The Kenna record., November 03, 1916, Image 3

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footed horses, broken down carriages, bug-gif-s,
wagons, automobiles, broken or worn
plowsj etctj etd Your patronage solicit
ed, and eatisfabUdn guaranteed.
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Prairie Dog Poison
Always in Stock. Send us your
order.
i McCain Drug Co., g
Y? Roswell, N. M.
Public Sales
W. A. Sweaiingen, E. Elida, N. M., Nov. 8th.
W. A. Noffsker, E. Itoosevt-lr., N. M., Nov. 10th.
A. M. White, 72 head, S. W. Clovis, N.. M., Nov. 10.
Other dates later.
ERLE E. FORBES
Auctioneer
Clovis, New Mexico
BOAZ NEWS
William Jefferies left Tues
day morning for Washburn,
Texas, where the rest of tuo
family have been for a couple
of months lie went overland
with wagon and team.
MissLela Beitty attended the
Hallowe'en party in Itock Val
ley Tuesday night.
The geological surveying gang
employed bp the U. S. Govern
ment, who have been here sur
veying for the sea level eleva
tion along this line for about a
week left Tuesday. They go to
Acme next.
Grandma Jefferies and little
son Celton left Wednesday
morning. They will visit her
sons at Clovis and Washburn,
and then go on to Oklahoma
before returning to Boaz.
r W. Brown returned to
Bouz, Monday, after an absence
of Heveral months, lie visited
his sister in AikaiHu and spent
a month in Kansas City:
Mrs. P. A. Smith who has
visiting her daughter,' Mrs. M.
O- Mills returned to Roswell
Wednesday.
A comedy show given by the
Brook's Company was a featuit
of entertainment at the tchool
house Saturday night.
A. L. Crawsou returned to
Acme, Tuesday, where he has
been working for some time.
ATTACK Oil DE BACA
PROVES ANOTHER
G. 0. P. BOOMERANG
CASE OF VIGIL WAS ONE OF UN.
WRITTEN LAW PAROLE REC
OMMENDED BY" THREE REPUB
LICAN PENITENTIARY WAR
DENS AND CASIMIRO BARELA,
REPUBLICAN SENATOR Or
COLORADO.
The straits to which the Republican
central committee Is reduced in its at
tempt to Injure the character of E. C.
de Baca, Democratic candidate (or
governor; are shown by the piteous
hob-atory recently published regard
ing the imrolinjj of Jose JiufraciQ
SHE KNOWS HIM BY THE SPOTS.
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Mlsa New Mexico: "Aren't you the same man I turned down five years ago?'
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M. A. OTERO
Democratic Candidate for Stats
Auditor.
M. A. Otero Im best known by rea
son of lilts r.ervlces to the common
wealth during the nine years tliut ha
wns governor of Nov. Mexico, the
longest cont inuous occupancy of the
pxPcmtvt? chair with one cxeo..lon.
lie fame into office to find en
iipty treasury, a large territorial
debt, bonds selling at a low figure and
hundreds of thousands of dollars In
unpaid accounts. When ho went out
of office the territory's credit was on
n cash basis, the debt hud been re
duced $ii(),nno a year, accounts diie
had been paid in lull and there was
several hundred thousand dollars in
the treasury. He established the of
fices of traveling auditor, insurance
commissioner and game warden, ve
ined the infamous Hawkins bill, pre
vented the building of the Interna
tional dam tit Kl 1'aso instead of at
ISlnphant Hulto pocket, vetoed i.any
graft bills, removed the Hubbella from
ofrlce In Bernalillo county, helped-secure
1,500 soldiers in New Mexico for
th Spanish war, and secured liberal
legislative appropriations for state in
stitutions. He has served also ns city
treasurer of Las Vegas, county cler';
it San Miguel county, clerk of tre;
''ourth District Court, state troasurer,
losident of the penitentiary boarrl.
'.clegate to four Republican national
onventions anil two Progressive na
ional conventions. His public seni;M
ius been marked by honestv, fearless
(.ess, vigor, efficiency and industry.
