Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-08-19
POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
The secretaryship Contest Wakes Hot
judicial Changes-Stewart's
Comment-News Notes.

Comment-News Notes.
The fight over the territorial secretary
ship WAKES hot and has engendered a
spirit of rancor among the several fac
tlons of the Democratic party that tends
to create no little cheerfulness among
Republican on-lookers. The "scrap"
bids fair to be long continued notwith-
standing it is generally conceded now,
even by those who were formerly his
staunchest supporters, that Mr.. Lorion
Miller, of Albuquerque, has been let out of
the race Messrs. P. B. Lady and l.. R.
E. Paulin, their friends claim, are still on
the track, but with very little hopes of
success since ex-Sec. G. w. Lane has
forged so far to the front. At the pres
ent writing it appears that Mr.. Lane is
really in the lead, and in case he succeeds
it is not improbable that exGov. Ross
may once more take up his abode in the
territorial capital, and may be found in
charge of Democratic paper at the
capital of New Mexico.
CHARACTERISTIC LETTER.
In letter to ex-Gov. Prince, Senator
Stewart makes this characteristic COM
ment on the presidents message:
"Mr. Cleveland has just sent out mes
sage which emanated from the syndicate
of British bondholders. 1t has been sug-
gested that it has all the ear marks of a
document emanating from the counsel of
foreign investors in the United States;
but have defended Mr.. Cleveland on the
official evidence presented. The docu-
ment was brought to the senate by one
of his private secretaries, and it was an
nounced that it was message from the
president, and the presidents signature
was attached to the document. Upon this
evidence l maintain that it was Mr..
Cleveland's message and net the argument
of an attorney employed by foreign
creditors"
JUDICIAL AFFAIRS.
There will be no change in the Office of
chief justice of New Mexico until after
October first This is official and is re-
ported to have been received by Chief
Justice O'Brien at the date of the &C.
ceptance of his resignation.
The New MEXICAN is reliable informed
that the attorney general holds that the
commission of territorial Judge runs
for four years from the date of the COM
mission under which he serves. This
ruling, SO runs the information coming
to this journal, was made upon the CON
sideratien of certain charges said to have
been preferred against one of the Judges
of the supreme court by an Albuquerque
attorney. The case at issue and which is
said to have brought about this ruling is
a very interesting and in some respects
laughable one to the knowing ones.
Hon. H. L. Pickett one of southern
New Mexico's leading lawyers, is in the
capital EN- route from Manitou, Colorado,
to Silver City. The New MEXICAN learns
that the dispatch sent out from Colorado
Springs the other day was not inspired
by Mr.. Pickett in any manner; that Mr..
Pickett received no information that he
had been appointed member of the ter
ritorial supreme court, and, indeed, it is
not at all probable that he would accept
any judicial position in New Mexico.
Mr.. Pickett's friends assert that he was
a candidate for judge of the Sd district,
and failing therein, is not candidate for
any other position. The dispatch re-
ferred to, it seems, emanated from cor
respondent of the Denver papers at Colo
RADIO Springs, who had heard that he was
candidate for judgeship and probably
thought he was doing great thing by
sending it out by wire. The first infor-
nation as to the dispatch was had by Mr..
Pickett when he read the Denver Times.
Mr.. Pickett leaves tonight for Silver
City, where he will give his undivided at
tention to his extensive law practice as
he has during the eight years he has been
resident Of New Mexico.
- POLITICAL NOTES.
Col. G. G. Coleman, recently named as
special agent of the land office, is ex-
pected to arrive here tonight.
Pedro Delgado, the newly appointed U.
5. receiver, expects his commission to ar
rive from Washington this evening.
Addison Huston has been appointed
postmaster at East View, Valencia county,
vice Reese NJ. Dildine, resigned
Hon. P. B. Lady, who has been in the
city for several days in the inter-
est of his candidacy for the territor-
ial secretaryship, leaves tonight for his
home at Silver City. He is said to con-
cede the fact that it looks very much like
ex-Secretary Lane will knock the per-
simmon.
U. s. Marshal E. L. Hall has returned
from Washington where he was looking
after his confirmation and official matters
connected with his Office. The attorney
general complimented him upon the
good record he is making as marshal and
he brought home good sized treasury
draft to pay expenses of his office for the
present fiscal year.