The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-07-18

Editor of the Record:
The Albuquerque Citizen Ga gang
newspaper) recently published a
statement that 1 lad determined to
sell all 1 own in the Pecos Valley,
and leave New Mexico, the inference
being that 1 will allow myself to be
practically driven out of the Terri
tory.
You ask me whether this statement
is true or not, and what / have to
say about it. 1t is no wonder that
some people can easily believe that
l would like to leave New Mexico,
and never set foot in it again. The
liar who invented the yarn probably
had that in mind, and thought it's
probability would make it easily be-
| lieved, and in that way do the most
| harm. If l thought the reputation as
sassins, who sent the lying yarn to
| the president about my land transac-
| tions, which came in so handy when
he was looking for a club, were to be
long on top, l would want to get out.
But / have an abiding faith that they
are twisting the rope with which they
will soon hang themselves, and | in
tend to be here at the hanging.
Most emphatically the statement
| is false 1 am selling some of my land
| in small tracts to people who will i'm
prove it, and who, l believe, will be
good citizens and good neighbors, but
the statement that l am trying to sell
all l own and desert the Territory,
is false. nave no intention of leaving
here, but intend to remain and do my
duty, as l see it, to the end.
No doubt the crowd of shysters who
control the organization" of the dom
inant political party at the present
time would be glad to see me, or any
other man who opposes tnem, driven
out of New Mexico. 1 believe it is a
fact that they would rather see this
whole Pecos Va ley region the unil-
habited waste it was seventeen years
ago. with no one here to oppose
them, than to see it what it is, but
filed with men, both Democrats and
VIII OppOSS JASLh dlhlOol
to the last man. 1t is true that a ma
jority of the voters here are Demo
Gratis, but there are many Republi-
cans, and no matter to which party
they may belong, they condemn ut
terly the methods of the men who con-
trolled our Territorial government for
many years up to the Inauguration of
Governor Hagerman, and who by lies,
fraud and eception-which would
disgrace the evil one himself-have
succeeded in capturing our govern
ment again, for the time being, at
least.
What will happen wnen Captain
Curry becomes Governor, remains to
be seen. 1t seems to me it will de-
pend very largely on the instructions
he gets from the President. He is
entitled to a fair chance to do the
best that is in him, AID if he sue
ceeds in giving us a good clean ad-
ministration, free from graft and
humbug, he will find no warmer sup
porters than those who supported
IGovernor Hagerman.
But to give Captain Curry a fair
chance, it seems to me the President
should do several things.
He should instruct the new Cover
nor not to allow himself to be con-
trolled or Influenced by Andrews.
Llewellyn, Bursum, Frost, Prichard,
| and others who control the rotten ma
chine If he is expected to work in
Harmony with them, and at the same
time do mis- duty to the people, his
task will be an impossible one for
any man to accomplish. The one con-
dition precedent to any reform is to
get rid of the men who have made
our so-called government a stink in
the nostrils of every self respecting
citizen of New Mexico for many years.
| The President should instruct Mr..
/ Curry to ally himself with, to work
with, to take counsel with honest and
capable men wherever he finds them.
be they Republicans or Democrats,
forgetting whether it is going to help
or harm the putrid old machine. This
would inevitably throw him in alli-
ance with the very men or class OF
men who supported Governor Hager-
man, and make the machine men his
enemies. He must make his cnoice
between the two.
That whispering gallery established
between Santa Fe and Washington,
with spy at one end and political
trap from the east at the other. must
|be discontinued. or Captain Curry
IwHl never know where he stands.