Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-17

Special Correspondence of the Optic.
SANTA FEE, N. NJ, May l6th.-Th,
politicians are In a deep brown study,
these foe days. Mr.. Mckinley il
probably onto the whole kit of 'em and
he keeps his own counsel so closely,ye
treats all corners so suavely that thu
old guard fellows who in former years
have succeeded. either through csjolery,
bnll-1ozing or piteous supplicatioD, in
getting what they wanted, do not know
where to find him nor how to take him
Mckinley is quite too astute for the
t-hoys Many of them are beginning
to W up that the outlook for official
pap is extremely gloomy. They can.
not see that ever the g%overnorship con.
test has much chance for settlement
short OF next July, or until the tariff
DILL is disposed of. When that will be,
the good Lord only knows, for 1t took
the ena ninety-three days to pass
the Wilson tariff act while the same
august body hammered away on the
Mckinley bill in 1890 for forty-four
days. Under existing conditions, it is
probable that sixty days at least will
elapse before the Dingley bill will 90
through the present senate and it may
be ninety days, so if the new executive
for this Territory isn't named by Satur-
day next, the question might as well
be dropped as a dead issue until the
tariff bill is out of the way along about
the closing days of July.
YWhew! But a deluge of hard things
about Gen. Hobart have been started
rolling toward the ma tional capital
since it was announced that he, The
OPTIC's friend, (sic!) was a can
didate for the governorship. None Of
his reputed supporters in Washington
have teen allowed to escape! Gen.
A'ger. Gen. Spooner and even ssthe
colonels'' who are said to favor his
cause, have been advised as to certain
transactions OF his out west, since they
knew him as a smooth and worthy
youngster, back In Wisconsin, and the
chances are that If the general was
ever in it at all for anything under this
administration, he is not now-and
they do say that Mckinley is develop
ing a decided weakness for "clean''
men.
Major Llewellyn's lines were not al
ways laid in such pleasant places as at
present. The major got into terribly
hot water back IN Iowa in years gone
by. Chief Justice Joseph r. Reed. Of
the U. 5. court of pri vate land claims,
it is said, was the presiding judge at the
time, but he declines to discuss the
matter. evidently believing that it is
best to s'let by-gones be by-gones."
The report is revived here that M. A.
Otero. of Las Vegas, and w. M. Berg
err, of Santa Fe, are both red hot on
the trail OF the Territorial secretary
ship.
~ can't make q vacancy for you, but
at the proper time you will receive the
This is what the presi-
dent is said to have said to his Albu-
querque cousin, wheK discussing the
internal revenue co~llectorship, a few
weeks since. That's what brought the
cousin home so serenely.
PiDgree's' potato patch enterprise
marker to the sugar beet fad
now RACES round about Santa Fe.
Captain Day, of the water company,
has taken hold Of beet culture with
characteristic energy and If his expert
ments now on hand are successful, a
factory will follow next year as
God send to the people OF Santa Fe
Under adverse circumstances,
Captain Day succeeded in producing
,eets, last year, that gave a return OF
~ per cent. ~saccharine matter, but
his ear he feels confident of produce
Dg beets that will run as high as 16
Ter cent. sugar. Dozens Of others are
Ilso experimenting In this line, among
hem MIR. VIM. Houser, secretary OF
he Globe-D Democrat publishing COM
'any. of St. Louis, who is here for his
'ealth. He 10 putting in four acres
Idjoining Mr.. Cross "Doasyouplease"
out on capital bill.
Reports from Mora say that exciting
mes are in progress at Mora, and that
he Doherty and RaeI a~ssassinations
gill receive q complete airing 40 there
J plenty OF cash with which TO run the
lill OF justice. Sostenes Lucero, one /:
I the accused who has long been in the
enitentiary because he could not (
ecure bondsmen Estanislado Sando- q
al, an important witness from San !
'edro, and Bartolo Cordova, whs
states evidence and has since i
cen dwelling down the Bravo, went d
orth 70 Mora, yesterday. b. NJ. Read :
defending Lucero aud Romero, and
III undertake to prove that Rael was