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


twice. On the 9th of last Juno the
last bill passed tho house and l
sent for a number of the leading
citizens of New Mexico to help
me get the bill through the SEN
ate.
Our republican friends will tell
you that the republican party is
most kindly disposed to New Mex
leo but in the democratic house
where the democrats had 149 ma
jority we passed the bill by vote
Of III democrats to 3 republicans.
That proves that the democrats in
congress are friendly to n ew
Mexico and are ready to take us
by the hand aud welcome US into
the Union. This is the most lib
eral enabling act ever passed
through the house. BY its provi-
sions are donated more than 12,-
100000 acres Of land for the bene-
fit of public institutions, but when
the enabling act passed over to the
senate the senate at once, in order
to defeat the bill, commenced to
cut and slash the appropriations
and before the report was made
the republicans made a horizontal
reduction of at least one-half of
the appropriations of lands and
made an amendment to the bill
that the schools should be conduc-
ted only in English in order to
defeat it. 1 have concluded to ac-
cept it as amended on the principle
that half loaf is better than no
bread.
When ! invited prominent cit
izens of New Mexico to come to
Washington, Mr.. Catron was
among the republicans invited to
come. When they arrived we
formed a committee on statehood
and the republicans we're to work
with the republicans in the senate
/
and the democrats with democrats
We contemplated that, in order
to secure the admission of New
Mexico, it was necessary to satisfy
the members in that body that
both parties had an equal chance
in New Mexico. He then reviewed
at length, Che course of Mr..
Catron while in Washington, and
read letters from him giving the
assurance that the bill would be
passed in the senate, and accused
Catron of duplicity in the matter
He then stated that it would be
necessary for the bill, as amended
to pass the house after it had pass
ed the senate and then asked: Dc
you presume that a democratic
house would be overly anxious tC
pass the bill if Catron should be
elected?
He related the fact thai Mr.
Catron had made a contract will
the penitentiary authoritiesof this
Territory for 10000 bricks at s;
per thousand when the regular
prices change to others was 81
per thousand and that the bricl
were delivered fully two years age
and that they had not been paiC
for to this day. The solicitor oi
the Territory has been instructed
to bring suit but has not dared tC
do so.
OF the large quantity of stone
belonging to thegovenrment,whic
is now in Mr.. Catron's residence
in Santa Fe he said that in 1885,
when we had a change of admins
tration and Catron was not pro
tected, Col. Thomas Smith brough
witnesses necessary to prove tina
the outrage had been committed
and had Catron indicted for havinl
purloined the material but he ha
never been tried and a change o
administration came and repub
lican officials nolle pressed tn
case.
He referred to the fact tina
Catron had said in his speech q
Socorro that he was to blam
because the Rio Grande was dry
This created considerable mel
riment. He reviewed Catron'
course in the Legislature and mad
a very strong case out against tn
big leader of the Santa Fe ring.
+, Salton lake is drying up rapid