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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
Municipal Corporation.

With the safeguards thrown around
officers entrusted with public funds, de-
falcations are exceedingly rare and the
danger of dishonesty upon the part of
officials in handling money received
for water rates, lights and other public
| utilities if these should be owned by
municipalities, is small. Certainly it is
not greater than the danger of the theft
of taxes collected. Yet there is con-
| slant corruption in all cities where
franchises are under control of corpora
tions and such corporations take part
in selecting city officials. Men who will
not appropriate public money which
they are under bond to protect, in many
cases will accept brides from corpora
tions fer franchises or for the privileges
of fixing robber rates for light, water
and transportation. Or if they do not
take money, they lend themselves to
the same schemes in consideration of
having corporation employees voted for
them. By municipal ownership of pub
lie utilities this source of corruption of
officials and decentralization Of voters
would be obliterated and the public not
be taxed for service to pay for brides
and outlay made by corporations in
order to hold the privilege OF taking OK
cessive rates. Public sentiment is rap
idly drifting to a realization Of these
truths, owing to the ~veracity of corpora
tions and the time is coming when an
end will be put to this influence in local
affairs.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28

With very few exceptions leading
heroes of the late war have allowed their
tongues to run and several times by
volubility have brought the government
into an awkward and humiliating posi-
ton. A good soldier and a good sailor
know how to keep silent and the disci-
pline that allows military leaders to
iamboree across the country ventilating
their opinions, is very lax. In any other
army or navy snch offenses would mean
dismissal.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
Anti. Huntington Victory.

The people of Los Angeles are en-.
titled to the Joy they r having ovel
the commencement of work on the har.
Dor at San Pedro. The harbor will be
OF great advantage to southern Cali
fornia. but outside of this benefit the
Cal~ifornians are justified in ''whooping'
things because they have defeated the
corporation that for so long prevented
thcm from getting the harbor work un.
dertaken. 1t was originally a Hunting.
ton scheme to have the government i'm
prove the harbor at Santa Monica and
it was for this purpose that the great
lobbyist secured the appropriation OF
ga, OOO, 900; but the bill was so drawn
as to leave the choice of port to be im.
proved open to the judgment of q com
mission. Huntington never doubling
that he could have Santa Monica chosen.
The people of Los Angeles took the mat
ter up with their characteristic energy
and showed the government that at
Santa Monica the Huntington corpora
ton controlled the entire water front
so that no other railway could approach
a pier except by consent of that cor
poration, and that San Pedro was a
safer harbor. Three government COM
missions affirmed the truth of these
statements before the desired result was
attained. so successful was Huntington
rs an o%bstructionist. But at last con-
gress appropriated the first money need.
ID. a contract was let some months ago
md the work will be completed within |
hree years. ]
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
Deficiency Claim Holders, Attention.

deficiency Claim Holders, Attention.
10 holders of deficiency claims against
the Territory Of New Mexico:
The undersigned were designated in
an act of the 33d legislative assembly Of
the Territory of New Mexico. approved
March 16, 1899, to examine and pass
upon such deficiency claims against the
Territory of New Mexico as are men,
toned in said act as valid, legal, out
standing indebtedness of the Territory
at that time, and to issue five-year s
per cent certificates therefor. Notice
is hereby given that all persons holding
claims exchangable for such certi1-
Gates should file the same with the
territorial auditor on or before Monday,
the first day Of May, 1899, on which day
the undersigned will meet at such Of
flee for the purpose Of examining and
passing upon such claims and issuing
certificates in lieu thereof, and will on
tinue in session for that purpose until
all Of such claims SO filed are passed
upon.
EDWARD L. BARTLETT,
Solicitor General.
MARCELINO GARCIA,
Auditor.
SAMUEL ELDoDT.
Treasurer.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28

