Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-07
The Mountain TraOafled

- II patufent mountain has Travelled, and the result IS a very dmnuuyc
mouse. The Buuum machine has played its last card n its desperate
effort to crbarrass or dscred1 the governor of New Mexico who hai
had The courage 10 expose the roucnnca Of certain individual support
- Of hc machine. This card was played by the supporters Of The machine
IN the house a. the beginning Of the present week, and they expected it 10 fall
!. a bomb upon the supporters Of The governor and the people oi the territory
apparently imagining hat 1t would couterbaIance all the tangible. concrete
evidence ct roleunea under which the machine is staggering 10 ITS end But
aleady. with the week only half gone, 1t has proved itself a boomerang re-
turning to torment its inventors. The people haze read the house resolution
end have gone directly to the heart Of it. They have noted that It pays 30
attention at all to the history Of The land deal in question, and only takes up
the governors connection herewith from which they draw the very natural
conclusion that the machine is not trying 10 throw hight upon the corrupt deaf
referred to, but to find something upon which 1t can base a charge against Inc
governor as a punishment fu having frustrated another deal OF the sam mar
actr and a worse one. which the machine was trying o work through
The machine leaders tired 10 trump up a charge OF this kind against
Governor Hagemn at Washington. where they represented that he put
through The Pennsylvania Development company deal, when they seem 10
have credited the general government with The same lack OF genera m""
pence with which they now apparently credit the people o New Mexico but
the officials al Washington, after examining the records in the Pennsylvania
Development company matter, found that 1t had been proposed, accepted
signed. closed and the money pad over before Governor Hageman had even
received his appointment A part OF the consideration had been gwen 10 the
territory IN The form Ct a promssoy note for ten thousand dollars, and the
were put up as security Tor the note. When the note came due a representa-
i've The p.n,,L,m, com,anv presented himself at The executive Office,
rendered the ten thousand dollars in lawful money, and demanded the note,
together with the deeds which had been hypothccated for IT'S security, and the
governor, acnmg upon the counsel OF his LEGAL advisor and with the knowledge
j. an The foundation there is lf the darg, which Mc@rs Buaum. Holt *
60. brought against Inc governor with suh a flourish Of 4nanonanm ~
preferred against the governor in Warning ton, a short time ago when the mon
who did il got themselves laughed at for thcr pans The nNk having failed
"a Warrington. the machine leaders undertook to Try it on the people Of New
Mcvco, but it ha, already iaIed here. as fatty a 1t failed before the federal
government and hc acuon OF the machine which was Intended to be a vIhcr
ng rui to he governor, has proved TO be on. Of the highest compliments that
could have been paid hun, because 1t has served to bmg eoospnuoady before
tc people OF the territory the fact that be adnccs ugdy to the line OF hF
duy, and also the additional and equally complimentary fact that he ENJOY
"a The highest degree the mNa'enng confidence OF The national administration
But az 10 dc man question regarding tc sale 81 these lands, an M
,ote,uon would be OF benefit 10 Jc territory even though the lands may moi
be subject TO recovery. That the statutes were violated, that the Lands were
sod too dcapb, dM. they were in fact sold for a song, upon the application
IL w II. Andrews and hs associates there Is no doubt; and that the terri
tory IN accepting the note Of the Pnn9h wanna Development company. was
Going an unusual hmr. IS equally true But all the details OF tins uan@ac
ton uoc completed before the present governor came INTO Office The tenn
3oy stood committed Ip NIGHTS were signed away.
The effort 10 fax the responsibility Tor NS deal WOn Governor lager