Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-09-12
LET US HAVE LIGHT

LET Us HAVE LIGHT
The Drming TIendi.ht is now supposed
ia he Il StrnmL Democratic paper. In It's
last issue it published the following;
The programme has been arrange !.
The grand jur, SION to he or -aniAed ut Las
Cruces is To he utilized politically, and to
crafty malice. \ certain county commits
sionPr and n court o}Icial were overheard
not long ago, at Las Cruces, arranging ell
the ,letals-and they fairly Rugged them
selves with delight over the manner in
which they propose to do certain fellO"
brown. The only obstacles to this little
plan are that the court is likely to set
down on the excusing OF regular jurors in
order to make places for tools, and that
the body itself will he informed OF the
plans Of these dirty little tricksters, and
will rise above their influence.
The Headlight is evidently of the opin-
ion that the Republican judges will be as
corrupt and as dishonest as some OF the
Democratic judges OF the supreme court
of New Mexico were, and that the courts
of this territory will hereafter be runupon
the same principles upon which they we're
conducted during the four years past, when
official dishonesty and corruption -four
| shed amongst the Democratic judges and
Democratic court officials, and when the
courts were used for Matchmaking pur-
poses, for partisan and political ends, for
the requirement of Doodle by judges and
court officers, Tor the compelling of citi-
zens and voters to vote the Democratic
ticket, for the purposes Of having packed
and subservient grand juries for the in
dictment Of hundreds OF citizens upon
trumped up charges, for making fees and
cxtorting money.
But the Headlight, OF course, is utterly
mistaken. However, it can not 'bC
blamed for judging the Republican part!
and Republican judges and officials b!
the past conduct OF its own party, ano
the officials and Judges appointed by it
A stream rises to its source and no
higher.
We are pleased to say to the people Of
New Mexico that nothing like the thin
predicted by the Headlight will happen.
1t is very plain and palpahle that there
has been Il great misuse and abuse OF
political and official power in that section
OF New Mexico, as there has been every
where's else in the territory. That q
good many Democratic public officials
OF all classes have been corrupt and dis
honest goes without successful contradic-
ton. Cases OF that kind ought to be
carefully and diligently investigated, and
the guilty persons brought to justice
But We believe in perfectly free ano
honest administration OF justice, and this
the people OF the 81 district will receive
while JJdge McFie presides over the
courts OF the district The jury commits
sioners he has appointed, Messrs. S. W.
Sherley, Jacinto ArmijO and j. d. Barn.
castle, are well known citizens OF in
tegrity and honor. They will do then
duty, we believe, honestly, squarely, and
SO will the junes selected by them.
Another word before we close: Thesr
jury commissioners and the juries ought
to do their iul and sworn duty, regardless
Of whom it hurts or whom it benefits. NJ
screeching or bowling from Democrats
Doodle sheets or ring politicians or eX-
officials who have stolen from the people
ought to deter them; no consideration OF
official position ought to stop them. Let
them do theft duty, no more and no less
Ii any eX.offi 3ial or official, be he the
chief justice or constable, has beer
d,relirt in his duty or violated the law
or been corrupt in office, let his case bt
Investigated and the facts be given.
There should be no dllly dallying or fix.
ing up, or protecting man because he is
q jnd re or has been q constable, nor cow
ardire in the matter. Let US have the
strongest light possible upon the ev.
doings OF the alleged Democratic reform
administration during the past four years
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