The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-07-18

y. Hagerman, of Roswell, was prepar-
ing to dispose of all his various and
valuable interests in the Pecos Val
ley, and withdraw permanently from
New Mexico-and the paper was una
Bile to conceal the delight with which
it received the announcement that
one of the most progressive and enter
prising citizens New Mexico ever had
was about to be driven out of the ter
ritory by a disnonorable gang Of pol
itical hysters.
The Morning Journal has frequently
stated that it did not believe that the
Frost-Bursum-Andrews gang cared a
fig for the interests of the people of
New Mexico, but simply made a pre-
tense of devotion to the public inter
est as a disguise under which to get
their hands into the public treasury
for the benefit of their private peck
cts. And anyone who has ever doubt
ed that statement will certainly have
the last lingering doubt removed by
the fact that the gang and it's tools
are gloating over the report that they
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most valuable citizens New Mexico
ever had, that he is forced by his
~self-respect to dispose of his holdings
here and leave the territory-and the
only wrong that he has been guilty
of, to bring upon himself this perse-
cution and his expatriation, is that
he has a son who was for some time
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governor e~ndeavored to put the man
agement of public affairs throughout
the territory into the hands of lon-
est and honorable mel-and since in
his judgment, and the judgment of the
public, the gentlemen of the gang
were not able to qualify under such
conditions, they were left during his
term, without a job.
For twenty-five ears we lave been
advertising to the world, in season
and out of season, that all we need
to make New Mexico one of the most
attractive and most prosperous sec
lions of the United States, is the com
ing among us of men of capital and
courage, who have the public spirit
and the nerve to invest their money
among US for the development of our
marvellous natural esources. We have
assured them that they could invest
their money here in many lines of de
velopment n would pay them a
hundred or even a thousand per cent,
and at the same time win for them
selves as public benefactors, the graf
itude of the people. In response to
such invitation Mr.. Hagerman, a man
of ample means, came among US
when the Pecos Valley in New Mexi-
co was practically an unknown re-
giol, and has since expended there
for the development of the country a
great deal more money han any 9TH
er individual probably twice as
much as any otner-and the people
of the territory at large accord him
the credi of having done more than
any other one MAI to make of that
section the garden spot of New Mex
leo. But now that the bic gang has
been restored to power by grace of
the President of the United States,
it would carry it's animosity toward
the son for having favored decent
men and decent methods, so far that
it would punish the father also, and
drive him from h territory-and a
paper which pretends to stand for the
interests of New Mexico and the de-
velopment of its resources, makes no
effort to disguise the pleasure with
which it publishes the story-if, in
deed, it did not invent it.
Personally, we dc o believe there
is a word of truth in the announce
ment. Having eel the work That Mr..
Hagerman has done in the Pecos Val
ley, we are convinced that he is made
of sterner stuff. We expect him to
stay here aid stand shoulder to Shout
der with the Morning Journal in it's
fight for honesty and decency in the
government of New Mexico, and then
to ride in the Journals carriage at
the political funeral of the gang,
which we will have the pleasure of
announcing in the not far distant fu-
ture.
But suppos the story should prove
to be true, in what sort of an attitude
before the public does it put that pa
lper which ~rejoices over the fact that
a gang of men whose presence is a
curse to the territory every day of
their lives. have been able to drive
out a man who has expended a large
fortune in the development of the
grand natural of New Mex
leo and how can we explain away
such action when we appeal to other
men of capital to cast in their lot with
us and do just such work in the line
of development as this man mas done?
Is it not probable that they win con-
front us with some Ugly questions?
Meeting Of Engineers
Milwaukee. Wis, July 1S.-The
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