The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-08

for preliminary examinations and $40 bills
are said TO be very powerful in such cases
find that in Santa Fe county, and in fact
nearly everywhere else, the great bulk of
the taxes are paid by the so-called Ameri-
cans. In this county, one member of the
Legislature is Mexican, who cannot speak
English; the probate judge cannot even
write or read spanish, and does not under
stand any English; the treasurer is Mex
lean, also the probate clerk, the sheriff, and
one OF the county commissioners, a very
important official, does not understand En-
gllsh, and so on. OF course, the English
and desire immigration, and think
that within the next two years they
Will receive enough new people TO hold the
balance of power. but do not believe it.
The Democratic administration has been n
regular curse to the country. and even
Democrats denounce ii. They are especial
ly bitter on the Governor. +. G.. Ross: on
the surveyOr-general. q. w. Julian. of your
own Indiana; on the United States Attor-
ney, an ex-cOnfederate colonel, Tom Smith;
ON the Chief-justice, i. V. Long, from
Warsaw, in your State, and on the United
States marshal. 1t is openly charged, and
especially by members OF the bar, that
Long, Smith and MARITIME have been ex-
IRENE partisans and otherwise not st for
the important positions they hold. and that
Ross and Julian have been ofpositive detri-
ment to New Mexico. This sort of talk
comes from all Republicans / have con-
.
am promised serious and startling facts.
As TO the political conditions of New
Mexico, the best informed Republicans pri-
vately admit that the chances, even with
Republican administration, which
wields good deal of influence
In elections, just because the Mexican voter
is great hand to go with the administra-
ton, that nevertheless the chances are in
favor OF the Democrats getting New Mex
leo should she come in as a State.
There are serious dissensions In the Re-
publican ranks. They commenced four
years ago, when there were two candidates
for the delegateship TO Congress-ex- Chief
Justice l.. Bradford Prince and W. l.. Ry-
nerson, of Las Cruces. The former was
nominated by the regular convention, and
the latter bOlted. The Democratic candi-
date was elected by about a thousand plu-
rallty over Prince Rynerson's bolt taking
enough votes from Prince to defeat him
Two years ago Col. j. w. Dyer, of Colfax
county, succeeded in getting the two GEN.
tral committees 1.-THE regular Republican
and bOlters) TO fuse, and he was elected
chairman of the united committee
and was then unanimously nominated
for Delegate. He was supported by the best
element in the party, but the old wheel
horses and bosses were afraid of him and
did not support him properly, and he was
defeated. At the last election Mariana s.
OterO, ex-Delegate to Congress, and sup
posed to be the man who could poll the full
Republican strength, was nominated, and
was defeated by about 800 majority by
the counties / am told that the Repub-
Leans obtained a majority of the members
of the Legislature on local issues, princi-
pally on county division. and because the
appOrtiOnment made after the census of
1880 favors some Republican counties.