The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-07-24

lnauSurateQ governor or New Mexico.
arrived in Roswell on a special auto
mobile at noon today, being accom-
panied from Ell Paso by his old time
friend, Sheriff Charles L. Ballard, and
from Torrance by the friends of his
youth and young manhood, County
Commissioner w. M. Atkinson, Mayor
James w. Stockard and Judge VIM
H. Pope. Capt. Curry had not been in
town an hour when he received a mes
sage summoning him to the presence
of President Roosevelt at once. Ac-
cordingly, Capt. Curry will leave to-
morrow morning for Washington, or
probably Oyster Bay.
Coming from the Philippine islands,
the place of his last office as COVER.
nor of the province of Samar, Capt.
Curry stopped in California long
enough to leave his two sons, Frank
and Charley, at Oakland with his
aunt. He then went to Albuquerque
and from there to Ell Paso, to see his
old friends. A visit at his old home
in Roswell was the last feature of
ned But the telegram received this
afternoon altered the program.
1t had been the intention of Capt.
Curry to remain in Roswell and the
Pecos Valley until next Tuesday,
when he was to have left in a spe-
cial auto for Santa Fe. The Inaugural
ton, as set by the committee in
charge at the Territorial capital, was
to have occurred Thursday, August
1st BY leaving Roswell next Tuesday
Capt Curry would have been in the
historic old town in time to assist in
adding another chapter to the story
Of the place.
The trip to Washington and Oyster
Bay will render it impossible to have
the Inauguration as early as August
first. It will have to be at least two or
three days later.
Captain Curry has promised to pass
through Roswell on mis- return to New
Mexico, and then the people here will
carry out plans of entertainment that
were nipped in the bud by today's
tonight, to which everybody is invit-
ed, will be the only public entertain
ment given in his honor at this time.
He is stopping at the Grand Central.
Said Capt. Curry to a representative
of the Record this afternoon: my
appointment came entirely unsolicited
/ did not want the place, for 1 knew
that it was very hard one to fill
Since Mr. Roosevelt has given me this
work to do, / will e1deavor to per
form the duties to the best of my
ability. When 1 heard that H. ]. Hag
erman was appointed governor 1 was
glad, not so much because of the man
as sor the reason that ne was Pecos
Valley man. This part of the terrific
ry had long been out in the cold, and
when he was appointed it looked to
me like the Pecos Valley was getting
its share of recognition. I had barely
met the younger Hagerman, but was
well acquainted with his father and
considered him my friend.
"As to the administration I will
give. / will say that shall endeavoI
to represent the President as 1 be
ieve ne would want to be represent
ed in all my oficial acts. consider
myself merely his agent. and will con
duct myself accordingly. AS far as
possible, I will make it a non-parti
san, strictly business administration
NV administration of territorial af
fairs will be in conformity with the
national administration on all lines
I ann al agent OF the national admins
tration and viii endeavor to be true
TO the agency am to fill- My appoint
ments to the principal ofices of tbs
Territory win be Republican. for /
is q Republican administration. How
ever, win not carry politics into al.
measures where 1t can be avoided
win not antagonize my Democratic
friends, and when they understand
the way In which I came into thil
once a7d the understanding viii
watch I take mp its duties. none o
them win be dissatisfied. am sure
"For nine years have been out o