Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-24
PROFESSOR SLAVIC
ONCE MORE ON
THE JOB
.HUBBELL LIEUTENANT OUT
WITH ANCIENT SUIT
Intelligent Director of the
Youthful Idea RenewS Time
Honored Action Against
StrOup.

oh, look who's herel"
This was the expressive comment
which greeted the appearance in the
district clerks office yesterday of at
%torneys for tho Honorable Eslavic
Vigil, late Wheel horse in Frank Hub
bells county machine, one time coun-
~ school superintendent and expert
purchaser or school desks, famous as
the prize visitor to district schools. and
one of the several amateur politicians
once fairly well fixed and left to hold
the sack whom Francisco and his ma
chine went to smash against the rocks
OF popular disgust.
Attorneys for Vigil came to the
clerks office armed with papers in a
suit entitled of the time honored case
in which Vigil alleges himself to have
been forcibly elected from office by
Stroup and his fees ana emoluments
appropriated by the present county
superintendent.
Almost every man woman and child
i'm Bernalillo county is familiar with
the Eslavio Vigil incident. 1t is clas-
sic i'm the political annals of the
county. When Governor Miguel A.
Otero after a careful inquiry found
that political conditions in this county
had reached the lowest sink of rot
tenness; when he found that money
was being deliberately stolen from
the school funds and used for polit-
zeal purposes; and when he had as
certalned to his complete satisfaction
that so long as the system contin-
ued the people of B~ernalillo county
had little chance to help themselves
against an lronclad system of election
stealing, he wandered down to AIbu-
querque one day and removed a few
county officials. Some of them were
named Hubbell. The incident is
now, doubtless, fully recalled. At any
rate, the head of the esteemed Es-
which nae so long been direct
the budding minds of the children
of the county, was one of those which g
the Governor found il necessary to |
chop on. He then apDelnted an in :
teliigcnt man to the job in the person
Of A. b. Stroup. and the people show
ed their approval of the governors :
action IN the 1906 election by elect
.ng Stroup to the office by the biggest 4
majority ever. and over one OF the
strongest men Hubben could induce
@ take a job ON his ticket. |
The Hubbell eIectmcnt suits were
letore the New Mexico courts stead /
~ from 1894 up 10 "a few months
lgo. They have been rchashed and
'ctried aud gone over until every one
5 familiar with the complaints in
a. This Attest action az Eslavio is
II the same type. n rccites in nice
sgal language how Eslavio was de-
rived of his job. alleges tina Stroup
ook torcihle possession NJ the office
took al the fees. salary and cmol-
ments thereof from the time of eject
lent uutl the end Of the term. Thisi
mounts. according to Eslavio's total.
S2oN0.15 This amount Eslavio
SKIS bee restored To- him. together
i'm interest from December 30. 1aOa
The papers in the action were
ON Mr.. Stroup yesterday.
The most significant feature Of tho
.tion is that 10 Indicates "a probable -
to immediate activity on tho
art OF HubhclL Nleil and the little
'mnaut of followers who have 90 fol-
.W Huhhrll because 40 other partlrs
ld headers ran ~ sight 10 "a possi-
e attachment 20 Indicate vcs
.aini} fEc near approach OF an cirt I'M
in. MI
'ph. ioos Nho'a here was tl .o- ga.
arb mHln In fhe district rIerks 1f in.
HNnH 800 ruIf WHf ulnd. %
hN Wff IH0k fHf HuhhrI fn ri
r'HNlninE hr n~faflaokri nHa
nNN aaal superintendent I ~.
Interested nhaerfaI elan
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