Some people economize in gas to pay the
ooulist.
A dismal disposition is a ridiculous form
of self1shness.
Bores are people who have either NO
originality or too much.
Our charitable opinions, like our un.
charitable opinions, grow out of obstinacy
Stolen sweets are best. but stuffed pep
pers sent in by the %neighbors are good too.
A lover Is never really humble. Ho
only plays humble until he gets the con-
tract signed.
A woman thinks she saves money when
she buys things she doesn't need at two
for q quarter. Chicago Record.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28

In no year Of the preceding twenty
was there so little wool imported as dur
ing last year, when the value was but
$26, 700, 900. In 1898 under Cleveland
the. wool markets of this country were
open to the world and wool imports
reached $91, 500, 900. The next year, the
first of the operation of the Dingley
tariff. the wool imports dropped to
$57, 900, 900. though the following year,
owing to auses decreasing the domestic
supply and the congestion of the market
due to heavy importations In anticipa-
tion OF the tariff, the imports ran up to
200, 0OO, 900. From 1887 to 1893 the
average annual wool imports amounted
b no, ON, OOO. i
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28

Any first-class congressman will be
good enough for speaker of the house OF
representatives. There was once need
of a stern czar to sit upon tilibustering
Democrats who were making trouble and
interfering with the dispatch of public
business. But they will not have the
chance to do so again, and Mr.. Reed.
having been the man for the special oc-
casion. can pass off the field and leave a
milder man to deal with the pacified re-
mains of the insurgent party.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28

The Supreme court of the United
States has just decided that Colorado
has a right to tax refrigerator cars used
for interstate commerce. Heretofore,
these cars have escaped taxation be-
cause the car companies were non-resi-
dent corporations and it was difficult to
make an assessment. Presumably the
assessment will be based upon the aver
age number of cars usually in the state.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
WANT or FAITH.
h Tailor Was Cautious. So the
Youth Was Disappointed.


II desire IL dress suit" said a brisk
young man, entering the establishment OF
Richards, in the Strand.
Eyes, sir. Shall | show you some pat
terns9" remarked the proprietor, who was
on duty.
eyes, sir, and before we begin negotia-
tions it is perhaps we'll to tell you that |
have nc immediate cash" said the brisk
young a
"We give no credit here to strangers"
"Quite SO; but l wish to relate a pretty
incident. When the late Earl Beaconsfleld
was a young man-just my age-a tailor
trusted him for a suit of clothes. When
he applied for the accommodation, the
tailor told him he did not know him.
Dizzy replied, 'Idon't know you, either, SO
We have no advantage over each other
"''Pon my soul, you are a daring
young chap, with an Intelligent face. ~
trust you for the fun OF the thlng, SAID
the tailor, and, by Jove, he did! Now,
look back. Dizzy rose to be the premier
of Great Britain. The tailor prospered as
his client rose in the social scale, Tor Diz-
zy never forgot his friends. Note the
chain of condolences. Dizzy was poor.
So am /. He didn't know the tailor, and
the tailor didn't know him. do not
know you, aud you 40 not know me- see
what a golden chain OF linked colnci'
dences!"
Richards, who is a Dit OF a wag, regard
ed his would be customer out OF the cor
ner OF his eye. .
I'm afraid my little anecdoto doesnt
strike you, murmured the brlsk young
man.
oh, yes, 1T does; I'm very much
struck.
by what!'
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
ID permitted it reversed.

The Denver Post has been telling the
people for several days that the Ute
reservation will be a very quiet, slow
affair, a sort of a funeral procession
with only a mourner or two. The Den
yer News, on the other hand, says it
will be a rush and a crush with plenty
of bloodshed and many a hilarious wake
IN follow
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28

Governor Thomas and the Rocky
Mountain News are scrapping these
blooming spring days and the governor
finds that he is running his chances to
be United States senator thereby. Few
public officials can afford to ignore an
influential party paper that elected
them, in the hope of making newer
friends. Ingratitude in politics is as
base as in private life.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28

"That wood scene in the third act Of
your opera seemed so natural that l mag
ined I could actually hear the bears growl
ing" said the western man to the theat-
rical manager.
"Guess that was the chorus girls you
heard, replied the manager. "Some Of
them haven't been paid off for six weeks. "
Chicago News.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28

AS usual, the stand of the Filipinos at
Calumpit was only another bluff, for the
warriors had taken the p%recaution to
have trains ready, with steam up, when
ever the Americans advanced to chase
them out of their lair. Following their
usual custom the rebels burned the
town that had given them shelter.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
GERMANY AND AMERICA.
Cincinnati Enquirer.)

