Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-04-06

you should offer gratuitous advice.
You are opposed to the claim of the
town of Las Vegas, and if the deci-
sion referred to is least favorable to
the town, it follows that it must be
most favorable to you. A little re-
markable, is it not, that you should
wish TO strengthen the claim Of the
town against your own INTEREST,"
But you love us-oh, yes! and like
the spider you say, evil you walk
into my parlor?" Some other time,
Mr.. Millheiser POGO TEMPO.
Millheiser: "The citizens of the
future queen of the southwest are, no
doubt, honest in their convictions,
but l think they are making serious
mistake in not opposing with might
and main the present decision"
People; Yes; the people are thor
oughly honest in their convictions,
and they beg leave to inform you
that in their humble judgment they
are not making serious mistake in
not opposing the decision referred to.
"The future queen of the southwest"
has had enough of opposition in deal
ing with you-indeed, too much for
her continued health and prosperity.
You, who so eagerly desire to oppose,
may pitch in and oppose the govern
ment, and we will take lay off.
You may proceed, but we will not be
Gin it." Your siren voice, warbling
such high sounding words, might
make us think we were somebody,
could we but forget you. Alas! this
poor "future queen" instead Of sit
ting upright, crowned with wealth,
prosperity and honor, is prone upon
her back, and you are grasping at her
throat trying to strangle her. When
the government takes the lands of
the Las Vegas grant and settles
them, she will be fittinglY crowned,
but the crown of Millheiser ill be-
comes her.
Millheiser: "They are temporizing
with the most important problem
with which they have to DEAL"
People: True enough, when deal
ing with you, but the decision of the
secretary of the interior, by suppress
ing you, has put an end to temporiz-
ing.
Millheiser: "Their action necessi-
tates and precipitates the very litiga-
ton and confusion in land titles
which they wish to avoid"
People: We differ from you
again. The taking of the grant by
the government will neither necessi-
tate nor precipitate any litigation or
confusion of land titles with respect
to us. 1t may have this effect upon
your title, and we plainly see that
your invitation to us to take part in
your fight, is to avoid this. Being
under no especial obligations to you
for past favors, we cannot see Just
why we should go to the rescue now.
If you must litigate, as you seem dis.
posed to do, we prefer to have you
tackle the government for while.
we will thrive, and the
settling-up process will go on uninter-
rupted.
Millheiser: Through my efforts
alone, the department of the interior
has reopened the case for further
and will shortly either
re-affirm, reverse or modify the pres
ruling"
People: A little egotistical, this,
buff you did so, we are not at all
for efforts you have made. !
You loudly professed some time ago
that you wanted the grant question
settled, no matter where the title
went or to whom the patent issued.
The secretary of the interior was the
person you appealed to for this settle
ment, and you have his decision.
We wonder that you should
be, the first to rebel against the very
decision you courted.
Millheiser: 81 have been misun-
derstood and consequently misrepre-
sented, so often in this matter, that l
have thought proper to give the
greatest possible publicity to my