Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-11-26
!LLEWELLYN'S
DEFEAT
1t is Greatly Regretted and There
Seems to be Ground for a
Contest,
AN ALBUQUERQUE SCHEME
A Proposed Plau to Divide the Morrill,
Fund, So that half of it Will be Di-
verted from the Agricultural
College.
Special Cor. New Mexican.

| opeclal COr. New Mexican.
Las Cruces, N. NJ, Nov. 4,19OO.-Th,
belated returns from Otero county il
the matter Of the race between Hon. w
ii. II. Llewellyn and w. H. Slaughter
candidates for the Legislature from the
district composed of the counties of Do.
ma Ana and Otero, came to hand a day
or two ago; consequently the board OF
county commissioners, sitting as {
BOARD of canyassers, reconvened anC
tabulated the returns from the two
counties. 1t was found that Slaughter
had majority of A. having received a
| considerably higher majority in the
county of Otero than Llewellyn receiv-
ed in this, his home county; conse-
quently the certificate was issued to the
| former. There has been considerable
| talk here ever since the result of the
| would contest the election before the
| legislature. For this he has the best of
reasons, owing to the trickery resorted
| to in this county, as alleged, by the
Democrats in the placing of the Demo-
cratic legislative nominees on the "Ci-
tizens' ticket" when the convention
had expressly voted down a proposition
sanctioning the suggestion. However
no one here knows whether or not
there will be contest. Llewellyn is
now reported to be in Chicago engaged
in promoting mining deal, and he
alone can say positively whether or not
there will be a contest. 1t is certain,
however, that no steps have as yet been
taken for the purpose of initiating
contest. Llewelyns defeat is very
much regretted here. 1t is more than
probable that his services will be much
needed in the next legislature
DIVISION OF MORRILL, FUND.
A we'll defined rumor comes down
from Albuquerque that the friends of
the territorial university will make an
effort at the coming term of the legis-
lature to divide the Morrill, fund of the
Agricultural college. This would be a
great mistake, as any such division
would greatly cripple the college and
would be of no great benefit to the uni
versity. However, it is realized that
legislators, who are anxious to stand
we'll with their constituents, do not stop
to consider the injuries which may re-
suit to other sections, provided that
they can show a benefit to their own
sections. The college is doing splen-
did work for the territory and is grow
ing in popularity every day; and it has
not as yet begun to reach the limits of
it's capacity for good in the matter Of
educating the youth of the territory.
The Democrats of this section who
will go to the legislature are pledged
against the division of the Morrill, fund ;
but 1T Is feared that their voices will
not be as potential as would those of a
like number of Republicans from this
section. Hence the regret in the defeat
of Llewellyn and Holt. For this unfor-
tunate result, those so-called Republi-
cams who allowed the Democrats to
play upon their prejudices and Jealous
les are to be thanked.
WANT GOVERNOR OTERO REAP
POINTED.
The election being over, the quid-
uncs have been gossipping more or
less about the federal offices. 1t seems
to be the general consensus of opinion
here that Governor Otero will be, and
should be, re-appointed; also that Judge
Parker is we'll entitled to another term.
The judges administration of the du-