Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-11-24
THAT ATTEMPTED STEAL.
querque Think of II Their Advice
10 the Local Bosses.

Special Correspondence OF the New Mexican
ALBUQUERQUE. n. NJ, Nov %, $780,
The Democratic politicians here are very
much amused over the situation in Santa
Fe county and it looks as if under handidly
they will try to take advantage Of it for
the organization of the legislature.
T. must he Acknowledged however, that
they talk but one way. Field said the
other day in the court room in CONVEX
sation concerning the action OF the county
commissioners and justices of the peace
in the contempt proceeding, that every
man who had aught to do with the case
ought to be severely punished for con-
tempt OF court; lawyer. who had the
slightest idea about law. knew well
enough that the statute under which
the justices pretended to act, was utterly
worthless and the court has full and am.
pie power to punish and also to see that
its orders were carried out; am inform
ed that last Monday kilograms were re-
ceived by Childers, Ferguson and others
from Santa Fe, asking them to come I'D
to your town and aid in getting away
with the court, but that the request was
politely declined, as it was not deemed
advisable by the parties who received the
dispatches to mix up openly in the dis
graceful and dishonest proceedings in
fact, it is the opinion here of every
body, whose opinion is worth anything
ut all, both Republicans and Democrats,
and especially the members of the bar,
that every man, connected with the grant.
ing of the writ Of habeas corpus by their
hightoned majesties, the justices
Of the peace, in any capacity as adviser,
attorney, sheriff, justice Of the peace, or
anything else, should be severely pun
ished. They all think that there has
been too much trihing on the part OF
these people, and that this sort OF bust
ness is too unlawful and harmful in every
direction to be allowed to stand osten-
sibly and openly the Democratic lawyers
here condemn the action OF the Santa Fe
Democratic lawyers and bosses and say
they will have nothing to do with it they
advised them, they say, to count the
Galisteo certificate, and not to get them !
selves placed in the position OF benefit
ting by a steal; consider their sub
sequent actions dishonest and an injury
to the Democratic party, and will not be
mixed up with them.
was told by Democrat to-day
that Sullenberger, defeated candi-
date for council from Rio Arriba coun-
ty, was thinking OF bringing a contest
against z. |. Jaramillo, who was elected
by 10 majority; that he had been ad-
vised against it here, but that some fel-
ows up in Santa Fe and Rio Arriba coun-
" insist on it, first in order to get some
If Sullenberger's money and secondly to
make two.third's majority by putting
Jaramillo out, after Catron and Santiste-
IAN are put out
1t does appear from their talk that the
Democratic leaders here are more honest
md decent than the Santa Fe Democratic
eaders and bosses and do not care to be
placed in the position Of approving the
tealing Of ballot boxes and trying to take
dvantage Of the steals openly and above
'oard, as their political brethren in Santa
e are doing.