"a war with Germany is no more to
be thought of than a civil war, unless
in the case of some intolerable or studied
affront which self-respect would compel
the American people to resent" says the
sapient "Chicago News" Fiddlesticks!
Germany would have been at war with
the United States two months ago, and
would be now, were it not for the
restraining hand of Great Britain. And
Johnny Bull expects us to pay e~xtrava-
gantly for this peace in the future.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28

The New Mexico Democratic terri
torial committee is called to meet at
Santa Fe on Monday next to elect a
member of the national committee from
this territory. That committeeman will
have an unpleasant task explaining why
he and his confreres could not hold the
majority they nee had in New Mexico,
M narmitted 1T reversed.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28

Silver is taking a squirt upward, al
though t~inanciers say that this is due to
speculation. New Mexico has silver to
burn and if Europe wants a job lot of
the commodity it will be burned in
American smelters and sent in lots to
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
Weather.

The Sun and Wind were discussing for
the thousandth timo the Man With the
Cloak.
"Just to think how I blew myself, y said
the Wind, land he would not open up
"Ah," said the Sun, 'but you did not
show him as warm a time as I did. In.
dianapolis Journal.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
Didn't Work.

Dusty Rhodes-What racket did yer
work off on de lady of de house?
Tye Walker-I sang 'er dat pat'etic
song, Remember a Poor Tramp Must
Live!"
Dusty Rhodes-I s'pose dat moved her
to tears?
Tye Walker-No; it moved her to de
dog, an she sed she saw nc special neces
sity for a tramp living, anyway.-Up to
Date.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28

The Rio Grande, down the country, is
expert at making and shifting land, and
at this time of the year the New Mexico
farmer who lives along it's banks is likely
to 90 to bed with his farm on one side
of the river and to wake up in the morn
ing to find that it is on the other side.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
A GOOD YEAR FOR WORK.
Albuquerque Journal Democrat.

I~AIUuqueTHuc
The time to get people to invest in
our mines, and our ranches, and our
town property, is when the people have
money and are looking for chances to
invest it. The present is such a time as
that, and therefore the present is the
time for US to put forth our best efforts
to call the attention of the country at
large to our advantages.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
NO OCCASION FOR ALARM.
Chicago News

Mr.. Cleveland does not say that he is
willing to run for the presidency again
but he has allowed it to be inferred thai
no committee charged with the duty Of
apprlsing him of his nomination for q
third term shall be compelled to hum
through the woodshed or behind the
smokehouse in order to find him.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
BRYAN MAKES IT EASY.
(St. Louis Globe-D Democrat

Senator Teller says the gold Demo
Gratis will support the Republicans in
1900 as they did in 1896. There is
strong probability that the senator is
correct on this point. Bryan is making
the task of the gold Democrats toward
joining the Republicans very easy.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
ADVERTISING RATES.

Wanted-One cent a word each insertion.
Local-Ten cents per line each Insertion.
Reading Local-Preferred ~position-Twen-
ty-ive cents per line each insertion.
Displayed-Two dollars an inch, single col
umn, per month in Daily. One dollar all
nch, single column, in either English or
Spanish Weekly.
Additional prices and particulars given on
receipt of a copy of matter to be inserted.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
LEARNED FROM EXPERIENCE.

albuquerque Journal-D Democrat
1t is natural that the people of New
Mexico should be in favor of protection.
because they have learned from bitter
experience what it means to have their
chief products put on the free list, as it
was by the Clevevelan-W ilson-Gorman
tariff law.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
FRIDAY, APRIL IS,
Now a bicycle TRUST has been formed
and the day of cheap wheels seem again
removed far into the future.

