Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-24
ANDREWS SPEAKS FOR CURRY
FAVORS RETENTION IN OFFICE
OF NEW MExICo's GOVERNOR.
CHARGES of Assault Said to Be on the
Way to Washington Will Be
Investigated.

Gov Curry of New Mexico may have
to answer charges of assaulting a citizen
in the territorial capital of New Mexico.
When the governor telegraphed his resig-
nation to Washington President Taft sent
him an answer giving him an oppor-
tunity to withdraw his resignation if he
so desired. although not requesting him
to do so. The governor did withdra "
it and the matter stands that way. Sec
rotary Ballinger, whose order requiring
territorial officials to remain at their
posts and not be running over the coun-
try offended Gov. Curry, was with the
President today. He has not received
the charges against the governor that are
said to be on their way to Washington,
and which must be investigated when they
arrive.
Delegate Andrews talked to the Presi-
dent today about Gov. Curry's case. He
favors the retention of the governor.
who is claimed to have the confidence Of
the people of the territory.
Statement by Editor Loomis.
A. J. LOOMS, editor Of the Santa Fe
Eagle, who claims to have been ASA ulted
by Curry, has sent the following state
ment to the New York Times:
Following the appropriation of So, 800 by
the New Mexico legislature, made at the
earnest request of Gov. Curry for the
purpose of paying the expenses of a dele
cation Of seven citizens of New Mexico
to he named by the governor to go to
Washington in the interest of statehood
the Eagle, a weekly publication. printed
a series of editorials condemning the
action of the legislature and the action
of the governor ip asking for the ap-
preparation and appointing a committee
n Qsn n a
Subsequent to the return OF the gov
ernor articles were published in the
Eagle from several eastern papers. some
of which stated that the President sent
for Gov. Curry. inquired into the facts,
and not only told him to take himself and
friends back to the territory, but to turn
back every cent of money so appropri-
ated."
In the issue of the Eagle of March Is
portions OF an article which had appeared
in The Washington Star were republished,
and editorial comment was made, based
on this article.
Editor Summoned by the Governor.
Shortly after the Eagle appeared on
Saturday morning Gov. Curry telephoned
for the editor to come to his Office at
the capitol, and the editor promptly went
to the capitol. When he entered the gov
ernor's private Office he found the gov
ernor giving an interview to a repre-
sentative of the Press. The governor
paused and stated to the editor of the
Eagle that he was just giving out an In
terview concerning the statement printed
that he had been told by the President
to return the money appropriated for the
payment of the expenses of the delegation
that went to Washington. He stated en-
phat.cally that the statement was "a de-
liberate lie,'' and added that the Presi-
dent. so far as he knew, did not know
that an appropriation had been made for
that purpose until the governor told him
about II.
The governor. after some further re-
marks concerning the statement pub
lished in the eastern papers. stated that
the editorial, which was based on the
published statements. and which the gov.
time. although the statements had been
printed thirteen days before, was a de-
liberate lie.
The Alleged Assault.
Editor LOOMS of the Eagle said: THAT
Is going too far; whereupon Gov. Curry
told him to get out of his Office and not
come back any more, and seized the ed
itor by the shoulder and forcibly elected
him from the private Office through
he struck the editor twice, at the same
time INDUCING in extremely discourteous
and undisnified language. The editor was
dumfOunded at the treatment received
after having been asked to the governors
Office.
No account Of the assault was published
until last Saturday. when the Eagle, in
the issue following the encounter, con-
tanned column concerning 1t.