Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-12-21

court ls MEMBER! why is the grleN
ance committee of that association, con
posed of such men as N. B. Field, Georg
w. Knaebel, s. B. Newcomb, Fran
Springer and A. A. Jones, ignored? Ar
not these men capable of looking into tn
truth and reasonableness of the charges
These are men whose integrity, abilit
and fairness can not be questioned, unles
it be by those who seek to perpetrate
wrong.
1T Is NO PARTISAN COMMITTEE.
"Three of its members are Democrat
and two Republicans. Two of them, New
comb and Jones, have been placed on tn
committee to formulate these charges
Bnt Field, Kpaebel and Springer hav
been showed aside, Field being chairman
Instead of three such men as Field, Knae
bel and Springer, Victory, Childers ant
Fiske, persons either politically Or per
sonally hostile to Catron, were placed or
the committee. Why was this! Was i,
fair, or was it that they did not believe ir
the honesty, integrity and fairness OF
Springer. Knaebel and Field! Or was il
possibly in order that the advocates oil
certain peculiar ideas should go upon the
committee to besmirch the character OF
other members of the bar? We hope the
latter is not the case. We believe it ia
not; but if it be such, thes, to what low, con.
temptible, degraded and insignificant
places can the Judiciary descend. 4 x =
"The individual who penned or inspired
that article, or both, and any one else
who knows anything, knows the members
of the supreme court individually never
read over the alleged charges and annexed
papers, presented by Crist, nor have they
heard them read over, but without read.
ing or hearing them read referred them
10 the representation OF some one OF the
Formulate charges based tbereon: Int not
to examine into the trnth of the foots or
the nrohabiIitv of their correctness r.
ia further we'll known that Oatron,s attor.
news applied to the court nm motion and
asked to have the charges investigated bv
the Committee and their movers enlarged
for that purpose. 80 that thew mioht deter.
mine whether thara waa INV reosonohie
Foundation for nraferrino cbaroas Tbe
supreme court refused 70 accede 70 this
m otion: that thereafter the committee it-
self applied TO the court and reonesteJ to
ba infnrmad "a to tha;r dnt;as ana n,ost
if NOT all. of the committae stataa that 4
thav wera r.on;re6 IN nvastioota into tbo
facts of the charges or do envthino AZ.
cent to act minister,allv in formnlat;no
charges nnon the snnnosed facts bafore
them that thev declined 20 act unon The
committee. thev ware therafora informad
by the court that thev we're TO formulate
charges nnon tho matters nresentad n
them and stand between the conrt and
wrong. What that meant does not seam
to be yerv clear.
ANA-oo' ~ fAonoiH 'oeiioh'
"These facts, although done in private
with closed doors, none present but four
members of the court and the committee,
have reached the light of day.
"How can it be said that the court or
any committee has in any manner passed
upon the correctness Of the charges or
the possibility OF sustaining them. No
has been made by either.
"Why were not these charges preferred
in the district court, where the facts COM
planned of are said to have happened, if
hb 6li, 6uu b0hG also OelOT6 d JuuR6 QaLull-
tonf
w NY "f1So ouooo ! nao'e w inhu-
be governed solely and entirely by the
merits OF the case; we DO demand, how
vsei, 'Iav 'ns .s'a oase snali 20 elieu Accoru
be given in view of ali The facts and snr.
roundinos To the tes.imonv of each wit.
n ass. va DO demand that no,it;cs shall ba
eliminated. that nsrsonaI host,1itv and
enmitv shall he act aside and nothing bnt
the strictest kind of iustice and honesty
shaII nrevail.n
The information AGAINST said Huohes
,tates that he and one W. II. McCreioht
re nartnara under tha mama "a Hnohas =
ond Tho nnrroses of cold
paner. and has attached 70 il conv Of
aid article. alJeoinU that the sams wa.
nnhlishad bv tha same Hughes 4 Ma
in said newsnaner wh;ch had q
c,rcnlat;on in The tarritorv. of
Iav MaYico. and in santa ia. tha canital
,f said terr;torv whare this conrt was
;hen in session and abont to nrocead to
ha invsst;oation of the said chaross
,oa;nst The said Catron and Sn;ess
Tnon The fil,nv of said information.
WRIT OF ATTACHMENT WAS ISSUED
.or tho .nnrabane;on of tho so;d Hnobas
c.,
'nu m0ofeisu'' oaio aooreish' was az
acfed and brought before the court, and
o him certain interrogatorles we're sub
nitted to which he filed answers, and
hereupon the court fined the said Nc
freight in the sum of $25 and costs of
he proceeding. It appeared from the
.nswers of sale MoCreight that he had no
personal knowledge of the publication of
he said article, or that it was to be pub
ished until it appeared In said news
paper and that he was more immediately
with the local work on said
paper than the editorial department.
Il appears from the marshal's return
md otherwise, that upon issuance of said |
attachment, the said respondent Hughes