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The silver star., 1899-02-09
QoLoRss MoN!EzoMA COUNTY 1ayRsoA

he used the light ana judgmeyt of
his own day to meet the problems
and burdens Of his own day. I do
not for a moment belittle the value
OF past history aHHdl ard records. Ip tAe
ordinary affairs of national life the,
past is simply iHvslqable, but when
extraordinary conditions confront US
the past is valueless except in the
one lesson that great prob|!ems must
be met by great men, and decided
in a great-minded, dispassionate,
unselfsb way. Lincoln's example
in this direction is encouraging.
g INcE Lincoln's time it is re-
Sputed true that no human
slavery has existed within the bor-
ders of these United States. 1t is
true, ! presume, from legal stand
point, but we young men must nev-
er drop, while living. into the salts
fed condition Of glorified saints;
there is too much to do, too much
wrong to be righted, too much ret
repression t. combat. So while
colored people have now to look after
themselves instead Of being looked
after, not all of their problems nor
all of ours have been solved. See
how industrial conditions have
changed since Lincoln's time; vast
factories have absorbed small shops;
vast floods of men haye made COM
petition for labor too severe almost
to bear; vast numbers of men who
would work cannot; vast numbers
also who could work do not care to,
and thus yield to the tyranny of
petty bosses. Hordes Of immature
youths Of both sexes are forced out
into the competition Of life before
they are able to successfully stand
the strain. Their wages are pit
tances in many cases, and their poor
little pay-envelopes are often robbed
by employers who dock the pay of
an hour or more for five-minute
tardiness. Compared with the
strain of modern life in our crowded
factory towns, the lot of the great
majority of the slave was sunshiny
idyl-no care for the morrow, no
bills to pay, no doctors to fee. The
patriotism of Lincoln must be ours,
patriotism that is not content with
echoing the past, but that strives
each day to make the lot of our fel-
lows happier. The hungry, the
tyrannized, the overworked have
very vague ideas of duty to an un-
kind country. The more we better
the conditions Of those about us the
stronger patriots do we make out
Of them.
The silver star., 1899-02-09
PRESENT DAY THOUGHTS
ov O. oaosvsmoa DAVE.

o 20 90" ooooo0o'ooo
I INcoLN's BIRTHDAy.-An en-.
~4during charm of the printed
page and the written word Is, that
q man being dead is yet able to
speak and In some cases able to in
huence wider circle than ever came
within range Of his voice. Thus
with Lincoln. The constant allu.
sions to him in books aud in papers,
and the increasing tendency to re-
gard his birthday as a holiday make
him a very real man to Us; and his
example even greater in its infiu-
cnce than during his lille. for each
year carries Us further and further
away from the heat and the frenzy
Of the great war and we get not only
a better perspective view of1incoln
but also the conditions that made
him great.
900
f1No NIX one Of the most interest
! ing considerations IN conncc-
The silver star., 1899-02-09

Dolorea will always remaiH as at
present, hqt if the town is incorpo-
rated now, It will be ready to pro-
vide abundant police plotsetioH up
on instant potiee when needed and
be able to Pay well for il, also,
The silver star., 1899-02-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.
kAAshisnGA

House Bill No. 4,a, introduced
|by Representative f. L. Shott, to
empower county commissioners to
fix time of payment" o,f tcompensa-
tion for water, is all right. Any
thing that ,;,jl| wjill|l'put stop to the
present grasping system ofthe water
companies will benefit the ranch.
men. =
The silver star., 1899-02-09

Montezuma county is petitioning
the Legislature for the passage ofthe
bill providing for the completion of
the artesian well at cortez. The
appropriation should be made by all
means. The well is soreiy needed
and in its presensS Sondition itisjust
like taking 50 mHsh money apa
burying it.-Teildfide Journal,
The silver star., 1899-02-09

Mrs. 'cassedy, of the Ridgway
Populist, has made the following
discovery;
Had you noticed that ifyou take
the figures composing the present
year, 1899, and add the first two to-
gether that they will equal the third
or fourth, and that the sum of the
last two equals the first two."
The silver star., 1899-02-09
Amy ps''nx'cqi.

