Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-21
SANTA FE STILL
WONDERING
ABOUT It
NO DENIAL AS YET OF. The
RAYN0LDS RESIGNATION
Santa Fe New Mexican Grows
Painfully Humorous on the
Persistent RumOr But Has
No DeniaIS to Make.

Especial Dispatch to the Morning JournaI.1
Santa Fe. N. NJ. July 20.-The ru-
NOR which was current here yester-
day to the effect that the resignation
OF J. w Reynolds. as secretary Of
New Mexico. had been called for, has
been somewhat strengthened and
made even more persistent today
from the fact that although the ru-
NOR has been printed in the Santa Fe
New MEXICAN, there has thus far been
no denial of It's truth by Mr. Reynolds
or any one else authorized to speak
for him. the New Mexican combining
itself tonight to a somewhat painfully
humorous article which tends to con-
firm the belief here that there Is per-
haps some foundation for the Ray
nOlds rumOr.
The New Mexican. on its eighth
page. has the following. which could
hardly be called an official denial of
the rumor OF Reynolds retirement.
and which for that reason Is OF in
terest:
New Mexican Special Washing
ton, d. G. Ga Ia Albuquerque Morning
Coyote JOurnal) Under our instruc-
tiOns have called on numerous peO-
pie here and have ascertained that
they hold but one opinion In the mat
ter OF the resignation of J. w. Ray
nolds. as secretary of the territory of
New Mexico. and incidentally, there
fore. az acting governor. he having
exercised the duties of that office
since the fake reform governors dis
appearance from the executive cham-
Der OF New Mexico. I find that II Is
the opinion of all the people and
many lawyers that when the Albu-
querque Morning Coyote Journal pub
llshed the dispatch from It's lying cor
respondent In Santa Fe that the resig-
nation of Territorial Secretary Ray
nolds had been called for that when
the secretary failed to deny this re-
port over his own signature Il was
prima facie evidence that he had 80
rendered his resignation, and that he
Is out Of office and that his official
acts from the date Of the fake report
In the Albuquerque Morning Coyote
were null and void. and Of no effect
In law or In fact. / have also ascer-
talned az all the saloons that after
having reid three marked copies OF
the Albuquerque Morning Coyote
Journal. sent them. the opinion Is that
there are no honest men In the terri
tory OF New Mexico with the excep-
tlon OF the fake reformers and the
yellow sheet editors. and a few fool
ish people who do not know any bet
ter. that they are all 'gangstefs. hood
lers and thieves. and that people IN
the national capital are strongly In
cllned TO the belief that even the
fake reformers. ex-governors, yellow
sheet editors ct al. are no better.
Later: More thorough and careful
examination discloses that Secretary
Reynolds has not been asked for hi
resignation and that no one hers
knows anything about H. The people
Of Washington have come TO the CON
clualon that II II another Albuquerque
Morning Coyote fake
The above i done In the best anf
most familiar style of one Max Frost
editor Of the New Mexican, aud dis
closes his biting humor IN its mos
worried condition. IN view Of the fac
that the editor Of the New Mexlcal
finds Il necessary 10 resort to thl
somewhat strained humoF In the de
cueslon Of the rumor. the people whit
are Interested are wondering just h0z
much there really Il IN l.