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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-31

The Enterprise is out again in
an editorial seeking to uphold the
late board of County commission
ers for it's action, which so greatly
damaged Grant County, in refus-
ing to pay interest on our bonds.
The very best hat can be said for
the old board is that, the question
having been raised as to whether
Grant County ought to recognize
these bonds and pay the interest
on them or not, the old board
withheld the payment of the in
terest while examining into the
matter. Now we have it on the
word of one of the members of the
old board, Mr.. G. f.. w. Schmidle,
that: 81 am satisfied that the in
terest should have been paid, but
as we did not come to this conclu-
sion till a month or SO before we
went out of Office we thought we
would leave the matter of the pay
ments over for the incoming
board" Now as no one has made
any particular attack on the old
board as yet for its action in this
matter, it has rather a peculiar
look about it to see the Enterprise
making such a vigorous defense.
AS for its attack on the present
board for the payment Of the in
terest on bonds which the old
board now says should have been
recognized and paid, it is, to put
it mildly, a most extraordinary
thing to see one of the leading pa
pers of the County attacking a
board which is trying, and sue
cessfully too, to re-establish our
County's credit. Can it be that
our cotemporary is 80 bitter a par
tisan that it Will attack a measure
of public benefit simply because
it is carried out by its political OPP
ponents?
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-31

sumed on them until the price of
silver advances considerably.
The production Of the mines in
this country is not sufficient to
supply the demand for silver from
this government and for export.
At the beginning of last year
there was a large stock Of silver
on hand in New York but the
purchases Of this government and
the demand for export, which has
been increasing rapidly Of late,
has reduced this surplus stock to
about half a million ounces, and
there has been a consequent inn
provement in the price of silver
bullion.
With q decreasing supply and
increasing demand there can be
but one result, and that is a steady
improvement in price. The pro-
duction of silver in this country
last year vas less than any year
since 1856.
There is no other reason for the
repeal of the Sherman act than
the low price of silver and if the
decreasing supply has the effect
of advancing the price, the reason
for the repeal of the act will be
removed Everything points to
an early improvement in the silver
situation.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-31

Lucius Quintus Curtius Lamar
died at Macon, Georgia, on Mon.
day evening Of lastweek Of Bright'f
disease. He had been i'll for some
time and only attended the Mon
day sessions of the supreme court
Of the United States forl some
weeks. He went south in the
hope Of getting better and was
doing 50 well that no apprehen-
sion vas felt by his friends. He
was out walking Monday afternoon
but after supper he was seized
with violent pains and died within
an hour.
Mr.. Lamar was born in Georgia,
September II, 1926; graduated in
1916 from Emory college, and
was admitted to the bar in 1847,
He moved to Mississippi in 1849
but returned to Georgia in the
following year. He was elected
to the Georgia legislature in 1853
and in 1854 removed to Mississip-
pi and was elected to the thirty
fifth and thirty-sixth congresses
of the United States. He resigned
in 1860 and was a member of the
secession. convention of his state.
The following year he entered
the confederate army as Lieuten-
anti Colonel of the Nineteenth reg
iment and was promoted to the
Colonelcy. In 1868 he went TO
Russia on a mission for the con-
federate government. He was a
member of the forty-third and
forty-fourth congresses and took
his seat in the United States Sen
ate on the 9Th of March 1877
where he served until he resigned
to take the position of secretary
of the interior under Cleveland in
1885.
He was appointed associate JUS
tice of the supreme court of the
United States by President Cleve-
land in 1888, which position he
held at the time of his death.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-31


The plan to get a bill through
the legislature providing for the
deposit of $4,000 each, by insur-
ance companies doing business in
this Territory, with the Terrific
rial treasurer, seems to have mis-
carried. 1t would Rave been a
very nice scheme to get three
quarters of a million or more of
dollars on deposit in the First
National Bank Of Santa Fe. The
interest on three quarters of a
million dollars at one per cent. per
month, at which rate it could be
loaned on good security, would
amount to $4,000 per annum.
That would have been a nice plum
for the bank and the Santa Fe
ring might have paid literally for
the passage of the bill. 1t is
pretty certain that the bill will
not be passed. In case 1t should
be passed most of the insurance
companies doing business in New
Mexico will retire from the Terri
tory.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-31

