Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-04-02
snMEWHAI nEE LIS BEARINGS. ,

The press is by no means taking the
interest it should in demanding the
suppression and complete extinguish-
ment of the secret political organizations
known to exist in several counties in this
territory. 1t is a notorious fact that
much of the crime that has disgraced New
Mexico during the last five years is chief
ly attributable to such societies" Let
the press speak out and indicate how 1t
stands on the proposition. Shall 1t be
progress or retrogresslon for New Mex
co?-NEw MEXICAN.
The Enterprise has heretofore with
held the commentator honestly due Gov
ernor Thornton for his earnest efforts In
the suppression of crime and capture of
criminals. And for so doing there was
good reason. The great and everlasting
good which he has done the territory has
been belittled and dwarfed by the utter
ances of Governor Thornton's organ, the
New MEXICAN. In every instance the
recital of these occurrences, in the NEW
MEXICAN, has been accompanied by an
implied. if not explicitly uttered, Wilt
tication OF the Republican party in
New Mexico. The Enterprise did
not care to aid IN maligning the whole
Republican party, by joining the NEW
MEXICAN chorus of parasite papers,
which echo it's utterances, simply because
its editor is governor of the territory.
How about the lawless semi-secret society
of San Miguel county, which is credited
with being the great Democratic power
of that county and which is said to be led
by the strongest leader in the Democratic
party in New Mexico to-day? Let Gov
ernor Thornton and his efficient officials
continue to do their duty as they have
been doing; let the New MEXICAN cease
villify1ng honest and law-abiding citizens
for political purposes, and the press OF
the territory Republican and Democratic,
will volunteer their commentator and
publish his praise, unsought by such
editorials as that at the head of this ar
ticle. Let him continue the good work
without political bias, and he will succeed
not in making himself leader in the
Democratic party, but leader among all
| the people of New Mexico. The En-
terprise has spoken out and this is how II
stands on the proposition.--Silver City
Enterprise.
In apologizing for what it is pleased
to term "the commentator honestly due
Gov. Thornton" the Enterpriseinaulges II
statements that are not borne out by the
facts when it charges that the New MEX
1cAN has villifed honest and law abiding
citizens for political purposes. The NEW
MEXICAN is not built that way; it has
higher appreciation of its duties to TIT
masses, to every good citizen of the ter
ritory, than to indulge in anything o
5 that sort, and it believes that one state
ment of fact is worth a column of abus
when it comes to criticisng public mel
and public measures. In carrying on
its policy of reform 1T may be that som
rather unpleasant facts may have to b
, dealt with, and that prominent Republi
, cans may cringe and vince as result
but Qualification" is not the word to b
used in this connection.
Again, the New MEXICAN has Away
3 felt that the people of the territory, re
J CARELESS of party, are thoroughly in &C
f cord with the governor in his efforts TO
reform and the suppression of crime
and, with one exception, the territorial
press, Republican and Democratic alike
: have nobly supported the administration
9 il its Notwithstanding wrong in pub
lie officials and bringing criminals t.
Justice. 1t is needless to add that tn
Albuquerque Citizen, which is under tn
| influence of a few bitter partisan Repub
{ lican politicians here at the capital, cor
stitutes this single exception.