Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-07
HAGERMAn GETS WARM SUPPORT FROM PRIEST.
Will c. Barnes Brings Word From Washington for New Mexico Gang.

SANTA FEE, N M, March 6.-Mr. Will C. Barnes of Las Vegas, is in Santa Fe to attend a meeting of the New Mexico cattle sanitary board. of which he is secretary. Mir. Barnes has just returned from Washington, where he has been for some time as a member of President Roosevelt's spe- cial commission to consult with the United States commission of public lands upon the proposed law for the leasing of the public domain. Dur ing his stay in Washington, Mir. Barnes received some very interest ing in formation as to the attitude of the administration toward men and affairs in New Mexico. He was re- ceived by the president and had sev- eral conversation with Mir. James R Garfield, who on Monday succeeded Mir Hitchcock as secretary of the interior.
 Freuuent efforts have been made by enemies of Governor Hagerman create the impression that upon the retirement of Secretary Hitchcock from the interior department, the gov ernor would no langer have the sup port and Endorsement of the depart
 
 of these stories have gone so far as to set the date for the governors remov- al or retirement, and the politicians , who are exerting themselves to ob- struct every effort of the governor to- wards improving conditions in New Mexico, have joyfully predicted trou- ble for the governor upon MT. Hitch cocks retirement, even going to the | zf n in
 In view of these stories, what MT. | Barnes has to say of conditions in Washington becomes very interesting. During my stay in Washington, :" said Mir. Barnes, "I had three inter- | views with MT. Garfield. who became secretary of the interior on Monday. These interviews concerned matters in New Mexico in which the new sec. retary was interested.
 At the close of my third interview with Mr Garfield. I said, Mir. Gar field, you know Governor Hagerman is an appointee and protegei of Secre' tary Hitchcock, who leaves his office as secretary of the interior on March
 4, to be succeeded by you. Now, un- der these conditions there is among the opponents of Governor Hagerman | in New Mexico a feeling that when
 you step into MT. Hitchcock's place on March 4, one of your first jobs will be the removal of Governor Hager' man and the appointment of a new man as governor of New Mexico. This feeling, which is a very natural one under the circumstances, is in some
 ways a hindrance to Governor Hager man in the carrying out of his poli cies. and while l now, after talking with you, fully reason that no such
 movement is contemplated, yet
 would like very much to have per
 mission to tell the people back home just how you stand on this question.
 "To this MT. Garfield said:
 Mot only do l gladly grant you permission to quote me in this mat
 ter, but I shall ask you as favor tt
 me, when you get back to New Mex
 ico to say to everybody who is inter
 ested in this matter that in every thing he has done, in every step ht
 has taken. and in any future step tha
 Governor Hagerman may take look
 ing to better government, better ad ministration of public affairs, and th' |. bringing to justice Of all dishones
 and corrupt officials, no matter whom they are, Governor Hagerman has thu full support and unqualified approva of this administration from the presi
 dent down.
 Personally, can assure you tha as secretary of the interior, l shal stand behind Governor Hagerman il , all his acts, as long as those acts ar' along the lines upon which he is nov
 working, and which l am sure vii 1 give you a better and cleaner admin
 istration of your public affairs thai you have ever had before.
 "eYou can say further that we her in Washington are fully informed 0 your conditions in New Mexico an know of the difficulties that confron Governor HagermaD, and canno
 urge too strongly on you and all goo ], loyal citizens of New Mexico, and ei pecially the republicans of the terr ] tory to get together and give h1r your hearty and loyal support, to th 5 end that not only the territory, bu 2 the republican party, may be strengti
 ened and built up.
 "As to the removal of Goyerno
 Hagerman, that question has neve Q for a moment been considered, no 2 will it be as long as he does his duty MT Garfield further said that b s wanted to impress on the republican g of New Mexico the necessity of the t settling their differences and workin
 together for the common good, to tn
 end that the present supremacy
 the republican party in the territoT q may be continued"