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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-10

sssfEE circumstance, - are a4Ensstiy
an tasoE ~ aeespaanE aAe Rsastsaan n
sasd aea os eSsasFsss and hzliexe IL
te ase an the hesa Interests Il the peo.
pae II 10th territories. 10 woss and
soae aor the adEBissSaa a sse~ Nsatao
anA AEaxasa immediately In SiAssh0ot
- .ssss stase,
@SFd- That se saasgaa o. the g@eOpS
as AEaxona she right hand II fellow.
ship and asSmF. ihen that the people
of Sew Mekleo are ready 60 eoNpsfsie
with them. siaheui EefsEenea to party
ties, In q spirit oE patriotism. for the
asoi nf saah territories and fag the
uEhaaading of u great state. with
Representatives In aongEsxs sissis
distributed fnr she advocacy moi only
of ihe Interests of all The states but
especially foF the rights and special
interests II the great southwest. and
we invite ahs cooperation If The peo
pile ssf Arizona In the formation nf u
strong and active statehood party in
bath territories 10 work together "a
carry out successfully the provisions
of the recent act Of congress.
18th That Ne favor the appoint.
m.-nt By the territorial democratic
convention Of representative commit
tee. 10 cooperate with a like represen.
tative committee 10 he appointed BY
Arizona 10 work together for present
admission into the union as one single
state.
's.h. We call public attention 20
Oh" fact that II IL currently reported
and has mt been denied that the
present republican delegate 20 con.
gr"ss secured about s3s!ao0 for use
I'm his campaign In 1904 and that the
republican party In various counties
CONTINUED ON page fiyel
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BIG Meeting
OF DEMOCRATS
0GeLssE FOR oisT.sTsTEaooo
ANc CONDEMN scrtok or
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
HAGERMAN COMMENDED
Declare That Investigations sscS
Started Shouts Exseao 20 the Var.
eus cssseaats ct Al the ccuasiss.

The democrats u San altg1.l e0aR-
y held their sSsUhiy convention In the
s0aEt gonns aG sh. eons, hanse satnF-
day 10 select delegates ID The Demo
cratic territorial convention Ia BE-
heid In Santa y. un The twelfth of
this month o. A, iaFraXoio presided
o. chairman, ". q. sisydun aud 4.
Angel we're chosen to act as vice
presidents aud q. IA. bunker and
Charles Tamme offiriated as s.er.tar.
ses.
The following delegates were ehos.
IN TO represent the party at the San.
IA Fe convention: .. A. L.aFragolo. w.
]. Lucas. Antonio Lneero. 4. A. Jones,
G. Molina. 4. y. Taylor. Filaaslfo
Baca, W. 6. Haydon. T.. G. de- Baca,
Nonieo Tafeya. j. d. W. veeder. =. A.
Manzanares. &. r. Rudolph. J. A. Ba.
Ga. Jr.. g. ". Hunker. ]. u. Hand. Ra.
mon Manzanares. Charles Tamme. To.
nas pacheeo and r. f. Valdez
The resolutions adopted were as
follows; LIST. That whereas the terri.
tory of New Mexico has for fifty years
been demanding for herself alone. ad-
mission as Il separate state into the
union, during which time the repub-
iicaR leaders In congress. at most of
the time having power 10 admit New
Mexico. have constantly refused 20
do sn aud og recent years these same
republican leaders. under The header.
ship oi Senator BeveFldge, have not
only refused separate admission 10
this territory. but as well have mis-
represented aud slandered oIr peo-
pie. We therefore. point TO the action
Of these public leaders as proving pos
ltively tina, the responsibility for the
defeat Of separate statehood for New
Mexico rests upon the republican
party.
End. That In The defeat os the
application Of New Mexico for admis-
sion into the union by the republican
leaders In congress. during the past
decade. IL is made apparent that In tn
future as In the past. the republican
party will oppose single statehood 10
this territory. and that unless We ac'
cept Joint statehood with Arizona nm
der the provisions Of the recent act of
congress, that admission into the union
vii, be long delayed to the detriment
nf the people: therefore under ex'
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-10

