Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1908-06-26
TWITCHELL TELLS THE
TRUTH ABOUT ANDREWS.

ers will take down a public mar
because they do not agree with
him, because they hate him, or
because they are in a combine or
ganized to down him, no matter
how good an official he may be
and how valuable q citizen or
how true to the Republican party.
We found q case in point a few
days ego. The Ration Range,
which calls itself an Independent
Republican paper, attacked the
record of Delegate W. H. An
drews and endeavored to beli;t.e
his great success in securing the
$4,000 appropriation for the
Sixteenth National Irrigation
Congress and Exhibition at Al
buquerque. OF course. the Al
buquerqne Morning journal.
which is really copperhead
Democratic newspaper, but which
spreads its sails under Republi-
can colors, picked this up and
made it worse than the Range
did, although it is known and
established that had it not
been for Delegate Andrews great
efforts and timely influence, the
appropriation would never have
passed. Fortunately for the de-
cency and honesty in New Mexi-
CO political affairs, the New Mex
lean had received a letter from
Colonel R. f. Twitchell, secre-
tary of the board of control Of
the Sixteenth National Irriga-
ton Congress, who was in Wash
ington during the last four weeks
of the session of congress Just
adjourned for the very business
of securing this important APP
preparation, and naturally was
ION the inside" The New Mex
lean took occasion and that at
the right time to publish an en-
tract from the letter from Col
onel Twitchell describing the
services of Delegate Andrews in
congress. This speaks for itself
and should be read by all fair
minded and good citizens that
Delegate Andrews should get his
just and proper credit for the
splendid achievement in securing
this $50, 900 appropriation.
Says the New Mexican:
In a recent issue of the Albu-
querque morning muckraker UNI
der the heading: Highly In
terestiug," appeared the follow
ing editorial treating of the ap-
preparation of $4,000 for the
International Industrial EXPOSE
ton and the Sixteenth National
Irrigation Congress at AIbuduer-
que and the manner in which it
was secured. The editorial reads:
The Ration Range thinks the
editorials that have been printed
in certain papers Of the territory
during the past week in regard
to the appropriation of $50, 900
by the national congress for the
irrigation congress at Albuquer-
que, must be interesting reading
for such men as Colonel witch
ell and Colonel Hopewell. One
would imagine, says the Range,
that nobody had anything to do
with the appropriation except
Delegate w. Ii. Andrews and it
would not be surprising there
fore, if, before the end of the
simmer, that it was Andrews in
s cad of Twitchell who secured
TIE irrigation congress for New
Mexico. There are some inter-
esting matters in connection
with the securing of this appro-
priation for the irrigation con-
yress that will not look well in |
print in connection with some of
the statements made by some of !
the papers about the matter, at
least the Range thinks so, and
We can readily see that there is
ample ground for such an opin-
ion.
The Ration Range, in reality,
knows very little about the mat
ter and the editorial cannot be
commended. 1t does Delegate
Andrews an injustice and there
is no good reason why the Range
should indulge in such business,