Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-11
COL. TWITCHELL HITS FROM THE
SHOULDER.
(Las Vegas Republican,

There was a large attendance at the
meeting of the Republican club Friday
night, and the OratOrical developments
bordered on the sensational. Owing to
the washout ON the railway, speakers
expected from the south We're unable
to be present.
Col. r. e. Twitchell was the first
speaker, and he tossed a few huge
bombs into the enemy's troubled camp.
Speaking of county matters, he said
thai the records show that the Demo-
Pop. gang, who looted the county treas
ury, paid their henchmen a commission
on ATTACHMENTS, or, in other words, paid
a collection commission on money that
was never collected. He charged, also,
that they loaned the county money to
private individuals who We're their
henchmen, and that some of this money
has not yet been paid back into the
treasury. He said it was no wonder
Judge Long, who is the orator of the
Bryan calamity club, is in favor of
hauling down the stars n stripes in
the Philippines. He charged that dur
ing the civil wal Judge Long was a
venomous copperhead, a member of the
VIGOROUSLY disloyal knights of the
Golden Circle and a warm friend and
active ally of Valandigham, the rebel
traitor who vas kicked out of Ohio u
Ing liz wal. LIE odIu 1 was
Judge Long to be against the flag and
a s%ympathizer of Aguinaldo now, be-
cause he was an enemy of the flag and
a friend and ally of it's enemies during
the most critical period in the life OF
the nation. Colonel Twitchelrs remarks
created much enthusiasm, and he was
vociferously applauded.
Capt. w. C. Reid, who was the next
speaker, confined himself to the silver
question, expansion and Imperialism.
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY INDEBTED
NESS.
Uas Vegas Republican,
The Optic seems to be long" on men,
dacity and short" on prudence. On
Tuesday it alluded to the Indebtedness
Of San Miguel county, and asserted
that NEARLY every dollar of it was in
Cured under Republican rule" Now,
when the organ stated this it must have
known that it grossly misrepresented
the facts. 1t is well known, and the
records will prove it, thai the expendi-
lures for the court house, the Jail and
the iron bridge connecting Las Vegas
and East Las Vegas We're the only
bonded indebtedness incurred by the
county under Republican rule. And. to
the credit of the Republican party be it
said, full value was obtained for the
money expended in these public works.
The court house, the Jail and the iron
bridge are enduring monuments Of The
fidelity with which the Republican Off
Gals who erected them guarded the in
terests of the taxpayers. But, how did
the county fare under Democratic bond
age. The Democratic officials squan-
dered 800, 900 of the county money in
erecting an alleged bridge near Fort
Bascom, and the worthless structure
was blown away by the first zephyr
that came that way after it's compile
ton. They spent $25, 900 more in erect
ing another invalid bridge at Anton
Chico, and to-day it is not worth so
many cents. They squandered $1,000
more in constructing an alleged road
from here to Tecolote, and the money
might as well have been stolen outright
so far as any public benefit is con-
cerned. And not content with all this
bungling incapacity, if not worse, the
Demo-Pop-Union gang stole, OF misap-
%propriated, tens of thousands of dollars
that were raised by taxation to pay in
terest and part of the principal of these
debts into which they, themselves.
plunged the county without any value
received.
When the Optic invites a comparison
of Republican rule in San Miguel
ty with the corrupt reign Of the Demo-
Pop-Union ~freebooters, Emperor Felix
and his notorious gang may fervently
eXclaim: May the devil preserve us
from our fool organ!"