Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-20
SECRETARY RAYNOLDS DENIES
OFFENSIVE PARTISANSHIP CHARGES
Preferred Against Him by Ex-OeIegate B. 5. ROdey
The Secretary Has BeeR Good in Office
According 10 Answer.

he prosecuting attorney, or the reC-
mmondation of the board of pcnlten'
larry commissioners. and ihr superin.
onnout of the ponitentlary. and ID 90
lnly in very unusual circumstances
nai amy deviation b. made from this
uip.
Thanksgiving Pardon.
During my incum0ency I have aci-
ed fav0rably upon twenty seven cases
and those inciudp hui six pardone
ave being for minor uncnaca and one
for high crime murder
This one rnse was Thanksgiving
pardon, granted November 29, 1899,
and the application was endorsed by
the trial judge. the attorney who pro-
.Ocuird tho case. by the justice then
presiding aud the prosecuting ati0r-
neg. ana hy the board OF pCniiuniiury
commissioners as wen as numerous
citizens.
Elm all other eases the action cover-
cd either "a communication uf sentence
on rcprievo subject go good hehay-
Tor while 90 large This latter form
of action was frsi Instituted IN New
Mexico hy me IN 1909 ana since that
time al ms extensions of executive
clemency in serious Eases have been
confined 90 the two methods, she re-
/ prioyc being preferred 90 Communication
as amOrdiug a check upon the recipi-
cnt who ls required 20 report month
I ly in writing 20 the superintendent pi
\ fho ponitpniiary stating his where
ahuuts and occupation.
"As 10 acquiring by unfair means
eight miles ON each side OF an im-
puftant stream for a sheep ranch
I Conversion N. A. Otero and myself ah
individuals and a. shareholders of the
I saiado and faguniia Live Stock COM
nanios own "a lnrEo sheep ranch ON the
/ Arroyo salado IN Guadalupe county
/ central New Mexico. This 10 not q
stream bet series uf water holes
and sprlngs in an otherwise drl
Eycam bed.
Secured Recognized Rights,
'rhc lands we're originally entered
By hOmeaieaders in tracts Of lt'
acres each some Of them as early "a
1876. IN the usual aig rag form, one
quarter of a mile wide and one mile
along the arroyo. United states pat
ents had been issued for ON Of ihes'
lands long before either Of he's enteret
office. The lands had been bough
and sold several times before We pur'
chased aud some OF our abstracts o.
title include a. many as thirty dlnor'
ent documents, beginning with thi
original hOmcsteader's patent
mot an acre u this land Was ac
Qulrod by us from the government
and the persons who are now dis
playing so much interest N our az
fairs might have saved lhemselve
much trouble boy consulting the conn
lty records where every transfer is "a
/, easily tmceahlr as are tho changes I
ownership Of 3 city lot. SO, inatea
NJ eight miles on either side uf ihi
stream we own at no place more thai
one eighth of one mile un either side
We also own a few water ponds. 30
called lakes. lyiug out on the sur
rounding plains. and title 10 these W
have acquired by the purchase an
location ~ lieu land scrip, amnmtlu
lu an 10 losa than 600 acres
No Land From Territory.
1--WE DO not own nor have We eve
tried tn purchase personally or cor
poratoly directly or Indirectly on
acre Oi land belonging SO the teFrit0r
or its Institutions. as may be verife
by the records OF ,ho land cummiss
3 sioner for New Mexico az Santa N
; This method OF answering charge
without being In possession Of specih
. details ~ not satisfactory. but my a.
7 tempt has been 90 cover eac hsubies
T. with sufficient fullness 10 meet N
!. situation az indicated by your dlf
4 patches"