Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-02
cnAR0ss To BR INVESTIGATED

A large and representative crowd Of
Carlsbad's citizens held Q mass meet.
Ing In the court house, wednesday eve.
ming. to take action In the matter OF
the grave charges Of immoral conduct
made against Hon. D. X. Mcmillan,
5udgeeof the Fifth judicial district,
says the Argus.
Shortly after 8 O'Clock Mayor d. n.
Lucas called the convention 10 order.
and G. n. McLenathen was elected
chairman. and A. u. Greene. secretary.
In q short. concise and eloquent
speech, Chairman Mc14cnathan stated
the object Of the meeting to be the in.
vestigation Of the charges against
Judge Mcmillan. and IT, In the judg.
ment OF the people, suficicnt evidence
was adduced to Justify an investiga.
tion, to lay formal protest before the
president against his continuance ON
the supreme bench of New Mexico, un.
lees exonerated upon full and search.
Ing Investigation.
TN motion Of Judge A. A. Freeman.
duly seconded. the chair appointed the
following committee to examine into
the charges and 10 report q oct Of reso-
buttons embodying the sentiments Of
this community: A. n. Pratt, d. n.
Lucas, A. G. Heard. A. A. Freeman,
w. A. Finlay. Sam b. Smith. r. q.
Tracy. l.. o. Fullen, II. =. Berner, J. T..
Laverty and NJ. p. Kerr.
After q recess Of about fifteen or
twenty minutes the above committee
reported the following resolutions, and
upon motion Of g. H. Hutchins they
were adopted by the meeting:
Mr.. Chairman Your committee has
had under consideration the following
resolution. to-wit:
Resolved. That a committee he ap.
pointed to report on the condition Of
district court AFFAIRS In this county;
and also on certain charges relating to
the personal conduct of the presiding
Judge OF this judicial district. the Hon.
Daniel II. Mcmillan. and II begs leave
to report a. follows:
Trst-For the last year or more the
work Of the court In this county has
been extremely unsatisfactory. This
condition has been the result of mum.
her Of causes. In the first place. while
the law Of congress requires the Judge
to reside In the district over which
he presides. yet Judge Macmillan has
persistcntly declined and still declines
to obey this law. keeping his territorial
residence In the city Of Santa Fe. 737
miles distant. by nearest railroad con.
nection. from the county seat Of this
county. thus rendering II extremely
tnconvenient. and sometimes impossi-
BILE to reach him In the ordinary course
Of bushes.
Second--He has been guilt of con.
duct unbecoming to one occupying his
high and responsible position. In that
he has associated himself In an I'm
proper manner with = woman who 10
rot his wife. In support Of which we
submit the following specifications:
Here follows the eight separate and
distinct allegations of people In Lin
coin county, who saw certain specified
acts that tend to establish the guilt of
Judge Mcmillan. Those testifying In.
cluic Bert Rowland. Emil Fritz, ex.
sheriff of Lincoln county; Mr.. Hubert.
hotel keeper; Mrs. Bnca, at whose
house the woman had rooms: Mr..
Moeler. a reputable merchant; Mr..
Lutz. county treasurer; James Brent.
OF Silver City, formerly sheriff of LIN
coin county. ard several others whose
testimony Is all corroborative. The last
specification mentioned the accusation
In open court by Attorney Baca. Of So
zorro. The woman went by the name
Of Mrs. Helen Parks.l
A number of lawyers of this district,
In view Of these facta and circum.
stances. united In q memorial to him
nsxing that he court an investigation
of these charges. but learning that
such memorial was being prepared, he
went to the city Of WashingtoD, where,
II In believed, he has been engaged for
some time past In an effort to forestall
investigation, by having press dis
patches published to the effect that
these charges are prompted by pn.it.
teal opposition and by q desire ON the
part Of his accusers to supplant him
in his ONCE.
We here append to and make 8 part
Of this report statement published In
the Las Vegas Daily Optic, under date
Of July 7, 1909. which Ii - follows:
The article that here follows was
publlshed IN the Argus two weeks ago,
and also In various other papers all
over the country. II purports to be
an interview with Judge Mcmillan, In
which he denies the charges and states
that they are prompted by political
enmity.I
We hereby declare that the forego-
Ing statement that these charges have
emanated from political opponents
who desire to succeed to his ONCE Is
not only false. but absurd.
Your committee Ia advised and be-
lieve the fact to be that q demand for
an investigation Of these charges
would have been made more than q
wear ago when theee OYanaea Arst