The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-04-05
SANTA tE.
n. NJ, March 3Oth, 1854.

Ep1ror LEADER;
The past has been a great week
for Santa Fe, and the capitol APP
preparation bill was the cause of it
all. OF course there may be an
honest difference OF opinion as to
the propriety at this time of assum
ing a bonded debt of $1,000 tor
the erection Of capitol luildings.
bat there can be no excuse or iusti-
fication for the manner in which
the measure has been opposed by
certain people and paper. in the
Territory. The capitol fraud, the
capitol traud and otherv Y le epithets
are freely used, and the opponents
Of the measure freely charge that
the bill was IobbieH through with
a rush by the liberal use Of money.
Mr.. WhiteInan, Of Albuquerque, SO
far forgot his dignity and courtesy,
as in the House to ask permission
to present protest from the people
of Wallace against the bill known
as The Capitol Frau !, but the
Speaker promptly called him to or
der by saying there was no such
bill before the House, and the very
memorial Maj. Whitcman had in
hand pur?orted t" be signed by 300
men, when it is a notorious fact
that there are not over % cltizensin
the town of Wa lace. The real op-
position to the measure came from
the new town ot Albuquerque,
which, ever since it was first stakcd
out, has beer clamoriny for the
Capital, and the one thing upon
which all its citizens are agreed is
abuse of Santa Fe, and united cf-
fnr;s to pull her down. This place
is. and OF right always should be,
the Capital City OF the Territory
and State 1t has been, from time
immemorial, the seat of govern
ment, civil. military. and ecclesias-
!ic,sl, and the natives regard it rs
their Mecca, and to chang" the
seat of civil government woald, in
their eyes, be little less than sacri
lcge i would take bold man. in
deed. to advocate any such mea-
sure directly to the people, and, on
n popular vote. such Il proposition
would be defeated ten to one. The
opponencs of the bin would cry
" fraud and steal !" Who is 20
ing to defIaud and steal viii
those gentlemen or newspapers
dare to charge that any one of the
thir cen gentlemen composing the
Capitol Commissioners, who are
To disburse the money. would de
fraud anv one ui L cent! The fact
is, that the pc pie of Santa Fe
wanted to have this question set
tied finally, and forever taken out
of politics, and made tins fight
fairly, and upon its merits. The
bill, instead of beng y3lshed thro',
was before the Legislature two
weeks, and little else was done dur
ing that time xcept to discuss it.
The vote itself ought to show the
feeling of the p-oplc-tiftpcn for,
to seven against, in the House
and if Don Diego Archnleta had
lived it would have been at least
one more vote for it. if not two or
three, as lie was 4 most earnest ad-
!, vOcate of the measure-and six Ia
two in the Council. These figures
speak louder than the wicked howls
+ t0f tire defeated opponents of the
| bill, The Territory has no debt al
this time, and the very fact that
+ she has walked up and proposes II
? build suitable public buildings, will
be an advertisement that will bring
+ thousands Of people here. and in
& crease cur taxable property So thai
. the payment of the bonds will mo-
be felt. They can now be :nd a
| par, and the names Of the gentle
: men selected fro y each C: unity as
d commissioners, is a guarantee tina
: there will bel money squandered
It The poor wreck who reports tn,
! doings of the Legislature for tn,
It Las Vegas CPtic, has been KEEP
alive for years by the kindnes,
and almost charity of our people
Yet he in every letter abuses tn,
/ town and its people, its lack OF bus
It iness. and the "Catron ring" al
loudly as any of the outside rabble
He and the others now propose tc
= overturn all the Legislation of tn,
l. session, and there has been mucl
that was good and wise and neces
sarv. because fDrasooth n hill tha,