The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-10-27
THE MACHINE AND
WHAT IT HAS DONE

case, ne gave an ll-cOnSlQereQ prelm-
mary report to the President adverse
to the Governor, and on this opinion
the latter was removed from Office,
without the semblance of a fair hear
ing. The affair, from beginning to end.
was just what might have been expect
I'd of it's authors,-crude, brutal, vic
ious, mean and contemplate.
During all this performance what
was our representative Andrews do
ing about it? Urging it on to the ut
most of his sinister ability; doing ev-
erything to mislead the powers in
Washington; doing all he could to
make it appear that unless the Cover
nor was removed, he would ruin the
Republican party in New Mexico, and
make it impossible to get six delegates
to the Chicago Convention who would
obey orders. In serving the machine
of course he was serving himself. He
! we'll knew that if machine rule was
ruined, or even seriously crippled, his
career in New Mexico would be ended.
He judged correctly. His nomination
for a third term is the direct result of
the removal of o Hagerman, and
consequently of making the machine
more arrogant and more defiant than
ever.
In judging of his character and con-
duct we must not forget hat Mr.. An
drews himself was the purchaser of
| Tho 1or5 u-hioh IL urnc o11non6 Cow
Hagerman had 'fraudulently sold" to
the Pennsylvania Development Co.
| Andrews bought the land for the
Company five years before Gov. Hag-
terman became Governor. IF there
was any fraud, it must have been at
| the beginning of the transaction, and
| Andrews must have been one of the
most guilty men. But there was not
| any fraud, as all, both here and in
| Washington, are now compelled to
admit, and it was in his power to
make the truth known, stop the whole
| performance before it was well be-
gun. But this he did not try to do.
| On the contrary, he did all possible
to urge on the infamy, when he knew
it was based not on mistakes, but on
hes. He now asks Republicans to
applaud, n approve his course, and
by their votes to give him and the
machine a new lease of life.
This dismal tale of perfdy and dis
honor would not be complete without
some mention of the rewards to the
faithful servants of the machine.
Mr.. Bursum played the role of the
great prosecuted, and the interests
of the machine demanded that he
should be indicated and compensat-
ed. AS before stated, up to the time
Gov. Hagerman left Office Bursum
had returned to q public treasurer
about s4,7OO, which he had taken by
mistake" or otherwise, and there
were other claims against him am
ounting to a much larger sum, which
evidently made him uneasy. 1t is
clear that he did not want to trust
himself to the courts and the laws
friends got a special law passed by
the last Legislature, good for one
year only, 10y which any man was,
or who had been, a public officer,
and who was short in his cash, or
whose accounts were in dispute,
might get special treatment under a
sort of bastard court organized for
the purpose. Such a court was
speedily organized, and under its de-
cree Mr.. Bursum was paid back the
81, 700 he had returned to the treas
ury, and enough more to make about
$4,000 in all. He got a quittance for
all the other claims against him, and
was triumphantly indicated, deodor-
lied and disinfected-
Mr.. Abbott, who was chairman of
tina famous committee, has already
been rewarded. He is now Assistant
United States District Attorney for
New Mexico, appointed by the Presi-
dents appointee.
of course ex-Speaker Baca has not
been forgotten. He is now Deputy Oil
Inspector, where he must get as
much in profit as the Governor gets
in salary. If there ever was a case |
where big pay was given for unadu1-
terated infamy, this is the case.
When Gov. Hagerman left office, a |
suit was pending against ex-leader
of the House Holt, to recover that
interest money which had gone
This suit has been allowed to |
go to sleep-its eternal sleep prob
ably.
These rewards have all been paid
By the present administration in the
cause of harmony in the party. The
price OF harmony is utter disregard
the interests of the people, in be-
half of the machine, which does not