.tr"N St.
Truth-Lies white-washed.
Beef-Something to raise stink
about.
court-martial-A place to even
up grudges.
Epaulets-Somethiug not worn
by Eagan. ;s.s,
Secretary Of war,-The root Of
ri evil.
0f6cers--Somethiug that walks
around and looks wise.
Anmusjtibn-Chin music.
Silence-Ah unknown quantity.
The silver star., 1899-02-09

S"o~6t AAS o1SHSA, 81 WRI WeHSuHe
the Emancipation Proclamation yet
he meyer abandoned in his peysopal
convictions the heliefthat the South
had rights by inheritance, and by
perfectly legal purchase, in their liv-
ing pToperty This is demonstrated
beyond all cayil by his attempt to
get Delaware to pass gradual
emancipation act, the owners to be
paid $500 a head for every slave,
man, woman or child, belonging to
them. The measure failed, of course,
because feelings were too heated on
each side to permit the calm judg-
ment that Lincoln himself possess
ed. The fact that be dared such
step while the hotheads were ready
to denounce him, is but little known
or little understood. So interested
was he in the plan that with his
own hand he sketched out the de-
tails of two methods by which the
cpd desired could be obtained.
These priceless proofs of his fairness
and of his courage are before me on
my desk, as l write. Furthermore,
have it from the lips Of a man still
living, a man who was one of his
most trusted advisers and corfidepts,
the Hon. George P. Fisher, that be-
fore the war was ended Mr.. Lincoln
had already commenced to turn over
in his mind plan for issuing bonds
to the extent of $500 ,ooo, 900 as a
means of setting the ruined South
on its feet again. Death cut this
magnanimous plan short, therefore
it is almost idle to theorize regard
ing results, if it had heen put in ef:
feet. 1t is selfeyident, however,
that the humiliation Of the recon-
struction period, when the brother
triumphant abased the brother de-
feated, would have been avoided,
and with it much of the ranking
resentment that burnt deep in some
of the Southern hearts until Febru-
ary last. Then, thank God, one
great passion was superseded by an
other-the desire to see American
arms successful whether welded by
North or by South.
| a MOTHER aspect ofhis life is one
II that is valuable in the extreme,
to US just at this time of bewilder-
ment, when even wise men are ask
ing themselves what the United
States as a nation should do when
confronted by new conditions.
Though Lincoln was trained as
lawyer and therefore more apt than
usual to be guided and Influenced
by precedents, yet none can say that
he failed in adjustability. He saw
clearly what the fathers could never
have foresecn and because they
therefore had never expressed them
selves regarding the new problems
he felt at liberty to act on the judg-
ment Of the living rather than Of the
lead. III short, he made prece-
dents for himself, and did what ev-
cry true American ought to do and
can do. the hest" under all cir
cumstances. When the great dis
ruption confronted Lincoln he faced
a condition and trod pathway that
no siRner Of the Dsciafation Of In.
dependence knew about.
Because Of the lack Of knowledge
on the part Of the forcfathers. he
did not fatuously deny the exist
cnce Of the path; but with Calm
s.., r1sss x~sA ss,,>x. -, = % s.t asst n s1s,.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26
What's the Matter With Massachusetts?

Massachusetts has furnished a num-
Der of alarmists, who feared to permit
the growth of the United States. After
the Louisiana purchase was made, in
1903, it was proposed to permit the or
ganization of a state government by
the new territory, which included, be-
sides Louisiana, about half of the coun-
try west of the Mississippi. In debating
this bill. one party, led by Josiah GUM
cy, a Harvard graduate, mayor OF Bos-
ton, president of Harvard, member or
the Massachusetts legislature and a
congressman, violently opposed expan-
sion.
The congressional record shows that
in 1911 Quincy declared the bill would
justify a revolution; it affected the lib
critics of all the people of the country.
He was tempted by the evident in
tention of the country to leave the land
to it's fate, but decided that as the fatal
shaft had not Deer hurled he would still
struggle.
Quincy said: II am compelled to de-
clare it as my deliberate opinion that,
if this bill passes, the bonds of this
union are, virtually, dissolved; that the
states which compose it are free from
| their moral obligations, and hat as 1T
| will be the right of all, so it will be the
| duty of some, to prepare, definitely, for
a separation; amicably, if they can;
| violently, if they must"
The Harvard agitator was here called
to order by a Mississippi member for
the seditious utterance, but was sus-
tanned by the house.
Quincy declared this expansion to be
an unconstitutional proposition, and a
violation of the compact of the original
union to permit the new state to be Gre
ated. 1t was, he asserted, "a manifest
and atrocious usurpation of power; of
a nature, dissolving. according to un-
deniable principles of moral law. the
obligations of our national compact;
and leading to all the awful conse-
quences which flow from such a state
of things"
This narrow Boston educator quoted
the preamble which declared the on
stitution was adopted for the United
States, and declared hat it was meant
only for people east of the Mississippi
river. Said he:
This constitution never was, and
never can be, strained to lap over all
the wilderness of the west, without es-
sentially a~ffectire bot. the rights and
c~onveaiences of its real proprietors. I,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26
NEW MEXICO FRUIT.


