Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-09-16
Their Course Will Not Win.

1t is not often that the New Mexican
finds time to notice attacks of terrific
rial Democratic papers ON Governor
Otero and the territorial Republican ad-
ministration. Such attacks are either
inspired by personal malice or are made
for purely political purposes, and are, in
every instance, based upon falsehoods
or a misstatement of facts.
The Silver City Independent, in its
last issue, makes such an attack on the
governor, taking for its subject. the res
ignation of Henry d. Bowman as a re-
gent of the agricultural college. The
Independent charges that the reason
given for such resignation, namely, that
Mr.. Bowman, as receiver of public
moneys of the United States land office
at Las Cruces, could not hold in addi-
ton to his federal commission a terri
torial appointment, was simply a sub
terfuge in order to let Mr.. Bowman
down easy.
This charge of the Independent is alb
solutely untrue, and not based on any
ldClS NuldlCNSl. In loCl 10 tIlol l
fessor Jordan, who had been removed
as president of the college, had filed
charges against Mr.. Bowman. These
| We're investigated and found ~groundless.
| was discovered that a federal statute
prohibited federal officials from holding
a territorial commission. AS soon as
. this was established Governor Otero
, called Mr.. Bowman's attention to it,
and the latter's resignation on his
motion was the result. United States
District Attorney w. b. Childers, who
was a regent of the university at Albu-
querque, also rendered his resignation
as such for the same reason as soon as
his attention was called to the statute.
The Independent calls attention to the
, fact that Coal Mine Inspector J.. w.
Fleming is a recent of the Normal
School at Silver City. This point is the
| only correct and true statement in the
article, and this point will doubtless be
promptly remedied by Mr.. Fleming's
resignation as soon as he knows the
objection, on his return from Monero
where he now is on official business.
The Independent also states thai
there is still another member of the
board of regents of the agricultural col.
lege, and also a member of the peni'
tertiary commission who hold fedora
positions. This is untrue. The agricul.
tural college board consists of l.. Brad
ford Prince of Rio Arriba county, G.. A
Richardson of Chaves county, P. H
Curran of Dona Ana county, R. e
Twitchell and A. A. Jones of San Migue.
county. Not one of these men holds g
federal appointment. The penitentiary
commission consists of F. H.. Pierce OF
San Miguel county, J. P. Mclaughlin
of Santa Fe county, J. Frank Chaves OF
Valencia county, Juan Navarro of Mora
county, and Louis Baer of Bernalillo
county. Not one of these men holds
federal appointment.
These attacks do not harm Governor
Otero in the least. The New Mexican
does not mention this to put Governor
Otero straight in the matter. Of thaf
there is no necessity. 1t simply alludes
to the article as showing how ground
less and how far-fetched are these at.
lacks, and that they are made simply
for political aims and objects, and per
haps, in some cases, to crafty persona
malice and envy.
But, nevertheless, it may be presumed
that the Democratic papers will con-
tinue to attack Governor Otero without
reason and without justification, this
being their character and their mode OF
warfare. Truth, justice and right have
mighty little place in their vocabulary
But their course will not win.