Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-10-21
Land Ring Bosses Have Fight
of Life to Maintain Clutches
On Empire Of Central New
Mexico.
PEOPLE REVOLT AT
REIGN OF INTIMIDATION
Primaries Cost the Big Boss
$4,000 and It win Take I'M
menSe Sums to Pervert Com
ing Election,
especial Dispatch 10 tn. Morning sour..i,

Especial Dispatch 10 IN. Morning Jourusii
Socurro. \. NJ, Oct. 20-H. q.
Bursum. former superintendent OF
the New Mexico penitentiary. is ex-
pected here tomorrow TO take charge
of his county convention for which
the primaries were held several days
ago. Mr.. Bursum will likely spend
considerable period in his home ooun-
~ looking after the fences which
have suffered severely In the past few
weeks. some of them having been
torn up and burned and otherwise
obllterated: for Bursum now faces
the most discouraging condition In
his home county that ever confronted
any candidate.
The wave OF dissatisfaction with
the high handed and oppressive
methods of the boss of Socorro cuun-
ty is threatening to sweep his ticket
bodily under and 1t will take the
cd supply Of money II Mr.. Burslm
succeeds in holding his own county
for the republican ticket Men like
Clemente Camille and Andres Ro-
nero. who have been driven by
threats from the public lands: men
who remember the road" that Bur
sum hullt to Mogolon; men who re-
mcmber the votes that were secured
by promising the pardon OF motor
ious murderer: men who know the
record OF William T.. Martin and his
protection under the skirts OF the
former penitentiary superintendent
the men who are watching the pro-
gress of the schemes of Bursum and
Luna and Hubbell and the ~ Cross
outfit. with which II. Il. Pollock OF
Albuquerque Is closely identified, 10
secure control OF tens of thousands
OF acres on the San Augustine plains
and prevent by dog In the manger
policy the leasing of vast tracts OF
the public lands. the men who have
seen criminals protected from justice.
elections boldly stolen, by lntlmida-
tion and bull-dozing and worse;
these are the men who have deter
mined that the reign OF Boss Bur
sum must end In Socorro county and
republicans everywhere are Joining
with the democrats to release Socorro
county from the clutches OF the cor
rupters of the ballot and the oppres-
sors OF the small settlers and sheep
men.
The methods of Bnrsum and Luna
and Hubhell have about reached the
limit With the people Of Socorro
county; and they are ready to throw
Jff the yoke.
Probably no other thing has had
80 much effect In crystallsng the
sentiment OF the people OF Socorro
county against Rursum as the out
'ageous and arrogant methods used
BY himself and solomon Luna and
francisco Hubbell In using their in
luence over the land commissioner
o get the best Of 1t In the leasing OF
he lands. It IL generally recognized
hat the man who gets in the way of
hese land schemes, unless he has
money and influence wherewlth to
light, Is bound to be crushed and
clicked out of the way. There In no
'etter instance of their methods than
he selection In their behalf OF
1900 acres Of land In u zlgzag strip
long the Immense san Augustine
'lalns. This $4,000 acres practically
furnishes the key to the situation.
SOt all of this land has been leased
o the trio of land grabbers, but the
selection Is said to remain In their
avor aud the small men have had
nough experience with the bosses to
now the folly Of attempting to lease
and adjoining them. II Is estimated
hat close to 10000 acres OF land is
led up by the holdings of these three
nen. How the scheme IL worked Is
hown in no better way than by the
experience of Clemente Castillo who
fas coerced into giving up his ranch
ecause Mr. Bursum told him that, he
'ursum, was going TO get all the land
round him now that 1--WE are going TO
e n state" II was manlfestly inn
ossble for this man to make any
se OF his ranch K he was blockaded
u every direction from the range.
men have had this same
experience. Following the discovery
t arteslan water on one of the
anches of Frank A. Hubbell drilling
ias stopped and the wells capped
nd the matter hushed up so as to
revent land seekers coming in be-
Dre Mr.. Hubbell got his plans per-
ected for getting control OF all the
md likely to be lrrigable from artes-
IN water or likely to furnish good
'ater supplies for grazing. II Is we'll
nown that TIubbell has made all
lnds OF threats in order to keep new
Dmers out of his vicinity. The San
ugustne plains II the underlying
ater Is extensive la area, would de-
elop into a great agricultural EN-. N
Ire if the small men were allowed