The record OF New Mexico fruit for
flavor and most perfect growth is not
local, but extends to this and other
countries, as the heavy fruit dealers in
Chicago have shipped the products OF
our orchards to England and cities up
on the continent, where fancy fruit
commands fancy prices. 1t is a pleas
ure to gaze upon the immense orchards,
vast stretches of alfalfa and grain, and
vegetables and flowers that grow as
this particular soil, climate and altl-
tude alone can grow them. Irrigation
is essential to the perfect growth OIL
any and all products of the soil, as is
evidenced by the superior quality OF
vegetables and food products generally
grown in arid countries. The Colorado
vegetables, Utah celery, Idaho straw
berries and New Mexico fruit are ia
nous upon two continents, and the de-
! mand is always in excess of the supply.
AS to other desirable advantages eX-
elusive of those mentioned, we may add
pure water and a climate that acts as
a charm upon all lung diseases.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26

was never constructed to form a cover
ing for the inhabitants of the Missouri
and Red river country. And whenever
it is attempted to be stretched over
them it will rend asunder.
at was not for these men that our
fathers fought. 1t was not for them
| hat this constitution was adopted. You
| have no authority to throw the rights
| and liberties and property of this peo-
| ple into '~hotch-pot' with the wild men
| on the Missouri, nor with the mixed
| though more respectable, Anglo-His-
neutrality-suspicious., who bask on
| The sands in the mouth of the Missis-
| sippi.
| fectual dominion. not to overload the
| scale by heaping it with these new ac-
| uuisftions. Grasp not too eagerly at
| your purpose. In your speed after UNI
| controlled sway. trample not down this
constitution.
Il have no concealment of my opin-
ion. The bill, if it passes. is a death
| blow to the constitution. 1t may, after
ward. linger: but lingering, its fate
will, at no very distant period, be con
summated."
The constitution was stretched, how
ever.
Then later came the Massachusetts
sage, who believed that New Mexico
and California We're not wanted, ant
that to carry imperialism to the Pa
cifc shore would ruin the United
States.
Later are heard the Atkinsons OF tn
present day.
Massachusetts should sem a few o
her educated calamityites across ne
state lines to take a look at the "out
side country.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26
Exhibit OF Products.

The immigration bureau of the ter
ritory is now in readiness to receive
permanent exhibits of the products of
New Mexico. Quarters for their exhi-
bition have been prepared in a building
facing the plaza, accessible to all tour
lists and visitors to the city. The peo-
pie of the territory should show inter-
est and pride in the various localities,
and do service for their home communi-
ties by forwarding to the immigration
bureau specimens of minerals, ores,
agricultural, horticultural and viticul-
tural products that will serve to illus
trate the resources of the country.
There ought to be on hand permanent
exhibits of dried fruits, fruit in glass
Jars. raisins, gold, silver and copper
ores, turquoise, coal, coke, timber,
grains, clay, pottery, canaigre and
canaigre extract, sugar beets, beet su-
gar, and whatever else New Mexico
grows or manufactures. The articles
on exhibition will bear fixed perma-
nent labels, showing the name and To-
cality of the contributor.
Santa Fe is visited by thousands of
strangers yearly. Many of them are
seeking information as to the
of the territory, and might be attracted
to a particular locality by exhibits
therefrom.
A permanent exhibition of this char
acter, to become representative, must
necessarily be made so by the people.
Whatever New Mexico product is at
| tractive should be sent to the bureau
direct, or through one of the directors
| in the various districts. There is in ev-
| cry community one person or more,
| man or woman, noted for activity in
| advertising and forwarding local inter
| ests. Such can not work more effective
ly than by making a collection from
| n~eighbors of products to be shown al
| the territorial capital.
Some localities will soon be well rep
| resented, and the less enterprising ant
careless ones will go unnoticed. 1t Is
| the aim of the bureau to give even thu
| remotest and most secluded corner o.
| the territory a chance to get before thu
| public through this exhibition. The
home newspapers can do much t.
prompt the people to take advantage O
the opportunity to advertise the re
sources of the various sections. Ike
liable printed matter furnished from
any place can accompany exhibits, ant
will be placed in the hands of visitors
The bureau and the exhibition will b.
strictly territorial institutions, favor
ing no section above another, but tn
exhibits and the information for dis
tribution will speak for themselves.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26