The residents Of south western
Socorro county are almost unani-
mously in favor Of the annexation
OF that portion Of Socorro county
to Grant. They r now obliged
to travel more than $50 miles TO
get to their county seat, and in
going there have to pass through
this city. 1t would simply be a
matter of justice to them for the
Legislature to pass a bill cutting
off that portion Of Socorro county
and annexing it to Grant. Grant
County would lose nothing by it,
and it would result in a great saw
ing to the inhabitants of south
western Socorro county in time
and money. That section is nat
urally tributary to Silver City; the
people i~nhabiting it do business
here, and it is a hardship on them
to be obliged to travel more than
$50 miles to attend court when
they could, by becoming a part of
Grant County, get to their county
seat in half the time and with less
than half the expense than they
can now.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-31

THERE was a CLEAN of hope for
statehood last week but it did not
last 1t was reported that the
senate committee had resolved to
report favorably on an omnibus
bill for the admission of terrific
ries which included New Mexico,
and it seemed that there might be
a possibility that New Mexico
would get in at this session of
congress, but there are SO many
bills ahead of this that it cannot
be reasonably expected hat any
action will be taken in the senate
at this session. The responsibility
for the defeat of the enabling act,
if it be defeated, will rest entirely
with the republicans in the senate,
The bill passed the house last
spring, and had it not been for
the opposition of republicans in
the senate, that bill would now
be a law. The republicans have
professed all along to be friends
of New Mexico but they do not
appear very anxious to see this
Territory admitted to the Union.
1t will get in next year and will
send two democratic senators to
Washington who will be in favor
of the free and unlimited coinage
Of silver.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-31
NE SILYER

1t is now reasonably certain
that the Sherman act will not be
repealed at this session of con-
gress. The friends of silver are
strong enough to prevent any
such action at the present time,
and if the law continues in force
until the next congress meets
there will be no reason for its re-
peal The production Of silver in
this country last year amounted
70 S50,0O0,00O which is much less
than the annual production for
some years past and the produc-
tion Of this year will not be larger
than that Of last year unless silver
should advance in price to a dol
lar or more an ounce. A large
number Of mines have been closed
down within the past four or five
months, and work will not be re-
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-31

THE work of the Territorial leg
islature, so far, indicates that
there will be many laws passed
at this session which will be of
real benefit to the Territory, but
1t is TO be regretted that no more
progress has been made toward
reducing the fees and salaries of
officials. Numerous bills are un-
der consideration and it is by no
means improbable that a general
bill reducing fees and salaries
will be passed, but there are strong
influences at work against any
bill Of this nature and, although a
majority Of the members of the
Legislature r committed in favor
OF such a bill, it may be defeated
and the taxpayers may have to
pay public officers fees and sala-
ries which n out Of all proper
ton to the services performed
until the meeting of Che next log
islature. Members Of this legis-
lature who are so short sighted as
70 vote against a bill for the reduc-
ton OF fees and salaries viii bs
remembered by the voters of the
Territory at the next election II
any Of them have the hardihood
10 run for Office.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-31

The Albuquerque Commercial
Club has sent a memorial to the
Legislature against the bill which
provides for the equal distribution
OF the funds derived from liquor
and gambling licenses among the
schools Of the counties in which
they are collected. The memorial
is Of considerable length and some
very strong points are made in it
in favor of the present law.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-31

The continued gold expectation
from this country to Europe is be-
ing used by the enemies of silver as
an argument for the repeal of the
Sherman act but they do not ex-
plain how the repeal of the Sher-
man act will prevent the shipment
of gold abroad. As long as wealthy
Americans continue to go abroad
by thousands annually and spend
money by millions, just SO long
will shipments of gold have to be
made to pay the bills.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-31

