Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-04-07
THE OFFICE-SEEKERS.
The GOvcrnorship Muddlc-B. Selig.
man Observation-Disclosures on the
Official Situation.

The Washington Star prints this: "New
Mexico has been considered and is a
Democratic territory" said B. Seligman,
a well known merchant from Santa Fe,
land with the appointment of strong men
to the federal offices the position of the
Democracy in the territory will be very
much strengthened and will have great
effect on the new state, as we are confident
that New Mexico will be admitted to state
hood by the next congress.
much, however, will depend upon the
selection of these men. People in the
north do not fully realize what tre-
mendous influence, political and other
wise, federal officer Yields in Il territory,
particularly in New Mexico. We
are abundantly prepared for admission
into the Union and we are all looking
forward to it with great expectations.
We are all in favor of the home rule
movement which has been Endorsed by
Mr.. Cleveland IN his recent territorial APP
pointments, and such a course adds great
strength to the party in new communi-
ties.
New Mexico is great wool-producing
state, her clip amounting annually to.
about 100000 pounds. In New Mexico,
as in other great wool-producing COM
munities in the west, they have found
that the tariff cuts no figure in the price
of wool, consequently they are in favor of
free wool"
A Washington dispatch says: "The
president has settled the long contest
over the territorial governorship by nomi-
mating Louis c. Hughes to be governor of
Arizona and William L. Thornton gov
ernor of New Mexico. Hughes has long
been resident of Arizona and now is
editor of the Tucson Star. His appoint
ment has already caused great amount
of i'll feeling. Delegate Smith, who pro-
tested against Hughes appointment, has
on his war paint to-day and is saying all
sorts of harsh things about the president.
Hughes was not only opposed by Smith,
but by the entire Democratic machine in
Arizona, and owes his appointment to the
influence of newspapers and the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, of which
his wife is president. Thornton's case is
similar to that of Hughes, in that Dele
gate Joseph opposes his nomination. The
chairman of the territorial Democratic
committee favored him. There has been
a bitter fractional fight over this appoint
ment, and the president has gratited one
faction at the expense of the other. The
defeated faction threaten to make things
unpleasant in the territory"
Santiago Baca, who has been to Wash
ington, D. c., endeavoring to convince
the "powers that be" that he is the best
man for the Office of U. s. marshal for
this territory, returned home yesterday
morning, and states that the Office will
either be given to him or Feliz Martinez.
of Las Vegas. He believes that B. Sellg-
man, of Santa Fe, will receive the en-
dorsement of Messrs Joseph, Crist and
Ferguson for the Office of internal re-
venue collector and be appointed. He
stated that Col. Albright, of this city, had
no earthly show to receive the appoint
ment of governor. He was not posted on
the judgeships, but he considered W. B.
Childers safe for the appointment MS,
United States prosecuting attorney.-Al-
buquerque Citizen.
Tee latest political news in circulation
on the streets is the report that Ernest
Grunsfeld, having been endorsed by
Messrs. Joseph, Crist and Ferguson, will
he the next postmaster of Albuquerque.
Mr.. Grunsfeld, it is true, has made
game contest for the appointment, has
been east on the matter, and no doubt
would prove efficient in the discharge of
the duties of the Office, but this news is
liable to explode just like the Eads'
boom for governor. -Albuquerqu e Citi-
zen.
Advices from Washington state that
Delegate Joseph is engaged much of his
time just now in recommending the re-
moval of Republican postmnsters in New
Mexico. The latest appointeesare Ezra T.
Redding to be postmaster at Cuesta, Taos
county; Archuletta, Bernalillo county, j. |
B. Block, vice L. Zellhoefer, removed:
Pinos Altos, Grant county, Susan Adair,
vice L. B. Robinson, removed.
1t is limited from Washington lust now
that Col. Coleman rather has the inside
for the surveyor-general-ship, but that it
will probably be sometime before the an
pointment is made.
Ex-Judge Long, who has been seeking
the consul generalship to Mexico, will
have to seek some other Job to pull for.
The president is sticking to his rule not
to name ex-of1ce holders.