Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-11-21
OLD REPUBLICAN ROORBACH
Exposure of Baseless Charges That
Secretary Miller Arbitrarily Seated
Democrats in Last Legislature.
COMPLETE YINDICATION OF SECRETARY
Every Man Sworn AS Member of the
3lst Assembly Had Certificate or
An Order for Same from Com
petent Court.

An Order for Same from Com
petent Court.
Inasmuch as the Republicans have re.
peatedly and systematically charged that
Secretary Miller arbitrarily, and without
warrant of law or color of authority, ad-
m;nistered the oath of Office to sundry
persons as members of the last le.ssia-
tive assembly for purely partisan reasons,
the NEW MEXICAN has taken occasion
carefully to investigate all these cases.
Below will be found the ample authority
upon which the secretary acted in every
dispute that arose concerning the MEM
bership and organization of the 31st leg
islatlve assembly:
In the contest between Geo. W. Miles
and j. A. Ancheta, Secretary Miller acted
on the following certificate of election
filed in his office on December 80, 1894:
Whereas, We the undersigned board of
county commissioners, sitting as can
vassing beard within and for the 9th
council district of the territory of New
Mexico, composed of the counties of
Grant and Dona Ana; and
Whereas, We, the undersigned board as
aforesaid, did on the 18th day of Novem-
ber, A. d. 1894, canvass the votes cast
for said office of councilman for said dis
trict and issued certificate of election to
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date, believing him to have been duly
elected; and
Whereas, Testimony has now been
brought before this board, showing to
the satisfaction of this board, that the
said George W. Miles is the duly elected
candidate to said Office, and, it being fur
ther shown to the satisfaction OF this
board from affidavits and sworn testi-
mony before us, that over $50 fraudulent
votes were cast for the said j. A. An
oheta and the Republican ticket at the
general election held in and for said dis.
trict on the 9Th day of November, A. D.
1894;
And it appearing to the satisfaction of
this board, from the certificate of the
clerk of the court of the 3rd judicial dis.
trict of New Mexico, that the said j. A..
Ancheta was duly served with a notice of
contest instituted against him by the
said George W. Miles by the sheriff OF
Grant county BY posting true and cor
rect COPY. thereof at the usual place of
abode Of ths said ]. A. Aneheta, and that
the said J. A. Ancheta has failed to enter
his appearance therein or 70 reply there.
TO; S -% M
We, the undersighsu- board, in sccnsfd-
Grafton of the premises, now declare that
the said George W. Miles has been duly
elected to said office of councilman from
the said 9Th district of the territory of
New Mexico composed of the counties OF
Grant and Dona Ana.
Witness our hands and the seal of said
board of county commissioners this 9th
day of December, 1894.
[SEA1] TOMAS GONZALES,
LEON ALvoREz,
Attest: w. F. G1LLAND.
H. F. STEPHENSON,
Clerk.
On the strength of the appended GER
tificate of election, fled on December 2,
1894, the territorial secretary administ-
cred the oath of Office to Agapito Abey-
ia:
This is to certify that the board of
county commissioners of Colfax county,
having received certificates of the votes
cast for members of the territorial coun.
Gil for the DISTRICT composed of the
counties of Mora, Union and Colfax,
from the counties of Mora and Union,
and, having before them the vote cast in
Collar, find from said returns and the
votes lawfully certified from said count.
les of Union and Mora, that Agapito
Abeyta, ST., received 2,819 votes for said
office, and A. g. Voorhees, received 1904
votes, and that the majority in favor of
the said Agapito Abeyta, ST., is Is votes
at the general election held on the 9Th
day of November, 1894, and we hereby
certify that he is entitled to hold said Of
fee and issue this certificate as required
by law.
In witness whereof the board of county
commissioners of Colfax county, N. M,
have hereunto set their hands and affixed
it's seal this 5th day Of December, A. D.,
1894. JUAN LuoERo, O. q. o.,
TSeal1 JESUS Il. ABREU,
B. F. MoGARvEY,
Members of the Board OF County Com
missioners, Oolfax County, N. NJ.
Attest:
M. M, HALAzAR, Probate Clerk.
j. M. O. Chavez contested the election
of Mariano Larrsgoite to the territorial
council, but the secretary recognized the
election of Mr.. Larragoite on the strength
of the annexed certificate:
This is to certify, That, upon the face
OF the returns fled In the Office of the
board or county commissioners for the
county of Taos, N. NJ, Mr.. Mariana Lar
ragoite received majority Of 10 votes,
of all the votes cast for member of the
council OF the 31st Legislative assembly
Of the territory of New Mexico, in the
Bird council district of said territory.
Witness our hands this goth day of De-
cember, A. D. 1894.
A. SoHEuRloH,
Chairman Board of County Commission
ers of Taos County, N. M.
DELyINo MARTINEZ,
County Commissioner.
In compliance with the annexed cor.
tiiicste, issued Ia obedience TO a per-
emptory writ of mandamus of the dis.
trict court and Aled with the territorial
secretary on Nov. ~, NJ. F. Desmarais
was sworn In as member OF the council;
Proceedings had before the county
commissioners of the county of San MI
guel, territory of New Mexico, this 21st
day Of November, A. D. 1894.
Ia the matter Of the application Of MI.
Ruel F. Dssmsrais against the board OF
county commissioners of the county OF
San Miguel for msndamus; and in the
matter Of the csnvass Of votes upon the
returns of ths elections held 10 the coun.
ty on November 6, 1894.