Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-10-31

,s0..,ol Dlspntch to the Morning Jonrnall
Yordshurg \. NJ, Oct 80, \ big
..1nd erected Former Governor Hag-
Imam this evening. The meeting was
.rtbnsiastic In the extreme and APP
,lors. was frequent as the speaker
r,ode point after point in his arraign-
mentof the man who is now the cam
didate of the Las Vegas convention
far The high position of governor OF
New Mexico.
Mr.. Hagetman's Speech.
In ihc course of his remarks, Mr..
Hagerman said.
see that Mr.. Bursum has again
hosn vindicated. That in spite of the
fact that from the very beginning of
this campaign, the position of the
sland.pat republicans has been that
Mr. Bursums record was in no way
ga issue. The Las Vegas optic of
october "a, takes up nearly the whole
of rs paper. In the labored effort TO
defend that record. In that paper
there appears a long statement al
legged to have been made by Mr..
Frederick II. Pierce of Las Vegas.
Personally | cannot believe that Mr..
Pierce actually wrote this statement,
although his name appears attached
to IT, AS | have always believed Mr.,
Pierce to be a reliable man, | cannot
but believe that when Mr. Pierce
was induced to put his signature to
this remarkable mis-statem nt Of the
facts that he was beng made use
Of as a Whitewasher Of Mr. Bursum
in the same way as he is made use of
for the same purpose when IN 1906
he, as penitentiary commissioner, af,
fixed hts signature TO an official
whitewash of Mr Bursums accounts
whereby th expenditure of $ll2,o09
Of territorial money was unqu1i'tisd-
y approved of by that commission.
Misleading and Untrue.
Now ! say that this statement Of
Mr., Pierce which is presented to the
people MS final and incontroyert-
ibe clearance of All the charges
which have been made against Mr..
Bursum is in many respects unquali-
fIedy misleading and in many others
absolutely untrue. I will read you
a paragraph of Mr.. Pierce's state
ment
After Mr. llagerman became gov
ernor, he wished to have some
changes made in the methods OF
managing prisoners, Of which Mr..
Bursum did not approve; and dill
lerences arose between them grow
ing out Of this. Then the governor,
Without consulting the board OF
commissioners who under the law
were responsible for the administra-
uon of the penitentiary, brought an
accountant from Colorado to eN'
anime the accounts and make re-
Port TO him. No complaint had beer
made by the governor to the board
q anything wrong in the accounts or
we management, nor did the colo
Iaoo accountant cali upon the board
lor any assistance or explanation. Tic
made a report to the governor, claim
ihg mat there was a shortage in the
accounts, and that Mr.. Bursum owed
ule territory for money received ano
ny paid over. Thinking there might
~ some error or oversight in his
pooKS MT Bursum Immediately de-
poshed IN the territorial treasury thC
.HSl amounts claimed. until the mat
Ter could he looked up. ana subse
Qgent Investigation conclusively prov.
ed that every dollar of the itemi
making mp this amount had previ
ously ana at the proper times beer
paid into the territorial treasury. n,
shown hy the treasurer books. Thel
further amounts we're claimed
amounting to several thonsand dol
lars. This Governor Hagerman de
manded that Mr.. Bursllm should i'm
mediatelv paw ovor M p1lrsun IN
sisted that tha renort was not cor
Rect that His pccorMts pcco m"s wero "Ur no Nc
short ana asked For time to hav
them examiner hy " sonie ,,t'' other ev
pert, in order tbat ho n'iobt onswe
the charge. ana e eboW w tbo l1s,e reo, ,'t9" t,ct,
This was refused ANA tbo ,, Govern ~ ~
Notified him fbot oitu if t,e ~ o,no,,, 9tpl,'r,
claimed v9s not naid i,ta ~ trnas
ury at onre ba Ia,i, oiI ne 80 sie e,i, V''
be broueht for "ooai ogainet eaISs ne I", hnnas :
men lr nrrsur, 's ,as r.'ls M fhn '0iip9 iir5