The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-11-04

'''""' "hH 'hhl - MS c'hdltton vet. lie
was appointed through some in ucn,r
Iof the secretary Of the Interior NJ the
United States. NJ llitchcock. and when
b" wHs appointed a- governor, he found
". -. bur,um chairman " The Repub
lirnn Central tpmmittr, aud warden "
the Territorial ronitrntiary. which po.i
tion he had held fnr seven wears under
Miguel ut"ro. Mr. llagcrman. NJ 80
many others have been who having ac.
| IuIrci @ position such Hs they are not
entitled &" by an, service a. his PARTY
or ~ hi people became imbucd with
ihc idea that be- Wa distinctly for great
things lie could see his future loominp
before him. be- could even see possibly
% seat boo The congress. aud be- became
ou,nircd iu hi. rgotism that if be- oh
taiu"d contrA of the Republican PARTY
pf New Mexico that be- could land him
self iu the United state, senate. There
had been tor vcar- one argument of the
democrats 10 the crmpnipn each year
which wa. that Miguel Otcro. Govern.
pr of New Mexico. WIS corrupt IN every
luniciuI act. That be- had turned over
I lnpd- g.. corporations contrary to the
| law aud hpd put the money into biz
porkrt Why one Of the gentlemen who
followed Mr. llapcrmnn here said to me
that Ot"ru must have been corrupt for
be- went into office ~ poor mau aud
nav be- 3, worth million dollars. I
Asked him how be- knew It aud he said
/ thut Otcro admitted II Mr.. IlngermDa
took ur these charge, that had becn
made 10y Ferguson IN the political cam.
rnlgu aud ~ every other democratic
crmpaipn, end Mr. Inycrman took up
the matter uf invest iguiilg these affair
he secured the service, of spcripi
agent OF the department of the interior.
through h. friend llitchcock. and
mun by the aamc uf llolromh. liolcomh
rHmc tu New Mexico aud proceeded uu.
der the direction of llagcrman 80 exam.
Otrro'. administration. This was part
, 1t the plan To- convince the people nf
New Mexico that the republican party
was corrupt aud that Mr.. liagermun
wa- q great r"formcr, aud that the 10.
publiruns must trust the destiny ~ thi,
great Territory. the great future State
at New Mexico. ~ his hands aud rr
ward him. The uuly difficulty was. and
j.. that the mental development of Mr.
llagrrman was arrested apparently IN
his early youih Ny wife once said In
.pca king of her children that they seem
II to reach the aye of intellectual de-.
yrlopmcnt ~ Hbuui twelve. aud that
they were smarter then than she ever
think the same thing might be said Of
| llagrrmnu Now, when Nj llolconh
got tu Investigating the records Of lard
sales one uf his first acts was 10 make
q charge iu Mr. llagcrmnn that be- had
discovered that when Mr. Bursum p. ptc.
lrcr-sor went ,ut NJ the unicc of war
ten Of the pcuitcutiarv he received
heck for sN0u.uu from him. aud that
| hi, rhrck lid not appear 20 hc account.
| ed for upon the cash hook of the pea
itrntiary. That J.. the charge against
| Mr. Bur~um ~ WAS recently given iu
| he Albuquerque Morning journal Mr.,
! llngrrmuu : real reason for wanting to
put Mr. Bur-um out Of office was be-.
cause Mr.. Bursum refused to 20 in with
Mr lagcrmau aud Ia deliver. over To-
hs use the republican party of New
McNiro Mr.. llagermnn took charge of
the hooks of the prnitentiary aud he
sent "a Denver Colo. aud seeured the
service, ~ mnu Ia audit the books ct
the pcuitcntary. When IL was known
that such course had been pursued,
MIR. Bursum by his legal representative
demanded of Herbert lingerman that
be- had right Ia 20 before the auditor
aud bc represented there Hnl have .
voice in the hearing. Mr.. iiursum and
hi attorney were absolutely refused
access TO the books aud also refused the
right io appear before the auditor when
undertaking Ia make an examination
of the Affairs, and when he was under
taking 10 call upon Witnesses fof eyi
dencc. Bursum was absolutely helpless
You cannot bring suit against New
Mexico without it, consent. You eau
rot sue any sovereign state or tcrritor,
except by consent, aud Mr., HaPemnI
~ governor and the Attorney Genern
would not cousent to giving Mr. Bnr
sum any hearing In court This hearlnl
Iprocccdcd and MIR. Burrum was ueSc
served with ANY notice of the eanrI
aud no demand of restitution Of az
moneys was made until after MIR. IIaeel
man had published the charges agains
Mr.. Bursum in the Albaquerque Nor
ing Journal. Mr. Bursnm through b
at,mney, paid into the Territerii
Treasury, under protest. somethingl q
s200.OO, the amount MIR. Hagerman nan
ed IN the newspaper ~ being o.
Then he again demanded n public he's
ing and II was refused him. When n
legislature met Mr., Bnrsum did III
could do, he did more than most An
other man in this territory could ha'
done. lie had friends enough 70 star
by him who went before ihe legisl
I ture and demanded that they pase n
nos favorinR him or giving hlm has