Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-10-25


The following open letter to
tho Albuquerque Citizen was pub
lished in the Santa Fe Sun a few
days ago;
"In your Issue OF Thursday you
published a leader, under the cap
tion-"Catron's Land Grant" in
which you assumed knowledge of
the facts and made broad and UNI
qualified statements thereof which
are wholly false. Without attempt
at specification in this brief letter
let il be sufficient for present pur-
poses to say that ali the statements
of fact in the leader are false, and
the writer of the editorial and T.
b. Catron are respectfully chal-
lenged to a'public debstein Grants
Opera House in Albuquerque at
any time between this and Nov. 8,
the sole topic to be the truth of
the statements made in the Suns
article of Oct. 8, under the caption
just as he is" and republished
in the Times, and the falsity of all
the statements of fact in your edi-
torial referred to. 1 repeat the
statements made in the Suns arti-
Gle, as republished in the Times,
and will undertake to prove the
truth of them, word for word, and
line by line, by records, actual
court records, and not by tin-plate
wind; and I also undertake to
prove tho falsity of the statements
of your editorial by the same rec
ord facts. The records are too
long for newspaper production but
they are not too long for conclu-
sive and clinching production be-
fore any intelligent and respectful
audience that may assemble in the
metropolis. The words "liar" and
"slanderer" have been flying
around pretty freely in this cam
paign, now let us have one trial on
the facts before such an audience
of intelligence and discrimination
as the chief city of New Mexico
usually furnishes.
1 promise that audience facts,
record facts, and will confne my
self exclusively to the truth of the
TERRA Amarillo land-grab of Cat
ron as presented by the Sun on
the 9Th, and republished in the
Times, and the falsity Of your
editorial. will ask one hour and
a quarter of time and MI. Catron
or the writer of your editorial, OF
any other champion of Mr.. Catron
can have all the time the audience
will give him. Come, neighbor,
let us have one trial on this feat
ure--the blacklist feature of Mr.
Catron's discreditable public rec.
ord. Come, neighbor; come, MI
Catron; let us be put upon the
proof right in the centre of ou1
territory and in the chief city
thereof. What say you?
Very respectfully,
i j. II. Crist.'
The editor Of the Citizen, real
izing that such a debate would b,
very damaging to the prospects o
the father Of the change of venus
) law, he replied as follows in tn.
editorial column of the Citizen:
"The editor of the Santa Fe SUI
wants to wrestle with the Glitter
in a joint debate over the title o
the Catron land grant. 1t woul,
= be a pure waste of words and
f bore to the people of this city
3 The evidence at hand in this ofic
shows that Mr.. Catron bought tn
land and paid for it in cash. TIL
land, since the purchase severe
Q years ago, has become valua5lt
3 and MI. Catron deserves credi
for his faith in the growth of tn
i, territory"
Catron and his friends are afrai
to meet their accuser, KNOWN
that he speaks the truth and wha
{ is more, that he has abundar
proof of it.