Deming headlight., 1890-05-31
AseArnIKe caIrIclsM.

A late member of the Santa Fe
Sun administers the following
scathing and just excoriation of
certain parties and influences that
are most conspicuous IN pushing
the immediate.at.anyicost State.
hood business;
While the Sun l. In hearty accord with
every movement that IL progressive In
character or even prOhlemnticnl aH 10
bcnefcicnt results for our territory, yet
the Efforts put forth by some Of the
iOudest muuthed of the statehood boom
ers, seem 20 bc the supreme height Of
most excellent eifontery aud lmpudcnce.
/ admitted 90 the Union, Il Must be on
the basis Of allegiance 10 the constltu-
tlOn Ol the United states, aud in exact
accord with the pslnclpies OF n republl
csn form uf government Those prln.
ciples require the full recognition 0l the
separate existence aud equality of the
three coordinate branches, the legisla-
, live, executive, aud judicial. Now II
there h any spot On this globe Of ours,
where this equality Of the co.urdlnate
/ branches h neither recognized nor res
pected. Il Ia right here Ia New Mexico,
We are bound hy the record Of our own
representative bodies, aud we have no
hesitation IN saying, that In respect Of
its utter disregard and dlsrespcCt of the
basic principles of Dur republican form,
the last legislature WIS shume and dis
grace % the civilization Of the western
continent, Ia the nineteenth century.
The President Of the upper house Of that
body, from his official chair And on tho
floor, openly aud mallciously insultcd
aud vllllhcd aud lgnnred the executive
head OF tie territory, the pere0nal repre-
sentative Of the supreme executive
authority Of the nation. Whenever the
head of the Legislative branch, clothed
with the dignity aud authority OF that
exalted station, dcscenda, Ia hiE OIiiClal
enpaclty, 10 the depths Of blnckguardism
toward the Executive chief, aud N sus-
talned and supported by brutal partisan
majority, both he aud they place them
selves wholly without the pale of legls.
latyc deocncy. The inan who N 80 W.
terly lost "a all sense OF deccncy and
respect for ihe executive department aud
the representative thereof, na ~ refer IA
him from his official chair In such terms
) "a "hil Idlocy,' or who wrote the Tom
! Hughes letter, which II Ia Itself the
double distilled extract of blackguard'
ism. Is unworthy 20 be- a citizen Of q
state In Patagonia. And all this toward
Il man, the lnichet Of whose shoes he wa,
unworthy 10 loose, IN we'll regulated
states, such men, 80 wholly un American
aud un-DemOcmilc In their official do
partment, are relegated 20 the shades Of
dbscurlty, II not infamyi but Ia New
Mexico his party endorses him and
seIzes the frHt opportunity 20 honor thli
accomplished hlackgunrd, By elecilnq
. him president of their constitutional
convention. IN the name Of all conmou
honesty, men bf New Mexico, IL II % by
wondered at, the national Congress
hcsltates 90 admit us, and doubts oui
ability for self government when /
great party, comprising nearly one hal
the eltlgens Of the territory, endorses
such a line oi nctiun A. matter o
fact, n the Legislative record Of the 2Stl
assembly be taken as a criterion, We arr
unfit for self government and unworthy
7 20 be taken Into the companlonship o
4 the fair slaleFhood. Ia the opinion o
I the sun, tho spectacle which that hodl
I presented did more than all things ela
= combined, TO defeat the statehood move
!, menl