Under the auspices Of the Las We
gas Good Government league the 500
people who crowded the Duncan opera
house heard Governor II. J. Hagerman
and Hon. o. A. Larrazolo last night
deliver ringing addresses upon time.
ly topics Of reform. Mr.. Larraz0lo,
who spoke first, found election frauds
and the prostitution OF the ballot Of
more importance than the cure Of
municipal evils. He denounced traf
Ticking In votes in the vehement man.
ner and briefly reviewed in passing
alleged violations Of the law respect.
ing the sale of liquor and gambling.
Governor Hagerman took up the
matter of licensed gambling in the
territory Of New Mexico, which he
considered Of greater consequence
than local matters TO which he like
wise referred incidentally in his
address. He declared he was in sym
pathy with congressional legislation
prohibiting gambling in the territory
and added that In the debate on the
Littlefield bill, which will come before
the next session Of congress. that not
one thing directly in favor Of gambling
will be said by the opposition.
4 number of vocal selections were
cffered,, among which was soprano
SOLO by Miss Mae Farmer Of St. Louis,
Miss Farmer. who is a sister Of DIR.
Percy j. Farmer Of the Montezuma
ranch. has a cultivated soprano voice
OF pleasing quality and her singing
delighted the audience. A male quar-
tette offered numbers acceptably.
Governor Hagermsn's Speech
Following is the text of Governor
Hagerman's address:
need not assure you. Mr.. Chair
man, that ever since the movement
| which we have assembled here to
| encourage and promote. was first
started in Las Vegas. / have fol-
lowed it with the deepest interest
and greatest sympathy. 1t seems 20
me that the organization Of the Good
Government league Of Las Vegas is in
finitely more significant and Of far
greater Importance than the people
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PACKED ADDRESSES
j. Q. A.

all willing TO lose my faith In man.
kind because so many men refrain
from resisting public corruption until
1t has reached the point of satnration
and the limit Of endurance.
II il probably not to be wondered
Of that so many private citizens should
hesitate about interfering with the
regular order Of things. however bad
that order Of things may he. The
chances are that as an individual he
will lose out because the powers
against him are united by the common
interest Of financial profit. and II they
have political power to back them.
as they usually do. they can make the
individual suffer. and this, too. they
usually do. The way Of the innovator
Is certainly not path Of roses. nor
does It lead to popularity. We can
scarcely blame the average citizen
for hesitating to assert himself when
asked to come out and work for de-
cency and honesty in civic govern
ment. He will agree with you in the.
ory when you remind him Of his duty
OF citizenship. but not until he begins
to sweat blood, will he come forth and
do his duty. III
A Public offieiars Duty - %
II is far easier for the private sciti.
zen, II Is far easier and much more
agreeable in many ways for the pub.
lie official to join in the close corpora
ton for the suffocation Of truth, which
exists here and In many other places
than Il is to come out and call a
spade a spade There is excuse for
the private citizen. but when pub
lie official who has any sense ol
duty whatever or any respect for The
trust imposed upon him. has the al
tentative Of accepting harmony. pop
ularity and o constant succession ol
humiliating compromises ON the one
hand. or opposition, animosity and
honest effort to expose and remedy
flagrant evils on the other hand
and there can be little doubt as tc
which course his seif-respect vii
force him to choose.
Now. | don't know that you here ~
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Las Vegas have great many evils
to abolish. but ! do know that you
have some. and take II that in regard
to few Of them YOU have reached the
point OF saturation. ! am delighted
that You have formed this league to
fight them. One Of the greatest OF
these evils, and one upon which you
are particularly concentrating your
efforts, Is licensed gambling.
II Is a fact that needs little argv.
ment Ahat iicehsed gambling Is n
whitening evil without one redeemIng
feature. an unmitigated curse TO any
community. Among the bad habits
and vices which always injure and Of.
ten destroy men. gambling stands
unique and alone I'm the fact that II
has never done any good to any hn.
man being and never viii do any good.
When the bill now pending In con-
gress 10 prohibit the licensing Of
gambling in the territories of the
United States shall 4 be debated, l.
venture to predict that not one word
will be said In defense Of gambling
per se. Some may say that II In not a
proper subject for congress to legis.
late upon, and that II ought to be-
LEFT for the territories themselves to
settle. but am sure that not one
word will be spoken in defense of
gambling itself. q The fact is that II
censed gambling II a moral outlaw In
nearly all the civilized world. Long
experience has shown that It is wholly
evil in Its effects both on the state
which licenses II and on every indi.
vidual victim who contributes to its
support. s
/ will not attempt to play the role
OF moralist, or portray the bIighting
effects Of gambling on the individual
man. ] am willing TO leave that to
the preachers.
Majority Oppose Gambling
II seems to me. In the light Of re.
cent events. that II the people of New
Mexico had the chance to vote on IL.
right now. they would by large ma.
-
- Continued on Page Two.)
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CIVIL STRIFE AGAIN
THREATENS VENEZUELA


