Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-16

Special Correspondence Of the Optic.
SANTA FE, N. M. April 10th, 1897.
And still the governorship hangs fire.
President McKinley's delay in the pre-
misses is very exasperating to tho pie
counter brigade hereabouts. But they
are taking fresh courage. They see a
light breaking at the far east. "Martin
L. Parker, OF New Mexico" has been
appointed interpreter at 5000 a year in
the army quartermaster's depot at Fort
Wingate, and this indicates that the
icy face Of oficialdom, at Washington,
is beginning to soften toward the New
Mexico contingent.
Ex-Gov. E. G. Ross, journalist,
statesman, author, who has devoted
the best years of his life to forwarding
the interests OF the democratic party,
gave up the secretaryship of the Terri.
torial bureau of immigration, to-day,
and left for Albuquerque, "to find
something TO do" If party loyalty is
q paying proposition. Gov. Ross is not
q shining example of il.
The clerks of the district courts are
worrying about those double fees that
litigants are forced to pay, under re-
cent orders from Washington. The
clerks held a conference at Albuquer-
que, night before last, and the news re-
porters down there don't yet know 1t.
There's something in the wind that
will be treated Of fully, later on, in
this correspondence.
Unless society talk over this way is
woefully out of joint, Col. Frost is
going east, about May 1st, and he
won't trot in single harness, either.
Madame Rumor-that busy. old girl
IL to be his running mate, first promis-
ing to stick steadily to the task for
better or for worse.
Henry Miller, an old G. A. K. man,
who left here ten days ago for Las
Vegas, has a smart fourteen-year-ol old
son from Denver here, trying to locate
him. The boy is motherless and has
not seen his father for three years,
though he had q letter from him while
in Santa Fe, three weeks ago. Deputy
U. S. Marshal w. II. Loomis is caring
for the lad and Is making an earnest
effort to bring father and son together.
Loomis always does such things.
o. F. Perry has again struck it rich
in the east end region at Golden, two
and a half miles east OF the Carley &
Amanda gold claim. II. B. Cartwright,
Of Santa Fe, has claims on both ends
Of the new find.
Some days ago, Governor w. T..
Thornton accepted the resignation of
Lieutenant Colonel VIM. Strover, com-
handing the First battalion Of cavalry,
New Mexico militia; of Captain Fritz
Muller, of troop E., same command,
and OF Charles A. Scheurich as second
lieutenant of company b. First infantry,
New Mexico militia. AT the last meet
ing of the troop, Fritz b. Muller was
reelected captain by practically an
unanimous vote, and at the last meet
ing Of company b., Thomas j.. Matth-
ews was elected second lieutenant Of
the company, rice Charles A. Scheurich,
resigned. 1t is understood that Cover
nor Thornton decided not to appoint a
successor to Col. strover, leaving that
appointment for his successor in office
as governor. The new militia law will
be published in a few days when a
general order will probably be issued,
changing the designation OF the militia
to the national guard of New Mexico,
which will involve a general overhaul
ing of the roster.
JUNIUs.