body else in hot water. They are Tone
of dress and display in general. When
arrayed in epaulets and gilt braid, with
a drawing-room sword and a 25-cent
pair of trousers, the Cuban brigadier or
major general is happy, because he is
on parade. But he is worried just now
for an occupation, since his dignity VIII
not permit him to work or otherwise to
be of any use to anybody.
Consequently, the military gentle
man, like women of a certain kind,
seeks relief from ennui in raising a
row. That is the whole explanation OF
the many meetings, the infiammatory
speeches and the inconsistent behavior
of that class. They lave no real grleV-
ances, but c~oniure up a few imaginary
wrongs, so as to have something to &C.
cupy their minds and keep the atten-
ton of others focused on themselves
To be obscure, not to be looked at
would be the most unhappy fact tina
could happen to them.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26

The government has ordered a camp
prepared at San Francisco for 10000
troops. All volunteers will be mustered
out there instead of in the states where
they enlisted. This will be to the ad-
vantage of the troops, because each will
receive travelling money to pay for the
trip home, but the amount will be
much greater than a railway ticket will
cost. If the government took them
home at its W expense this fund could
not be paid to the soldiers. Doubtless
many will prefer to stay on the coast,
and thus saw the money paid for the
home trip. AS there is plenty of time
in which to prepare for the entertain
ment of the troops, the camp Will
doubtless be made comfortable and
healthy.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26

flood waters, which the dam would re-
strain, do not reach now that part of
the river hundreds of miles below r.
Paso, where navigation is possible, Ii
is we'll known that when floods pass e
Paso the water disappears in the dry
bed of the stream long before reaching
the lower Rio Grande, and hat what
water is found in the channel SO fal
down the country does not come from
the upper Rio Grande.
The FL Paso Herald of last Wednes'
day had the following" item, which bears
out this statement in part:
"A dispatch to the Dallas News from
Eagle Pass, May %, says the Rio
Grande has risen 6 feet to-day, and i:
still rising. indicating a very heavy
rise. If the eccentric river wanted t.
do the right thing it would cause a lit
tie water to flow in its channel in thu
vicinity of FL Paso.'
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26

1t turns out hat the American cruls-
err Detroit did not sink a hostile Mica
ragua tub called the San Jacinto FOR
firing at the United States craft. The
reasons the story was not true are De-
cause the Nicaragua boat did not hre,
could not have hurt anything ii 1t did
shoot, and is too small game for a
cruiser to pot. The Detroit carries a
crew of $50 men. Her guns are like
those that sank Cervera's ships, and
her gunners are of the American kind
The San Jacinto is a little steam yacht
with a crew of fifteen men, which car
ries passenger between local ports
She has one gun that will shoot In
Spanish style when it will work at all
If such a craft were to fire on the cruis-
err a boats crew would be sent to take
the thing and tow it in out of the wet.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26

Dewey told a friend awhile back that
If he could have a monument in the
Vermont town where his boyhood was
spent it would be all the evidence OF
appreciation he desired. In his youth
he admired the statue of Ethan Allen,
which the public authorities had placed,
and longed for one in his honor. The
sick admiral is going to his old nome
to live. The Washington enthusiasts
who are asking the people to erect a
palace in the capital city should respect
his wishes, place a simple statue
in the Vermont town and let it go at
that. General Grant and General Sher-
man were given mansions, but chose to
reside elsewhere.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26
The Dam Decision.