New York, Sept. fh.-The Tribune
to-day says: Nsns1nsla j. sgaiu threat
enad with civil strife. The man
ready 60 had the fight against PresE
dent Castro. il his enssny VI long
standing. General Jose Manuel Ber-
nanaex lei Machol. formerly s.neza'
elan minister at Washington. leader
os the conservative part. and setsr'
an eampaigner. News waS received
here yesterday that the general is near
the western frontier on Venezuelan og
Colombian territory. preparing To
strike the first blow in the armed
conflict that. he hopes. will depose
Castro and sea, himself IN the presi.
daney.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-10

sass Itself. t'Iaa the moflan ssf
Senator Thomas n. Carter of Montana
the resolutions committee With n
membership III thirty -six states and
territories. made ME lis chairman. This
Vas a great honnF for New Msxioo and
enabled me to do considerable wura
'aF the future az our 0~n rselama.
lion project. The advertising matter
which Ne took along vas unexeeiletl
ai the congress: the only stuff there
shleh approximated ours was sha, of
California and Oregon, Ours went like
hot cakes and We could have disposed
Eaf an additional thousand pounds uf
|ii II Ne had had a supply on hand.
The fight In the congress over the
holding of the next congress- was very
spirited and Las Vegas was pushed
Ia The front IN she seldom has been.
The vote II cast by states, no stale
having right To cast 10 exceed TWEEN,
~ votes. and Ia east thar many khe
must have twenty delegates or more
present. We received seventy votes
on the first ballot and then We thought
II proper 10 withdraw because w.
couldn't win and really didn't want 20
win: hut when New Mexico makes
up iss mind that she wants that con-
gress within Its borders We have 60;
things lined up 80 that We can make n
winning fight,
On the whole ! am more than sat.
isfied as TO our efforts aud viii make
. full report Of matters nf interes,
to the next meeting ri the board of
directors Of the Commercial club
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-10

Rohnstocs. officer In the Kaiser's
body guard. nephew Of Princess Marie
Won Saxe~Weimar aud cousin of The
Grand Duke Michael Won SAKE. Wei
mar. was married yesterday In u
boarding house nj 0ssining. \. Y. 10
Louise Earnessine Carow. German
shop girl. aud In 40 doing. he severed
all ties that bound him to hts family
his regiment and his associates IN
Germany The count met Miss Carow
while she was clerk In glove
store In Berlin. To break the al
tachment between them he was sent
TO America Here he obtained employ.
ment as chauffeur and recently BE-
sent for Miss Carow.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-10

Of the territory generally realize. II
is significant because II shows that
a majority Of the people of Las Vegas.
like a majority Of the people Of all
parts Of New Mexico. are at heart
right IN thsir ideas NJ decency and
honesty in civic government II Is Inn
portant because Il proves that many
Of your people, In spite Of discourage
ment and opposition, have the cour-
age to proclaim their ideas. What
you are doing is bound not only 10 re-
suit In great good to your own city,
but II Is sure to encourage the men
who have inaugurated similar move
ments In other places in the territory.
II you are successful here. as you are
bound to be in the end. II YOU do not
lose faith or allow yourselves to be led
off by specious arguments Of selfish
men. you will encourage many other
communities to do what you have
done. You will put strength into the
timid but we'll meaning, you will stiff
fen the backbone of those who want
but are afraid TO do right, and you
will make the compromisers ashamed
Of themselves.
Leaders Are Necessary
II cannot be denied that when few
men get together, as did the men who
formed this league, to try to effect an
organization for the betterment Of
government and remedy Of abuses,
they meet with many appalling dis
couragements and set-Eacks. How
ever vital the necessity Of reform,
however fragrant and open the breach
es of the law. however plain and indis-
putable the results of bad government,
the number Of people who are at first
willing to take an active part in any
movement of reform Is astonishingly
few. There are always a great many
who agree to the necessity, who &C
quiesce In the movement. and are
willing to come In when II has proven
success but who want others to take
ali the responsibility Of initiating &
This always was so and doubtless al
ways will be, so long as human nature
is as 1t Is, and !, for one, am not al
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-10
LAS VEGAS HONORED
Ss.~
At idaho CAPITAL
DELEGATES RIO so,sE CRY. Las VEGAS
cswEs SEVENTY VOTES ON FIRST BALLOT As ers
CONGRESS SAN MIGUEL COUNTY LITERATURE LIKE
hot CAKES AND excel LEO NONE

