The Socorro chieftain., 1907-08-31
COL. FROST INDICATED
Against the Abuse Of a Prominent
Member Of the Late Hagerman
Ooterie.
R. u. HANNA IS TURNED DOWN
In His Aspiration to Be Reelected
Secretary OF tho Now Mexico
Bar Association.

,R. II. Hanna was a member oil
the late unlamented Hagermar
coterie of politicians. Mr.. Han
ma was also secretary of the New
Mexico bar association and at
the recent meeting of that hon
orable body over in the Pecos
valley he aspired to reelection.
No sooner we're the names of the
candidates placed in nomination,
however, than Mr.. Hanna took
the floor and indulged in a wild,
reckless and cowardIy tirade OF
personal abuse of Colonel Max
Frost, the talented editor of the
Santa Fe New Mexican. In over
whelmingly defeating Mr.. Han
ma in the election which follow
ed, the members of the associa-
tiOn did exactly what was to be
expected from such a body of
men. But If the defeated candi-
date thought that his defeat was
his only punishment he counted
without his host. In an editor
ial in the New Mexican Colonel
Frost ilayed him in a manner
that he is not likely to forget.
Colonel Frost's editorial is as
follows:
In dismissing one X. II. Hanna
as secretary of the Territorial
Bar Association by vote of five
sixthS majority at the election of
officers of that body last Friday,
the association did the right
thing at the right time, and sent
into we'll merited obscurity
man who should not be allowed
to remain upon it's rolls. 1t is
an unfortunate fact that the edi-
tor of this paper was primarily
responsible for the selection of
this man to the position. When
the late attorney general, Ed
ward l.. Bartlett, who had been
secretary of the Bar Association
for fifteen years and who was
gentleman in every sense of the
word, an attorney of worth and
probity, lawyer of ability and
learning, joined the silent ma
jority in 1904, this editor then
and there, believing that this
Hanna possessed qualifications
for the position of secretary, re-
qucSted the then president, Will
liam c. Wrigleo. To appoint this
fellow to the position. This
editor has made it a practice all
his life to help young men who
he thought were deserving, and.
while in some cases, as in this,
he has been repaid by the dirt
lest of ingratitude. and by the
most dirty ISLANDERS, as a rule'h
efforts have been appreciated.
At the next meeting of the Bar
Association this editor asked
several friends to vote for this
Hanna and keep him in Office.
During the last twelve months
this individual has taken UNI
bragg at political and business
actions of the editor of this pa
per. He has taken occasion to
circulate ISLANDERS, absolutely
baseless and grOundless, and to
secure publications in for sale
yellow sheets that we're detri-
mental to the personal and pOlit-
ical character of this editor. He
knew that this editor had no
chance to defend himself physic-
ally. and that the columns of this
newspaper would not be used for
that purpose, unless 1t became
absolutely necessary for self de-
fense. This point has now ar
rived. This fellow. in a lengthy
speech before tho. Bar Associa-
ton. assailed the writer in "A
most cowardly, dirty and veE-
omous manner. His speech was
full of malicious falsehoods and
deliberate lies. He was support
ed in this by one w. c. Reid,
ex-attorney general under the
late imbecile fake reform admin
istratiOn, also a man who had
only received up to the time he
accepted Office under that regime,
simply kindness and considera-
ton and be eneiits from this writ
er. Two other votes were cast
for Hanna in addition to his own
aud Reid's for reelection as Sec
retary, so the New Mexican Is
informed, and an apology was