Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-01-11
DELEGATES HAVE
ALL DECLINED
TOGO to Washing.
ton at Expense
of County
INJUNCTION UNNECESSARY
Petition Filed to Restrain
Commissioners From En-
forcing Resolution.


forcing Resolution.
Injunction proceedings were institut
ed late yesterday afternoon by A. Staab
and twenty-five other citizens against
the Board Of County Commissioners
George w. Armijo, as ex.otiicio clerk
OF the board, and County Treasurer
Celso Lopez seeking to restrain them
from approprIating money or paying
warrants for the expenses of com.
mittee of four recently appointed by
the board to 60 to Washington to as.
sist In the passage of bill providing
for the payment and funding of the
bonded Indebtedness of Santa Fe coun.
ty.
This action was not necessary how.
ever as all four Of the delegates nam.
ed by the board respectfully declined
yesterday to 60 to the national capital
at the expense Of the county. A letter
to that effect written by Ex-Governor
nj. A. Otero who was selected as one
Of the committee was published In last
evenings New Mexican and similar
letters of declination from Hon.
Charles F. Easley, former surveyor
general Of the territory, and Hon. Ar.
thur Seligman, former chairman Of
the board, received too late for publ
cation yesterday. are herewith append,
ed.
All three of these gentlemen are
planning to go to Washington at their
own expense as members of the state
hood delegation, If they can be Of any
assistance in advocating the passage
OF an enabling act now pending before
Congress, and In the event that they
make the trip may be depended upon
to do all In their power to have the
national government assume the burd--
ensome debt Of Santa Fe county, which
was incurred by the issuance Of rail-.
road aid bonds In 1891 and 1892.
The allegations set forth in the pc
tition for writ of Injunction are that
said appropriation Of the public money
by said board was and is an Illegal,
unwarranted and unauthorized appro-
priation, and If permitted to be con.
summated will be an illegal and TN.
authorized expenditure and waste Of
public funds"
A copy of the resolution making the
appropriation and appointing the dele
gates Is attached to the petition and
marked Exhibit A.
Following is the letter from Mr..
SeligmAn declining the appointment Of
himself as a member Of the Washing.
ton committee selected by the county
commissioners.
Mr.. Selgman's Letter.
Santa Fe, N. M, Jan. 10, 1907.
ITO the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners, Santa Fe County
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Gentlemen:
Il noted recently that your Honor.
able board had appointed me as one of
o delegation to proceed to the City Of
Washington and other eastern cities
to assist and to interest the bond hold.
ers of this county in the passage of &
bill introduced recently by Delegate
W. H. Andrews with the object of aid.
ing Grant and Santa Fe counties; and
which. If successful, would be of vast
and great benefit to the tax payers,
property owners and citizens Of this
county. In this connection, desire to
express to your Honorable Board my
sincere appreciation of the honor you
have conferred upon me, and which to
me is most gratifying, and more Of an
honor could not have been rendered to
me at this time. AS Is we'll known to
the members Of your Honorable Board
and to the good citizens of this county,
and as shown by my report and the
records Of this county, that l and my
colleagues spent almost six years In
endeavoring to effect a compromise
Of this enormous Indebtedness that
now confronts us; and although we
were told that any action looking to.
wards settlement Of the railroad aid
bonds would be looked upon with dis.
favor by a majority Of the people OF
this county, and that all sorts Of ac-
cusations would be made, we took the
straight path and did what little we
could to redeem the credit OF the
county, thereby trying to create a value
for real estate and other property. It
is my opinion that had proper efforts
been made by several of the former
boards Of county commissioners oul
indebtedness would not have grown
from 100000 to $l,260,o00 as 1t has;
and future generations would not have
bsen made to suffer by the reason oi
naraonn1 erotiANn nnvv and uhorf.siOht