Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-05-13
Endorsed by Governor 0tero,
Committeeman Luna and
Chairman HubbeII...Del
gate Rodey's Support
Asked.
CAMPBELL AN
APPLICANT
Until Four Years Ago Citizen Of New
Mexieo...WeI Known in Pecos
Valley-..Has Strong Outside
Influence
Special 20 the New Mexican.

Special % the New Mexican.
Las Cruces, N. NJ, May 13--The lat
est developments in the candidacy of
Z. A. Mann, an attorney of this city for
the appointment as associate justice O.
the Territorial Supreme Court are re-
ported % be the securing of the en-
dorsements to his application for the
position, of Governor Otero, National
Committeeman Solomon Luna and Ter
ritorial Chairman f. A. Hubbell. 1t is
said here that these endorsements
have bsen telegraphed to Delegate B.
S. Rodsy and that he has been asked
TO join in them. If he does, it is be-
lieved that the question is practically
settled and that Mr. Mann will be ap-
pointed.
Your correspondent was in error in
wiring you recently that Major w. H.
H. Lew ellyn had endorsed Mr.. Mann's
application and was engineering his
campaign for appointment. Major
Llewellyn had stated in the matter
that he would join in recommending
Mr.. Mann, provided Governor Otero,
Mr.. Luna and Mr.. Hubbell endorsed
him. Mr.. Mann IS conducting his own
campaign for appointment.
A representative of the New Mexi-
can called on the Governor this fore
noon in relation to the above dispatch
and the Governor stated that it was
substantially correct, that Mr.. Luna
and Mr.. Hubbell had endorsed Mr..
Ior, bc l., boJ
date for the position, he joined with
them in this recommendation and had
wired Delegate Rodey asking him to
make the recommendation unanimous.
The Governor was also asked about
Major llewellyn's connection with the
affair. He stated that Major Level
lyn had not made any recommendation
and it was true as stated that the lat
Ter would consult with the territorial
o..icials and would join in the recon-
mendation that the Governor, Mr.. |
Luna and Mr.. Hubbell would make. |
The Governor was also asked as to the
clerksbip of the new court and said |
while he knew nothing about it, as |
far as David J. Leahy was concerned,
he would certainly suit him, that Mr..
Leally was a deserving Republican,
competent and able and entitled to
such preferment.
The Governor further stated in re-
ply to question, that he was strongly
in favor of the appointment of home
man to this important place, but did
not consider the appointment to be
local or for any judicial district; in
his opinion, it is an absolutely terri
torial appointment and should not be
circumscribed by geographical or judi
cial district court lines. Should the
become of such nature so
that the people of the Territory could
not unite upon a citizen of New Mexi-
co. as nonresident would then have
10 be appointed, A. c, Campbell, now
holding an important official position
in the Office of the assistant attorney
general for the interior department in
Washington, would receive the en-
dorsement of Governor Otero. Mr..
Campbell was for about five years a
resident of the Pecos Valley, part of
the time as general attorney for the
Pecos Irrigation and Improvement
Company, and thereafter for the Pecos
Valley lines of the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe Railway. Upon accepting
the government position he now holds,
he went to Washington and while he
has been for the past four years, what
might be called nonresident of this
Territory he has never relinquished
his citizenship here. Mr.. Campbell is
well known and highly respected by
the people of the Pecos Valley and in
the Capital City of the Territory. He
is strongly recommended by the Sena-
tors from his former state of Wyoming
in addition to recommendations and re-
nuests for his appointment by other
very influential Republicans, members
of Congress and officials in Washing
ton,