Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-13

The papers that lowied themselves
black IN the face demandipg that
.s.r Andrews immediately resign
when ftbe Piutshprw nak failst.
aud sho ~Sxcorstsa the Republican
Ieensrai committee because they did
not denounce him. cant DC getting
much comfort out pr ue situation
80 far FOR M to- Date, N spirel II an
eager md diHgene dtDing INTO tie
enterprise faiurs by enemies OF Mr..
Andrews aud bis friends, not a sin
gle BIT OF evidence has been found
10 prove any OF the outrageous
'chargss that were SO freely flung
out.
So far, the charge made OF footing
the bank by the men that Mr., An
drews IL associated with IN building
The Santa Fe Central road has not
been proven In any n particular,
and the United States examiner has
been Investigating Il for over a
month.
That the failure Of the bank has
temporarily embarrassed the gentle
man in question Is no secret, nor any
cause for rejoicing here In New
Mexico either.
The decent. respec able citizens OF
New Mexico are not going TO find
any man guilty until he II proven
70. They welcomed Senator An
drews and his friends here with open
arms. They were glad TO see them
have confidence enough In our future
to put several million OF dollars into
he road they are building. They
believe now and shall continue to so
believe until proven wrong. that the
road was built with honest money
and not with funds stolen from the
bank.
And granting further, that there Is
any considerable amount Of the
! roads obligations now unpaid mere
In the territory, since when did II
become proper to brand a man OF
set OF men al ~scoundrels because In
trying to carry out a gigantic enter
prise like financing q railroad they
became embarrassed and had 10 ad
nit themselves out OF funds tempo
rarily.
The history Of railroad building
and many other large enterprises n
the west II one Of financial failure
Few Of the original builders Of {
western railroad ever made a dolla,
out Of their investment. And OF al
towns In New Mexico that SHOULD
have held their peace, that shoul'
have advised patience and a with
holding Of judgment, the city Of Albu
querque " At the head. The buildini
LOT the road into that place mean
much to them, especially as TIL
completion Of the Beleh cut on ar
prpachaEa When Andrews and hi
friends went there with q proposs
Ito build Into the city. nothing wa
too Eo0d. for them, mo praise too higt
a1din0K, to sneer at and abuse them
- doc the Aibuqusrqne Jonrna
20 Aeaes mo words unused 10 q,
Lcoriete and malixn them. ~ indee
E4grStAIde and indecency in II
fhikh3st beAsc. No, instead Of abui
Ting these men, who have tried I
. help us build up New Mexico, le
Us withhold Judgment; let us wis
them good luck out Of their trouble
and hope that they may prove tn
charges unfounded, and keep on wit
their road until II Ia completed an
on a hrm financial footing.
When the charges that have bee
so wildly made and so entirely III
supported are proven definitely an
conclusively. as they will be II the
are true. then and not till then wi
be time enough to talk about som
action by the Republican party.
!. We cant recall that the state Of Kar
sas called for Senator Burton's sun
mary removal, or that Oregon d.
handed the removr.l Of Senator MI
chell before their trials. or that !
was considered any stain upon hi
honor and integrity that CONGRESS
man Mckinley. on the v OF his ne
mination for the presidency was 8
financially embarrassed through ba
business investment trtt. but 10
The aid OF men like Mark Hanna an
others. he would nave been force
into the bankruptcy court.