Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-03-26

A TOOL AS SECRETARY
To Be Run for Benefit Morn
ing Fakir and Real Estate
Ring.
Special to the New Mexican.


albuquerque, March 26,--The cat
is out of the bag and the great de-
votion to the cause of reform and
the slanderous abuse and cowardly H.
bells that nave for months past ap-
peared in Macpherson's Albuquerque
Morning Fakir against leading Re-
publicans AMI prominent citizens OF
the Territory, are now easily explain
ed. The basis for the dirty and SLAM
members of the House OF Representa-
tiyes Of the last Assembly are also
now fully accounted for. Macpherson
has come to the conclusion that the
management of the Territorial Bu-
reau of immigration, if secured by
him and his gang, would prove a
very soft snap for his paper, for him
self and for the fellow whom he
could secure as secretary of the Bu-
reau and who would do his bidding,
of aught else. One way to
secure this in his opinion was the
course he has pursued. He was ap-
pointed by Governor Hagerman a
member Of the Bureau of immigration
and confirmed by the Legislative
Council. Immediately thereafter he
set to work to procure the presidency
of the Bureau for himself AMI the
position of secretary for H. B. Hen
ing the correspondent who was In
Santa Fe during the recent session Of
the Legislative Assembly and who
did the dirty work which he was EN-
ployed for. This it must be acknowl-
edged he did up to the handle.
Macpherson has addressed the differ
ent members of the Bureau insisting
that he should be selected secretary
and that the secretarys office should be
moved to Albuquerque. Then and
there he would have soft snap and
what a fine chance for graft there
would come towards the albuquerque
Morning Fakir. The secretary hip
could be used in many ways for the
advantage of the yellow sheet. The
secretary could travel all over the
Territory at Territorial expense os-
tensibly to gather information and
data for the purpose of the Bureau
and to help immigration and inciden-
tally to look after subscriptions, job
printing and advertising business for
the Morning Fakir. The plan Is
very nice and probably very feasible,
especially If the members OF the Blu
reau can be hoodwinked and be ca
ioled into silence and compliance.
1t is also reported here and 1t comes
direct from the Albuquerque Morning
Fakir's office that Governor Hager-
man is exerting himself in aid of the
scheme and has written letters to
each member of the Bureau of Immi-
grafton saying that it was his wish
that H. B. Hening should be selec-
ted as the new secretary of the Bu-
ICdu. AC lIlOl uldtlUl WHICH udS
leaked from the Morning Fakir's Of
fee is to the effect that this must be
done also that the Office must be
moved to Albuquerque and that Mac
pherson must be the president and
Hening the secretary. The report
also comes from the same source
that the members Of the Bureau were
appointed with that end in view and
would have to do as they were told
in the matter of the election of
officers, Of the change Of the Office to
Albuquerque and of awarding Of the
printing to the Albuquerque Morn
ing Fakir.
The annual meeting Of the Bureau
at which new officers are to be cleo
ted will be held in Santa Fe on Mon
day, April s, and Macpherson boasts
that his plan will be carried out to
the very, letter and that thereafter he
will be the "boss" Of the Bureau of
and will handle affairs
in such manner as to do Macpherson
and the Morning Fakir no injury,
but quite the reverse,