Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-01-15
GOVERNOR GOING
TO SILVER CITY
In lnlnterestlrrigation
Congress and
Statehood
WILL LEAVE TOMORROW
Executive Thank s Friends for
Assistance in Having His
Nomination Confirmed.

In order that he may 60 on the Jun
ket to Silver City In the Interest OF
the forthcoming meeting of the Nation.
al Irrigation congress and also infuse
"a little more enthusiasm into the
statehood campaign. Governor Curry
has postponed his trip to Washington
one day and will start east on Sun.
day evening instead Of Saturday.
The governor will leave tomorrow
evening for Silver City and VIII de.
liver an address at public meeting
there Friday. At Albuquerque on his
way south he will be joined by Chair
man w s. Hopewell and Secretary r.
f. Twitchel of the board of control
of the irrigation convention together
with other prominent men who are
members of the local committee.
The plans for the trip have been nm.
der consideration for several days but
were not completed until late yester-
day afternoon at conference between
the governor and Mr.. Hopewell.
The governor will return to Santa
Fe to attend to whatever business is
necessary here before his departure to
Washington.
Thanks Friends For Interest in His
Behalf.
New Mexico is ineed fortunate to
have man in the gubernatorial Office
who has the interests of the territory
at heart as has Governor Curry. He
foresees in the meeting of the nation.
al irrigation congress at Albuquerq,
next fall a convention which next
statehood itself will be Of the utmo.
Importance in advertising the teri
tory's adytanges and resources
was due largely to his personal effort
that the assistance of tho territor
generally has been enlisted in maxim
the project the most successful Of any
yet held.
While working for the success OF
the irrigation congress Governor Curry
is not losing sight of the statehood
cause. In his trips throughout the ter
rltory he Is enabled to feel the public
pulse and become closer to the people.
which is adding much to his popular
|ity as an executive and as private
citizen.
President Roosevelt struck a popu.
lar chord when he appointed Cover
nor Curry as executive RI New Mexico
and in ratifying his appointment yes
terday the U. S. Senate stamped as
idle gossip the rumors which were
caused by the delay in his conflrma.
ton. -
Governor Curry Is appreciative of
the interest taken in his behalf by his
friends throughout the territory who
sent letters and kilograms to the Sen
ate committe OIL territories and indi
vidual senator's urging his confrma-
tion and the New Mexican Is author
lied by him to express his sincere
thanks to all.
Personally the governor was not
perturbed over the seeming delay in
confirming him and would not have
thought anything about 1t at all but
for the silly gossip It created. he
purposely postponed his contemplated
trip to Washington on that account as
he did not want it to appear that he
was "hankering after the job" As a
matter of fact the appointment as gov
ernor of the territory came entirely as
a surprise to him and he accepted on
ly at the personal solicitation Of
President Roosevelt. His official rec
ord is uEsullied and beyond reproach.
He has not only proven himself a
man of great executive ability but
what is more he is a man of the peo-
pie and there interest Is his interest