Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-21
SANTA FE STILL
WONDERING
ABOUT It
NO DENIAL AS YET OF THE
RAYN0LDS RESIGNATION
Santa Fe New Mexican Grows
Painfully Humorous on the
Persistent RumoL But Has
No DeniaIS to Make,

i'pechi bspntch Ia the Morning journal.
santa Re, ~ NJ. July 2O.-The ru-
NOR which was current here yester-
day TO the effect that the resignation
OF j. w Reynolds. as secretary of
New Mexico. had been called for. has
been somewhat strengthened and
made even more PERSISTENT today
from the fact that although the ru-
NOR has been printed iu the Santa Zee
New Mexican. there has thus far been
no denial Of its truth boy Mr.. Reynolds
or any one else authorized tu speak
FOR him. the New Mexican combining
itself tonight To somewhat painfully
humorous article which tends to CON
tirm the belief here that there is per-
maps some foundation for the Ray
nolds rumor
The New Mexican. on its eighth
page. has the following which could
hardly he called an official denial Of
the rumor OF Rayuolds' retirement
and which for that reason is Of I'M
tercst.
New Mexican Special. Washing
ton, -. 9. Ga Ia Albuquerque Morning
Coyote JournaD Under our instruc-
uons l have called ON numerous ueo-
pie here and have ascertained that
they hold but one opinion I'm the mat
ter OF the resignation of J. W. Ray
nolds. as secretary Of the territory Of
New Mexico. and Incidentally there
fore. as acting governor he having
exercised the duties Of that office
since the fake reform governors dis
appearance from the executive cham
Der Of New Mexico. ! find that % is
the opinion of an the people aud
many lawyers that when the Albu-
Morning Coyote Journal pub
lished the dispatch from It's lying cor
respondent Ia Santa D., that the rcsiE-
nation Of Territorial Secretary Ray
nolds had been called for that when
the secretary failed Go deny this re-
port over his own signature % was
prima facie evidence that he had SO
rendered his resignation. and that ne
Is out Of office and that his official
acts from the date of the fake report
In the Albuquerque Morning Coyote
were null and void. and Of no effect
In law or In fact. ] have also ascer-
tanned az an the saloons that after
having read three marked copies Of
he Albuquerque Morning Coyote
Journal. sent them. the opinion is that ,
here are no honest men In the terri I
ory Of New Mexico with the excep- I
ion Of the fake reformcrs and the I
yellow sheet editors. and few fool F.
sh people who do not know any bet I
er. that they are an gHngsters. bpod- Z
ers and thieves and that people in 4
he national capital are strongly in /
lined TO the belief that even the /
axe reformers. ex-goveruors. yellow 4
.heet editors et al. are no better.
Later. More thorough and careful 4
disclose that Secretary
Raynolds has not been asked Tor his
esignation and that no one here I
Knows anything about Do. The people
n Washington have come to the con-
fusion that O. b. another Albuquerque
Morning Coyote fake"
The above .s done In the best and
most familiar style ~ one Max Frost. I
.dltor 81 the New Mexican. and dis
loses his biting humur in its most T
Worried condition. In view Of the fact
hat the editor 81 the New Mexican
inds 10 necessary Co resort to this
strained humor in the dis
ussion of the rumur. the people who
.re Interested are wondering just how
nuch there really is in b.