Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-01
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snoEe 10 aola the STANDARD nh cnrs-
rany wlthaa the hannIs Il tn law
than has heea aeoonpsis,ea ta a
quarter of a century q eonflIcs. arEaS.
sa 10 the eisy aroaa santa r. YsxteE.
day afternoen aud Nla spsna the
Aext two weeks "A ts.n resort of Don
AiaFgaFIro Iaona:rn ut r.. Posvsnlr.
MF Hadley came vest 0n the III
vice 0t Ats pAgstelapk. lie was can-
fired 10 hgs It'd for . couple cF
Fasoarhs vii pisurisy ard The doc
oTs advised tim IN % west and rast
ap. tie spent twn weeks nj Denver
and then iefs fnr the csAast, After
doing some t,hataugaa work In calG.
ratnia. he went 10 Grand Canyon and
then cane IN SANTA f.. There be
hard of the benefits nf tbs mountains
at I.as Vegas, tho heaithfnlness ni lts
climate and the splendid resorts ani
! after stop Of two days In The An
cient City. came here 10 rest,
air. Hadley II greatly pleased with
The territory and With the city. He
believes that New Mexico has great
future ana expressed the opinion that
people are entitled 10 separate stateo
hood II they wanted n They can get
H." be- stated emphaiicaIly. II they
want H." He says that both terrific
ries should be separate states and
he can not understand why congress
~ opposed to their entrance into the
union as separate somnonwealshs.
I do not believe II Ii politics" he
said ''as ! understand that Arizona
Ii democratic and New Mexico repib-
iscan AMI n should be 4 stand on.
The states III the middle west are In
favor Of seeing the territories made
separate states aud the west given a
better representation In congress TO
offset states with much less territory
ani smaller population.
Meets Gov. Hagerman
Mr.. Hadley says that he was pleas.
ed to met Hon. II. ]. Hagarman. the
Iterritnry's chief executive nj Santa
Fe and was very fayorahiy impressed.
He had heard a great deal OF the, gov.
era0r OF New Mexico and read many
articles about him but he had always
been described as being Juvenile but
he says be found him one NJ the few
young men In public life. who locked
and appeared older than he really
was.
The attorney general says that he
has not heeu attending to business at
all during the past six weeks and as
far as his Office Is concerned there Is
no new developments I'm the STANDARD
Oil cases. II is reported that the
republicans are basing their hopes of
carrying the state of Missouri Mt the
next election on the prospect OF hav-
Ing him as their. candidate for gov
ernor but Mr.. Hadley would not talk
politics. -.@.s =
Quail Hunting on Election Day
Mr.. Hadiey did not seek the import
ant office he now holds and I'm which
he has accomplished 10 much for the
state aud nation. He was the leader
Of a faction In one of the forlorn hope
conventions. as II was supposed, OF
the republican party. In the state. He
only tried 10 defeat the nomination
Of certain man for attorney general
and was successful but In the CON
fusion which resulted. he was nomi.
mated himself, against his will. He
tried to refuse the honor but wouid
not be heard and then started lin and
worked hard during the entire cam.
paisn and ON election day went quail
hunting. He returned to civilization
three days later greeted hy the great.
lest surprise OF his life--to find that
he had been elected while the GOV.
ernor. the: head or the ticket. had
, gone down IN defeat. 5 .*@ s s
Il About the first work that the ali.
toTney general did was To 70 after
, Standard Oil and at first his en-,
aeaFors were laughed at but he sac
ceeded after weeks Of delay in max,
ing II. III. Rogers himself make dam
aging admissions and the independ
ent ON dealers Of Missouri are nos
! getting square deal. He broke thu
I strangle hold OF the trust In Missouri
/ and the supreme court may confis
+ fcate the property Of the company Il
Z the state and revoke It's charter
9 Hadley y today the most talked o
I IMAM In Missouri.
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