Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1907-09-06
A COwARDLY TRADE.

what he richly deserves-the
heartfelt, compassionate SYM
pathy of the New Mexican bar
and of every honorable resident
of the Territory as well, indie
pendent of party affiliations, be-
cause of a brutal and unfounded
attack upon a physically defense
less man at the last meeting of
the New Mexico bar association
by one R. Fl. Hanna.
To crafty his personal spite
and bitter political hatred of the
Colonel, who had been his best
friend, and to whom he owed his
position as secretary of the Bar
Association, this man Hanna,
ignoring Christian charity and
even common decency. hurled a
tirade Of abuse and vituperation
at Col. Frost, who could not be
present to defend himself or re-
sent the cowardly attack, be-
cause, as all the great South
west knows, he is q helpless
invalid, yet as a citizen of New
Mexico, has done and is do
ing more than any one man to
bring immigration, capital and
consequent growth and develop
ment to our Territory.
BY a decided vote Of the men,
bers Of the Bar Association, Mr..
Hanna stepped down and out of
his Office of secretary, q position
he has held for years. In reply
to Mr.. Hanna, one member stat
ed that if the verbal charges he
had made against Col. Frost
were not true, he deserved to be
expelled from the Bar Associa-
ton; that he was evidently run
ming a bluff" that to make his
statements good he would have
to bring specific charges before
the Association.
Mr.. Hanna is reported as say.
ing he expected his remarks
would defeat him, and his ex,
pectations were fully realized
only four votes being cast for his
reelection.
Col. Frost has been a residen,
of New Mexico for over thirty
years and in everything tina
tends to the growth and pros
perity of the Territory he ha.
always been and is today ;
prominent leader notwithstand
ing physical infrmities. He il
an honored member of the New
Mexico Bar Association, and tn,
members of that body expressed
their disapproval of this coward
ly and unwarranted attack upoI
him by q vote that was practi
eally unanimous.
In an editorial in his excellen
and influential journal, the New
Mexican, Col. Frost replies t
Hanna in his customary vigor
Gus and effective style. 1t is a,
follows:
In dismissing one r. II. Ham;
as secretary of the Territorial
Bar Association by a vote of five
sixths majority at the election
of officers OF that body last Fri
day, the association did the RICH
thing at the right time, ant
sent into well merited obscurity
a man who should not be allow
ed to remain upon its rolls. 1t i
an unfortunate fact that the edi
tor of this paper was primaril,
responsible for the selection O
this man to the position. Whel
the late attorney general, Ed
ward l.. Bartlett, who had BEEF
secretary of the Bar Association
for fifteen years and who was
gentleman in every sense of tn
word, an attorney Of worth an,
probity, q lawyer of ability an,
learning, joined the silent ma
jority in 1904, this editor the
and there, believing that thi
Hanna possessed qualification
for the position of secretary, re-
apested the then president, Wi
liam C.. Wrigleo, to appoint thi
fellow to the position. This ed
tor has made it a practice all hi
life to help young men whom h
thought were deserving, and
while in some cases, as in this