Vigil, serving a life term in the stulo
penitentiary for the murder of hhi
wife at Raton. Vigil was paroled by
Lieutenant Governor de Baca whila
serving as acting governor. Vigil, one
of SEVEN PER CENT or paroled con
victs under Democratic penitentiary
administration who failed to make
good, forfeited his parole afterward
by killing another man in a drunken
brawl and was sent back to the
prison.
With its usual and notorious disre
gard for the truth, the Republican
Prevarication Bureau bus painted a
harrowing picture of the helpless and
'.nnoeent wife brutally murdered witli
mt cause, and the cold -blonde:! action
of the acting governor in paroling tho
woman's slajer.
With it:i UKUal ill luck, the Prevari
cation Bureau hun again succeeded In
throwing mud, not only on Demo
cratic candidates but on prominent
leaders of tho Republican party.
In view of the lurid misrepresenta
tion of tho Prevarication Ihireuu, the
attention of the public should bo re
called to the facta. They are as fol
lows: Vigil'a wire, affidavits on file at
the state prison declare, was a wom
an or bad reputation.
Vigil, discovering what he claimed
to be the Inridelity of hl:s wife, in
wild anger followed the unwritten
aw and killed her. The mart in the
case escaped.
Vigil was tried, convicted and sen
tenced ft Uang, hirjcly through inade
quate defense.
By reason of the cxlnnuatiiig cir
cumstances, strongly urged, among
others, , by lending Republicans, the
territorial governor commuted Vigil's
sentence to life Imprisonment.
Acting Governor de liaM later pa
roled Vigil.
Mr. de Baca paroled Vigil upon the
recommendation of CLKOFKS RO-j
MICRO, warden of the state peniten
tiary, one of the Republican leaders
of San Miguel county, and upon tho
recommettdution of two other wardens
of tid state prison.
Mr. de liaca paroled Vigil upon the
urgent recommendation of STATE
SENATOR CASIMIRO BARELA o!'
Colorado, one or the best-known He
pullltrun leaders in that state.
Sir'. ,i6 Baca paroled Vigil upon the
urgent petition 6f flvfif one hundred
and eighty citizevs.
It is said that II. O. BURS'fjM", for
mer warden of the rdate prison, nisi)
recommended the parolo of Vigil.
Earcla's Recommendation.
The letter from Senator Harold
pleading for clemency for Vigil was
as follows:
"In behalf of Mr. Serafin Vigil,
father of .1. K. Vigil, his four brothers,
and also his sister, all residents o.'
this county and very worthy people:
the old man being about 85 years old;
and 6il lity behalf and In behalf of
the best citizens of the Spanish-American
people of this community, I hex
to recommend that you pardon J. V).
Vigil, convict tit the penitentiary at
Santa F5, so that he can come to live
with his old father and fitmiiy and be
on3 more a free man.
"I am correctly informed that his
record at the penitentiary is A No. 1,
and I have no doubt he will behave
himself for the rest of his life by
living with his family. In fact, he
got'astray from his father and broth
ers when he met with the misfortune
ror which he has been suffering in
the ponitentlury for so r.iany years.
Before that time he never was known
as a man who would commit a crime
of any kind. If in your wisdom and
judgment you don't feel that you can
grant his full pardon, I hope that you
will give him the benef't of the law
of parole.
"Respect full v yovrs,"
"CASIMIRO BARELA."
Romero's Recommendation.
"I recommend to your clemency,"
wrote Clcofes Romero, prominent Re
publican and penitentiary superinten
dent, .to the governor, "Jose E. Vigil.
Since his Imprisonment he has beon
a good prisoner, he has beon a trusty
and his behavior has been A-l."
Trelford's Recommendation.
"Vigil," wrote Superintendent Trel
ford, in urging clemency for the pris
oner, "has always conducted himself
In an orderly manner and showe I by
his conduct that he realized he had
made a mistake in life, and If given
a chance I am sure he would make a
good citizen. Vigil id not a vicious
nor badly inclined man, and I think
the punishment he lias already ro
celved will have the desired effect."
