Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-13
IN DEFENSE OF E. G, ROSS.

To the Editor of the New Mexican.
LAS VEGAS, n. NJ, March ST. notice
that the New MEXICAN is paying It's re-
spects now and then to our ex-governor.
You should not be too hard on that sage
grass statesman from Kansas, for beyond
a tolerable amount of consuming egotlsm
| he is, assume, as innocent as a child.
admit the difference between what he
actually is and that which he, i'll his guile
less nature aspires to be, is a barren
stretch prolific of only chagrin and dsap-
continent; but, Mr.. Editor, what can't
| be prevented must be en- iured.
| There are two events at least in his
public life that will challenge attention
and make him notorious if nothing else
| will and all that You may say OF them
IAN not wipe them from the scroll CT
time. His record in the Andy johnson
impeachment trial. it is true. has drawn
upon him the name OF Judas lscarI"t
tut we should remember tnat there Is /:
point where the parallel between hln
and Judas ceases to exist, tor while the
latter got his pieces of silver, tue eX gov
prnor, if reports he true, came out OF the
business in which he vas engaged with
ont any of the promised sack. That NAV
| cot have been his fault. | make no
| charges on that account, nor can You
take from him the erlat with which he
hailed himself the long lost Monteznma
on The occasion of his assuming the
mantle OF governor Of New MeXlro. The
above events, With all of their ori.inaIl-
les. pecullariies and novelties are his,
and they can not be taken away from
him. They belong to him 10y discovery,
design and adoption, AID he is entitled
to whatever credit they may give him.
Suppose he did, while governor, dodge
out If his Office scale an adobe wall, aud
squat behind Il cactus plant to avoid q
| legislative committee and keep from facing
senator Burns penitentary hill Is tins not
| Il land where a man possesses the liberty
If action? Suppose he did III his wisdom
and conceit prepare his proclamation t"
dispense the legislature ut the point OF the
havonrt, had he not the right 10 indulge
IN this harmless meditation, so | NJ rs
| his friends possessed the power to restrain
| hlm and puIsuade him it could not be
done?
Suppose he was cognizant OF the vari-
Gus leukages OF the penltentlary, and was
determined while governor t. continue
! these conditions of things in the interest
Of himself and coadjntors, do You think
that lie came clothed IN the habilments Of
Montezuma for nothing?
Oi course am not ,he apologlst OF that
| tai,
play even in newspaper criticism.
notice also he has been called inconsistent
Gecause not long ago he was clamoruus
Tor our admission as a state, While nov
he opposes it, Suppose he is nronsi>-
tent, does he not have as much rght to hi
pccentricities and wtims as other men
have? And aIthoulh he made no objec
ton to the constitutional convention bill
but presumably approved it by Lot vetolng
1t while lie was governor, yet he has Il
| perfect right to oppose 1t now II he wishes
1t is true it might have been more Salts
factory to his friends to have seen him
make his objections at a time more appro'
| pirate to the OCCASION, but ii he preferred
to delay opposition till later gay, why
should he not be indulged in this innocent
| amusement.
do not claim that he is great man in
everything In fact | admit his weakness
in many things, but, Mr.. Editor, if yon
are a candid man you will concede that
as a vetolst of legislative bills he has
nut one equal IN the world. He may
ne lamentable mistake in every.
thing else, but in this he is great. |
am here reminded OF the story of the
country toctor who administered but one
kind of medicine. Upon being called t.
the bedside of patient whose maIady he
could not understand he said: 81 will
phvsic him anyway. | do not claim my
medicine is good for everything, but will
put it against the world for wurrums.'
ONE VINO KNOWS HIM WELL.