The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-10-27
\ DEMOCRAT TALKS TO j.
\. HEWITT.
Oct? 18th. 1888.

~ K. EDITOR
| have read the letter of Mr.. j.
I. Hewitt. published in the White
Oaks Interpreter of oct. 10Th, in
which he attempts to define hls po-
sition III relation to county division
After u careful peFusal of his man
i.esto | cannot discover that it de
fines ANYTHING except that the gen
tleman has made a laborious effort
to evadc or get astrde OF it.
It is a question that the people
are very much interested IN, so
much so that they want to know,
Nhd know clearly, what course
their representative may be expect
ed to take If the question comes
up, which it surely Will at the next
session of the Legislature ; if is
the only local issue at this election
that has a vital interest for them.
and to vote to send Il man to re
present them in the Territorial
Council who confesSes that he don't
know what his own opinions are
ON 50 important matter, is more
than most OF us are wiling to do.
The question has been before the
people now for two years and eve
w man who asks their sutfrages
should he prepared to say whether
o" not he was for or against it, and
not answer plain and proper en-
quirv in the shuffllng manner in
which Mr.. Hewitt has treated it, if he
doesn't know which side of the fence he
/ is on, or has not the manliness 10 avow it
| he is unfit to be sent to Santa Fe to repre-
| sent the people Of this county. 1t is hard
| lp possible that Mr.. Hewitt can arrive at
! any better knowledge of the wishes of
| the people whom he seeks to represent
! during.ihc few days between loT and e.
! lection, than be has had the opportunity
OF gaining in the past two years. During
| that time as everyone knows Except Mr..
/ Hcwtt) the matter has been quite exten-
| sivcly clnva>cd mt both ends of the Coun-
/ ty. A man who assumes TO be a leader,
and solicits the votes Of the people for an
office Of honor and profit, should at least
claim to have intelligence equal to those
whom he seeks to represent. This, AR.
! Hewitt does not claim, as he says he de
sircs to be led by them, and his own indi
vidualty goes for nothing. In such ca e
| il is very much feared that in the event of
| his election he would also fail in under
standing what the wishes of the people
really were, and Mat a few loud takers
would make him believe they were the
majority, and that acting on such conclu-
sions he would misrepresent his constit-
uencv.
Now for the benefit Of Hon L. T. Stone
| In the last issue Of the Independent in
which Mr.. John Y IIewitt's letter was
published declaring his stand in reference
to the division of Lincoln County, Mr..
Stone candidate for the Legislature, en-
dorscs Mr. Hewitts letter as follows:
" ] heartily and earnestly endorse every
word sentiment and reason therein ex-
pressed.
This endorsement, in my humble opin
ion, places Mr.. stone IN the same light
l., fore the people that Mr. Hewitt has
placed himself by his letter Of Oct. l2th,
to wit a Diyisiouist," in the true sense
Of it's meaning, The Pecos people near
" an want division Of the county, and
numbers Of them don't hesitate in saying
that they will have it, providing they can
elect stone, Lindaucr, Hewitt and Fall,