end of town
statement of facts, and a fair repre- was a drain through which came at
sentation of the matter to tho people least a portion of tho water used by
parties aro possessed, Lavo come to
his defence, and the Rio Grand
Republican this week publishes let
ters from several leading citizens of
Mr. Miller's own county which ef
fectually deodorizes tho filth thus
far thrown. Wo Lavo space for
but ono which wo give and it will
of the county.
GALLINAS MINER.
Punkin Roo, near )
Roswell, October, 25th j
Editor Lincoln County Leader.
the citizens living below. It ia
well known that our City Council
passed an act forbidding further
burial in this ground. It is
well known that subsequently they
Dear Sir: Punkin Roe, so decided to hare the remains of
named by one of natures nobleman thoso buried there removed to the
who resides, at the present timo, on cemetery established on tLo Fort
Bitter creek, (near Roswell also) is Bayard road.
a scopo of farming country, lying Mr. John A. Miller mado this
on tho ridgo between Roswell and offer to the city government : "To
South Spring River, this ridgo is remove all tho remains and placo
settled by Grangers, tho writer of thora in tho new cemotory, together
this being one of thora, who, to withaplatshowingwhereallknown
gether with his neighbors, Lave be- remaias wero buried, taking in con-
come dissatisfied and utterly dis- sideration therefor the old cemetery
gusted with tho falso representa- ground."
tions made in tho Golden Era, by Ho placed Col. Lcdbetter in
that worthless vagabond Ash Up- charge of this work, than whom a
Bon, who of lato has been in the more conscientious and honorablo
employ of tho Tall Sycamore, of geutleman tlses iot live ; and to
Roswell, and lis candidate for Col. Lodbetter I refer the writer of
the of lico of Senator from this dis- tha infamous articlo, in tho Mesilla
trict, writing newspaper articles News of tho 14th.
for and in tho interest of this would The articlo above referred to pnr
bo Senator, who cannot put three ports to Lavo been written at Silver
sentences together intelligibly, ail City by "A Mourner." It bears
of which is well known to the set- tho car marks of a scribbler at
lcrs on tho ridgo, and in tho faco of Mesilla who visited this city a shoit
these facts, the Tall Sycamore is timo ago, and who, In my opinion,
working night and day in this is the only man in Southern Ñe ..
neighborhood (look out for him, as Mexico who would stoop so low,
ho will bo in your vicinity in a few aml 60 degrade Ms maidiood,
days) to indueo ns to vote, at tho Politically I am not a friend tc
coming election, for tho would-bo John A. Miller: but knowing as 1
Senator or Councilman, and the do that the article referred to t
bulunco of tho new and uutricd men baso and villainous fabrication, 1
whose names appear as candidates cannot stand idly by and lot it gc
for tho different county offices, on undeniod to tho people,
what is termed In these parts thf c. BENNETT-