Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-01-25
10 the Editor Of the optic.

TO he Editor Of the Optic.
SANTA tE, N. M, January 22d, '97.
The Territorial Legislature got out OF
the rut a little, to. day, and met in
joint session to hear Governor Thorn.
ton read his last message. 1t was con.
sidered by all as a mastery article and
contained many good suggestions. The
management Of the penitentiary and
OF the insane asylum were particularly
mentioned and complimented. These
are two Territorial institutions which
The OPTIC has always commended to
be 40 well governed as any similar insti-
tutions in all the broad land, and that
politics should neve be allowed TO
change them.
Among the Las Vegas or ex-Las
Vegas people present in the house
during tho reading Of the message,
were Hon. Geo. II. Wallace and wife,
Mrs. Sarah Winter Kellogg and Mrs.
John L. Zimmerman. Mr.. Wallace
and wife will leave for Las Vegar,
Saturday, for a few days visit among
their many friends there, and to give
MIR. Wallace an opportunity to attend
the wool growers convention there,
Monday next. Mr.. Wallace ia spoken
Of very highly over here, in connection
with the ~governorship under Mckinley.
Even those who will support others,
admit that he would make a splendid
executive.
George II. Cross has rendered his
resignation as editor Of the NeW Mer-
ican This news will be received with
universal regret by not only The citizens
OF Santa Fe, but OF readers Of the New
Mexican all over the Territory. His
long association with the interests of
New Mexico has made him familiar
with every matter of importance In the
Territory, and this, combined with the
natural instinct as q news-gatherer,
makes him almost peerless as a news
paper man for the sunshine Territory.
He has been connected with
the Santa Fe paper for fourteen
years and. 81 the people Of this place
have grown up under his guidance, in
the matter OF home news, bis will In
deed be a difficult position to fill with
satisfaction to all.
TIE public partnership has not yet
been decided by q long ways. The
democrats are strong enough to make
it very troublesome for SONS one in
bis endeavor to walk off with the prize
on the first ballot.
When the news reached the writer
that Col. Marcus Brunswick had come
out for the Office OF internal revenue
collector, it left but n person, in his
mind, who had really worked for the
success Of the republican party in the
last campaign 10 Las Vegas who has
not asked for Office, and that is Thos.
Ross, the wool broker. Perhaps Mr..
Ross will have something better than
public Office when wool gets to be
good property.
/ met Judge Louis Su'zbacher here,
to-day. He says that the report is all
a mistake as to his bang g candidate
for the chief justiceship. As ne puts it,
there il only n Office in the United
States he would have, and that is the
presidency. and the unfortunate part of
this Is, that hi, parents did not live 10
the right country at his birth to make
this ~obtainable.
Gov. l.. B. Prince is active in the or
OF an old-timers' club, in
which macy Las Vegans are eligible,
The only requirement being that the
applicant has resided in New Mexico
1880. Moral standing don't
'ount. This last clause may be for the
benefit Of Albuquerque.
Santa Fe seems to be considerably
up over the rich strikes in the
district, but Chris Sellman
lays that San Miguel county has just as
.ich gold fields as Cochiti, and that it
8 some consideration, for the money
'pent in prospecting. in having the
,ole in the ground handy.
IDEN,