The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-10-28

a. \ llagcfman. after having ~
moved ". ~ Bursum from office upon
manufactured charge. from which he
was attorward completely eNoneratcd
resign FROM the go,eruotship Of New
Mexico by the President Of the United
states for what he called " improper
aud fraudulent actions ia regard 20 the
territorial lands. lie is now trying 20
aid the Democrats IN defeating for the
goyernship the mau whose reputation ~
an honest mau he yainiy attempted 10
destroy. Comparison ~ the public r..
cords uf the two men in their official
conduct j. interesting 90 the voters at
thi- timc. That Bursum. ~ relates 10
The charges made against him, {. shown
10 the satisfaction of any fair minded
man bv the letter - y. " Pierce. chair.
NAV ~ the board Of peniteniiarv com.
missioners. published elesewbefe in these
columns. That ~ Hagerman il equally
ronviucinglv shown hv the letter of the
president Of the luited States giving
the rcasous tor his removal. which is
printed herewith By this it appear.
that ilagcrman. ~ governor. demanded
that the commissioner Of public lands
should execute and deliver deeds for u
large quantity of land which the com.
nissiuuor refused "a do hecause he con
! -idrrrd the transaction illegal that IN
the temporary absence Of the commits.
,ioner he went 10 his ofice. commanded
the clerk g. bring the deeds aud seal Of
the board of public lands 10 the gov.
ernor = Office. where he. the governor,
himself affixed the seal to the deeds.
directed the clerk TO record them. aud
then himself delivered them to the par.
ties interested. The clerk asked him Ia
delay thc action, although, in the Ian
puagc q the president there was ab.
solui"ly no reason for such refusal.
Lcnying nut ~ consideration what
may have heen llagrrman : motive ~
interest IN thus doing nv force what the
official whose business il was had re.
fused 20 de-. this transaction is another
example ot the same arbitrary aud reck
l". moi.od- which he used against bur.
sum. lie refused, TO allow Bursum. when
asSailing his honesty ~ an Official.
time to answer and disprovc the charges
which l. allowed bv law 80 the most
ordinary person accused q, rrimr. -
these Rursum was declared innocent by
the court lie refused 10 wait two DAYS
Tor tho land commissioner return,
when compelling his clerk 10 do an ~.
frial act which was the commissioner :
sole duty and which that official had ~.
fused to do becanse he thought IL unlaw.
ful For this he was removed by the
president. tie now claims. as the only
wav IL save his face. that not only Bur
sum, hut the Legislature ~ New Mex.
leo, the attorney general, the terrific.
rial travelling auditor and a Judge of
hc supreme court who had been apoint.
rd for three successive terms by the
president, were all engaged in hug"
conspiracy to rob the territory.
On the public record of the two men.
let the fair minded citizen say foe him.
self who ougbt to be- believed
Ilagerman applied Ia the president g.
reconsider his action. and this brought
ort the following letter, which was pup
lished at the time
Presidents Letter Of May TO MI Ha
german
The White House, Washington, y. G..
MAY J., 1907.
Ny Dear Mr. IIagermaH;
Mr. clifford Pinchoi has presented M
your telegram Ia him in which YOU ash
that IL Ice brought to my personal at
trntion. stating that hundreds of p'opl'
have sent telegrams 10 the president
! protesting against my accepting youl
resignation, aud stating Furthermore
that II my action in requesting your res
\ lpnntion j. not revoked Il viii he "a
lamiiy to the territory, aud that II vii
! reconsider this action YOU ARE positive
will see the injustice and unwisdom Of 4
from every point of view.
This renders il necessary for me 4
K write IN YOU very plainly. You made
as am informed. good secretary o
\ legation ai the court Of 81. Petersburg
M that have heard of your private
[ life is Ia W y credit, Furthermore,
believe you have done certain cxeelien
things while you were governor, and o
course. will permit nothing good yo'
have done to be undone. Hut J mus
add that on the whole ! think YOU hav
been an unsatisfactory governor an
II that your removal from the Posi'io
is imperatively demanded. II Il wcr
no, for my knowledge Of your previou
! career and Of your standing In privat
life, and my consequent Feluctance !
believe that your motives we're ~ ip