Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-15
HO0SIER EDITOR IN SANTA FE.
Historic and Picturesque Scenes About
the Capital Editorial Excur-
sion Echo.

Editor Mcdonald, of the Plymoath,
Ind, Democrat, who was here with the
northern Indiana editorial excursion, SAYS
in his paper;
A tourist to the southwest should never
pass through New Mexico without visit
to Santa Fe, and having heard and read a
great deal of the many places and objects
of historical interest to be seen in the
ancient town, it was with delight the
editorial party hailed the opportunity to
visit there for a day. Through the
courtesy of Solicitor General Bartlett We
I visited first, after splendid breakfast at
the Palace hotel, the governors palace,
that quaint old adobe structure that has
been the residence of all the territorial
governors for 300 years or more.
Here the territorial government and the
various governors who have succeeded
one another in authority have gathered
in one OF the east rooms set aside for the
purpose verltable museum of Curlosities
and antiquities that are closely inter.
woven with the history of the early set
Element of the country. In another
room is collected vast quantity of the
ores rich with minerals which abound in
such unknown quantities in the noun
tains of the region. They showed us too,
the room in which Gen. Lew Wallace,
of this state, wrote the celebrated novel
of Ben Hur, at the time when he was
territorial governor. Of course this room
WAS of especial interest to the Indanians,
but beyond this fact it was simply a
counterpart of the adjoining ones. We
were permitted the freedom OF several of
the large fruit and flower gardens which
are one of the pleasant features OF Santa
Fe, some of them of vast extent, sur
rounded by high adobe walls and
carefully tended, irrigated and pro-
ducing some of the most luscious
fruit and beautiful flowers. One of
the most interesting places the tourists
visits here is the Oldest church in the
United States-San Miguel, and consider
ing what seems to us the frailty of the
material of which it is constructed, is in
a remarkable state of preservation. Here
is sacredlv treasured the ancient copper
bell that is said to have been cast in 1856
and claimed to have been brought to
America by Columbus. Adjoining the
chapel is the school of the brothers, 8
fourishing educational institution. We
visited the Indian school, the territorial
prison and towards evening climbed tt
the summit of high hill overlooking the
, city from the east to the site of old Fort
Marcy, the earth work outline of which is
traceable, though being gradually oblter
ated by the ravages of time, to get gOoC
view of the sunset such sight as We
shall probably never see again, for natives
said that it was an unusually beautiful
one even for that land of clear skies anc
picturesque sunsets. Descending We were
entertained in company with Antonio
Joseph, the territorial member CT con
gress. at luncheon by Mr.. and Mrs
Bartlett whose hospitable welcome tt
their home and kindly treatment will no
be forgotten even in the lapse of years
Santa Fe is the seat of the territorial gov
eminent and here they have recently
completed handsome new capitol build
ing that is marvel of beauty and con
venience, and here did we realize more
than ever the injustice being done to {
good and brave people in the un]us
refusal of partisan pound congress tt
admit them to statehood. Our stay il
Santa Fe was one of the most interesting
of the trip and one that will be fraugh
with pleasant memories.
Among others whom We remember
pleasantly and with fralernal feelings was
Max. Frost, the editor of the New MEXI
CAN, an indefatigable worker, both in his
fourishing business and for the interests
of the territory at large, and man whose
wonderful fund of information concerning
the ancient city and the territory was Of
more value to the excursionists than
wagon loads of printed matter.