Some of the seditious Stiles in Boston
must have put on mourning yesterday
when news of the stampede from Ca
lumpit reached the hub.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
The TERRITORIAL PRESS.
SHOULD REMEMBER THEIR GRE
ATORS.
(RatOn Ranye.)


(Raton Range.)
If the Republican party of New Next
co and Colfax county desires to succeed,
it must prove worthy of success and
show its loyalty to the workers. 1t
must work OF party lines as it's oppo'
nents do. Look after the interests of
its members rather than ignore them
and toady to the insinuating clamor of
the enemy. This is the policy of the
Democratic managers in this county
and it has been a strong feature in tn .ir
success. Republican managers would
do well to consider that the election to a
public Office does not terminate the can
didate's obligation to those who elected
him. He owes a duty to his party and
the patronage of his office belongs to
the party and so long as it is properly
cared for, he has not the moral right to
divert that patronage to the enemy.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
code OF Ciyil f.rocedure,

Every practicing attorney in the ter
ritory should have q copy Of the New
Mexico Code Of Civil Procedure, bound
in separate form with alternate blank
pages for annotations. The NewMex-
lean Printing company has such an edi-
ton on sale at the following prices:
Leatherette binding, 3l.25; full law
sheep, -; flexible morocco, $3.50
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
CONNECTICUT SOCIALIST VOTE,
New Haven Register.)

The people of Connecticut do not al
low themselves to be taken unawares
and for ourselves we see more reason tt
be gratifed than alarmed at the per.
sistency of the socialist vote. 1t makes
the old parties think, and think hard.
upon the reasons that make so large 8
section of society discontented. No one
need fear the growth Of the socialist
influence. The thing to be feared is
bad or negligent leadership in the ole
parties.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28

Ration proudly claims to be the third
city in size, population and wealth in
the territory. Is it Las Vegas or Albu-
querque that is shut out of the trio?
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
sY-Entered as Second-Class matter at the
Santa Fe Postoffice.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.

EE-The NEW MEXICAN is the oldest news
paper II New Mexico. 1t is sent to every
Postofice in the Territory and has a large
and growing circulation among the intelli-
gent and progressive people of the southwest.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
i. p Q. ELK5.

Santa Fe Lodge No. 48o, B. p. 0. E., holds its
regular sessions on the second and fourth
Wednesdays of each month. Visiting broth
ers are invited and welcome.
CHAs. F.. EAsLEY, Exalted Ruler.
A. B. RwNEHAN, Secretary.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
PRESS COMMENTS.
DAILY ADVANCES IN WAGES.

DyTI1 HDV NNCTIp IN W71VTITS. :
Topeka CapitaD
Defenders Of the Dingley bill would
be perfectly safe now in offering a prize
for any day that might pass without re-
cording liberal advances in wages some
where.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-28
A. o. U. w

GOLDEN LODGE No. 8, A. o. U. W., meets
every second and fourth Wednesdays, 8 p. M.
w. L. JONES, Master Workman.
JOHN C. SEARS, Recorder
Evening star., 1899-01-28
The Love of Life in Organization.

The "Hundred-Year Club idea has evil
IDENTIFY taken deep root already and prom
ises to grow into a fiourishing plant. II is
based upon an idea which attracts many
natures. Life is to the average person a
pleasure mixed with a minimum of draw
backs Few people ever reach that point
Of mental or physical depression, save perS
haps IN the extremes of disease, where
death Is welcomed Despite the apparent
increase of the suicide evil il is to be be-
lieyed that modern life offers greater at
fractions to man tnan were presented to
him ever before in the history of the hui
man race. There is more to live for. more
10 know. more TO enjoy. more to do. The
Hundred-Hear Club seeks to concentrate
attention upon the problem of longer liv-
ing. Whereas modern conditions. as lust
suggested. all tend TO place premium upon
life. they likewise. 1t is feared. operate to
shorten human existence. The saying that
Men live faster w than they ever did be-
fore has become a commonplace Statis-
tics serve 10 show in a measure that the du-
ration Of existence is 5 o-ter now than II
formerly was. One OF the favorite refer
euCes IN this line of thought is to the age
Of Methuselah and his colleagues, who are
said to have lived for hundreds instead of
scores OF years. Some commentators have
asserted that this is error In proportion.
mat the standard of time measurement is
now different from that in vogue In the
Methuselan days and that these patriarchs
in reality lived only slightly beyond the
average age of modern man. However this
may be. centenarians are today sufficiently
rare to become objects of special note
Occasionally man or a woman is found
whose life Is reliably traced back to cover
century and quarter. These exceptions
only serve TO emphasize the fact that mod
ern lives are spanned in the average by the
5cr1ptural three score and ten. This latest
mort at organization to extend the span is
1ased apparently on scientific principles. It
believed that by a strict observance of
,ertain rules of diet and habit the human
Evening star., 1899-01-28

