Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-04-12
OFFICIAL AND POLITICAL.


Mexico at WASHINGTON News Notes.
A.horotofora announced J,l,,a Erirknr
a.. IN W.. ,.'7.:,, '.,...
III "'o i''i i'''lIi'" "'Ci.' 1t ''''o'
neyshIp matter decided TO recognize n.
c. Collier, the governors appointee, in
nrefarenra to Y GraenIpof the rpu-
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N'Ai APP'4N'ee y 'l'1 'e' ''N,' '''' % '''''0
under the new law In lengthy OPINION
on the subject Judge Brinker says:
"a foir Instrumentation nj tha lonono,tn
used will NOT oivp to the LEGISLATURE or
either hronrh of il tho onnointino mower
The district attorney ia in no sense ~ dis
trict officer event in name. and except
in the extent Of the territory in which he
exercises his functions In every essen
tial particular he is territorial officer.
The district TO which he is allotted has no
legal existence. except as a convenient
portion of the territory designated for the
transaction of the public business. II is
not A CORPORATION or ouasi-corporation
with lncal government like q county or
il has no officers for the
management of its affairs, and in fact it
has no affairs to be managed as a district
separate from the counties of which it
may be composed.
1.-THE district attorney bears the same
relation to the territory as the district at
.orney of the United States and the sever
al revenue officers of the federal govern
ment do to the United States, they are all
limited TO certain specific portions of
country called districts, but they are all
officers, not OF their districts, but of the
United States. So in many of the states,
Judges of the courts of original general
jurisdiction are limited to certain portions
of the state called circuits or districts and
are commonly called circuit or district
Judges. but tiey are nevertheless state
officers. In all these instances these
omcers, within thelr allotted territory or
Of 10 Ipt,;toJ etato5 P ond '' tho stato ~.
spectivelv. If this be true then the dis
trict officers mentioned in section 1857
must De ollcers OF i some ofsal'l]tu zee, portion
Or creataJ for tha m"nognment
of the affairs OF the district as such, in
stances of which may be found in the
school districts OF the country, and can not
refer to the attorneys whose duty it is to
manage the legal business of the territory
within a certain portion of the territory
called a district.
Il conclude, therefore, that a district
attorney. within the meaning of the Or
panic act, is Il territorial officer, and one
Who must be nominated bv the governor
and, by and with the advice and consent
of the council. appointed as provided in
the second clause of section 1857, and
that any attempt by the legislature to de-
prlVe the governor OF his right to make
sucll nomination ana 10 snare III the APP
act md tharefore void " " Wv - 7'''''N
u.,s,uvor,,>, p,,norr
vov ,rovico oeairs do rot soon, 70 no
-''' ~ o->lN ''',I Wv NV ~
running smoo'hly at lhe ha'lohaI capital
Notwithstanding the attorney generals re-
markable promise to Judge Whiteman.
,voshia+o,, d;e,,ot,l, 81 4ho o+, i,ston.
" >'''''' INV '''' '''''''''''
says;
The New Mexicans are becoming
worried ABOUT the "hltellah appointment
~ 90 W n"ro nJ " Wo1Jo, NJ w
VIC ",eol 10y Sono that III tho tromb,o ns ~,
tho IT" Wrh;te honoa # Nv Whitaman foils
NJ p-an a nf conto Ia Vii no nn i,t,l,
w. paoeu ~ '"i atiaaat; NJ f p"n "
e1 SoN Gov sow ~ ~ ppthor iocas on
81 Sordb w w D Sioon of Snn+o Va ;s
, ,r,o on tho diotrirt attornayshin The
l nttorner 0n ae s savs tho oitnrnnv and
marshal will not be changed until June,
but Mr.. Sloan proposes to have his papers
on file in season
,,nn, s,.,, uo no,
''DhN '0''' '''' nv
The New MEXICAN is not pleased with
Hon. Bernard s. Rodey, OF this city, and
at various and divers times within the
,. to,, ,,oo,.o ho, ox;+;o;sod b;o co,,reo
r tho leoieloturn in severe terms In
T,osJor,s ;sSno Of tba NV MrvICAN q
ao,,;h vas nnblished reApcting on Mr.
Rndev ns an attorney and that gentle
nan has determined 10 bring a s11it for
ihol He ia now hriefinp the case for his
counsel and thp suit will be filed in a few
days.-Albuquerque Citizen
Personal GOSSIP.
I,doa Sloan is on route home from
Wosbinoton He thinks he has n pretty
GOOD show to he appointed L. S. dis
trict attorney He Claims TO have the
backing of Senator Sherman and Con.
gressmen Mckinley, Grosvenor and But
terworth, of Ohio, and also claims tc
have the Endorsement of every Republi
can merchant in the city of Santa Fe.
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