Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-12-22
TINE LEGISLATURE |
Orga nization Of the ,ssemb w.
L"tt'r from Mr.. Ritch.
WHAT rng Ex-sEcRETARY sAYa
Eiito'sCitissn.

~ my enjebse-rvcp-ctibg the urxanixa-
,i"n - the kg,sl.ti assembly ~ 1874.
u c'nclud- ynu intend, sithoug ,uu asm
iss2.l The writer 10 somewhat OF ~ iacis,
ant wanting IN fuilnc.s, aud HE p-reonai
r-f-r-nccs s~em " have been conceived
ui"n the hasis of . Necessity Tor al slnl.
ICY ~ scsI-go.tj AID ar. n", "a accord
With preoono.iv-d spur, 81 fzirn-as With
whmh ! hal r-gAri-d the rsslonslhl- -,i
nor. discover tbs, On- other n-wpps p-r
NJ least has copied this erron.ous state.
m-ni. j thereto d--,D u proper ami
just to make . stst-m' mt of the fsts for
pnhlics'ion. which ,rust 200 will ,- will.
.ng to Riv- an c'iual chance with TnH Cir
'Sss statement for public information
Your DIRE, paragraph r-ads; The &C,
1 70. W. tcb. ] conclude you refer Ia hr
undersignesiI wbu ~ the demand II Judge
waldo, d-m'rrat, refused To rsc,gt, az
mem here elect Nth. legislature who L,d
Certificates Under the we'll known plnr,t
~ fairness which prompts th. ju,ig,n-n
u Judge Waldo. he. wi hin himself. yer,
likely approved my acts az secretary ~
the ,-rri'ory. IN connection With the ley.
lsture ~ 1894. II 10 due to facts, b. ~.v-r,
~ say that Judge waldo. IN the matter
stated. made no ''drmAud," nor rr,lu-.i,
nor iniimAtion to me ot his wishes or opin.
ions.
Further on the statement continues,
"hr. k,tch was politically r-iiryd by his
unlawful course and has since liyed un =
cattle ranch isolsts,d and h-rmet-lik~"
POLITICALLY RETIRED"
II to serve out thru consecutive term
AMI q couple Il months additional under
that thru term. AZ n-ci-tAry IL ,h. terri.
tory, before turning the ofhc. over Ia my
suce-ssur, 10 b br ''politically r-tirel," ~
the sens. intinAtec, then I yield.
NJ MS UsLAwYuL couRsk.
by this ! sup,p~. the writer means
failing Ia recognize the result sough, un.
der the NOTORIOUS aud pali,able fraud n,
the ballot bon In Albuquerque precinct (;
palpshlr becAus- over BOO votes were
r-iurucd 70 the s~cretary's Office
as cast IN this one precinct ~ one
election bIah. A feat we'll known
10 any Intelligent person who has
either served as judge Il election, or oh
served the labor involved, As supply .
physical ,mpsesibility; especially ~
when. ~ ia New Mexico, registration In
par, uf The machinery. IL 10 . familiar
fact, that II requires y particularly bright
aud energetic hoairi, and familiar ac-
quAiniAnce with the voting population
aud with nance, to receive, check III and
record 6OO votes within the hours pre-
scribed for receiving votes I'm election
day.
Yes, failed Ia recognise, for r~aaons I
shall state, the result As Determined by
the 1000 snd over II fraud uirnt votes,
nearly all 81 which were unquestionsbiy
copied from = New Orleans direc,ory
aud fer this act have neither regrets Ia
-spr-ss. nor apology 10 offer. no, even II
~ you state, u "isd Ia the defeat of the
republican candsdAt. for delegate"
AcTios HAD ny rus DISTRICT COURT
My reasons In CHI ef Tor tins failure h
rrcngnlx-. etc, Was the fact that tue dis
rict court hal TA@a..i upon the fraud aud
determined u 40 such, and Of whi IA fact
was officially not,t~1i prior To the meet
ing Of the Legislative assembly. (Any
person inter~Stei IN the details VI tins ac-
t"n 10y the court can Ind III. facts s.t
forth IN the Santa FL Republican,. ISSUE
81 Dec. 9Th
Your writer, while assuming the s-cr-
tAry sciod unlawfu.ly, rtill h- con, Iu.i-s,
referring I" this I'sil' ahl- fraud, "II ever
an official Was jusiin-d IN usurpiug the
rnE CAss Forsp NO STANDING IN CuSgKkss.
v.u.
, ',oi'k w, MJ"u'"nen' :" 'nr san
kNe I" ioos' an ri~"ra,-'y pr
'A'o vas n'e "p Nv A"ie
test the validity. The uutrom.
wss, that upon being r~f-rrri To u CON.
miiter, II which ~ President Harrison,
thrn United States senator. WAS the
chairman AMI uI"n examination IL the
case presented, and IN view II the gen.
erAi fsctS aud equities concluded, no
doubt, II was not worth while a. frittrr
away valuable tune upon q case II no
merit. made no report, aud no action was
had ny songress efiecting the validity IL
the Laws enacted. This i conclude WAS
virtually an end"rsem-n, 81 the acts OF
the secretary Of the territory.
IL 10 Aiso tact in this connection that
i have IN writing. over their own prop~r
signatures, the approval and concurrence
OF the Acts at th. secretary as above, of
Lionel A Sheldon. the then governor, aud
of Win 5reedon, the then attorney yen
srai
In being governed by the decision ~
y. ,ncomn,.,. ia ~ 'ne case woam
fact that the question ~ 10 who wss In
truth elected membars. was len open
wholly for tho determination ~ each
house a. To their own members r-spsc-
lively, and where the power lawfully
rests W investigate and decide