Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-07-16
Found Few Of The Faithful
still in Office
HAGERMAN CLEANING OUT
OLD REGIME IN PENITENTIARY
Government Special Agent Examines
Books Of Territorial Prison Causing
Nervousness in Some Quarters.
Special to The Morning Journal.

Special to The Morning Journal.
Santa Fe, July i5.--After having
travelled extensively in foreign lands,
Miguel |. returned last evening to his
people. Having heard of his home-
coming, Secretary Reynolds journeyed
TO Las Vegas and a few more of the
ialthtul Travelled as far as Lamy to
greet their former chief and welcome
MIN home. Among these were DR.
Sloan, j. b. Sena and Dave White. the
famous engineer, some of whose work
VIII be remembered by the citizens OF
New Mexico as long as they are oblig-
ed to pay taxes for the support of
territorial institutions.
AT the local depot some of the
members of the tin can brigade were
awaiting the arrival of the train to
extend the gladhand of fellowship
ana to assure the first member of the
order that the society is in a -four
lshing condition and that new MEM
pers are continually being added to the
roll.
In order to call the attention of the
people in general to the fact that
something was going on, the band had
peen secured at great expense to
sound the timbrels and beat the drum
ostensibly because his wool clip need
ed attention, Hon. II. O. Bursum. late
advisor in ordinary to His Excellency.
was conspicuous by his absence. He
had been confidently expected to be
mere and his comAg had been widely
heralded, but the can brigade held a
meeting last night without him, 1t In
now said that he will be here some
time this week, when 1t Is expected
that a campaign, which shall have
Tor its object the undoing of Governor
Hagerman, will be planned. The mem-
nera Of the brigade are not saying
much Tor publication, but they seem
to be confident that Bursum win plan
some method of getting even with
the governor for stopping their pay.
since the old employees at the pen-
ltentary have been almost unanI-
mously retired aud have iolned The
brigade, there are other territorial
employees who dream nightly about
sending in their applications for mem-
Dershlp. 1t has been but few davs
more than three months since Mr.
Bursum retired from the superln-
tendency of the penitentiary. vet in
Jhat tlme he has been followed Nv the
assistant superintendent, the clerk. the
penltentiary physician. the matron
ana several of the guards. few nf
the guards yet remain. but no one can
tell now long they viii stay. In the
same time the accounts at the penI-
tehtiary have been examined by E p
Holcomb, who has Just finished his
labor in this connection and left last
nlght for Washington. just WHY q
special agent of the government was
detailed to make a thorough examin-
atlon OF the books at the territorial
pehltentiary Is not clear. but II Is evil
deht that for some reason the pov-
erhment Is taking some interest I'm the
matter. For week past Snerial
agent Holcomb has had the assistance
OF an expert accountant from Colo
rado Springs. Although no report has
peen made public, the fact that some
weeks nave been spent 10 an exam
NATION of the penitentlary accounts
would seem to Indicate that eyerv-
be. ~
Governor Hagerman appears 10 he
doing thorough work as lie goes along
and 1t is now perfectly apparent thai
no department Of the territorial pov-
ernment Is going to escape the closes,
scrutiny and the incompetent or
crooked officials. II there are any
VIII surely he separated from the ter-
ritorial service.