The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-02-20

County Treasurer Smith Lea has re
turned from Santa Fe, where he went
to stop further costs that might be in
Cured in the suit of the city against
the ditch companies. and he is chuck
full of territorial gossip, heard at the
torial capital. To a Record reporter
Mr.. Lea said today:
while in Santa Fe l learned that
both sides of the Republican fight are
confident of winning out. The Ha-
german faction say plainly that they
have already won out and that it is all
over but the shouting. The gang for
ces merely say in a confident manner
that all we need to do is to wait and
we will see that they will be winners
in the end.
The comment about the hotels
there is that by the time the legisla-
ture adjourns, both the governor and
attorney general will be ready to leave
Santa Fe. The politicians say that by
that time Governor Hagerman will
have established the fact that he is
against graft, is a nice clean, moral
young man and that he deserves some
thing better and more suited to his
talents than the governorship of New
Mexico. They say that by that time
he will have earned a promotion and
that the President will probably give
it to him-something in the form of
al appointment to the diplomatic ser
vice in some foreign country. They
say that as an entertainer and host
Governor Hagerman is simply grand
and that as a foreign diplomat he.
would make a great success. That is
the way they talk about him.
"As to Capt. Reid, the attorney
general, they say that he will have es-
tab1ished the fact tina he is a railroad
attorney, quite thoroughly, and will
be allowed to resign, as he seems to
want to 10. They figure hat since
Capt. Reid has worked for a reduction
in salaries among county officials
oL4u mas LOl "o1hCu " IAN odu ldlC
reductions, he will be well establish
ed as a railroad attorney.
"This is merely the talk of the poll
ticians at Santa Fe and I only give
arguments to show the way they
talk about Roswelrs young men who
are in such high positions at Santa
Fe.
1.-The present legislature is describ-
ed by many as the best in the history
of the Territory. They have done alb
solutely nothing so far and all others
made records at doing bad things
The fact that they are doing nothing
pleases me inc many others more
than if they were doing a things.
If they continue through the rest of
the session what they have done thus
far, they will occupy the highest place
in the history of the New Mexico leg
i~slature.
Santa Fe is more quiet looking
right now than is Roswell. Although
the legislature is in session, it is
as quiet there as a crave. There are
no outside politicians present, as the
nave been stopped and every
body that goes to Santa Fe has to pay
way. The Legislators move about
in a quiet way and hold their sess-
ions about half of the time.
Cameron, of Carlsbad. caused the
discharge of the scores of extra en-
ployes. He told the other members
in plain language that they could
spend all of the $4,000 for extra help
in one day if they wanted to. but after
that amount was spent, he would en-
join them n the treasurer Of they
to spend one more cent. The
threat, which would have been carried
out, if necessary, stuck. Many of the
said they were glad of 4
to get rid of the "sheep-herd-
ers" as the extra help have been nick
named, but that they had eve had
excuse before this"