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

! perhaps deserved, but my business was
such that was compelled to decline,
aud told him that ! could no, possibly
accept III" position. lie left me with
that understanding aud went u OYSTER
Bay where Roosevelt was ~ that time.
viii read Won thi, telegram which ex
plains - ! ram" 80 L.. ]silDtHey gsn
eral. Washington. August .. 1907.
just returned Oyster Bay. Leave 10.
night for Roswell. Santa Sc. Wednesday
Inauguration Thursday, President aud
myself would like Won ~ accept the NJ
torncy genernlship NJ least until I can
get my administration running smooth.
~. Signed, Curry" On the following
day he sent Il letter confirming TINT tel
egram, in which he said that the pr.si
dent urged me to accept the atfOrney
gencralShip ever IL | could not get away
hni for u meath or two, aud in the mean.
tlRe they might agree upon some one
10 succeed me. ! had known Mr.. Roo>s.
Welt personally, he had been ,cry kind
90 me-, auI felt II my duty 10 assist
Governor Chrry when | was called upon
by the President tO do 81, and in this
was ! To hlame for accepting the office
Al the tim" did not know of any ease
pending between the Territory aud Mr..
Bnr~rm, but when ! found this ease
pending examined into It. For three
weeks went through that rcpor, Of
III" examiner aud checked up item by
item not only the report hut the cvi.
drur" attached to IL. Went over the
p"ult"ntIary books and the Territorial
Treasurer, ho0ks. also went into the
office of 'h" Santa Fc Railroad Com
pauN and ui the II. a Il. q. Road 1T
santa I" g." check up the item 81 s3Gl
referred 10 for freight, aud i, was upon
rNId"ur" of thi, Kind that Stafford made
ihzi r"purt The rasc was .ct for trial
l,rfrr" Judge Fruuk ". Parker of Sil
vrr 'iiy, sitting IN open court aud not
IN chambers. II was tried in npen c0slrt
when I presume one hundred citizens at
least we're present aud when the Judge
was preparing 10 render Judgment upon
the report and evidence he called Ip,n
Mr. il"lruEh, who made the original
charge, I, know II there was any oh
yerttuu 10 the confirmation of that re-.
Port, aud this - a matter II public rec
ord aud % copy of snmc can be obtained
from Judge Parker AZ any time and
Mr.. holrpmh arose 10 his feet aud said
shat he could lind no reason why that
report ut Stafford : exonuta;inq Bursum
Ordering IN" repayment H. hlr the
funds which were On deposit ,h,
Territorial Treasurer, and .!yIa. ain
Judgment for the fUrthcr si,7.JO should
nor hr confirmed, aud the court rendered
Judgment accordingly. Now, Mr.. liza.
german knows these facts. lie was
represented hy an attorney ~ the time.
Now, ~ Is perfectly reasonable that n
man like llagcrman could not under.
stand a man like Bursum; oue an arts.
Iorrai :" his finger tips, born with a
'lbv"r spoon in his mouth, who sits down
10 the table aud drinks tea from q cup
h'urng his monogram and his plate that
he uses hearing ms monogram now this
Is all right and is nothing sgains Mr.
llagermnn = character. but Just imagine
u man of this kind trying to form any
adequate idea Of the character II a big
Western citizen who has worked hn
way from a section hand through al
most every occupation Known 10 ~"
citizens u New NJ ,x.co. A sheen mani