Green's Recommendation.
"Vigil," wrote former Warden
Green of the penitentiary, "was an ex
cellent prisoner; always ready for
work and to glva good counsel to
other convicts. Owing to his excel
lent behavior and good influence, 1
cheerfully recommend him for leni
ency." .Ninety-three per cent of convicts
paroled under Democratic administra
tion have made good. Vigil, unfortu
nately, proved to be one of the 7 per
cent In whose case clemency, urged
Ijy prominent Republicans and three
prison superintendents, was mis
placed. Tho foregoing facts, as will be seen,
place tho Republican Prevarlcatlot.
Bureau in the posUlon of conductinp
a violent attack on Republicans foi
showii g "marked favor to perpetra
tor of horrible crimes."
Whether or not the Bureau will con
f!f:et equally violent attacks on Re
publican candidates who havr given
ex-convlcts and gunmen responsible
positions in state Institutions and
have passed laws to keep such men
out of the penitentiary for embezzle
ment, is something that remains to
be seen.
The attempt at character assassina
tion upon the clean, honest, able,
fearless Democratic candidate for
governor has a usual proved a
Uoomeransr.
PEOPLE ANSWER G0.P.
ATTACKS ON STATE
BANKS BY FILLING
THEM WITH MONEY
Of Lute Additional Deposits Kavs
Been at ihd Rata of $7,575 Daily:
increase in Total Resources
of State Banks Under
Democratic Administra
tion Has Been
?3,C24,d64.
Another vote of confidence In the
loundness of state banking under
Democratic administration has been
given by the people of New Mexico.
It Is tiiown by a report of the sta'.a
bank cxatninsr, juit made public,
which covers conditions of st2te banks
at ths clcsc of business September 12,
1916.
Ths lait preceding report of th
bank examiner gave state bank fift
ures at the clcss of business June 30,
1913. In the period from June 30 to
September 12, ceventy-four days, the
ttato bank depositors Inci eased to
the number of 1,293, or nearly twenty
a day, and the deposits to the amount
of $560,507.25, or $7,575 daily.
In the period mentioned the total
resources of state banks Increased
from $12,247,638.86 to $12,958,436.88,
a total of SEVEN HUNDRED AND
EIGHT THOUSAND SEVERN HUN
DRED AND NINETY-EIGHT DOL
LARS AND TWO CENTS.
Tho total deposits increased from
$9,556,736.13 to $9,517,243.38, a total of
FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOU
SAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVEN
DOLLARS AND TWENTY-FIVE
CENTS.
Tho total loans and discounts In
creased from $3,91)8,412.33 to $9.411,.
B17.57, a total cf FOUR HUNDRED
AND THIRTEEN THOUSAND FOUR
HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE DOL
LARS AND TWENTY-FOUR CENT8.
The total number of depositors in
creased from 32597 to 33.8P0, a total
ON F. THOUSAND TWO HU.
ORtO AND W,.ETY-THREE.
During the full period of Democratic
:ont.rol of state banks, from January,
1912, the growth of state banking in.
stitutlons has been marvelous, n
shewn by the following figures:
Increase in tot.il resources, FIVE
MILLION SIX HUNDRED Ar-.D
TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND FOUK
HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE DOL
LARS AND EIGHTY-FIVE CENTS
Increase in total deposits, THREE
MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY THOUSAND TWO HUN
DRED AND SIXTY-SSVEN DOL
LARS AND ONE CENT.
Increase in tot ,l loins and dis
counts, FOUR MILLION NINE HUN
DRED AND NINETY-SIX THOU
SAND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE
DOLLARS AND TWO
CENTS.
These figures form an eloquent trib
ute to the soundness of state banking
under Democratic rule; they conclu
sively show the great confidence of
the people, and convincingly answer
every malicious titack made by the
Republican machine, which for years
fostered political banking In Urvt
Mexico.
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