Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-10-13
JOSEPH'S LIES.
How He Rings the Changes to Fit the
Democrats and White Caps Con-
doling with Crime.
Statehood and aLetter from Mr.. Catror
Talking Of Tin-Twice Cheered
and the Crowd Thinned Out.

Special to the New Mexican.
SPRINGER, Oct. u, 1897. Antonio
Joseph spoke at Springer last night he is
unique in his line. At Las Vegas and this
point he made practically the same
speech, and yet contrived special
misstatements and ghost stories to suit
his audiences. At Springer he did
IN so 1eany words accuse Mr.. Catron of
apostacy, while at Las Vegas he assured
his hearers, In some places he (Catron)
tells them | am a pure Mexican, and
Il at others he says look at the
little cross, am a Catholic also" Joseph
however revamped at Springer the
whole business in which he has made
Senator Platt figure. At Las Vegas he
played in the martyr business. Every
Democrat or White Cap whipped of JUS
tico received his measure of sympathy,
and hint of better luck if he supported
Joseph. At Springer he rang the changes
on land grabbery, but failed to tell about
his own connection with the Oio Ca.
liente or Cieneguilla grants. Hehad better
devote his time to building wagon
roads.
At both Las Vegas and Springer he
exhibited typewriter sheet of legal
cap paper, gravely announcing that the
iilmSy memorandum was certified COPY
of the journal of the house of represen-
tatlves.' AS the solemn character of
this instrument purported absolute verify
he read bills passed by Antonio Joseph
III the congress of the United States.
beginning with the 10th congress and
ending with the first session of the 51st
congress" He then proceeded to read
list of appropriations reaching way up
i'll the millions, and other magnificent |
acts sample, Il passed a bill through |
congress creating San Juan county; | |
also secured 100000 for the survey of |
reservoirs for storage of water in New
Mexico; | also passed bill donating all |
the public lands of New Mexico to the
public schools and charitable institu-
tons Antonio will admit on cross
examination that he passed these meas
ures through his mind, not through CON
gress.
There is another peculiar thing about
this certified copy of the house Journal"
Mr.. Kerr, the clerk of the house, of course
helps Joseph, and he very kindly covered
all OF his work in one paper, and included
in 1t the record of the pension claims act
ed on by the pension bureau, and post
offices and routes established by the post
master general through Mr.. Joseph's in
That such matters should
appear as acts of congress does not bother
Joseph. But seriously the unblushing
with which he exhibits an un-
sealed, flimsy product of his typewriter
Is solemn instrument of the house of
representatives is amazing. The seal and
ibbons alone of such document would
'e bigger. But then as for shame 'it's
lot for Joseph, if he knows it," a.,
One ghost story that he gets off every
where is that Catron wants to 90 to CON
,ress so that he and Secretary Elkins can
end three or four regiments of soldiers ,,
o clear the people off of the land grants.
lie gives it out as simple as can be. FL !
ins is secretary of war, Catron will be :.
elegate, Harrison is the friend of both. !
. little talk, click of the telegraph and !.
he troops are marching on the defense = =
ess people.
By the way, Joseph is the only Demo- !
rat l ever heard make two speeches
nd not bring in the constitution. He y
as something better to play on and that v
J his imagination and few credulous
riends. u
A brand new bugaboo that he sprung q
n the Springer folks was story about II
emescal. He exhibited small block of u, n
ure TIN, and said: "This was presented !,
le by one of the owners of the Temescal y
line only week ago. This gentleman !,
as on his way with car load of pieces " "
block tin with 'Temescar stamped T it
pom each piece. l asked what he pro- y
osed to do with them and he told me " "
le Republican campaign committee a. H.
roposed to use them as campaign docu- Ia Ia
ents. He further told me it cost $1,000 ~
ton to mine this tin, but they could only ., 81
't 5000 ton in any market of the y. -,
nited States; and that only for the sub u u
dy of $4,000 per month paid them by I'D
e Republican campaign committee they /,
ould be obliged to shut down and dis y "
arge their hundreds of men. He u, u'
ated further that the production of tin II, III
the United States was failure and 81
aud" CT
Immediately after the meeting l accost- SC
Mr.. Joseph as follows P'
will you please tell me the name of W.
c Temescal man who gave you that III III
IL
"Temescal? Temescal?" repeated he. n ~
Eyes, what was his name?" ~
well, let me see. He told me his name :,
@ was an Englishman. His name was VI VI
Is Provinger or-or Smith. No? @ oe
nith-Provinger? Tentatively pronounc- ~
g the two names la Angeterre) I de- -
Ire have forgotten the name. He did
It give me a card. But he was an
lglishman.'
"It's too bad you could not remember an
at name week, Mr.. Joseph" ha