GENERAL BUTLER, Senator Ken
ma, ex-President Hayes, Justice
Lamar and Hon. James G.. Blaine
are among the prominent states
men and politicians who have died
this month. Never before in the
history of this country have SO
many great men died within SO
short a time. Within two weeks
five men of national reputation
have passed away. Most of them
have been in public service for
more than a generation and one
of them, at least, is entitled to the
distinction of being one of the
greatest statesmen which this
country has ever produced.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-31

JOHN G. CARLISLE, Of .entucky
will, in all probability Se the next
secretary of the treasury. He has
resigned his seat in the senate and
seems to be one of the closest adj.
visers Of the President elect
Cleveland recently said that Car
Isle is the greatest man in this
country and he came pretty near
hitting the mark. He will make
a good secretary of the treasury
and will not work against the sill
yer interests.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-31

THE New York Sun, in CON-
menting on the omnibus bill for
the admission of the territories,
advocates the division of Utah and
the annexation of the greater part
of the state to Nevada in order to
give that state population enough
to make at least a respectable
showing among the states in the
Union. 1t also advocates the
union of New Mexico and Arizona
and the admission of the two as
one state. This plan would be all
right if a strip could be taken off
the northern part of this Territory
large enough to include the Santa
Fe ring. That strip might be an
nexed to Colorado or it might be
continued under a territorial gov
eminent in name while being gov
erned in fact by the guileless
members Of the ring.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-31

The election Of United States
senators in some of the states
seems to be rather a slow process.
The fight for supremacy in the
senate was never more interesting
than it is just now. The republi-
cans can not possibly get a major
ity in the next senate but they
hope TO keep it out of democratic
control Just now the chances
appear to be very much against
them.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-31
ONLY thiriy-two days more Of
republican administration.

FouR weeks from next Monday
the United States senate will be
assembled in extra session with
Adlai E. Stevenson in the chair.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-05-05
oNE I'D wArrERsoN,s sroRIEs


How n Dclaultcr Was Giveu CHARGE and
Rcgalned Name and wealth,
That was a queer story Henry
Watterson told In his lecture about
defalcatlon case at Louisville, says
the st. Louis Republic He said
that several years ago a gentleman
holding q commanding commercial
and social position In the Kentucky
metropolis had used the funds OF the
corporation Of which he was the
trusted financial head, and when the
day Of accounting came he found he
was short in his accounts The time
was too brief to make the deficit
good, and his own funds were in such
shape that he was inextricably en-
tangled. He was an honest man, but
in moment of oyerconldence had
permitted himself 70 deviate from
the narrow path inst enough to use
the firms cash as a temporary loan,
promising to return 1t promptly.
When the time came he could not.
Instead OF waiting the Inevitable
discovery he called o meeting Of d.
rectors, made straightforward con-
fessson, resigned his position and
threw himself upon the mercy OF
the court, so to speak, and pledged
himself to pay every dollar II he were
not exposed and prosecuted. An an
mated discussion followed, and a
large majority were in favor OF Civ
fng the delinquent a chance. His
hitherto high standing and undoubt-
ed business ability were in his favor,
not to mention that he might have
skipped II he had desired Two Of
the directors held out They thought
it would be compromising a felony,
and it was an unlawful thing to let
such a man loose upon 80 p ~ ect-
ing community. But they wsre out
voted, and the defaulter vas given
another chance. He is now pros
porous and wealthy business man
Of Louisville. Two years after
his misfortune one Of the two men
who had objected to his release was
fugitive in Texas, charged with
embezzlement, and, at the end Of
another year, the other fed to Cana
da to escape arrest on the same
charge. In the whirllgig Of time
this prosperous merchant, whose ear
ly misfortune these two men had en-
deayored to turn into disgrace and
calamity, said Colonel Watterson,
was the foreman of the grand jury
that indicted the two fuEitives.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-05-05

