Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-31
OFFICIAL BUDGET.
A Line from Secretary Morton-Ad-
jutant Generals Report-The
New Laws-Capital Notes.

Jutant GeneraIS RepOrt-Ihe
New Laws-Capital Notes.
From the following letter received by
Gov. Prince from Sec. Morton, it will be
seen that the west will have at least one
friend in the cabinet. 1t is in answer to
letter expressing regret that Gov. Nor
ton was not made secretary of the in
terror as representative of western peo-
pie and interests:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
Office of the Secretary, :
Washington, D. G., March 81, 1913.
Hon. L. Bradford Prince, Governor of
New Mexico, Santa Fe, N. M.
My Dear Governor: I have just drifted
into mountain of correspondence until
have raised the color of old acquaint-
ance in your letter of the 1st instant.
For the mplimentary and congratula-
tory expressions which you are pleased
to make in regard to my appointment l
return you my sincere thanks. 1t will be
my strenuous endeavor to so conduct the
affairs of this Office that the western peo-
pie, and in fact all the agricultural citi-.
zens of the United States, may be as
pleased to call me their friend when I go
out of office as great multitude of them
are at it's beginning to assure me of their
confidence and esteem. 1t will always be
pleasure to hear from you. Very truly
yours.
Signed j. STERLING MORTON.
THE ADJUTANT GENERALS REPORT.
The report of the adjutant general of
the territory for 1892 is now in print and
is an excellent document. 1t reviews the
status of the militia, which is, of course.
not encouraging. In the gathering of old
muster rolls the aujutant general h; 8
done the territory great service. When
he took charge there were not a dozt
rolls on file of the 6,561 men who served
in the union army from New Mexico.
But this evil has been greatly remedied
by Adjutant Gen. Fletcher through the
collection of many valuable papers.
Another good that has been done is the
collection of commissions and discharges
which would otherwise have been lost.
There are now on file nearly 100 of these,
which are the property of the soldiers or
their legal representatives, and may be
had III demand. Adjutant Gen. Fletcher
has done his duty we'll.
NEWS NOTES.
In San Miguel county the election con-
test cases have peen adjourned to April
8, on account of the absence of important
witnesses.
Stenographer Parker, of the land court
is busy transcribing the records in the
San Antonito grant for Lawyer Howard.
The court reassembles here on July 10.
DR.. c. G. Gordon, of Las Vegas. has
resigned the medical superintendent's ap-
pointment at the insane asylum. At the
end of his towns physician office, April
s, he withdrews from all public positions
The printed report of the capitol com
mittee, ordered printed by the 3Oth legis-
lative assembly, was delivered to the ter
ritorial secretary to-day. 1t makes a
pamphlet of forty pages.
Solicitor General Bartlett is in western
New York on visit to his mother. He
is expected to return by the last of the
month, to look after some embezzle-
ment cases to come before the territorial
grand jury of this county.-Las Vegas
Optic.
Chairman Harvey, of the western con-
gress executive committee, writes Gov.
Prince, president of the congress, that
great enthusiasm over the meeting at
Ogden, April "a, prevails throughout
Colorado. The governor received tele-
gram from San Francisco to-day stating
that the California Miners association
would have a delegation in attendance.
Secretary of War Lamont in letter
just received by Gov. Prince says: II
shall be pleased to get your suggestions
about matters in your territory at any
time" The secretary and the governor
are old friends, Col. Lamont having held
various clerical positions in the assembly
and afterward in the state department at
Albany during the seven years that
Gov. Prince was in the New York legis-
lature.
Secretary Silas Alexander will have the
new laws printed and ready for distrlbu-
ton among the people fully two months
earlier than ever before. 1t is usually
six months after the close of the session
that this work is accomplished. The new
laws are now in the hands of the New
MEx1cAN's book bindery department and
will be turnel out about April Is.
Owing to the illness of District Attor-
ney M. W. Mills, the prosecutions at the
ST. ringer term of court are being looked
after by District Attorney L. G. Fort.
Many important criminal cases are on
the docket, among which the case of John
Hill ct al, of Clayton, cattle stealing.
This is case of more than usual promi-
hence, as the defendants are the leading
citizens of Clayton and are alleged to
have been caught selling the cattle. The
case was continued from last falls term of
court. A few cases in the Santa Fe railroad
conspiracy will come up, the most sta
BILE being the case against Ed. Austin, of
Ration, charged with receiving stolen
WHISTLES, cigars, etc.