colonei X. 4. Twiieheal retarnssl
last night from Rnise ciay. where he
has been attending the session u the
National Irrigation congress coloneI
Twitcheli said:
Il am convinced a una thing above
all others from experiences On the
trip. and that is that the goDd Lord
helps thase Who help themselves.
What this city maet do Is 10 use the
natural advantages which we have
and make the place really beautiful
city. Boise. place of about sixteen
thousand. presents metropolitan mp.
pearanee: paved streets. fine sewer
system and the owners of city and nd
Joining property all striving 10 make
the capital city of the great state Of
Idaho what thes already call II. Boise.
the beautiful That city has not one
half our own opportunities lor a bean.
tifal city
The congress was The greatest I'm
attendance af all tbs thirteen that
preceded II. New Mesieo and It's dele
cation were honored In many ways.
DR. p, Il. olney was secretary M the
committee on credentials: Mr.. Jones
Of Las Cruces really exested more
influence In the committee on permali-
ent organization than any other mem
ber and landed every candidate that
our combination had in view. We gut
the third vice president for Texas. Mr..
Holt Of Las Cruces was made vice
president of the national organization
known as the American Water Users
assoc iatiolf-aa auxiliary Of the ron.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-10
CASHIER Herring HELPS
WRECK STENSLlND BANK
Secret Memoranda Of Suicide Teller
Found Covering illegal Transactions
in Bank Affairs

Chicago. Sept. To- Secret memof~
anda. covering Illegal transactions In
the Stensland bank were found yestsr"
day among the effects Of Frank kaw'
alski. the teller. whose suicide follow
ed the exposure Vi the banks condi
tion. The record kept by kawalski. II
Is said. indicates thar apparently with
In q year Cashier Herring personally
obtained more than hundred ihnus.
and dollars by the same means used
by Stensland In lootins the hank.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-10
AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE !
WILL wed IN SCOTLAND
Hanns Published for Marriage Of
lanes Henry Smith of New York to
Mrs. r. Stewart Of Baltimore.

lverness. Scotland. Sept. To- Banus
for the marriage oil James Henry
Smith Of New York TO Mrs. Rbinelan.
der Stewart Of Baltimore were read In
the parish church Of Alvis yesterday
Smith . Millionaire
James Henry Smith is a bachelor
and Is one of the wealthiest men In
the country. He inherited an estate
valued al upwards Of fifty million dol'
lars from his uncle, George Smith, Of
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-10

Chae&ga Asses The esa1h IT William
g. Ahlsnss. Smith pmrehasaa ah~
Mhltnes resaaeaee IN fatsh asrsue.
and has snisTsainea there am ! lavish
scale. Ms. Stewart. who ~as Mss
Armstrong; a RAlsimose, obtained !
aisnrce Hrcensiy.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>.>>>>>
GOVERNOR GERMANS
WIFE IN GOOD COMPANY

} In introducing Governor
} Hagerman to the audience al
} the Duncan last night, Rev.
} Richard A. Morley prescribed
} certain rules which he assur-
} ed the audience 1t might de-
} termine the religious denom-
} nation to which the speaker
} belonged.
!, IF he launches into his
} theme straight from the shoul.
} der. be is a Methodist" de-
declared the preacher, When
} the speech prepared before
} hand teens with well round
} ed periods and much figure 1t
} il safe to assume the speaker
} is a Presbyterian and II his
} discourse is dignified and learn
ed, full of allegory and the
like, II is sign he Is an Epis-
copaIian. The audience Will
observe closely how Governor
} Hagerman handles his subject,
and ] want to add that what
} ever denomination" the Cover.
nor belongs to he will be h
pretty good company and his
} wife too is in good COMPANY"
In view of the fact that the
governor is not a Bene-
dict the allusion provoked
much laughter. possibly not at
the expense Of the governor,
since the crowd interpreted 1t
2s a mistake of the minister. In
beginning his address, the
governor happily caught up the
reference in a manner which
drew hearty applause. by de-
claring he was sorry to disap-
point the audience with his
speech and he did not know in
which denomination to look for
a wife. y,
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NEGRO LIGHTS HIS
OWN FUNERAL PyRE