A leading paper IN a New England
State, discussing corrupt election
practices, strikes at the root OF the
trouble when It says
THE fact is, both parties have toe
much mo ey"
What Is admitted of that State Is
unfortunately true OF many Others;
namely, that 'shameful or rather
shameless, use OF money has come to
be q part OF every general election. y
The same writer sadly puts the sug
gestive question: "lfvotes are worth
$50 each, provided man has no
character; II work is scarce, crops
poor, and children plenty, and hungry.
what is going TO become Of his char
acter?p
The story is told that at a recent
election one OF the parties polled in
certain town much larger vote
than usual. On inquiry it was found
that some honest men In the party
who dlslikcd the doubtful methods
OF the oiicial committee had quietly
appointed an unpaid committee to
watch the other. to discountenance
bribery and to do legitimate election
work.
The amountof selling OUT was
greatly reduced, and the issue showed
that in Politics as elsewhere, honesty
Is the best policy.
A noted example Of the danger of
'too much money is given by the
Panama Canal scandal. OF nearly
three hundred million dollars received,
a fraction only reached the men ac-
tually at work Corrupt politicians,
contractors newspapers, and officials
absorbed the rest Ii the sum spent
In bribery could have been spent in
work, the canal would have been
much nearer completion to-day.
We are proud that the United
States has had no such gigantic
scandal as that now CONFUSING
France; let us take care that too
much money" in politics does not
lead us in that direction. y outh's
Companion.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-05-05
HANDLING a HsRp oil oArrLe.


ekiii and Daring Required TO Avert .
stamp do on the TrAu.
The task OF the drover aud his as
sistant cowboys In getting the herds
from the Southern ranches to the
Northern shipping points was one in
volvlng both skill aud daring, says an
article in Scribner's Magazine. The
daily programme was as regular as
that Of regiment on the march.
From morning until noon the cattle
we're allowed to Craze in the direc-
tion Of their destination, watched by
the cowboys IN relays. The cattle
were by this time uneasy, and were
turned into the trail and walked
steadily forward eight or ten miles,
when at early twilight they halted
for another Craze. As darkness came
on they were gathered closer and
closer together into compact mass
by the cowboys riding steadily in con-
stantly lessening circles around them
until at last the brutes lay down
chewing their cuds and resting from
the days trip Near midnight they
would usually get up, stand awhile,
and then lie down again, having
changed sides At this time extra
care was necessary to keep them from
aimlessly wandering of in the dark
ness. Sitting on their ponies or rid
ing slowly round and round their re-
clining charges, the cowboys passed
the night on sentinel duty, relieving
one another at stated hours.
When skies were clear and the air
bracing the task OF cattle driving was
pleasant and healthful one But
there came rainy days, when the cat
tie were restless and when it was
anything but enjoyable riding through
the steady downpour Then especially
were the nights wearisome, and the
cattle were ready at any time to STAN
pede.
No one could tell what caused a
stampede any more than one can tell
the reason OF the strange panics that
attack human gatherings at times.
A fash of lightning, cracking
stick, a VOLTS growl-little things in
themselves, but in a moment every
horned head was lifted, and the mass
of hair and horns, with fierce, fright
ened eyes, cleaning like thousands
Of emeralds, was off. Recklessly,
blindly, in whatever direction fancy
led them, they went over a bluff or
morass, it mattered not, and fleet
were the horses that could keep
abreast OF the leaders. But some
could do II, and, lashing their ponies
to their best gait, the cowboys fol-
lowed at breakneck speed. Getting
on one side OF the leaders, the effort
was to turn them little at first,
then more and more, until the cir
conference OF a great circle was being
described. The cattle behind blindly
followed, and soon the front and rear
Joined and milling commenced. Like
mighty mill stone, round and round
the bewildered creatures raced until
they were wearied out or recovered
from their fright.
But the cowboy, with his white,
wide-rimmed hat, his long leather
cattle whip, and his clanking spur
Is now a thing of the mast.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-05-05

