Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-11-08

and successful contradiction is ohalleng-
ed in emphatic terms.
Let some one OF his defenders point to
a single public act OF his that marks him
as a patriot and profitable public ser
want OF the people-an act that will ill
up n line OF the above blank.
While waiting for something from his
friends with which to fill up this yawn-
ing gap in his public record, or even to
reduce its size by a line or two, let US 20
on with his record as he himself has
written it.
Tor about six years, in the seventies, his
administration Of the affairs OF that Of
flee was characterized by such abuses Of
his official powers and duties as resulted
in Investigation by the Department of
Justice of the administration under
which he was holding the Office, the re-
suit OF which was n ofithe seyerest re-
ports angels Report) ever fled against
a public officer, followed promptly by
Catron's resignation. The records ann
ly sustain the statement that he quit
the Office in disgrace with his W DO
litical administration at Washington.
HIS legislative record, written princi-
pally while he was occupying stolen
seats, IS Of n piece with that made while
he was United States Attorney, for New
Mexico and the popular report thereon,
even in his own party, as voiced in un-
measured terms in the past by the lead
ing republican newspapers of the Terri
tory, such as the Citizen, the Optic, the
Enterprise and the Range, is full as So
we're as the report against him as a U. s.
official. These and the other republican
newspapers can now find no single act OF
his in his extended legislative career to
which they can point as an earnest act
OF what he would accomplish If elevated
to a seat in the National Legislature.
But they can find plenty Of vicious
legislation Of which the records fasten
the paternity Of patronage upon him
such as
An Act Familiarity known as "the Su.
preme Court Practice Act" which
should have been called "An Act for the
relief OF the clients of L. b. Catron and
to legislate their cases into court"
San Act to limit the time within
which certain suits may be brought
etc, Familiarity known as the " Limitation
BILL" which should have been called
IAN Act to enable iand-grabbers 10 COB
| VIC MD DDulAnn 0nu MGAlOun
and Gust the small holders and settlers
thereon"
San Act to punish false personationi
which should have been called San Ac.
to intimidate the Governor Of New Mex
leo and reconstruct, by the puny arm o
the territorial Legislature, our govern
mental structure by wiping out the co
ordinate executive branch"-the mos
ra.nuArntta M nall M aranrananNwr wfAfurr
lous piece Of legislation ever attempted
on this old earth Of ours.
"An Act in relation TO change Of ven
ue," which should have been called "Al
Act TO enable the Maxwell Land Gran
Company to drag all the settlers on tina
grant into the courts Of other countie
and thus worry and weary them in sub
mission and settlement, and for othe
like uses by other land Rrabbers."
"An Act relative to Imprisonment o
persons charged with cnme," whicI
should have been called san Act TO turI
loose the jailed murders Of Dumas Pre-
vencher."
San Act 10 define the offense OF libel,
etc, which should have been called Al
Act TO protect Il. b. Catron and sue
selfish public servants as he, froI
criticism upon their public records"
But enough And yet these arc onl
specimens. Catron was'either the fathG
or the powerful patron Of these an
other Legislative disgraces, and whe
the late democratic House repealed th
Libel and Change OF Venue laws, CatroI
as chairman Of the judiciary committC
OF tho Council, pocketed the repealin
! bills and they were never heard
! again.
So much for his record as a public 0
fetal.
AS a private citizen dealing with II
7 Territory, he has also a discreditab
= record, OF which has pe~nitentiary brio
= deal is a specimen.
: As q private citizen, dealing with Lara
j numbers Of private citizens, In particl
lar sections OF the Territory, he b
r lik9WiRe a discreditable record, Of whiC
+ inis TERRA Amarillo land grab is a sple
o did specimen.
Upon this record, composed simply
: specimens and which a DO duplicate
BY others from his long public care
10 which be has done nothing for q
n people but has built up only 4. b. "a
}, ron and his enormous fortune, can q
y people afford to olect him TO Connre
q and thus increase bis power and the
y ~luence 10 DO used IN the future, as
the past, for Z. b Catron.