Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-10-30
ANOTHER LIE EXPOSED.
Facts About Ferguson and the A. Il.
U.-CatrOn Gang Methods Clear.
Iy Shown Up.

The Albuquerque Citizen Is authority
for the statement that the Democratic
campaign committee has not originated
anything new on Catron. This may be
because the Democrats are conducting
campaign void of personalities, or be-
cause Catron has already exhausted the
category of evil deeds.
Whatever the reason, the same thing
can not be said of the Republicans. They
have exhausted their ability in inventing
lies about Fl. B. Ferguson; while the alb
surdity Of the lies to which they have
been compelled to resort, only shows the
superiority of the man they are attempt
ing to traduce.
The Citizen itself has not been back.
ward in this matter, greedily publishing
what more fertile imaginations have in.
vented. As illustration, we cite the rail-
road lie, which frst saw light in the San
Marcial Bee, and was afterwards copied
into the Citizen. This lie is to the effect
that in the A. R. U. strike of 1894, Mr..
Ferguson received fee of $4,000 for
prosecuting the men, and turned the
prosecution into persecution.
AS the men prosecuted were citizens of
Albuquerque, it is significant that the
Citizen, of that town, did not originate
the yarn, but quoted it from paper
published at quite a distance from the
scene. No doubt this was because the
Citizen knew that Mr.. FERGUSON did not
prosecute the cases at all. He was spe-
cial United States attorney at the time,
having been appointed to prosecute 8. M.
Folsom, the bank-wrecker. United States
Attorney Hemingway was in Las Vegas,
and could not get to Albuquerque be-
cause the trains had been stopped. In
this condition of affairs, Mr.. Ferguson
received telegram from Attorney-Gen.
eral Olney directing him to represent the
government in such cases as might come
up. Under these instructions, he did
represent the government IN the case OF
Engineer Wagg, signing certain papers
in that proceeding. But with that his
duties ceased. He did not prosecute the
case at all; and 80 far from prosecuting
Wagg, he endeavored to have his sentence
changed from imprisonment to fine,
and was ready to pay the fine out of his
own pocket, Wagg himself not having
the money. During Wagg's imprison-
ment, Mr.. FERGUSON showed him much
personal attention and kindness, largely
aiding his family, when deprived of the
fathers and husbands labor, and to-day
he is surety on the bond of Mr.. Wagg,
VINO Is a Justice of the peace in Albuquer-
que.
These things the Optic learned from
Mr.. Wagg himself. he being most de-
voted friend and follower of Mr.. Fergus
son, whom he greatly admires and for
whose election he is distinctly laboring.
The fiery Indignation of the Citizen and
the Bee over the railroad mans persecu-
tion by H. B. Ferguson, while that man
himself is one OF Mr.. Fergusson's most
hearty indorsers, reminds one for all the
world of Mark Hanna's devouring anx-
iety for the we'll being of labor.
Furtherm ore, Mr.. FERGUSON did not
receive any compensation whatever for
representing the government in connec-
tion with the strikes. So slight were the
duties he performed in the brief absence
of Mr.. Hemingway, that he did not dream
of presenting bill to the government.
He did not ask payment nor was payment
Voluntarily rendered. Yet in contraven-
tion of these facts has the whole elabo-
rate lie been concocted that Mr.. Fergus
son begged the place of prosecutor,
which he prostituted to persecution, re-
ceiving from the government $2,500
therefor. LAS Vegas Optic.