Mineola Texas, sept io.-
In an effort "a burn his way
out of jail yesterday. silas
johnson. . negro. III his own
funeral pyre. lie was crelnAt
I'd while a crowd surged
around the Jail watching his
last agonies through the Iron
window bars. but unable 10
save him. johnson was arrest.
ed for drunkenness and start.
ed a fire In his cell hoping to
escape.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-10
ARMORED train sent
after CUBAN REBELS
pino Guerra Reported to Have Been
Driven East From Consolation. -
Troop Train is Attacked by Rebels.

Havana. Sept. i"-A special relief
train or armored cars len here last
night for Confelaciun II Is reported
thar Pine Guerra has been driven
east from Consolation and a plan has
been formed 10 catch his force be.
tween the batteries ut two trains.
Troop Train Attacked
Havana. Sept. l0.-~A troop train
was attacked early this morning
at Aftempa. The rebels were driven
off with machine guns.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-10
GERMAN COUNT WEDS
GLOVE Store CLERK
He Thus Sewers All Ties That Bind
Him TO His iiiustrious Family, HIS
Regiment and His Associates.

New York. Sept. lo.-The Tribune
today says: Count Hans Ferdinand
Won HOchherg. heir To the Dnchy of
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-10

Dan and Miss Helen Kelly went east
O school Yesterday afternoon.
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Warsaw, Sept. I0.-~Rioiing and
shooting. I'm siedllee continue. The
reyolntionists are firing nj the sol.
siissry from windows and the troops
reply with volleys. The Llbau infan-
try regiment took the principal part
m the massacre.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-10

Warsaw. sept, tfg-- Artillery was
used In siedlice this morning. The
buildings ON pienka. Warsaw and A.
Gina streets have been DESTROYED, Ac-
earding to reports received here two
hundred Jews were killed and a!oaa
wounded during the pogrom,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-10
story o. Refugees

81. PETERSBURG. S~pt inT~Passen.
gers VINO arrived IL Warsaw gave
the following account of the slangh.
ter. @~'
After the murder Of a policeman
by terrorists Saturday night. and the
firing Of q volley by troops into the
crowd. which resulted In the killing
Of two citizens and the wounding Of
many. the terrorists decided to inau-
gurate n general campaign against
the police and troops. Sunday morn
ing twelve patrolmen and soldiers
we're killed. Az result the Lihau
regiment In anger marched into the
Jewish quarter shooting right and
left. The troops we're Joined by hoo
ligans. who cooperated In piunderinE
and destroying.
Late on Sunday the Kaluga regi.
ment arrived from Biala and institut-
ed measures to stop the pogrom. Sled
lice Is a town Of $4,000 Inhabitants,
half OF whom were Jews.
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DEADLY RIOTS
IN s|EDuCE
CARNIVAL o. SlAucHrGR AND
PiILAGE m RusslAN
Two HUNDRED KILLED


- Petersburg. Sept. 10 The pre-
dleslons made IN the Dispatches ef \
Ie~ish massacre Il siedlice. Russian
Poland. anhappily have bssa justified
b, fighting. ~hich broke out satur.
aay night and dessloped yesterday
into carnival u indsserihAtls
slaughter and piiiage. In which sol-
d.ery and mob took part uafortuD-
ate Iews were shot and bayOueted ~
the streets, Houses and shops xer~
sacked. vainahles were carried off
and offered for sale by the soldiers
I'm addition 10 Jews, some Christmas
aud even some officers met desth IN
the fighting and conservative esiL
mates place the number III victims nj
40. Jewish fugitiyes ihrOag the
railroad stations In n panic. Early
reports of the massacre place the re-
sEsansibilisy nj the door of terrorisis
but fngiiiyes declare that the soldiers
would never have been allowed 10
ret 80 completely out u hand. with
ont the conniyanee or actual direc-
iiun ns their officers. s
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-10

xa r. q. Stott, magazine writer Of
Franklin. Ind. has returned TO the
city from d trip to Qad Mexico.