Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-05-29
OFFICIAL AND POLITICAL.


! The hopes Of good many politicians
were crushed this morning when the
news came to hand that DR.. i. NJ. Thorn
as, Of Santa Fe, had been appointed by
President Harrison secretary OF New Mex
leo, to succeed Geo. W. Lane. There
were good many applicants for the
place, and nearly all OF them had adopted
the "still hunt" plan OF campaign, but
none Of them made any stronger or more
! quiet canvass than did Or. Thomas. lie
went about this matter as he goes about
everything, in quiet, dignitlcd, gentle
manly manner, and as result everybody
nearly is pleased to congratulate him
upon his success. Dr. Thomas has faith
fully served the government in years past,
having served as L. $. agent Of the Pueb-
los, and later held the Office OF register OF
the u. S. land office at Tucson. lie has
q clean, honorable record, is man uni
versally esteemed and he will bring to
this new Office q ripe experience in bust
ness, and 3 we'll balanced, systematic
mind that will take just pride in care
fully attending to all the numerous details
of the place. As the fact OF his appoint
ment is becoming known on the streets
to-day DR.. Thomas is receiving the hearth
est congratulations on all hands.
JUDGE LEES COURT
MIR. Spradling returned last night from
Albuquerque, where he spent the day yes
terday on business. There are 400 cases
or more on the civil docket in the I'd dis
trict, and upward OF thirty men are con-
fined in Jail for various criminal ohenses.
Judge Brnker seems to have done little
or nothing during the past year toward
clearing up the business of the court. \
large number OF cases argued before him
at length and submitted, were left unde-
Cded and will now have to be gone over
again before Judge Lee. 1t would now
require three months of steady work by
the latter to dispose Of this shiftless &C.
emulation OF public business. Mr..
Spradling found that Judge Lee had al
ready made most favorable impression
people generally. In the matter OF ap-
pointing a new clerk it is said that Judge
Lee will not take any action until after
the supreme court justices get together
and properly assign its members to the
various districts. This meeting will take
place at Santa Fe carly in June, and it is
altogether probable that Judge Lee will
be assigned to the Santa Fe district, re-
leving Judge Whiteman, who will 60 to
Albuquerque. In this matter the wishes
of the judges themselves will govern, the
desires of the attorneys and the people,
! like the flowers that bloom in spring,
"having nothing to do with the case"
The U. S. grand jury WAS impaneled
Yesterday and instructed at length by the
court. Among other things the grand
jury will closely scrutinizc the Bernalillo
county jail and examine into the treat
ment and care OF prisoners confined
| there.
The quo warranto proceeding of Y. A.
Greenleaf VS. N. G. Collier, growing out OF
the district attorneyship affair, came on
for hearing to-day, and will probably be
decided in two days. Mr.. Twitchell,
acting solicitor general, being absent from
the territory, it became necessary, in
order to file a quo warranto proceeding,
to secure special permission from the
court, which was done.
THE MAN FROM CoLFAX.
| "In the list of members of the territorial
board of immigration, as published in the
New MEXICAN, we notice that ColfaX
county is not represented. This county
seems to be catching nothing from the
present administration"
The Springer Stockman would be very
cute. If its editor will come down off his
perch; put on his eye glasses and glance
over the official announcement OF the
governor, which appears in the New
MEXICAN OF May 20, he will find there al
the very top of the list of county" mem
bers, the following: Russell Marcy
Colfax county"