Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-21
THE PUBLIC PRINTING,

Our esteemed contemporaries, the Al
buquerque Citizen and the Las Vegas
Optic, are not satisfied with the fact that
the territorial printing is to be done at
the best equipped and largest printing
establishment in the territory and by the
company publishing the most consistent,
largest and stunchest Republican paper
We publish below their comments. At
the same time We hunibly beg leave to
remind our esteemed contemporaries Of
these facts That Mr.. James A. Sprad-
ing, manager of the New MEX
ICAN Printing company, was elected
public printer by vote of 27to7; that the
bills regulating the public printing passed
in the council by votes of 10 to 2 and II
to l that they passed in the house by a
unanimous vote; that they have been ap-
proved by the governor and are now law
that calling Santa Fe an old and lileless
burg or saying that there will not be
elected Republican legislature two years
hence is not good argument and is trash.
Now as far as our esteemed contempora-
ries are concerned, they can show their
teeth in any manner and whenever they
choose AS far as the New MEXICAN is
concerned time will tell. Here are the
articles in question:
sEIEIsUNEss PRFCFDEs DESTRUCTION,
A lofty ambition is Mandatory, but a
selfish greed is to be condemned. The
actions of Santa Fe are of the latter
lass rather than OF the former. The
fact is that our ancient capi al partakes
of the nature of sloth. This animal is
the very perfection of a glutton. 1t never
has enough. The more it eats the more
it wants. But it is too inert to seek its
food. Hence, it begins to climb tree,
eating as it goes, and by the time the top
is reached the tree is consumed of every
vestige OF it's past life.
Santa Fe has not the activity, the Wis
dom OF citizens, the liberal expenditure
of means, to make it a commercial city or
Il point of influence and importance in the
territory. To compensate for this the
ancient capital eXerts the Influence which
can always be brought to bear upon a
legislature by local lobbying, and tries to
fatten at the expense OF the rest of the
territory.
One OF the latest illustrations OF this
systematic and persistent course OF action,
Is to be found in the bill just passed by
the legislature with reference to the
printing of territorial and county docu-
ments. 1t is requiIed that all blanks,
court dockets, and every other kind OF
job work for the territory or counties,
shall be done by the public printer at
Santa Fe.
Where are the reasons, the justice or
the sense Of this proposition? Why
should Santa Fe print the court
matter for the 4th judicial district, i'll
preference to Las Vegas? Why should
that old and lifeless burg print the Off
cial matter for the I'd district, when the
live town OF Albuquerque is the metrop,
oils of that district? Why should Las
Cruces, the center of the best truit-grow'
ing district Of America, be denied the lit
tie profit from printing the official docu
ments OF the Sd judicial district, while
the profit Of the same goes to tow
which has no Recommendation but Its age
These are questions which no one cal
answer The territory at large is weary
of the exorbitant demands OF Santa Fe
, and if that ancient and derayed borough
! does not stop in its greed, it will find /
general rebellion against its claims. WheI
) this comes to pass Santa Re is doomed t.
} extinction.
SAYS the Albuquerque Citizen: Thu
Republican publishers stood back and con
! scented to the New MEXICAN having thu
territorial printing for the ensuing TIVE
years, but they did not realize that tn,
| legislature would pass bill giving it al
r the official printing OF the courts, cuttln'
out all publishers in the several districts
Max Frost got IT, his work in great shape
That bill must be amended or there vii
, not be Republican majority in the mex
1 legislature.