Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-01-18
woEFUL LEGISLATORS.


From the Optic.
Will Ryan, Of Lincoln county, returned
yesterday morning from Santa Fe. where
he has been watching legislative proceed
ings for some days past. As he left from
the trein it was noticeable that his usual
smile had given away to an ashes and
charcoal expression. mixed with democratic
chagrin. Being put TO the torture, he con-
'essed that the investigating committees
were working nobly, but they were liable
to get into hornets nest before long Mr..
Ryan s indignation was extreme in explain
ing the injustice of the committees.
why, said he, there's Jimmy Dolan,
from our county, he's going around Santa
Fe with a face as long as the Grape on o
brass doorknob. They say that he got
26S votes by promising to adopt as many
poor Mexican children, and now he is try
ing to devise some means to avoid his con-
tracts. Why, the mans actually getting
thin thinking what his family will say to
him about his 263 adopted kids, when he
goes home.
There's Frank Lesnet, who was elected
by Indians. You know Johnny Riley and
Major Llewellyu speak the Apache Ian
guage with the greatest huency, aud it is
now openly asserted that together they
worked the Indian reservation for Lesnct.
Riley weht over and told the terra Gotta
colored swipes at manhood that their old
agents Indian name was Lewellyn bul
that in English it was William Henry
Harrison and The real grandson of Denia.
min. Then he gave them the school boy
version of Tippecanoe, Vicennes and the
Black Hawk wars and the fact that tht
major had once been the great white chic
at Washington himself, and he made tn,
dusky devils believe 1t all. The question
then rose as to how to vote 'em and just
here the pseudo grandfather displayed his
fine Italian hand and the votes were cas-
by proxy all over Doia Ana county.
Nov don't say this is true. but sucl
grave charges should at least berefu.ed.
"I'm not the least bit surprised at Rile,
being at Santa Fe, for unless this legsla
ture relieves him he is a ruined man
Were it not for the kindly feeling | haze
for his friends and family should charac
terizo his conduct as Infamous He wen
over into the LaLuz and Tularosa country
Curing the campaign, and he met half
dozen poor devils who were tired Of tn,
monotony Of the so-caled bachclorc free
dom, and damned if he didn't promise
each Of them a wife for his vote and HI
got 'en too; now he is up at Santa Fe try
ing to secure the passage Of bill to re
licve him of contract which 10 honor h,
should perform aud be compelled to com
ply with.
They say thatin the event Of Tom Cat
ron > appointment as governor, Mr. Ross
viii in turn be appointed warden Of tht
penitentiary, but Of that am not certain
Mr. Catrou is more in love with himsel
and the world than he ever was before il
his life; he wears summer smile on th,
coldest day and he says he never knew
what happiness was until he began to keei
hoiel-you know he is running the Capi
tol with Billy burton chop house for al
annex.
"But it is really shameful, the name
in which they are conducting things owe
there, Eight or ten members called upol
me the other evening at my room and
judged from their manner that they didn
think onghtto be there-just because
was democrat, suppose. | saw on,
member of the vigilance committee stooI
down near my door, and when went NJ
to him he had a stick Of wood in his hand
He was a good friend of mine, bnt th,
party lash had been applied and be wa
there to mob me. "
AnI Tho incoIp MOI, aeoaraJ