Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-11-05


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diers and had obtained more improve
ments 10 eur mail facilities than have
been gotten in all the other territories
put together. just as Mr.. Crist was
closing his speech Sheriff Cunningham
arrived from the tram accompanied by a
band of music and a large company of
his enthusiastic constituents. Az Mr..
Cunningham entered the hall, the whole
audience rose en- masse and that incor-
ruptible official was given an ovation.
He was literally carried by his friends to
the stage
AND PANpEMoN1UM EXISTED
for fully ten minutes before Chairman
Easley could get the meeting to order
again. When comparative quiet WAS
once more restored the audience would be
satisfied with nothing but speech from
Sheriff Cunningham and accordingly he
was introduced to the audience. His
whole address was accompanied by wild
applause and at its conclusion the scene
when he entered the hall was repeated.
Mr.. Cunningham said: sit would be
poorly expressing the sentiments of my
heart did 1 not tell you how much touched
| am by this manifestation of your regard.
l have Just returned from Mora county,
where i have been absent on official duty
for two weeks or more. l am glad to be
able to say that Dem ocratio prospects ia
that section look
BRIGHT BEYOND PRECEDENT.
think in Mora county Mr.. Joseph will
get larger majority than in 1899 and
the condition of affairs in San Miguel
county is now most bright for the De-
2. 81 ocracy. consider Mr.. Joseph's cleo
ton an assured fact and believe the
vote next Tuesday will give us, in addi-
ton, Democratic legislative council.
II am proud to have been called upon
TO act as your candidate for sheriff. l
accept the honor with gratitude and
pledge you my best efforts, if elected, to
see that the interests OF the whole people
and especially the poor people are pro-
tected in every respect. 1 learn upon my
return that an attempt has been made to
escape from the county Jail by the muir
derers of Francisco Chavez. l need not
tell YOU, fellow citizens, that one of the
reasons why l desire to be elected Is that
may bring to final justice the murder
Gus gang which hsa perpetrated this and
other outrages.
81 understand from Il. L. Twitchell
that the Cerrillos coal road and other cor.
porations will oppose my election be-
cause have hon estly attem pied to make
them pay the tax es they owe the county.
I will, if elected, continue all my efforts to
make tho wealth y corporations pay
THEIR JUST PROPORTION
of the public expense. AS you know the
last legislature made the Office of sheriff
of little financial value; l accept the
nomination not because can make any
thing out of it, but because you have
honored me by naming me to succeed
myself, and because desire to carry to
conviction the assassins of the button
gang. Do you believe that any of the
Catron crowd will be brought to justice If
the Republican ticket is elected? (Cries
of No! Mob Aud now fellow citizens,
some
CoNTEMPTIBLE JOURNALISTIC LIARS
have stated in the public prints that am
defaulter in the conduct of my office.
They have charged that have kept back
money that ought to have been turned
over to the county. desire to say that
the present county commissioners have
done everything in their power to en-
barrass me in the conduct of the office.
Outside OF the paltry sum of sos, they
refuse to pay my accounts for maintain
ing the county Jail. In this state of
things appealed to the governor and
consulted my attorneys, and was advised
to hold back all general county funds col
lected in order to meet these expenses.
I have done SO and tell you now that
instead of my owing the county cent,
the county is
IN DEBT TO ME
between $4,000 and $4,000. The charge
of collections in my Office has been abso-
lutely confined to Marcelino Garcia. Who
dare impugn his honesty? Ask him if l
am defaulter. Great applause). The
great duty which rests upon you, fellow
citizens, is to elect county commissioners
who, instead of embarrassing your sheriff
by petty annoyances and by withholding
funds to aid HIM in supporting the coun-
ty jail, will cooperate with him in secur-
ing for the people of Santa Fe county
immunity from crime."
As soon as Chairman Easley could re-
store order out of the applause following
the speech of Sheriff Cunningham he in
PRODUCED Mr.. John P. Victory, who made
on eloquent address. A splendid speech
from Mr.. H. l.. Ortiz, delivered in Span
ish, concluded one of the most successful
rallies ever held in this county.