Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-02-29
IHt DONA ANA WAR.
Prominent New Mexico Ofltial> Assem-
bic Here to Settle II.

bic Here to Settle II.
H. ra,u il'nI
The Las cruces political WA. winch
hn hcen dragged into the Fountain muf.
der ease, haa h"r"rur u Territorial -rairlnl,
and a. such an extent that ADJOINING
states aud tetriturir- ATE beginning tu
lnok askaurr at New Mexico AMI ,-lrr.
tally the SOUTHERN part 1t II. IT, 4 ruuntf,
where life aud property are unsafe.
The territorial authorities. realizing
the sal condition into which things have
fallen. ATE earnestly rnhrHNorlug L" hriug
about u change, change that Will ~.
~tor" peace AMI luirtnr~S I" II much haf.
tiri community. and 81 nj rest further
fears ~ H. the uncertainty ~ lie ~
southern New Mexico, With that end ~
view, huN ". T. Thornton came down
from santa fr Yesterday Tor consultation
with ultrd States Marshal HAN. whu
has been here with deputy marshal,
watching the ptiz' lighters. MEETING
wrr. held Yesterday Afternoon and even.
ing with l,nN. Thornton, Marshal Hall
MAJOR llrwrllyn. Judy" Fall. District
Court Clrrk t,cnrgr curry, \ l.. thtl~tN.
w. A. Hawkins sheriff \,rntatr. and
others IN this city. cod. Hall hndHlrraiS
begun taking active steps 1" II" what ""
could Ia hiring about n peaceful solution
~ difficulties, rrNuking commissions IL
deputies Joe M"tgan. ull,rr lrr. Tom
Tdckrr aud James Baird. leaving two
x NSl men up there ~ Huthuri2rd drpu
ties. Ia" drcapitatrd officials were ap-
printrd long ago, but -nulr Il t'rm have
become involved IN the t,ud and II l.
10, safe To let thrnl carr! arln- ~ rNrr
else official authority
The plan proposed 10y l'"N. thornton,
Major Llrwrll!n and the other peace
makers, Wa for sheriff AScaratr tn rr-
sign, Numa raymond Ia yield his claims
Ia the shrieNalty. and put Pat Garrett IN
~ sheriff of bona Ana county. II MAX.
lug Garrett sheriff could not hr agreed
upon, then the idea WA to make him
head deputy, Mr.. Raymond. who II now
In the city II Mexico. was willing Ia de-
what was asked ~ him, while sheriff ".
carat, placed himself In the hands ~ his
friends, and WAS ready a. do anything
Tor the public gooi. II il rrport"d that
the schemr II reform included n pfacti.
cal disarmament ~ everybody In ANY way
connected with the rival factions that
have made the situation ~ torrih In Las
Cruces fnr the last few months.
Yesterday Judge Fall aud his party OLE
| Jrctri Ia the proposed plan ~. 1t il said
| he Imagined there was more Or less Of n
! lnlltrhl srhrm" mixed up In II. The
strange. unlrari II spectacle was pre-,
srntrd II republicans with democratic
governor united III asking that fepub'
! llcan ,hrfin be- Trrmrd, while the dem
ocrntlr opposition wa refusing that n r.
publican official should be- thus removed
ard u Democrat appointed Truly. ~ q
New York poitirian observed. "r"litic,
make, queer bed irllow-." However
there l. another conference" at the differ
ent parties to-day, and the EARNEST hop,
by the majority and the peace makers l.
that III" Fall party may h. persuade,
into realizing the necessity II yielding
their point IN the interest ~ law and CT
der.
The foregoing article from the n Pas,
Herald shows that earnest efforts hav,
been made 10y the friends " law and or
der Ia put an end a. the deplorable con
kition of things existing In bona AM
county. but letter In this morning
Democrat shows that all these effort
have been rendered nugatory by the r.
fusal Of the so-callrd democratic" Fac
ton 10 acquiesce IN the proposed ar
rangement,
This paper II not the organ of Go,
Thornton, aud has felt II Ia he its duty u
times t0 criticise the acts II that gentle
man with more 0r less severity, hut II u
more than simple justice 10 the g0yerno
u SAY tina, he has made "A most earne,
and commendahle effort Ia put III end
the wicked, fonlish and disgraceiui col
dition Of things ~ long prevailing AT La
Cruces, but ~ II appears now, his prais'
. worthy efforts in that direction ha'
. been thwartrd hy the mischieyOus c0uI
, vel of hot heads In his own party. II
4. not Improbable that the governor ma
i. now conclude Ia take the lines In h
= own hands aud restore order In Don
Q Ana county without consulting Messr
oliver Lee, Tom Tucker aud other prom
lnent citizens" who seem Ia he desir0l
Of continuing the present chaotic col