Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1893-08-25
PAIRPLAY TALKS.
To tho Editor Of tho LiurnAn.

We have given the matter careful
and impartial investigation, and be-
Heve we have discovered some of the
causes leading up to the imbroglio.
In discussing, the subject, however,
tits not our urintention, to be personal
and if auy one is agrieged at any
statement we may make they should
remember thatit is their fault, not
ours. We shall deal with the facts as
we find them, and chew to the line,
let the chips fall where they may"
We may state then, in a general
way, that the principal cause is fac
tional grievances over imaginary
wrongs, which will appear as the sub
ject develops. 1t cannot be denied
that Lordsburg society has been torn
assunder by factional strife at var
ious times during the last decade.
There is alwaysa substratum in So
ciety, and it is a truth, generally con-
ceded, that individuals will naturally
grayitate, to their own level. Some,
from force Of circumstances, or indi-
vidual worth, take a higher plain
than others, and natu rally draw
around them their friends and ad-
mirers. They become greatly inter
ested in each others welfare but pay
little heed to what is going on outside
Of their own little world. Their
pleasures and social enjoyments, be-
come selfish, confined TO the few of
their own set, to the exclusion, fre.
Qucntly, Of those equally as worthy,
but less fortunate.
Now tits not our province, to discuss
here the social question, and only re-
ferl1 IL in order to show that this
phase of society has caused a great
deal of rivalry aud enviousne. S
which eliminated in the formation Of
antagonistlcal parties, known as
Cliqucs and Anti-CliQues, which engen-
deIed bitter animosity. The feeling
manifested itself in the June election,
for school trusteoA when the Anti
Clique candidates charged the other
witch a superiluity Of naughtiness. =
1t was not infrequeut that good clti-
zens were denounced for extending
their suffrages, to Clique that would
rule them and rob them. Falsehoods
of such gigantic proportion, that they
could reach around the "Globe, -
were manufactured for the occasion.
One candidate, a respectable, aud
honored citizen, was charged with
fraudulently manipulating the
"Globe," in some way.
The returning board-gentlemen Of
integrity, all Of them, were charged
with gross fayoritism-n m-notwlthstand-
ing one of its members, was candi-
date on both tickets. This however
may have been part of the play of
the Anti-Cliques, as it was frequent
ly declared by one of these Shining
lights, that they would "nail man to-
to the cross" in the event he was
elected But some may say. This
was all, Campaign thunder" 1t
gladly would have been accepted as
such, if its echoes had ended with the
campaign. Subsequent events, how
ever, show that such was not the case;
and it is these event that we desire, in
in the interest of justice and fair play,
more particularly to consider.
After the memorable battle had
been fought at the polls on that beau
tiful June day, between the Cliques
and the Anti-Cliques, it was found
that out OF the five candidates in the
field only two had been elected,
Cliques, both of them. The "Antis"
had tied each other, but subsequently
one of them withdrew So that the
board of trustees, as elected consist
cd of one Anti-CliQue, and the two
Oliques.
After the trustee elect or two of
them had made their oath OF Office be-
fore the returning board, as the law
directs, and had mailed the same to
the superintendent of schools, they
all convened and organized their
board by appointing a chairman and
clerk. But it would seem, that the
oath of Office ofo of the board had
not reached the Honorable Superin-
tendent, though he had not notified
the trustee Of the fact, as any honor
able man would have done.
The clerk of the new board, after the
meeting adjourned forwarded the
minutes Of the same to the Superin-
tendent, then it was that the mean
ness of the demagogue asserted Itself
He had canyased the ballot. lie
knew that this trustee, whose oath OF
Office had not shown up received four
nfths OF all the votes cast; that ne
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