leader that he carried himself in circum-
stances of extreme difficulty with as much
success as any of them ever commanded.
He proved, under trial, to have a better
curb on his exeitable temperament than his
opponents were prepared for, and hence
many of their wishes and expectations were
disappointed. He passed through the
House the tariff bill he prepared, and that
together with the national campaign waged
upon it, will give him secure place in con-
gressional history.
Mr.. mills is another man to refute in a
long career the charge that a liberal out
lay of money is necessary to obtain a seat
In Congress, to hold It after obtained, and
to exercise influence as a member of that
body. He came to Congress a poor man,
and after a service of quarter of a CEN
tury, during which he has played a con-
spicuous and most influential part, he re-
tires without fortune. His life in WASH
ington has been one of application to his
public duties, and his reward is the most
cordial respect of all men, without regard
to party, who know him.
Evening star., 1899-01-28

system can be made to resist more stub
bornly the encroachments Of age. 1t Is
matter of frequent comment that the march
longation of life The gradual discovery of
the bacterial elements which infest and at
tack the body coupled with the discovery
of means of counteracting their effects.
must in time result in greater command
by man over the ailments which assail him.
II from the human economy the factor of
casual disease can in time be practically
eliminated-an end which of course will
only be approximately realized, If ever-life
viii be bounded only by accident on the one
hand and the wearing out of the body by
age on the other Unquestionably when
viewed from the standpoint of science 1t
seems possible to reach this plane. Yet 1t
is believed on the other hand that the nat
ural laws governing the population of the
earth will continue to operate despite hu-
man endeavors to extend by few decades
the range of life. 1t is PLAIN that the gen.
eral success of this Hundred-Yea endeavor
would have q marked effect upon the
worlds economy, physically, morally and
mentally. New cont-tions would be Great
ed. New dangers would arise almost as
suredly out of this disturbance of the
normal conditions. Yet II is not to be ques-
toned that the club movement is a whole
some factor. If 1t will Jring to any con-
siderable number of people more hygienic
ways of living, more temperate habits,
more regular methods, it will have proved
a boon, even though it may not in the end
add year to the span of life.
Evening star., 1899-01-28
Sympathies With Americans.
From the London Times.


The policy OF territorial expansion upon
which the government of the United States
has now deliberately entered will probably
make its way in spite of all obstacles. We
believed that its success will be, on the
whole, for the advantage of the world. But
it would be unwise to ignore the difficulties,
both material and moral, which have to be
faced, nor can it be denied that change
of front, opposed to the political traditions
of the country for good deal more than
century, must be a severe trial.
We need not say that our sympathies are
heartily with our American kinsfolk who
have now to grapple in the Philippines with
a task similar in kind to that which we
have had ourselves to face in every quarter
of the globe. 1t may be assumed that for
some time to come the Philippines will be
placed under a military administration
Such a system, however, must be merely
provisional
We do not distrust the governing capac-
ity of our cousins beyond the Atlantic but
it is only right to warn them, as we
are entitled to do from our own experience,
that to create an army for service in a
tropical climate, though a costly and aux-
ious undertaking, is less, difficult than to
call into existence a civil service that will
labor with single eye for the benefit of
the governed.