Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17
1t is Alleged That He Was Not
Fairly Defeated by His
Opponent,
THE ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM
The Case Will be Carried to the United
States Supreme Court by the Govern
ment-The Irrigation Problem
Mining Activity.
Special Cor. New Mexican.

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Llewellyn has finally decided to caases
| the declared election of w. H. Slaugli
| ter to the New Mexico legislative as
sembly from the twelfth legislative .is
Ana and Otero. The major reached Gh
conclusion late in the day, and onl.
after repeated urgings on the part Of
large number of voters.
1t will be recalled that on the face .
the returns he has only a majority .
forty-seven to overcome. 1t is ucget
that this matter of contest is one il
which he alone is not concerned, bu
that in the jobbery that was committed
and which resulted in an adverse ma
jority the public suffered and q srcs
outrage was committed on law and de
cency. 1t will be remembered that {
convention of Democrats and Republic
ans was held here just before the elec
ton. The Republicans were dissatisfied
with portion of the county ticket nu
in nomination by the Republican con,
yention, and particularly with the man.
ner in which the primaries We're held ir
some of the outlying precincts. So they
(foolishly) entered into the den of d an.
ocratic wolves and formed an alliance
The Democratic managers were anx,
ious to have this convention adopt oi
indorse the congressional and legisla.
tive nominations of that party. Eu
the Republican participants had nj
grievance there, and emphatically le'
jected the proposition, SO that the sIg.
gestion was abandoned by the De no.
cratic managers, and county tickc
nominated.
AN UNFAIR SCHEME.
Up to this point all was fair and
above board. But no sooner was thc
convention dissolved than these Dam.
ocratic conspirators prepared arc
caused to be certified a ticket showing
that the convention had done that
which it expressly refused to do, viz tc
adopt the Democratic congressional and
legislative nominations. This tic<et
was afterward printed, and was the
only ticket in the field representing the
opposition to the Republican party or
the day of the election. There can bt
no doubt that hundreds of voters wer
deceived by the trick, and the defeat ol
the Republican legislative ticket is duo
in large measure to it's success.
INTIMIDATION AND DOODLE.
This is the principal ground Of con
test. But there are others. Clear and
indisputable evidence of intimidation
and threats of violence in at least one
Of the precincts of this county has been
obtained, while in one Of the precincts
politicians used money without stint in
corrupting voters. All these matters
will be brought out at the hearing upon
the notice of contest. This hearing will
take place before e. G. Wade, notary
public, on the 18th inst, at this place.
THE ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM.
Authentic information reached here
this week from DR.. Nathan Boyd, Il.
ICClOI III IIlC lllCPAoAI DuItC AoAA Ell~
terprise, that Attorney General Griggs
has taken personal charge of the long
pending litigation between the govern
ment and the company touching the
canals, and that the attorney general
had instructed the United States at!or-
ney of New Mexico to appeal the tase
to the federal supreme court. This ac-
come as a great surprise to the we'll
initiated, although it was hoped that
the government had at last arrived at
a point where it had seen that 1t hal
conspirators, and that it had done and
was doing grave injury to the teri
tory, and particularly to the people cf
the Mesilla valley. / say that the above
prise to the initiated for the reason that
in view of the pending negotiations be-
tween Mexico and the United States on
the subject of the dam above Ell Paso,
SAS 0ttOAACy 6CACldA WOulo ClAuSoSpi W
maintain the status QUO as to the Ele-
phant Butte dam and canals untirthose
might be determined. md
this is what evidently the department
of justice has undertaken to do.
AN ARGUMENT FOR STATEHOOD.
All of this makes the strongest argu-
ment for statehood at the earliest mo
ment, for with three electoral votes ana
two United States senators from New
Mexico the executive department Of the
government would never have started
the disastrous litigation, or, If started,
would have abandoned it years ago.
There is another conclusion to be
drawn: Neither the Elephant Butte
dam nor any other improved ditch
scheme will be begun within years or
completed, and the people of the south
ern Rio Grande valley may just as we'll
make up their minds not to wait, Mi
cawber like, for some such scheme to
be inaugurated under present difficult
ties.
THE WATER PROBLEM.
/ am told that the water problem has
been satisfactorily solved by the people
on the Rio Grande below Ell Paso. The
is the use Of gasoline engines to
hoist the water. There is superabun.
dance Of water all through the Mesilla'
valley at depth of from 10 to 20 feet,
and there Is no reason why this water
cannot be utilized by the means sug.
gested to irrigate gardens and orchards,
at least during the scarcity Of water in