Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-10-26
POLITICAL ROUNDUP.
Mr.. Catron at Las Ncgas-MOra COun-
ty in Line Democratic SLAM
dercrS in Sierra.
White Cappers Showing a High Hand
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Catron at las Vegas.



Correspondence New Mexican.
LAS VEGAS, Oct. pa large and earn
est assemblage, among them, many Dem
ocrats, greeted Hons. I. B. Catron and j.
A. Ancheta at the opera house last night.
Frank Springer acted as chairman of the
meeting. Notwithstanding his thirty-odd
days of incessant campaigning, speaking
once, twice and often three times daily
Mr.. Catron was in good voice and excel
lent spirits, and his sledge-hammer hits
set the crowd up to the highest enthu-
siasm.
Mr.. Catron said he courted the strictest
| inquiry in relation to the different
charges made against him by Joseph, and
asked those who had doubts to inyestl-
cate thoroughly He showed up Joseph
shortcoming as delegate, how he had
failed to secure appropriations that could
| have been secured; that as far rs Las We
Gas was concerned he had never asked an
appropriation of any kind for her benefit,
that he had never become acquainted with
Republican congressman and senators
because they were Of different political
views, and consequently when he had any
fayors to ask he was at great dlsadyan-
tage.
lie thought most Of Mr.. Joseph's fail
ures in congress were due to lack OF
knowledge as to how to do the business
there. He then took up some of MI j o.
seph's personal record and reviewed 1t,
telling how Mr.. Joseph, while he was call
ing him land grabbcr, had himself Sc
cured from owners of one grant deeds for
right of way for a road. which, when re-
corded. the owners found had decided him
their entire interest in the grant; and also
how Mr.. Joseph tried to jockey horse
race and put up note of 5000 and after
losing it went into court and pleaded the
statute of gambling to avoid paying the
note, and the report OF the case can be
found in the first volume of New Mexico
Reports.
Mr. Ancheta spoke most entert ainingly
He said he had been quite i'll but tina
after the Democrats had circulated thu
silly report that his attempted assassina
ton at Santa Fe had been the work o
Mr.. Catron he had decided to speak any
how. He then said he had never attribute,
it in any way to Mr.. Catron and knew l
was from another source entirely, ant
when parties had told him that Mr.. Cairo
was at the bottom of the shooting, he ha
told them if they would furnish the proc
he would swear out an indictment am
they could secure thelarge reward Offered
but the evidence never came.
Mr. Ancheta showed how Joseph ha
- neglected the interests of the people q
the territory, particularly those of tn
southern portion, and worked in the II
terests of the people of Colorado by a
lowing bills to become laws without pre-
testing against them, and also workln
for a bill, by which the water of tn
Rio Grande is taken out in Colorado an
the river goes dry every year below Albr
querque, although the jewellers in Ne
Mexico have rights dating back hundred
of years before Colorado was settled.
In every sense the meeting was SUE
cessful one and did much for the straigt
Republican cause.
Nora County.
Last Saturday evening grand Repui
lican meeting was held at Mora; over &C
N voters attended and the enthusiasm fC
u T. B. Catron was great. Eloquent an
o. telling speeches we're made by Col. G. V
- Prichard. Antonio Lucero, Fernando NJ
; Ian and Charles A. Spices. The coward
a and dirty campaign of Joseph and h
" stump speakers and managers was full
p shown up and Joseph's record put befol
+" the people in its true light. The meetin
" did great good and unless the Democrat
q White Cap bosses commit the gigant
% frauds they have in contemplation, MOI
!, county will astonish Joseph and his Viii
T. Cap gang. If the Republicans can 70
/" the intended election frauds by the DEM
!" cratic-White Cap officials and bosses
N Mora county, that county will give JOSEF
+ the smallest majority it has ever give
!" any Democrat to congress for TWEEN
2 years.
II, IL, Sierra County.
During the past week several DEM
cratic meetings were held in Sierra cou
ty, notably at Kingston, Hillsborous
and Lake Valley. The principal spea
ers were N. B. Field of Albuquerque;
J. Bell, of Silver City, and James c. Fltc