Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-03-11
LAS VEGAS NEWS.
Rumors That a Republican Paper Will Be
Started The Unionists Steadily at
work-Their Plans and Aims.
Special Correspondence New Mexican.

special correspondence New MeNican.
Las Vegas, March 10, lS9s.1Chicl
Justice Mills aud the court officers will
leave for Clayton on Saturday night.
Court opens in Union county on next
Monday and the chief justice proposes
to be there bright and early on that
day.
1t is rumored that Judge Long, dis
trict attorney for San Miguel and Mora
counties, will resign his position. This
rumor, however, has been in circulation
so often, that its genuineness is greatly
doubted.
There is considerable talk that a Re-
publican paper will be started here
1t is said that Governor Otero's
friends will take a good deal of stock in
the new paper and that Mr.. E. j. Muir
ray, of Las Cruces, who is the editor of
the Dona Ana County Republican, and
who is representing some Pennsylvania
capitalists, who have put money into the
Llewellyn cyanide works at Faulkner,
in Sierra county, is to be the managing
editor. Everybody admits that a Repub-
lican paper is a necessity here, but many
fear it will take too much money to
start it and keep it going. But the OF.
fort Is to be made and the thing is to be
tried, and a large sun of money, in the
neighborhood of $50, is said to have
been Subscribed already.
Governor Otero's prompt and decisive
action in the Fall case and in filling va.
%cancies, recently occasioned with good
men, is giving great satisfaction here.
That Is, giving satisfaction to the decent
members of the community. OF course,
the bosses of the Union party and their
organ, call it extreme partisanism, per-
secutiOn of good and honest officials and
so forth, but this kind of talk and news
paper criticism SEEM to have no effect
on the governor, who has evidently
it, regardless Of the desires of a little
clique and a few bosses here, who
thought they would have much influence
and would run him, just because he
happened to be from this city. In theil
disappointment they are angry, but out,
side of their own inner circle no one
seems to care for their opinions.
Judge Manuel G.. de Baca has OBJ.
tanned a half interest in the Spanish
paper, Ell Independence, and the paper
is now advocating Republican princi
pies. Mr.. Enrique Salazar, part owner
of the paper and who was recently APP.
pointed postmaster of Las Vegas. will
take the Office on the 31st of March sc
1t is reported.
The city campaign will be between
the friends of the Water company and
It's opponents. Politics will cut a very
small figure. Neither party has as yet
made any move toward putting candi-
dates for city offices in the field and
people generally are in favor of a short
city campaingn. The anti-water works
people will very probably insist on again
putting DR.. Olney, the present mayor, M
for the same office.
In the county Don Felix Martinez and
his supporters are quietly, but steadily
at work on the organization of the
Union party. The race issue and ''Sar
Miguel county for the Mexican people
is their slogan and they are using it daily
and for all it will bear. They are al.
ready circulating lots of private circu.
lars printed in the Spanish language and
sent out under cover in the many pre-
cincts of the county and claim to have a
cinch on the next election. Of course
they may have to play q game on Dele.
gate Ferguson, If the Republicans
nominate a native with a good old Mex
lean name as their candidate for dele.
gate. This ace Issue business is like a
double edged and very keen sword. II
may help them in their county and leg.
i~slative campaign but it will hurt the
Democratic candidate for delegate, il
his name be Ferguson. The Union
party push up here think they are foxy
and will be able to ride two fiery un.
tanned steeds during the coming cam.
paign at the same time, but here is fair
warning to Delegate FERGUSON and the
Democratic territorial central commit
tee, and If they allow themselves to be
fooled, they have no one but themselves
to blame.
The provisions of the Bateman law
seem to be q dead letter in this county.
The county commissioners are a law
unto themselves and run county finan-
ces just as they want to; the favored
few are reaping a rich harvest and as
far as the people and taxpayers are
concerned Mr.. Vanderbilt's celebrated
remark ''the people be damned seems
to be the guiding star of the men now in
control in the county of San Miguel.
NOX.