Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-02-16
RESOLUTIONS
OF REPUTATION
Citizenso OF Taos Protest Against Sen
sational Publications About So
Called Race Troubles.
COUNTY HAS GOOD RECORD
Citizens Are Law-Abiding and Hospitable
Cause Of the Death Of Sheriff Tru-
jillo Set Forth Signed by Promi-
nent Men.

The citizens of Taos county are circu-
lating the following resolutions for the
purpose of refuting the dispatches of a
sensational character sent out ii short
time ago by various business men OF
that place, relative to the race riots
there:
Whereas, the people of Taos county
see that sensational articles appear al
most daily in the eastern press, and also
in territorial papers, sent out from our
own town and other points in the terri
tory by unknown and corrupted persons,
in which articles the honor OF the MeXl-
can people of this county has been
rudely attacked as being agitators and
revo%lutionists;
And, whereas, that all has been
| published is known and it can be proved
to be a swarm of lies written by the pen
OF some person without scruple, reputa-
ton or responsibility that only pleases
himself by the scandalous productions
Of his pen against innocent, peaceful and
hospitable people;
Therefore be it resolved by the law
| abiding citizens, and business men of
| the county of Taos assembled in public
meeting, that we emphatically protest
against the author or authors of all and
each of the articles that referred to the
disturbances and haired among races,
and we request all sensible men that
before believing the said articles they
shall ask information from some bust
ness man considered to be a respectable
and honest citizen, who has at heart the
na1f n no nf this nn1nfV and knnyUC tho
noble feelings of its inhabitants irres-
pective Of race, religion or political
belief and; be it further
Resolved, That although we recognize
that some murders have occurred in our
county, originated by the cause of the
influence of bad liquor, we challenge
any other county of this or any other
territory or state to show a cleaner re-
cord in regard to crimes and murders.
| And resting in that confidence and see
ing by the same articles that they are
urging the passage of an act creating
a body of mounted police, referring to
the county of Taos as one of the parts
where it is most particularly needed,
we, the law abiding citizens, do emphati-
cally protest againt such measure, of
creating a mounted police, because we
believe that it is not necessary, espec-
tally in this part of the territory. We
besides empatically deny the dicharging
of shots between opposing parties on
the night of the 25th day of January,
and we also deny that the Americans
are, or have determined to move their
families from this place for fear of re-
volution. BE it further.
Resolved, that we recognize the origin
of this question to be due to the death
of the sheriff, Luciano Trujillo, but we
deny and sustain that said event was
not derived from hatred of races, but
due to the influence of liquor; and with
all that W. contemplate this county as
one of the most peaceful counties; the
records show not more than ten cases
of murder in more than forty years of
organization as IA county OF this ter
ritory.
Be it finally resolved that this reso-
lutions be published in three or four
newspapers of this territory, and one or
two eastern newspapers and further re-
quest all the newspapers of the territory
to copy or comment upon the same.
JESUS M. SALAZAR.
mo. VALDEZ, JR.
WYNN. ADAIR.
CRIsTOvAL MARES.
j. H. DUNN.
MIGUEL TAToYA.
A. LIERERT.
MALAQUIAs MARTINEZ.