Evening star., 1901-12-11
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Presidents Statement as to Judicial
Appointments
POLITICAL ACTIVITY NOT APPROVED
"Pat" Garrett for Collector at
EI Paso.
NEW EXICO POLITICS

! To one of his callers who spoke to him
| today about the appointment of Judge
| FRANCIS E. Baker of Indiana circuit
| judge of the seventh circuit, President
| Roosevelt made the emphatic statement
| that when 1t came to judicial appointments
| no influence, senatorial or otherwise, would
| be supreme. Il will make the selection my
! self and will be responsible for that selec-
| tion.'' The President went on to say that
| he regarded these appointments as of the
/ greatest Importance, and that in all cases
| 1t would be both his policy and desire to
! consult with senators and representatives
| as to suitable men, but that after every
| thing had been said he would be guided by
! his own analysis of mans fitness and
| qualifications to sit on the federal bench.
| OF course the statements of those inter-
ested would weigh with him, as he always
desired 20 consult those who had a right
| to be consulted.
| Political Activity Not Approved.
| Some time ago a number of prominent
| Colorado republican politicians who are not
in harmonious relations with the machine
| in that state called at the White House
and protested violently against the inter-
ference Of federal offfcehoders with state
i
in the last Arapahoe county convention the
| federal ofhceholders, both directly and
| through friends absolutely dominated and
| controlled everything. defeating their op-
| ponents with ease 1t was represented to the
President that this state Of affairs would
| undoubtedly disrupt the republican party
! in the state if continued.
In addition to the statements of callers
| the President received number of letters
| bearing on the situation. He came to the
| conclusion that the federal Interference
| complained against was apparently obnox-
ious and not to- the best interests of the
party. AT any rate, 1t is stated that all
the federal officehoderS in Colorado have
resigned their official connections with the
republican organization, some of them CIV
| ing UP county chairmanships. some places
| on the state committee, and SO
There was regular shaking of the po-
litical persimmon tree and a great drop
| ping Of ripe persimmons. There are, how
| ever, vacancies of federal office by rea-
son of designations. 1t is stated that the
recent circular of Attorney General Knox
warning United States attorneys and mar
shals against interference and undue ac-
tivity in political matters was based to a
| large extent on the complaints from Colo
RADIO.
Wants "Pnt' Garrett for Collector.
Gen. Lew Wallace was one of the Presi
| dents visitors today and his business and
| presence at the White House recalled some
| Of the most stirring and tragic days of
| New Mexico. 1t was while General Wal
| lace was governor of New Mexico, twenty
years ago, that the bloody and murderous
| Lincoln county war between rival cattle
| men occurred. 1t was then, too, that the
notorious BILLY the Kid" whose real name
| was William Mccarthy, was committing
| some of his most CORY murders. Mccarthy
had been participant in this war of ex-
termination, and when General Wallace
| finally granted amnesty to those who would
|
| the terms and continued his man-klling
| career Governor Wallace determined to
| run the Kid to earth, and put on his
, trail the coolest and quickest man in all
New Mexico, Sheriff Patrick F. Garrett,
now living in Las Cruces, N M.
This cool-headed, gray-eyed man captured
| the kid asleep and Mccarthy was tried
and convicted of various murders. He WAS
| sentenced to hang, and when sentence was
| pronounced he declared that there were
| three more men he would kill before he
died. One of these was Gen. Lew Wallace.
| Then came McCarthy's murder of his two
| guards and his escape to the prairies again.
| Again track of the murderer went Sher-
iff Pat Garrett: Al After r. ., search 3 Of
| spend certain night with a ranchman.
| Garrett was there and took a position near
| a bed in the shadows of the room. During
! the night Mccarthy walked in.
The moonlight was streaming or his
| face and body. He peered into the dark
! ness of the room and saw the dark figure
| OIL [. ''Qu1en SaD6. MC(aTIny calleQ,
and, receiving no answer, reached for his
pistols to begin shooting. Crack" went
| Garretts pistol and the KID dropped
| dead in his tracks.
| Garrett was at the White House today
acc coompanied by Albert +. Hall of Las
Cruces Garrett wants to be collector of
| customs at Ell Paso, Tex, to succeed Moses
Dillon, who was dismissed because of vio-
! iations Of the civil service laws. General
Wallace's mission to Washington was to
urge the appointment of Pat Garrett,
and the information is that 1t will be made.
Garrett'S home is in New Mexico forty
| miles from FL Paso, but the people in Ell
Paso will not object to his having the place,
it is said The appointment will be made
soon.
New Mexico Politics.
Besides the case of Garrett. it is under
stood that General Wallace talked to the
President about politics in New Mexico
and the desire of the territory for state
hood. There were a number of New Mexico
men at the White House today on similar
errands Among these were Solomon Luna,
A. W. Harris. Ernest Meyer. Major w. II.
Llewellyn and E. A. Fisk. There are also
others in the city from the territory. The
reappointment of Governor 0tero as chief
executive of the territory Is being urged
and. opposed. Some time ago it looked as
If the reappointment was certainty. and
1t is yet believed to be certain, but the OPP
ponentS of Governor OteTo are making some
headway and may succeed in their under
taking.
New Mexico Judges.
The President and Attorney General to-
day decided on the denomination with one
exception, of the members Of the supreme
court of New Mexico. These are William
J. Mills, chief justice: John r. McFie
Frank w. Parker, associate justices. As
sociate Justice Crumpacker's term is NOT
out, and his denomination was not sent in
Other Territorial Nominations.
The denominations of Associate Justices
George r. Davis, Fletcher M. Doran and
Richard E. Sloan Of the Arizona territorial
supreme court has been agreed to. In the
case of Webster Street. chief justice. no
action was taken. as Judge Streets term
does not expire until next March.
The denomination of the members Of the
Oklahoma court was also decided upon,
and in the southern district of the Indian
territory Judge Hosea Townsend will be
renominated.
Just before these denominations were de-
f.ided llDOn Represenf q tiyea .Tov and Rar-