Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-02-01

shows his election by majority of IS
votes over Tafoya, when in truth and in
fact Montoya's majority, as shown by a
careful examination OF the poll books, is
but SO. This is the first suspicious cir.
cumstance cited by the report. 1t then
goes on to show that Montoya was illegal,
ly credited by the county commissioners
of Taos with IS votes that were not regis
tered, and with illegal votes that were
cast by residents Of southern Colorado,
showing total illegal vote for Montoya
of rs, which taken from his majority of
50, as shown by the poll books, cuts
down his actual majority to 26.
On the other hand Tafoya should have
credit for 20 votes which were disfran-
chised and kept from voting by reason of
the county boards arbitrary action in re-
moving the Las Cordovas polling place !;
credit also for votes duly registered and
which demanded to vote on regular GER
tificates in precincts other than their own,
but which were refused, and credit also
for similar reasons for II votes in another
precinct and votes in still another pre-
cinct, making total credit of 40 volts IN
favor of the contestant, Tafoya. Among
the u illegal voters from Colorado, who
voted in Taos county, it was found that
4 OF them voted for Tafoya, hence from
his credit of 43 the committee deducted
4, leaving clear credit to Tafoya of 80
votes as against credit of 26 votes for
contestee, Montoya, giving Tafoya legal
majority over Montoya of l3 votes.
OF INTEREST TO cATTLEMEN.
An act relative to the serving of writs OF
attachment, replevin or execution on live
stock, introduced by Mr.. Franks, pro-
vides that hereafter when any writ of at
tachment, replevin or execution under
the laws of this territory is issued against
any cattle or herd of cattle that are rang
ing generally with other cattle over any
range country, and where it would be i'm
practicable or impossible to round up,
gather or take possession of the cattle
mentioned in such writ, without at the
same time rounding up and cutting out
the live stock belonging to other owners,
then and in such case the sheriff or officer
holding such writ shall only take posses
sion of such cattle mentioned in said writ
as he may be able to get without inter
fering with the live stock of other owners
and as to the balance it shall be sufficient
to subject them to the lien of said writ
That the officer shall file with the clerk Of
the probate court of any county in which
said live stock shall range, or in which is
recorded the brand of said cattle, certi
fed copy of said writ, and Immediately
upon the filing thereof the clerk of sale
ton book of his Office and also note the
same in red ink on the margin OF the
page of the book wherein such branC
is recorded, and shall properly index the
process in the general and other proper
indices of his office.
Sec. 2. And such process when so filed
noted and indexed, shall have all the
binding force as to said live stock as i
the same had been levied against sale
live stock OH the range and the sheriff
had taken possession of the same. AnC
upon the next round up all persons com
ing into possession Of any of said live
stock shall treat the said sheriff or Officer
as the owner thereof, and shall notify hin
and turn the same over to him the same
as to any other cattle owner on the range
ETC., etc.
CAPITOL CRUMBS.
Messrs. Hunt, Cook and Wrigley, lead
ing citizens OF Ration, are in the city fol
the purpose Of securing the passage by
the legislature of simple incorporation
act for towns and villages. They regard
the exis. ing law as too cumbersome anC
complicated. This is a matter of very
general interest to many ambitious towns
in New Mexico, and should have earl y at
tention at the hands of the law makers
Mr.. Catron's memorial to congress ask
ing that the government price of un
earned railroad grant lands in New Mex
leo be reduced from $3.50, the double
minimum, to $l.25, is now in the hands
of the house. 1t is important and should
be Immediately adopted and forwarded
to Washington.
Either this afternoon or tomorrow
MIR. Baldwin Will introduce into the house
a bill providing that penitentiary brick
shall be used in the construction of an in
sane asylum, the management of the con
struction of which shall be under board
of commissioners representing the various
counties of the territory.
Many Santa Feans are pleased at the
prospect for the adoption of the law limit
ing incorporated cities from raising as
sessments more than one-half of PEE
cent on the city's tax valuation. This
ought to do away with much opposition
to incorporation in the future.
| Col. Prichard will call up the state con
stitution bill in the senate at 2 p. IN. to
morrow. The friends of statehood ar,
thoroughly aroused now. The Legislature
seems inclined to do its duty in the prem
Uses.
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.