El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-02
Bursum and the Square Deal

~ gn Of extraordinary bitterness good government"
= district sttor7ev man whose life the community had been open
vtuOus ascending pOsOfhe crowded when
young him and dashed him
shamefuTy hssvh marking and screaming
out story
her only who had
detained assembled crowd the details Of the Candidates alleged
pdy slipped wash the blood from his face and change
his dirdered clothing.
Immediately the Of this mans opponents began to circulate
extra papers story assault d details alleged
teeapbio dispatches ObOratve evidence Handbis with the
depicted being he he had betrayed
were passed out every Organized lunny work Of
hours good government resurrection and
ticket, exceptions down with him. although
afez hours previously he and his ticket had the election all but
t - +E is With f7vsq+gions and interviews and printed extras as
gathered effort they dug
~ @ 5ts = common prostitute who had been hired with her male
companions carry proved that the
candidate that he had been pointed out to hen BY his
enemies Detectives rapidly exposed plot end, and
before the polls closed enough presented On of the
candidate to have convinced any been
But the attack had late IN the morning. the story
general ready to be-
things and took 50 long to round up all the
facts Of the plot and make them known to the voters that the Gay wa" lost
that assault just playing politics was it danhe outrage.
proud Of something disgrace every man engaged
in the conspiracy? for himself
Republicans giving
and carrying their way exceedingly difficult not
impossible Republican and throttle each Islander in turn
& % 80 h. sl and 1orfi, enemies through their newspapers
they spreading greater BuTsuns
Fugg NE 81 p Herald knows that Busun is being treated unfairly
that the territorial PeneniaTy by his
fOndaionat this feels iPled to take little
dish in the New Mexico campaign Moreover
that it is none Of only
citizen And relations with New Mexico that this cam
local with E Pso2ns and New Mexico can scarcely take
Mexico than DO the people
circulation in New Mexico and its established
reputation for fair and independence n partisan con Inc II Fa Herald
hopes its word may ning the unfair
assaults Bursu pntentiay warden
other phases campaign
ter or personal record the
Burss opponents based false statements Of events which re-
suited IN 6uIslnls IelIenn llOli 1Hs p ~ W |
history matter that choose
by determined
public service political
The facts about H o BarsuHs connection penary warden
and his subsequent dismissal by governor ageranust before Official
dismissed Office president Roosevelt for Theses
Hageunan, after Hagnan
became governor to appointments
chairman the central committee by Hagemau; Hageuns
demands for certain changes Ttenty
The administration Of the PeHiteHty noy under board
mainly known business but Hagerma without
ng the board the warden to COLORADO for an szP to examine the
io1e F ofs- ai eTa59fio5 po 70 the governor that there
deposited territorial alleged shortages
5gt each time Under g protest asserting mat at 9S @ 5 S 5
suit against the territory by consent Of the attorney general and governor
succeeded in getting through legislature permitting
publicly found
the Territory only for the two sums he had advanced on 2ges demand
with the territory him During this trial the
auditor v Stafford business man Of known integrity who has since
order the He through book record voucher
a2ean appon and honesty dealing questioned
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of
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but
doing refused to c that
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