Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-04-03

its for his relative is truly touching
and commendable. 1t is great and
sanity and highly profitable and ben
efcial-not so much to the people as
to the officials themselves. From
Governor Thornton down, it must be
said, the average democratic official
knows which side his bread is but
tered N. The governors brother
in-law Victory is territorial solicitor
general at a salary tof 81 900 per year,
and a couple OF the governors rela-
the are employed at the territorial
prison and that is probably one Of the
easons why the governor thinks the
%penitentiary is so well managed. Sec
Rotary Miller has his wife as clerk at a
salary Of $1,000 per year and is bewail-
ing his fate that his son is not old
enough to act as messenger and so
smouch another thirty dollars per
month from the government. Post
master Gable is very modest and emily
has his daughter as chief clerk and
his brother .in-law as assistant clerk.
Surveyor General Easley has a couple
of relatives as deputy surveyors. Dis
trict Attorney Hemingway has his
son as clerk. Supt. Bergman has his
son employed in the %penitentiary. U.
s.. Marshal Hall has his brother-in-l law
and father-in-law as deputies in his
office. Supt. Jones, Of the Santa Fe
Indian school, has several members
Of his family provided for in that be-
~nevolent public Institution. This is
only the record for Santa Fe, where
the Offices are thickest. Should any
n have been omitted, and undoubt-
edly there are others, y this article is
open to correction. Full information
on this subject will be thankfully re-
ceived not only by the LIBERAL but
by the people Of New Mexico,
The organizer of the American Pro.
tective Association for this section
of the world has discovered something
which II allowed to be contaminated
might bust the constitution Of the
United States wide open and, perhaps,
plunge the country into a bloody war.
Vincente is an Italian and presuma-
bly, a Catholic, although it is so long
since he has been to church it is doubt
full if he could go into church and tell
whether it was vespers or mass that
the priest was celebrating. sHc has
taken out his arst papers, but living
Sc far from the court house it never
has been convenient for him to take
out his final papers. Recently the
old man secured the job OF carrying
the mail to Pyramid aud to Gold Hill
from Lordsburg. Now while it is not
against the law for a Catholic or man
not a citizen to carry the mail it is
against the principles Of this ~assocla-
tion to allow this to be done. Lucki-
ly for the safety of the country the or
ganizer discovered this outrage in
time to interfere. Interfering with
ether peoples business is the old gen
tleman's strong suit, but he is seldom
successful in accomplishing his OBJ
ject, and it is doubtful if he succeeds
in this instance. According to the
newspapers the objects Of this asset
tion are to prevent any unnaturalized
foreigner from securing any public
position, to curtail the Pope's tempe.
raj influence in this country aud to
defend the American schools. Now
if the local branch Of this association
will bend all its energies to the lat
ter object it may be Of great help to
the L%ordsburg school by collecting
many thousands Of dollars due the dis
trict from intestate estates.
The enemies Of Governor Hughes of
Arizona have at last succeeded in
knocking hhn out. Monday President