Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-23
Mr.. Rogers Delivers Himself of
ImpaSsioned Flow of Oratory
of Time-honored WebSterian
Variety,
INDIGNATION, HOWEVER,
FAILS TO DISPROVE STORY
Speaker Baca Would Reduce
Elective Offices to Governor
Lieutenant Governor and
Commissioners,

Especial Dispatrh to the Morning Journai.l
Santa Fe, n. NJ, April 22.-Just
before the close Of the session of the
house this afternoon Mr.. Rogers, of
Chaves county. arose in solemn dig
nifty ana spoke a piece.
Mr.. Roeeds had some outraged feel
ings bottled UP in his system and he
just had to get rid of them He had
read in the Albuquerque Morning
journal of Monday, statement. CIV
| ing the rumor of the corridors ana
| lobhies to the effect that his motive
! In desiring the name of the proposed
new county of Hinl<le changed to
Gage was TO vent his political spite
| against Senator Hinkle. The story
in the Journal had been printed as
pure gossip and had been expressly so
designated, but Mr.. Rogers feelings
are very easily stepped upon and he
construed the story as direct attack
upon his honor, sub.
The oratory of Mr.. Rogers may best
( be described as of the impassioneu
| Websterian variety 1t is doubtful
if the late Mr.. Webster, himself, was
| any more Websterian than Mr.. Rogers
| looks, and it is certain that he was
/ never so impassoned. Mr.. Rogers
} PASSIONS are set on hair trigger ana
| il takes very little to set item gClnB
4 No matter what the subject under dis
I cttssian, even II Il be nothing more
1 than a proposition to change the con
stituton of Arkansas he is always I'M
/ passioned. Being impassioned his
| Ions suit. The man who has ever seen
the gentleman from Chaves when he
| was not impassoned has failed to
make his identity known.
His Ieonine locks brushed back from
| his Homoric brow, towering to his fuil
majestic height, quiverng with rage,
and trembling with suppressed emo
| ton, Mr.. Rogers proceeded to turn
| himself loose. He denounced as in
| famous the charge that he and senator
! Hinkle had had n cross word to say
TO each other and with powerful em-
| phasis proved his assertion by stating
| that they had always voted the same
| ticket Working up to dramatic cl-
nlaX--and dramatic climaxes are right
/ in Mr.. RoRcrs' lne-he declared thai
/ the man who wrote the story TO which
he referred was "a common thief or
reputation, a coward. a liar, and the
truth isn't in him" outside of that
| he seemed to thing the Morning Jour
nal correspondent was all right
| Whose reputation had been stolen,
what particular reputation II was
what the new spaper man was afraid
of, and wherein he had mis-stated the
facts, were matters on which the
| Desmosthenean gentleman from
Chaves did not touch.
Major Llewellyn, OF Dona Ana coun-
Il, had been out of the hall during the
| delivery of most of this masterpiece,
and returned just in time to hear
| them harsh words" detonatins from
the orators lips. The major wanted
to know what it was all about Still
| towering, quivering and trembling
Mr.. Rogers read an extract from the
! Journal story. which seemed To have
borne down most heavily on his corns.
The major couldn't see what there was
| in the language to cause such ire
nendous hub bub and raised the
point that the statesman from Chaves
had allowed his coppers to become
over heated and was clean off the pa
liamentary reservation. incidental
he inquired what was the real reason
for Mr.. Rogers wanting the name OF
Hinkle changed to Gage. Mr.. Rogers
sputtered for moment and was IL
nally saved the embarrassment OF
| Greet answer to the question By "a
point of order from Mr. Blanchard,
that the colloquy between the two
gentlemen had no proper place in the
porco edings.
/ At this point Speaker Baca took
cognizance Of the situation. The sist
OF his remarks was that he hadn't
been paying much attention to Mr
/ Rogers. the inference being that he
had rather got out of that habit. but
he said If he did it again he would
be sure to call him down.
| Will, the subject was up. Mr.. Gage
whose father is the man for whom
the new county is named as the bili
row stands. sent To the clerks desk a.
telegram from his father on the sub
joct ana had IL read. The telegram
was to the effect that Mr.. Gage APP
preciated the honor that had been
paid him. but preferred that the new
county should he named Hinkle and
requested that such action he taken.
Sumner County's Chances.
And speaking Of new counties. II
begins to look a. II the proposed
county Of sumner has breakers ahead.
lIr the beginning the two members
from Guadalupe county. Messrs- Man
zanares and Clancy we're united in
support Of the proposition. but since
'it has been proposed to graduate the
salaries Of county officers. according
"a population, a new aspect has been
pat on the situation. and Mr.. CLANCY
Is now fia hting the new county move
u