The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-01-12
A COMMUNICATION.
Judge Gatewood Talks Like a Dutch
Uncle to Democrats.


a X the following excerpt from
correspondence in an Albuquerque
paper from Santa Fe, under late Of
January 5:
Santa Fe. n. NJ, Ian. Sit is
learned from a reliable source that
it is the intention of the administra- |
ton to force Catron out of the legis-
lative council unless he can give the
administration satisfactory -assur
ances that he will do nothing to EN-
barrass the governors gang.
The administration politicians are
fearful of having him around cons
family introducing resolutions for the
investigating of different Territorial
officials, their books and their do
ings. If he can assur them as to
this, and will agree to do certain
things. he will be allowed to stay.
is the way the informant puts it.
The administration politicians in
sist that they own Clark. Winters
and Ballard, and that they will prob
ably control the two Bernalillo county
councilmen. This is not believed by
outsiders, and is probably a bluff to
induce one of them or more to go in
with the administration.
The contest has been carried oq
in a way to show that there we're a
large number of ballots in the boxes
without the party emblems. Inc the
Republican claimants seek their seats
on h ground that these ballots are
not legal. Lawyers say they are legal
ballots anyway.
1t is claimed that the alleged lille
gal ballots were printed by a promi-
nent Republican and put in circula-
ton by him. R. l.. Baca, according to
the oun under the contest. by throw
ing out all the alleged illegal ballots,
is beaten by one vote, the others by
more.
THE defeated candidates on the
Republican ticket are talking of u
contest, but it will probably amount
to nothing"
The Democrats of the Pecos Val
ley resent the intimation that Char
ley Ballard is a plant tool in the
hands of the Otero Republican admin
istration. The Democrats of this Val
ley are mainly from Missouri, Texas,
Tennessee, Virginia and other states
where Democrats are bred who be-
lieve in clean. straight Democracy.
They resent with scorn and indig-
nation even the slightest intimation
that any representative of theirs
would yield to the siren voice of
temptation to betray their party and
their decency and self-respect, enc
mating rom the Otero Mount Of
Temptation"
1t is SO true as to be almost too
trite to bear repetition that certain
prominent Democrats in the Pecos
Valley have been reputed for wears
to be the mere tools of the Otero
Republican administration, confessed
ly the worst element in the Republi-
can party; but Democrats have re-
sented this and repudiated the i'm
parchment leveled against their viii
lom leaders. But if it develops in
| the onlIrco of tho nnvt 20" roo,+ho
that any honored leader of their par
ty engages TO do the dirty work of
the Otero administration, the Demo
Gratis of III Pecos Valley will not
only be undeceived as to that partic-
ular leader, but they will be unde-
ceived as to the voice over behind the
hill whence h inspiration comes.
Traf1cking in the confidence of the
people. and especially in the conf
dence of Democrats, is a dangerous
proceeding in this southwestern coun
try of ours. Democrats will not tamely
submit to being betrayed by those
whom they have trusted TO lead
them safely through the valley of
shadows and sorrows.
The Democrats of this Valley have
their eyes OF more than one man
who is. suspected of playing into the
hands of the dominant gang at Santa
Fe. n no one OF them need felicf-
tate himself upon the sweet lnction-
tional fact (0 that he is deceiving
the intelligent Democrats of the Pc
cos ~vicinage.
The Shiny ~insinuating trail of the
malign influence of Republican graft
ism projects itself and is plainly Wis
ible even in the business affairs of
this community, and affects the bust
ness interests of -deneuda self