Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-23
Our Santa Fe Correspondent Catches
on Nicely and Has Opinions
of His Own.
Special Correspondence of THE opr1c.

Special Correspondence of The Optic.
SANTA Fee, N. NJ, April 22ad, 1897.
w. t. Thornton took the oath OF
Office as governor of New Mexico four
years ago yesterday, and notwIthstand
ing he forwarded his resignation to the
president seventeen days since, still the
Office is not filled by a new appointed,
nor has the resignation been accepted;
hence Thornton's pay goes bravely on.
This is exasperating enough in itself
for a certain class of place-seekers, but
it is made more CALLING, to-day, by the
receipt of a private telegram from one
in Washington, who knows whereof he
speaks, announcing the sad tidings
that President Mckinley will not take
up New Mexico appointments for at
least three weeks. This is the secret
of the exodus homeward of the many
aspirants for Office who have been
pressing the asphalt on Pennsylvania
avenue for six weeks or more.
The dinged Dingley bill-which prom
ises to be worth little or nothing to
the wool grower and cattle raiser, any
ways the cause of all this delay. II
appears that silver, directly, and in
cidentally the tariff have been promi-
nently injected into the contest for the
New Mexico governorship, and that as
the two present leading aspirants,
Prince and Collier, each have strong
senatorial backing, the"play came up''
IN just that shape that Mckinley was
forced to delay action until the sena-
torial middle over the tariff bill is out
of the way or much nearer adjusted
than it is at present. AS to whose fine
Italian hand worked his political rab.
bits foot SO as to thus stave off action,I
leave 1t for OPTIC readers to guess.
The talk here is that the insurance
conference is still in progress at Chi
cago, the object of which is to have all
fire corporations unite in an agreement
to quit New Mexico "cold,n cancel all
policies and withdraw. What's the
matter with New Mexico capitalists or
ganizing q home insurance company
Here's a pointer for ex-Mayor Edward
Henry, Charlie Springer, Senator Dun
can and men of that class.
Elk Gov. Prince is vice-president of
the New Mexico Trans Mississippi expo
sitior commission, at Gov. T~horntcn's
suggestion and by election by the home
board Of control at OMAHA but the
Territory is entitled to eight other del
egates. Acting Governor Miller is
considering the appointment Of these.
Ex- Representative Gus Mulholland, of
Gallup, who introduced the act creating
this commission, will probably be one
of them.
If it be true that Hon. Geo. II. Wal
lace is out of the gu~bernatorial contest,
then it is a safe wager that he will, like
Judge Morrison, be otherwise we'll pro-
vided for. Mr.. Wallace registers from
Las Vegas and like most Las Vegans, he
knows what he wants, and has no
scruples about going after it.
Page B. Otero and DIR. D. W. Manley
have been appointed fish wardens
under the new law. They should lose
no time in arming themselves with
clubs and perambulating the upper
Rio Chiquito.
Surveyor General c.. F. Easley's
family leased a cottage at Los Angeles
and have gone there to spend three
months.
Fruit trees here are in full flower and
there is promise Of the most abundant
crop in the history Of the ancient,
though apricots IN the low lands have
been nipped somewhat by late frosts.
DR.. J. Il. Sloan, who has been an
invalid for nearly a year, has sought a
lower altitude and gone to his cid home
in Cincinnati to recuperate. Mrs. J
Sloan has also been in poor health
of late.
slim K" son OF the late Col. Sidney
M. Barnes. was. to-day, appointed post
master at Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Deputy U. s. Marshal LOOMS has
found a good home with Mr.. and Mrs.
L. M. Larsen, at the deaf and dumb
institute, for Charlie Miller, the Denver
lad who was deserted by his father.
J. w. Akers has written from Mex
leo to his associates In business here,
directing that the Arcade resort be
closed and the furniture and fixtures
packed, II the Claire hotel people do
not purchase them ct a reasonable
6gure. Munger Potter and Right