Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-06
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Win tut pIoftr oFNsulLahou o. tAls uttne-
cratic party in New Mexico" said William T.
Thornton. the newly appointed governor Of
that territory. 20 THE STAR representative st
the National this morning, Il believe that the
territory will come into the Union safely dnmo-
cratic.
THE change Of territorial officers from repub-
licans to democrats will have a great amount Of
influence in controlling the future Of the party.
The territory was republican from ise2 until
1852. hut SINCE then have elected q demo-
cratic delegate to Congress. OF our population
60 pei cent are Spanish-Amencans. They are
entitled TO a fair consideration in the dstribu-
ton OF Offices and it will no, Co 10 ignore them.
Some OF the brightest men in tie territory
belong to this class and they make excellent.
quiet. laS-abiding citizens.
The condition OF the territory has under
gone a very Ddical change during recent wears.
In 1889 excellent school laws we're passed. and
We now have good schools IN almost every
school district in the TERRITORY and fine houses
In the larger towns ANA cities. We are, in fact,
paving much st;enuon To- educational matters.
and have just completed the university st
Abuquergue There l. school of mines at
Socorro. while for two wears there has been In
successful operation an agricultural college At
Las cruces equal 10 any OF the agricultural
colleges in the west
me u'hHed inoeoiedness OF the territory
Is comparatively small and its credit Is first-
class. Our per cent bonds cold at lO5i..
The Fecos Valley railroad viii build a line 500
miles long connecting with the Sante tie at
Bernal. A We require water to cultivate our
rich sou irrigation u receiving unusHal stten-
uon with NJ. There are flowing arte.ian wells
m several districts IN the territory while in the
great iecos valley s2.OaO.OJO has been er-
pended In irrigation. diJches ana water SUNNY.
which viii bring 100000 acres under cuitisa-
ton. Down on the Rio Grande other enormous
irrigation schemes are IN progress. The out
look FOR the development of the territory L.
consequently very br!cht. There is a large
area o; very rich mineral lands with deposits
OF lead. silver and gold. while the territory i.
one OF the best grazing districts in the United
States, being particularly adapted TO sheep.
iha coal deposits m New Mexico are scat
toreu AL over the territory and are inexhAust-
ibie ana extensive. We have anthracite coal IN
Santa Re county rs good the deposits in
Pennsylvania, and with the exception of one
small field in Colorado these are the only an
thracIte coal deDosits an the United states
Our bitumlnous coal is OF the very best QUALITY,
1hea We have great forests of p.ne which have
yet TO he assaled by the OF the wooaman
and altogether the TERRITORY Is IN splendid
shape tor admission 20 statehood The oues-
ton Of disputed land titles which. owing 70 the
large and complicated Mexican grants has
been a serious one ~ith US. VIII shortly be set
tied and security on tins score established"
Though there has been n good ceal said
abou,a change of political sentiment in Ohio"
remarked Gen. q. II. Grosvcnor OF Cincinnati,
Coagressman-elect from the elevesth Ohio dis
trict. at the Ebbitt this morning. Il do not
think there is any such change that need con-
Germ republicans in my state very seriously.
AT the last presidential election we lost
number Of votes in the eastern district OF the
eta h,vf A.
ciated labor organizations in the iron and coal
Industries acting in sympathy with the Home
stead strikers That was, however. a sudden
impulse. and we will get back tins vote this
fall
Although there is no United States Senator
to be elected from my state at the ensuing cleo
ton believe that the contest will be the hot
test ever fought in Ohio. Mr. Mckinley will.
OF course, be nominated. and il will be a test
battle on the question Of protection or tariff
reform. The election viii indicate the drift Of
sentiment. and will be OF decided interest in
this respect alone.
1T is n singular coincidence that the rerub-
hcans of Ohio. when n republican President has
been elected. have lost the state to the demo
Gratis at the next yearly state election in every
instance since the except the year follow
ing the election of Mr.. Garfield At that time
he was living sick and the democrats did not nut
forth any special effort.
There are now $4,000 voters in Ohio and
the normal republican majority is about 20 600
With 400 election precincts in the state it will
be seen that a change of voue of two or three
men IN each precinct cuts a very important
figure. but have no apprehensions as to the
success of the republicans"
"Ies," said A. /. Conger Of Akron, Ohio. for
merly national republican committeeman from
his state and chairman OF the republican state
central committee, 1.-THE fight in Ohio this year
will be particularly hot. Tie democrats are
elated by their success last year and also by the
smallness Of the republican majority in Ohio.
They are counting also upon the beneficial re-
suit which is supposed TO flow from federal
patronage and influence. but in my opinion the
disappointed and disgruntled democrats will
more than ofses this. The republicans, how
ever. have got to get down 10 work and take
their coats of if they mean TO carry the state.
and they have At present perfect orgsnlza-
ton
speaking about federal patronage reminds
me OF an amusing scene 1 witnessed today but
which was very serious to the participants. A
Congressman-eiect Was surrounded by . large
crowd OF Office seekers. who were probably his
constituents and who were besieging him for
fayors. They were all listening very intently
to what he had to say. He informed them that
IN view OF the many claims upon him he had
investigated the records of the Office holders i'm
Washington and amazed 10 learn that Q
large proportion of them were democratic. He
added that these democrats had already pre-
empted these Offices he did not see how he was
going to turn out q democrat to put dem
ocrat in.
This shows that the civil service rules we're
well maintained during Mr. Harrison's admin
istration- i learned. considerably TO my sur
prise. that in department alone out OF
forty-two Office holders twenty six were credited
as being democrats"
speaking about the appointments OF post
masters" said Theodore Hanft Of MakAndA,
Ill, reminds me Of an incident during Mr..
Cleveland's last administration
'Our postmistress, who was q democrat,
married q republican Being q very conscisn-
tious little lady, she thought that, perhaps, this
would be serious political offsnse, and one
which might lead 20 her removal 40 she
wrote to Gen. Stevenson, who was then first
assistant postmaster general. aud asked If &c
was a case OF offensive partissnship. Gen.
Stevenson replied that SO long her faith and
fealty to the democracy remained unbiased BY
the opposite political affiliations of her husband
that her position was not in jeopardy"
When Gov. Flower Will Hear Harris' Case.
William f. Howe as counsel for Carlvls w