Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-11-29
BOARD SHORT
MANY RETURNS
Negligent Election Officials
Who Failed to Perform
Their Duty
s40,144 OF INSURANCE FEES
The Department Under Jacobo
Chaves Makes Splendid
Showing.

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When the official canvassing board
adjourned last evening, it found itself
short twenty-five precinct returns. In
! addition to that fact it established
! that in three precincts no election at
all was held. In sorting out the re-
turns in alphabetical order, Santa Fe
| county had been reached and six
counties remained to be covered today
before the actual convess can be be-
gun. 1t is thought that the compile
ton of this preliminary work will find
the board short thirty precinct re-
turns. In those cases, it is probable,
| that the ballot boxes will be sent for
In the many cases in which the Off
cial certificates were improperly fill
ed out or not certified or signed,
the election officers may be sent for,
but as no appropriation is available,
the negligent election officials will
have to foot the bill.
| The board probably will not be in
session tomorrow and may adjourn
until Monday in order to give time to
get the ballot boxes from precincts
which sent no certified pollbooks. 1t
4 is not only a mass, out mess, of
I work that confronts the canvassing
board, although, thus far, counsel on
both sides have agreed upon every
possible move to hurry the count and
facilitate reaching the final result.
In the meanwhile, there has been a
gathering of political clans in Santa
Fe. Today, Governor-Elect Mcdonald
and other leaders joined the consulta-
tions. This may nave given rise to
the rumors from indefinite sources,
which fly thick and fast, that an in
vestigation Of the election will be
asked from the Democratic House of
Congress and that Democratic com
mittee, headed by Congressman Flood,
would be out here for that purpose
after Congress adjourns next June;
that statehood would be held up un'
til March 4, 1913, that another elec.
ton would be held next November
and that the new election would be
held under rigid special federal act
OF course, this talk is absurd on the
face of it, but an impression has been
made on the public mind that is diff
cult to eradicate.
Insurance Department Makes spIendie
| Showing.
i Today marking the close of the fis
cal year for the territory, every de
i partment at the capitol was more
than ordinarily busy. The depart
ment Of insurance, in charge of lnsur
ance Commissioner Jacobo Chaves ant
his deputy Peter A. M. Lienau, turned
over to the territorial treasurer dur
ing the fiscal year. $40,144.6S, sub
stantial increase. This sum mex
year, under statehood, probably will
: be increased to $4,000, thus demon
strating the wisdom of creating thi
department which has been so eff
ciently managed by Mr.. Chaves an,
his assistant, during the past few
years.
p. A. M. Lienau, deputy superin
tendent of insurance, has just return
ed from a trip to Denver where he ha
been investigating the affairs Of tn
: Aegis Life Insurance Company o
that place. No report, however, will
be given out until the matter is pass
: ed on by John F. Roach, the Ney
York actuary, who was called in Il
8 the case by Mr.. Lienau.
Postal Matters.
Postal savings banks have been OF
: dered established at Alamogordo O
:, December 20, at Belen on Decembe
81, at Cimarron on December 10 an
Il at Mesilla Park on December %. TIL
/ postof1ce at Lobo, Taos county, an
8 In the future all mail should be az
q dressed to Arroyoseco. The postofic
u has been discontinued at Bayart
t Grant county and mail will be sent t
+ Hurley.
Z District Court.
Two suits were filed in the distriC
: court yesterday, Publino Carrill0 ha
\ brought suit against the Eastern Raj
: way Of New Mexico asking for $3.50
= damages for injuries sustained by b'
ing compelled 10 jump from a trai
at Madrone. a station at which tn
train should have stopped.
!. The other suit was filed by Alexa
!. der Gusdorf against Ruporto Truji
- - 10 and his wife Hipolita, for failul
:, to meet a note Of $120.59. The pa
- ties live In Taos county.
- Supreme Court.
"a The territorial supreme court CO
u vened at 10 o'clock this morning vii
Il all judges present The two folio,
- ing cases were disposed Of, aft
he which the court adjourned until
=! o'clock Friday afternoon:
be Case 1446, territory Of New Mexit
j.. appellee vs. s. L. Boone Of Rooseve
ert county, appellant, docketed and l
firmed. the appellant having failed
% perfect his appeal. In this case Il
70 appellant was fined 500 and costs I
he September 16. 1909. Tor practicil
I'LL lInedicine without q licen1e.
50 Case 14S6. territory Of New Mexit
vol appellee VI. Jose Refugio Llcero,