Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-03-28

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whom says lie knows it saved his life. -
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TO FUND OR NOT TO FUND
Another Chapter In tho Commissioners.
ship Kow--Mr. Easley's Statement.
The county coinmissionerslip muddlC
assumed another complication to-day in
| that Judge Brinker did not, as reported
yesterday, approve Mr.. Koc,'s bond Il,
county commissioner to succeed Dr.
Sloan under appointment OF the governor.
Hon. n. b. Laughlin took the bond tC
Albuquerque and laid it before the districl
Judge. He also took With him Commits.
sioner Mariners bond. Mr.. Martinez
also failed to qualify by filing his bond
but as he is his own successor and is sup.
posed to have acted til! now under his
| former bond, this, it is thought, will make
much difference in his case. When Mr..
Laughln presented these bonds TO Judge
| Brinker the court found that in some sim,
pie iormality they were defective, and iUr
/ this reason he refuse to approve them,
at the same time intimating that when
the defects were remedied the bonds
would be approved, Is such ministerial
proceeding could in no wise affect the
merits OF the controversy either one way
or the other. A new form OF bonds for
Messrs. Koch and Martinez were prepared
to-day aud sent to Judge Brinker for his
approval.
In this connection the following state
ment Was received at this office to-day:
Mr.. EAsLEY's STATEMENT.
To the Editor OF the New Mexican.
1t is generally understood that I am
the notary referred to in the statement
made by DR.. Sloan in the controversy as
to county commissioners now pending.
In his statement DR.. Sloan says:
"On January had my official bond
prepared and it WIS duly signed by my
sureties and turned over to notary, Il
friend OF mine, who volunteered to
take the acknowledgements of my bonds,
men and have it approved by tie district
Judge and filed with the clerk"
1t is well known fact to many residents
OF this city that on January 7, 1889, was
not in the territory. left here about De-
cember 20 on Il visit TO Missouri and Neb.
raska, and did not return until January II.
After my return, and about January u
Mr. Laughlin handed me bond which
he had signed as one of the
snreties of j. H. Sloan IS county
commissioner, and asked NE to take
his acknowledgment to the same.
This bond was also signed by c. NJ.
| Dreamer, Abe Gold and Vicente Mares,
and the total amount for which they
qualified WAS $500, leaving still 81 800
to be supplied to fill up the required bond.
took the Acknowledgements OF these
sureties TOR IS 800 and returned the bond
to Mr. Laughln. He requested me to
hand the bond 10 Sloan. went to the
court house and handed the bond to him,
at the same time telling him he would
have to get some other sureties, as those
already on the bond had qualified for only
$500. He replied that he was busy at
the time, but would attend to the matter.
| no not remember whether he returned
| the bond to me, or whether he handed it
to Laughlin, but do remember that Mr..
Laughlin asked me to 60 on the bond,
and that declined About Februa y |
asked DR.. Sloan if he had secured the
other sureties to complete his bond. He
replied that he would attend to it in a few
days. Since then know nothing abou,
whether he completed his bond, but
supposed that he had filed it until few
days since, when | Was informed to the
contrary by party who is frequently III
and about the clerks office Dir. Sloan's
statement that chad agreed to have the
bond approved and filed" is not true.
did not know until few DAYS ago that
the bond had to be approved by the dis
trict judge. knew nothing whatever
about whether he WAS properly sworn in
but l now learn that he did not file hi.
official oath in the clerks office until YES
terday afternoon. The anmus of the
effort on the part Of Sloan to put the re-
sponsibility for the appointment of Mr.
Koch on me arises from my known oppo
sition to the scheme to refund certain
outstanding county bonds, the validity o
which is now a question before the courts
in suit instituted by the bondholders
About March 10 a certain private citize,
here approached me and asked my opin
ion OF the refunding scheme, and whethe
| Commissioner Martinez or Green could b,
bought. l replied that | did not think
either one OF them could be bought. Or
several occasions since the same party
has approached me on the same subie,.
and was persistent in his efforts to sount
me. Finally, about March 70, told hin
did not believe the bondholders hat
money enough to buy either one of them
| looked upon this gentleman as the ennis
sary of the bondholders in this scheme t,
refund, and am convinced there was
deal of a financial nature in this schem
to hasten through the refunding of bond
the validity Of which is now serious
question in the courts.
have seen copy OF resolution,
typewriter copy Of which was handed T.
Commissioner Green by DR.. Sloan OF
Monday last, and which it was propose,
to crowd through the board, which is 0
a very suspicious character That cop,
is now on file in thegovernor's office, AM
will he interesting reading matter to tn
tax payers of the county. AS q either
and tax payer heartily approve of tn,
governors prompt action 10 stop crinna
negligence on the part OF officers charged
with responsibilities and duties of tn,
gravest character, without the semblanc,
of authority, filing no bond and not ever
an official oath for nearly ninety day
after assuming Office.
CHAs. +. EAsLEY.
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