Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-08
A PRINTER AS GOVERNOR.
The New Executive of New Mexic
 Tells n Little Story

The New Executive of New Mexico
 Tells Little Story.
 Ex-Senator Edmund G. Ross, in acknowl- edging the congratulations of the citizens of Albuquerque, New Mexico, upon his appoint ment as Governor of the territory, said:
 ''It is nearly three years since made Albuquerque my new home. During this time it has been my pleasure, as I attended to my business at the printers case, to make every efforG in my power to advance the in terests of Albuquerque. Albuquerque is my home, and I expect it to be my home as long as live, and I shall never lose an op- Rortunity to advance it's proper and material interests. As many of you know, have been actively engaged in the promotion of many enterprises of importance to Albu- querque, and l want to say, and it is all I say now, that these enterprises are in a fair way of progress. Substantial progress has been made and that is all I can say at this time l know some of my good friends here think have been somewhat enthusias- tic in behalf of Albuquerque, but I wish to say that I expect to live (and I am somewhat aged now) to see one hundred thousand peo- pie residing in Albuquerque, and I will not be a very old man then. So you can see from all this faiGh I have in Albuquerque and the efforts have made in her behalf that I have her interests deeply at heart. I am very much pleased with the reception you have given ne this evening. It is more than I could have expected and more than I bar gained for, and you must not be surprised if it is little too much for me. It is impossi- ble for me to give adequate expression to the feelings of my heart. It is true that since I have been among you I have filled very humble place in your community. I was very much amused the other day when Att tcrney General Garland told me in Washing ton something which you have perhaps seen in the papers and which came up when my appointment was being considered by the Cabinet. MT. Garland said T saw 8 very curious letter from Albuquerque the other day concerning Mir. Ross appointment. It was to the effect that MT. Ross had no more ambition when he left the United States Sen ate than to work as a printer. That being so,' said MT. Garland, ' am for him. And so am l. said Secretary Lamar with an em- phatic sweep of his arm. We'll said the President, that settles it., and I was ap- pointed. Now give you this, not as good story, but as an illustration of the character of the administration. It shows that this is a Democratic administration not in the par tisan way merely, but in the highest sense of the word. A daily laborer works until six o'clock in the evening, but new Presi- dent and his Cabinet not only work all day, but frequently midnight finds them toiling at their desks Investigating cases and map
 ping out policies for the government. It has been said that the administration has been slow in making appointments, and I thought they were little slow myself after I waited in Washington two months longer than I expected to. The people must recol- lect that the Democratic party has been out of power for twenty-five years, much to it's disgust, and they have forgotten a good many things they would have known if they had continued in power They even didn't know some of their best men. They even didn't know me for while. The people must consider the inauspicious conditions that prevailed when the administration came into power. The President has a good deal to learn and intends to know personally eve- " man who applies for position of any considerable prominence. When he ap- points a man he intends to know that he is the right man in the right place. The Pres ident has keen and searching eye, and when he looked at me I believe that he looked clear through me. propose, fellow citizens, to be Governor of the territory in all that the word implies. promise, so far as is in my power, to give you good, clean, honest, forcible Democratic administration. I may make mistake, but with your assis- tance will make as few as possible. I ex- pect to have to do some pretty hard hitting, and, fellow citizens, when I begin to hit will hit hard. I will hit Democratic scoun- drelT 3ad little harder than Republican scoundrels head, for Democrat has no bus mess to be scamp. Now, fellow-c1t1zens, this is not a time to make set speech. I have been undergoing this sort of thing for about ten days in Kansas and other sections, and assure you that after seventeen years of poverty and obscurity this Yindication is worth a thousand times more to me than would be all the offices in the territory rolled into one and offered to me. I never doubted for an instant that some day this vindication would come. only feared that might not live to see it, but I made up my mind that I would live and I have kept my vow"
 Charles H. Reed, of Danbury, formerly representative in the legislature from that place and well known business man, died on Saturday, aged "A.
 A. l.. Ellis &r Co.'s store was broken into early Sunday morning and between $20O and $500 worth of clothing and plated jew elry stolen. An entrance was effected by breaking window pane and turning the sash fastener.
 Four Middletown Sunday schools will go on excursions Thursday, two Congregational, one Methodist and the Universalist The last one will go on the barge Frolic, the oth- CTS on the Lewis. The Baptist school will wait few weeks and then charter the steam CT Block Island
 Wallace Warner has been appointed freight clerk at the Union depot in Middletown, in place of John F. Nolan, promoted to be as- sistant roadmaster on the Valley and Air Line roads,