The outline OF the postoffice had
become indistinct in the gathering
darkness and the streets in the
vicinity were filled with people hur-
rying homeward, when the reporter
observed man with a stubby beard
who with some difficulty was holding
a position on a corner, solemnly shak-
ing hands with a line OF newsbOys.
Some of the passers-by, discouraged
IN their pedestrian efforts for rapid
transit, stopped to watch the pro-
ceedings for the sight was unusual
Had some local celebrity chosen this
time and place to hold reception?
1t might appear so but for the small
number Of guests
The true significance OF the little
scene, however, was understood only
by those who were earlier on the
spot
There had been a fierce alteration
between the man and one of the boys,
and the companions of the latter,
coming from all directions, fell upon
the man with so vigorous an onslaught
that an old Irishman said afterward
that he thought they'd murder him
from head to tootn But just as this
outcome OF the affair seemed probable
a ragged little fellow appeared on the
scene and ruled the proceedings out
of order
"Youse fellers amt givin de bloke
a square deal" he said. "There
wouldn't n been no scrap IL Joe
hadn't cheated, and he followed
with an argument that was evidently
convincing, for when he finished his
burst Of eloQuence with what proba-
bly, was borrowed phrase, yer
oughter 'pologize, the boys did,
actually
Each side conceded something and
the handshaking followed; and al
though couple of idlers moved away
somewhat reluctantly. disappointed
10 not seeing fight. and while some
Of the spectators laughed at the lit
tic peacemaker, the last in the line,
extended a grimy little hand to be
clasped 10 the larger one, half score
Of hearts beat lighter because OF his
plea for justice Boston Journal
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-05-05

Boston notions arc numberless and
very apt to be good. In that city
notices in English, French, German
and Swedish are hung In the waiting
rooms of the railway stations and
pier sheds warning young girls against
strangers and stating at what hours
a matron, who will be recognizable
by her prescribed badge, may be found
to give all needed information and
advice. In the same city, which is
peculiarly the home and originating
place OF practical charities, a second
good scheme is that OF the Young
Travellers Aid Society. Under its
auspices matrons meet the chief
trains, both incoming and outgoing.
and aid by suggestion or information
the traveller who needs 1t. A coun-
try girl, foreigner, a mother wrest-
ling with an unwleldy family OF slip
perry children, particularly If she is
stranger in strange land these and
similar helpless and distracted way
farers are righted, relieved and sent
on their way rejoicing
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-05-05

There was an old woman coming
down in the elevated train yesterday
forenoon to whom the adjective
decent" would inevitably be applied.
Her black straw bonnet, with its
rusty velvet bows, was decent. y
Her face beneath it, brown and
wrinkled, was decent also. So were
her black shawl and big white apron,
her short stuff skirt aud big, coarse
shoes. She was reading through her
iron-rlmmed glasses French news
paper, but it didn't require that fin
ishing touch to show her nationality.
The ''decency" OF her poverty would
have revealed that.
On the opposite side there sat with
her mother a small girl to whom the
French language is probably thorn
in the flesh. The little one watched
the old French woman for some time,
and then conaded her opinion to her
mother
II don't think mamma, she said,
sthat that old woman can be so poor
and so-sort Of not nice, you know
as she looks For she is reading
French, and you say that / must
learn French, so as to be an accom-
plished young lady Why do you
suppose she looks $3.50, sgelt so
poor, il she is an accomplished ladygn
And mamma spent dye minutes in
explaining to her daughter that what
was one persons accomplishment
was natural to another, at the end OF
which the intelligent child exclaimed.
with a glance Of envy directed to-
ward the reader Il French
''Well, l wish II been born with
all my accomplishments natural, like
that French lady. 1t would have
been lot easier to learn natural
things. New York World