Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-10-18

and successful contradiction is challeng-
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 one line OF the above blank.
While waiting for something from his
friends with which to til up this yawn-
ing gap in his public record, OF even to
reduce its size by a line OF two, let us 20
on with his record as be himself has
written it.
As United States District Attorney
for about six years, in the seventies, his
administration OF the affairs OF that Of
flee vas 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 one Of tho Heverest re-
ports angels Report) ever filed against
a public officer, followed promptly by
Catron's resignation. The records amp
ly sustain the statement that he quit
tho Office in disgrace with his own po-
litical administration at Washington.
HIS legislative record, written princi-
pally while he was occupying stolen
seats, Is Of a piece with that made while
he was United States Attorney, for New
Mexico and the popular report thereon,
in bis own party, as voiced in un-
measured terms in the past by the lead
ing republican newspapers Of the Terri
tory, such as tho Citizen, the Optic, the
Enterprise and the Range, is full as Sc
we're as the report against him as a u. =.
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 il elevated
to q 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 San Act for the
relief of the clients OF L. b. Catron and
10 legislate their cases into court"
"An 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 land-grabbers TO COB
Bile up Spanish and Mexican IMMIGRANTS
and Dust the small holders and settlers
thereon"
"An Act to punish false personation,"
which should have been called San Act
TO intimidate the Governor OF New Mex
leo and reconstruct, by the puny arm OF
the territorial legislature, our govern
mental structure by wiping out the CO.
ordinate executive brRnchn-the most
monstrous as we'll as supremacy ridicu-
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 "An
Act TO enable the Maxwell Land Grant
Company to drag all the settlers on that
grant into the courts OF other counties
and thus worry and weary them in sub
| mission and settlement, and for other
hike uses by other nd-grabbers."
IAN Act relative to imprisonment ol
persons charged with crime" which
should have been called San Act to turn
loose the jailed murders Of Dumas Pro
vencher."
"An Act to define the ofense Of libel,
ETC., which should have been called IAN
Act to protect 4. b. Catron and such
selfish public servants as be, from
criticism upon their public records."
But enoughl And yet these are only
specimens. Catron was,either the fsthel
or the powerful patron Of these anC
other legislative disgraces, and wher
the late democratic House repealed th,
Libel and Change of Venue laws, Catron
as chairman Of the judiciary COMMITTEES
OF the Council, pocketed the repeating
bills and they were never heard O
again.
So much for his record as a public OF
fetal
AS a private citizen dealing with tbs
Territory, he has also a d~iscreditabl,
record, Of which has p~enitentiary bricl
deal 10 q specimen.
As a private citizen, dealing with large
numbers Of private citizens, In particu
lar sections Of the Territory, he hal
likewise a discreditRble record, Of whict
his Terra Amarillo land grab is q splen
did specimen.
Upon this record, composed simply o
specimens and which can be duplicates
by others from his long public caroe0
In which he has done nothing for thl
people but has built up only a. B. Cat
ron and his enormous fortune, can thl
people afford 70 elect him 10 ConQros
and thu. increase his power and the Ia
huonco 70 be used in the future, a. Il
the past for r. b Catroh