Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-11-16
Attempt to Gust
District Attorney
From Office
MADE BY FEDERAL AGENTS
Governor Curry Puts Condi-
tions Before Executive
.-.Land Matters

very interesting QlSpatCn from
Washington concerning New Mexico
affairs appeared in the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat of the 1874 instant. 1t
is, however but only partially correct
in it's statements. Some of the main
points are justified by the facts as
they are. There has been friction be-
tween U. S. District Attorney w. H.
H. Llewellyn on one hand and the
special assistants to the attorney gen.
eral of the United States on the
other. AT least this is the general
public opinion. This friction does not
seem to have been engendered on the
part of the district attorney. That
charges were made against District
Attorney Llewellyn by the special
assistants to the attorney general" is
also believed.
1t is not known at this time what
action President Roosevelt will take
in the matter although news is eX-
pected hourly. The tenor of the dis
patch seems to indicate that the Pres.
ident will render decision in favor
of District Attorney Llewellyn.
AS to Governor Curry. His visit to
Washington was induced by the ne
cessity of laying several matters of
Importance concerning territorial land
matters and forest reserves before the
secretary of the Department of the
Interior, also to arrange territorial
land affairs looking to a speedy settle
ment of this vexed question, and last
but not least to put In solid work for
the passage of an enabling act within
the next three months, He also went
to give the President information con-
cerning the actual conditions of the
territory as they now are.
obe-Democrat's Dispatch.
The Washington dispatch referred
to follows:
Governor Curry of New Mexico,
Major Llewellyn. district attorney of
the territory, and Captain D. J. Leahy,
his assistant, are in Washington and
today had conference with Attorney
General Bonaparte and the secretary
of the interior, Mr.. Garfield. Tomor-
row they will confer with the presi.
dent at the White House.
''In the absence of statement from
the New Mexico officials, it has been
generally supposed that they came
here to discuss with the president and
the administration the attitude rela-
tive to statehood and to outline If pos
sible some plan by which the merits OF
the territory can be brought before the
Congress at it's coming session. 1t is
known however, that number OF
other territorial matters of far more
Importance are now before the offic.
ials.
LIewelyn Seeks Vindication.
Governor Curry is reported as be-
ing much vexed at the action of the
commissioner of public lands, taken
recently in his absence in distrlbut.
ing the funds from the sale of the
lands to the Pennsylvania Develop.
ment Company. 1t Is also natural to
suppose that Major Llewellyn is more
interested in meeting and refutting
the charges which have been brought
against him in connection with af'
fairs in the territory than the state
hood proposition. These charges are
generally accredited to officials In the
Interior Department and more recent
ly to the special counsel sent to the
territory by the Department of JUS.
tice.
"It appears that Messrs E. Peyton
Gordon and Ormsby McHarg, the
special counsel for the government,
have created something Of a stir since
they visited the territory and have
been at work. One Of their activities
has been the indictment of a number
of prominent men in the territory and
interested companies operating there
but who live in New York City. Among
the indictments returned recently
through their operations was one
against Cleveland Dodge a man who
Is a personal friend Of President
Roosevelt and was member Of his
class at Harvard. He is a man whom
it is known the president has fre-
quently held up as model business
and commercial man.
Have Roosevelt's Confidence.
Governor Curry has the confidence
OF President Roosevelt. The same is
true Of Major Llewellyn and Captain
Leahy. All three Of these territorial Of
ficials were members Of the Rough
Riders and known as comrades Of the
president In that organization.
"The transactions relative to the
Pennsylvania Development Company
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