Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-31

Ter be tested in the courts IL the
grantees named in the deeds saw fit
to mandamuS the commissioner of
public lands His action in usurping
| the duties Of the commissioner in his
absence was both illegal and unjusti-
| fable 1t was entirely competent for
| him to enforce the carrying out of
his wishes by administrative methods
in removing the public official and ap-
/ pointing in his place some one in
sympathy with his policies, but It was
neither legal or justifiable to adopt
the course he did
As TO J. j. Hagerman.
| with the above statement | entire
| ly agree. If ! permit such an act by
| the highest officer in the Territory to
| go unpunished | can not hold to ac-
count any subordinate official for any
infraction of his duty. It was grave
question in my mind whether ought
not to remove you instead Of merely
asking your resignation. i resolved
the doubt in your favor and request
ed your resignation. Under no circum-
stances would | reconsider this &C.
tion.
Secretary Root has handed me
| long telegram from your fa.her, in
which he states that he wishes me to
delay my action on your resignation
| until you have had time to answer
| the charges made against you, which
he further states are well known 20
| be unfounded, and made by party
freebooers to restore themselves to
power Apparently your father does
not know, or disregards, the fact that
| 4hese charges are contained in the
statement above referred to from the
department of justice and in the rec
ords OF the interior department; that
there is no. the slightest question as
TO the facts which were admitted bv
you in your interview with me as well
as in your interview with Secretary
| Garfield, and that you had full
hearing before Secretary Garfield and
| before me. Under these circum-
stances what your father means by
| saying that the charges are unfound-
ed am unable to imagine. If any
party freebooter or any one else is
guilty of conduct such as yours l will
| treat him just as | have treated you.
With the gossip hat your father re-
peats and the differences that ne
! draws therefrom ] have no concern.
| As to the charges he by inference
makes against others, | can only say
| that any facts that he will give me
agains. anyone will consider il !
have the power to do so. Charges of
a very grave character were made to
me against your father himself in
connection with his land transactions
in the past Whether they were
Itrue Or not | canno. say because a
preliminary investigation showed that
action on them would be barred by
the statute of limitations.
curry's Appointment Personal One.
mo one suggested to me the ap-
pointment Of Captain Curry as your
successor The idea was my own,
because ] wished under the extraor-
dinary circumstances in New Mexico
to find some man whom / personally
knew and whose uprightness,
strength of character and knowledge
of the people and the circumstances
could have entire confidence. Cap
tain Curry was one of he best men in
my regiment. He has been away
from New Mexico for eight years, so
| that he is in no shape or way identi
fed with any factional trouble there
in. ! do not even know his politics
During these eight years he has done
distinguished military and civil serv-
ice in the Philippines, not only hav-
ing shown great gallantry in action,
| but marked administrative ability
when in charge OF the Manila police
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