The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-09-06

/ bTduJ his IlalOTltleS VIII Oe HcdNN'
Lincoln and Sierra, will, | think,
give HIM fair maiorities. In Col
fax, local interests will give him q
very heavy vote. In Mora, Ber-
nallilo, and Socorro, he will get as
many votes as Prince. In Valen-
cia, his vote will be practically sol.
I'd. In Taos and Rio Arriba, we
do not expect much. The revolt
against the combination is strong
even in Santa Fe, and there Kyner-
son will have respectable follow
ing. In San Miguel, we expect to
find the Lopez faction where it was
two years ago, Republicans in the
convention and Democrats in the
election. If San Miguel can poll
anything like the honest Republi-
can vote OF the county, Rynerson's
election by plurality is possible.
Q. What of the purpose to elect
a Legislature this fall
A. There is such a purpose. l
intended, if the Convention had
not broken, to bring such propo-
sition before it. After the break,
as such declaration would be in
effectual without the concurrence of
the Democratic Committee, it was
deemed best to leave it to the Ter
ritorial Committees. / understand
that there is the prospect of an
agreement between the two Com
mittees to elect legislature, and
go to Congress in December for au-
thority for the same to meet. Two
of the Acts of the last Assembly
(the Capitol and the Penitentiary
bills, will be tested IN the Courts.
Proceedings under their pretended
authority have gone so far that no
relief can be had by legislation
But nevertheless. we need session
have it from the highest authority
that there is at least one Act in the
sta ute book Of last session which
never passed one house. Several
Acts passed are not published, and
cannot be found. There is a grave
discrepancy between other publish
ed Acts and the official journals. -
Some Of the acts are unintelligible
and absurd-instance the Act to
incorporate cities and towns. 1t
provides for two days Of general
election, April 1st, and the 1st
Tuesday in April. 1t provides for
the annual election of a Mayor,
Marshal, Clerk and Attorney, who
shall hold office respectively for
tacO years. 1t provides for the col
lection Of city taxes by the City
Collector, and also by the Collector
Of the County 1t provides two
different limitations of taxation,
and also two limitations of debt. -
The fence law of Lincoln County
has been well shown up in the LEA
DER, and that for Rio Arriba, in
the Albuquerque Journal. The
18th section of the Act for tn e
protection of stock, &c, reverses
the constitutional theory of crimi-
nal law, and provides, in terms,
that one arrested under its pro, i
slons shall be deemed guilty unless
he proves his innocence. To en-
numerate the evidences of gross
carelessness and incompetence in
the pages of the laws of the 2Cth
session would fill your pages. -
Older Legislation needs revision --
The law of inheritance, notably
Our ambiguous legislation has done
much to retard our prosperity, and
the interests OF our Territory will
not permit delay of two and a
half years in its amendment.
favor an election, and the election
Of the ablest, and most experienc.
ed men we have in both parties,
and | am certain that Congress will
grant the necessary authority and
means to enable them to do the
work of reform.
Q. What Of Wilderstein's story
relative to the proxies from Mora
! County, in the hands OF Fernando