The decision in the Elephant Butte
dam case can give little comfort to the
Ell Paso obstructionists when they come
to consider it. The court has in effect
said: "If this river is navigable and
this dam would destroy navigation,
then it must not be permitted. There
10 no other objection to the dam; there
is but one point at issue, and hat IS
the navigability of the river. If 1t Is
not navigable, the dam can not inter-
fere with navigation. The lower court
will inquire into the facts and be gov
erned accordingly" When this inquiry
"a MADE it will be very evident that
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26

An opinion la been given by Solicit
Or General Bartlett that before a surety
bond company can be allowed to &c
business in New Mexico it must comply
with certain legal provisions enacted
for insurance companies. The opinion
sustains hat previously given by Dis
trict Attorney Gortner, ought tc
satisfy the surety company that raisec
a question, for both are clearly writer
and evidently correct.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26
MAINE CONGRESSMAN'S NOTION
WAR
(Pittsburg Dispatch.)

The German philosopher who believes
that preparedness for war is the best
guarantee of peace has the excuse OF
living under a monarchy, one of whose
members spent his reign in collecting
the finest regiment Of grenadiers in
Europe, and then found hat regiment
SO fine that he never had the heart to
subject it to the danger of warfare.
But even that argument is sadly weak
ened by the fact hat the son of that
king spent over ten years of his reign
in desperate and destructive warfare.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26

PRACTICE

(Forms to conform to Code)
P~attison's Forms of Pleading,
under the Missouri Code, have
been placed with the New Mex
lean Printing Co. for sale.
A complete and comprehensive
book Of forms, adopted to- the
new Code of Civil Procedure
now in effect In New Mexico
Part1. Ordinary Proceedings
In Courts of Record. Part 2.
Attachments Certiorari earn
ishment; Habeas Corpus; In
junction; Mandamus: Mechap-
los Lien; Prohibition; Quo
Warranto and Replevin. Part
5. Miscellaneous. Covering Ad-
vertisements; Affidavits: Arbi-
trations Assignments; Deposit
lions ; Naturalizations, ETC., etc.
Bound in full law sheep. De-
livered ut any postofice In New
Mexico upon receipt Of pub
lisher's price, $500. Purchasers
name printed on the book free
Of cost. Address New Mexican
Printing Company, Santa Fe.
N. M,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26
The New Mexico Railway & Coal Co
CONSTRUCTING
The Ell PaSo & Northeastern R'y
AND
The FL PaSO & Northeastern R R.

Leaves Ell PaSo 1890 a. M; arrives
Alamogordo $3.50 p. M; leaves 300 P. m;
arrives Ell Paso $3.50 p. m. At Alamo
gordo first-class accommodations can be
had for the famous Sacramento noun
tain country. The train leaving FL
Paso makes connections with the 7. 4
P. and A., Il. & S. f. For information
regarding freight and passenger business
apply to 4, >; ukEiG,
II. ALEXANDER,
Ast's G. F. &P A., Ell Paso, Tex.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26

Investigation of the soil around San
ia Fe for the purpose of determining
whether it is adapted to the sugar beet
has resulted satisfactorily. The water
supply is a matter that car be arranged
capacity, and money for this is avail
able if present plans be carried out.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26

The treasury department announces
that information at hand warrants an
estimate that the gold production of
the world for the year 1900 will be $40O, :
GOO, 900. The product for 1896 was but a
little over half of this sum. The amount
produced in 1897 and 1898 can not yet
be definitely stated, but there was an
decrease each year.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26

Yellow fever is raging at Vera Cruz,
Mex, with unusual severity. This par
ti,ular pest can never prevail at the
altitude of New Mexico, nor in such a
pure climate. Beside yellow fever a
smallpox epidemic is a mild affliction
for vaccination checks it. But the fe-
VIZ battles the physicians.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26
ADVERTISING RATES..

Wanted-One cent a word each insertion.
Local-Ten cents per line each insertion.
Reading Local-Preferred position-Twen-
ty-1ve cents per line each insertion.
Displayed-Two dollars an inch, single col
umn, per month in Daily. One dollar an
nch, single column, in either English or
Spanish Weekly.
Additional prices and particulars given on
eceipt of a copy of matter to be inserted.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-26

An editor down the country who re-
Gently made a sale Of his paper mus
have quit with money enough in his
pocket to have a little ~conflagration, fol
he retired with a valedictory in verse
Money makes the muse go, it seems.