Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-07-03
WANTED WRIT Of
QUO WARRANT0
Trelford Seeks to
Break Into
Court
TO UNDO GOVERNORS ACT
Attorney General Prichard
Denies Application
Promptly

Yesterday an application was filed
with Attorney General George
w. Prichard by the attorney of Arthur
Trelford, the deposed superintendent
of the Territorial penitentiary, in
which it was requested that the attOr-
ney general grant permission to sue
out a quo warranto directed to Marion
Littrell, superintendent of the peniten-
tiary of New Mexico, commanding the
latter to show by what warrant and
authority he holds the Office of super
intendent of the penitentiary and ex
ercises the duties thereof.
Took Matter Under Amusement.
Cndc' tle statutes the use of the
name of the Territory by the Attorney
General In quo warranto proceedings
is absolutely discretionary with the at
torney general, who had the applica-
tion under consideration since yester-
day.
This afternoon the Attorney Gener-
al denied the application and ad-
dressed to Trelford's attorney the fol
lowing official communication in the
case.
Official Letter Denying Application.
Territory of New Mexico,
Office of Attorney General.
Santa Fe, N. NJ, Julv 3, 1907.
Mr.. R. H. Hanna, Attorney for Arthur
Trelford, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Sir-Your favor of the I'd instant, in
which you request the use Of the name
of the Territory in an information in
the nature of quo warranto to try
the title of the Office Of superintend-
ent of the New Mexico penitentiary,
to be entitled Territory of New Mex.
leo. a~ al, Arthur Trelford. VS.. Ma
ell, has been received.
ference to the mode Of pro-
a,45 d the causes that impelled
4s Governor to remove Mr..
We Superintendent Of the pen
-. pSarely gratuitious, for In
ON information In the ma
10 warranto the title to The
Office is involved simply, and not the
procedure, grounds or causes that led
the Governor to act in the premises
You are advised that this office
does not believe that it is to the in
terest of the Territory, or to it's peo-
pie, to permit citizen Of Kansas, or
Of any other state, to use the name OF
the Territory against citizen Of the
Territory to try the title to an Office
created by the local legislature and
supported by the taxpayers Of the Ter
ritory, and hence your request Is de-
MED. Other reasons might be assign
ed in this particular case why the Ter
ritory should not lend its name in a
proceeding of the character named by
you, but the above is sufficient.
Respectfully yours,
G. W. PRICHARD.
Attorney General.
Can Not Be BulIdozed.
In the meantime the attempt of
Trelford and his legal adviser to have
him pose as a martyr and as great
ly abused man is not being seriously
considered anywhere except by the
fake reform gang and its yellow
sheets, all of them endeavorlng to
make mountain out Of very small
mole hill, a great hurricane out Of
very gentle and slow breeze, and
small cyclone out of small dust
whirl.
The fake reform gang may imagine
that the abuse and ISLANDERS and lies
by it's yellow sheets may influence At
torney General Prichard or other Terri
total officials to perform any act that
is not clearly legal, right and just,
but in it's great and vivid bursts Of
imagination 1t will find itself surely
mistaken. Neither Territorial officials
nor decent citizens can be humbugged
by such course.