Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-09-30

Rev. Mr.. Meany has for years sustained
IN TINS territory IUr aoIlty and worth us a
Christian gentleman leads your commit
ice here to express its regrets that one of
the trustees OF tiiIs university Should
nave so tar forgotten himself as to have
uttered such false and unIounded state
ments against him. 1t is hardly neces-
safy 10 add that the record before your
committee does not contain suggestion
or lhtlinatIon OF the truth OF MIR. Hoods
statement against MIR. Meany
;, Auattlohai- Charge No. 70. That Mr..
llooa falsely represented to Mr.. Manches-
Ter, OF the A., I, & ). I. Il. r., the status
OF himself ana Mr.. l4add in the university
10 lOr tiie purpose OF Obtaining 4 railroad pass.
40 ti!ls Mf. 1000 In his answer dated
Apfll, 1859, states that while he did have
conversation with Mr.. Manchester in
december 1888, III Boston, as to passes,
heiCller tlle name OF Mr.. Ladd nor OF the
university was referred TO, such reference
not oeihS necessary, rs he procured his
passeS, not on account OF the university,
DuC oi ms autleS us superlntendent OF
congregational schools and churches in
New Mexico ana Arizona. Mr. Manches-
Ter, IN MS letter OF January ., 1889, said
that mr.. HOOD certainly gave him the inn
preston that Mr.. Laid was no longer
president oil the university and indeed had
lo.ling 70 10 WIN IT," ms TACT was SO
lound IN the written report OF your former
conl!l'ittee' since treh Mr. HOOD has
lurnlshed other statements, not under
oath, from various parties relative to the
charge, as iolIo"s: lst, a letter or certti-
cate IRON tlle key. CGas. II. Bliss, winch
states that AR. Hood being unable to OBJ
tam pass from the A., i. q ). f. Il. r.,
requested nm to get one Tor hlm, and that
ne accordingly sent Mr.. Matthews to
that ROAD VINO made such representations
TO lts oillcers that Mr.. Hoods pass was
obtained ms letter II VIII De observed
contains no statement from Whlch II can
DC inferred tliat Mr.. i1ooo old not make
the statement TO Mr.. Manchester as
charged. our committee Is unable 10 see
now "hao Mr: matthew's may have SAID or
uohe IN MS interview can affect IN any
way what Mr.. Hood sador did at another
interview with an officer OF that road, es-
peelally us the interview had by Mr.. Mat
news Is not stated by nm to have been
ilau WIN Mr. Manchester. o,o
r, "a. letter dated July 4, 1889, 10 MI
tloou from the Mr.. Matthew's above re-
ierred' ms letter corrobates the state
menus OF the heV. Mr.. Bliss to the ehect
that Malthews was sent 10 try ana procure
pass lof Mr. HOOD, mr.. HOOP having
ialled 10 procure one; but Mr.. Matthews
does not state that ne ever saw Mr.. Man
chester, nor does he pretend to know or
state what mr.. HOOD sad or did IN bis
interview with that gentleman.
sd letter from Mr.. Manchester dated
July q, 1851, 70 MIR. Hood: ms letter
was very evidently written by Mr.. Man
chester IN response to letter from MT.
f1ooa asKinga modlllcation OF Mr.. Man
chesIefs le9ter OF January ., 1889. In
tnls connection IL VIII be remembered
mat ata former meeting OF your board
M iooa endeavored TO explain away
Mr. Manchester's first letter by stating
that Mr.; Manchester was laboring under
case Oh mistaken Identity ana mad cred
ited Mf. Hooa with what MI. Matthews
mad stated. Mr.. Manchester, however,
seems quite clear that II was Mr.. Hood
VINO mace the statement ana ne therefore
IN nus letter OF July 9, 1889, declines to
modify ms former letter, but OH the con-
ttafy leiterates IL III stronger language
than MS iorlner letter to Mr.. Ladd con-
tanned. lie says: Il can not undertake
10 recall Just what you letter addressed
TO HoodI sad to me at our interview to
winch you refer put clearly remember
t,lat, as shld 10 Mr.. Ladu, you gave me
the impression mat he had ceased TO be
presIueh1 Oh lhe university.
IA "ord, though Mr. Hoou says 20 us
IN ms written answer TO TINS charge that
ne ulu not relef 10 Mr. Laad rune uni
Verslty IN ms interview, Mr.. Manchester
says lie qua 40 potll. ana the last SEN
tehce OF Mr.; M4ncheslers letter clearly
SHOWS thai MI Hooo olu apply lor pass
Oh accouhC ol the university ana not as
superintendent OF SCHOOLS, as ne also
states III tnat written answer. IN that
sentence Mr. Manchester states that ms
reference TO the pass held by Mr.. Laid
ana MS lManchesters) objection to lssu-
Ing additional passes on account OF the
university" were the cause which led to
MT; noous statement.
uhder the circumstance your committee
Is constrained 10 nelleVe that as 10 TINS
charge Mr.. Manchester, a dljinterested
person OF high personal character, tells
the truth as to the transaction referred to
ahu that MIR. i1ood does not.
Your committee has been unfavorably
impressed, though not controlled, In its
agtlon In TINS matter by the methods OF
MIR. Hood IN making his defense to these
charges. For months before the taking
OF proof concerning them, Mr.. Hood
knew and had copies OF part OF them,
and between the date OF receiving such
copies, as well as between the subsequent
date when he saw them all and the date
when he tled his written answer thereto,
he had ample time to consult his friends
and official superiors and formulate un-
der their advice and instructions such
course OF defense as was approved by
his and their Judgment: After such