Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-07-22
TAFTS new u. S. MARSHAL
is NOTED PUG|LIST FROM
CLASSIC San miguel COUNTY
SECUNDMO ROMERO WHO IS The new WHITE HOPE OF THE OLD GANG
REPUBLICANS sJGGED MAN SEvENTYFE YEARS OLD DURING The
ELECTION LAST FALL AND ESTABLISHED RECORD Which NOW HIS
Chief ASSET
JUDGE LONG In AFFIDAVIT Tells
STORY OF ASSAULT At COUNTY JAIL

to give bail and get out so that they
could vote, and l asked him to show
ne the papers and he said he had
no papers; | asked him if he knew
before what justice of the peace they
had been charged; he said he didn't
know and didn't think that any charg-
es had been made against them but
that he understood that they had been
arrested for being drunk and disor-
derly.
l saw young fellow sitting on
bench in the Office of the sheriff,
whose name I afterwards learned to
be Lorenzo Lopez, and asked him if
he understood Spanish and English
and he said that he did. l asked him
if he would interpret for me and he
said that he would. I then asked
him what he was in Jail for and he
said that he did not know; | asked
him if he wanted to get out and he
said that he did: | asked him what
his politics were and he said that he
was a democrat: I asked him if
there had been any warrant served
OF him and he said no, they just ar
rested me and threw me in. Then I
asked him if he was drunk at the
time and he said no. | asked him
if he would interpret for me and he
said he would.
There We're quite a number of per-
sons in the office at the time, in the
office as distinct from the Jail proper,
and | remarked that | was over to
look after the persons that had re-
Gently been thrown in Jail, so that
they might have an opportunity to
get bail and get out and vote, without
any reference as to their politics or
how they wanted to vote, and remark
ed that those who wanted to vote the
democratic ticket should have a
chance to do so and those who want
eG to vote the republican ticket
could do so.
Pedro Quintana asked the interpre-
ter to tell him what / wanted and
what we were talking about; while
he was talking to him, somebody cal
led to me from the Jail proper, where
the prisoners were; I went up to the
iron door where the man was who had
called to ne and he said that he wan
! ted to see me about getting out Of
Jail; then | said, what are you fellows
in her for; eight or nine of them
crowded up to the door and two or
three of them said they didn't know
! what they were in there for; | ask
ed for an interpreter from among
them and some fellow, don't know
who he was, came up and said that
he could interpret Tor me. said
then that l had been sent up there for
the purpose of providing bail for them
if they wanted bail, to enable them to
get out and vote if they cared to vote
ar this election; | said to them: !
want you all to absolutely under
stand that you are not required TO
vote the democratic ticket or the re-
publican ticket, but you are to vote
lust as you please, if you want to vote
the democratic ticket you can and II
YOU want to vote the republican tick
eli. you are free to do So and l ask
ed the Interpreter to say that to them
in Spanish: he said something to
them. and which | suppose was What
| told him to tell them. | then TOOK
out a piece of paper, with which
had provided myself and said that
would like to have their names and
find out what they were charged with
and by whom they were charged, il
yoa know, with a view to furnishing
bail if you want it and want to ge,
out. | took down the names as
progressed: the first man who respon
ded was Emeterio Candelario, who
said he voted in Precinct No G, tha
he was a democrat and worked To-
O'Byrne, that no papers had been ser
we'd on him and that he didn't know
what he was arrested for. | thof
called for the next fellow and he sait
that his name was Lazaro Florea
that he was democrat, but that 81
was little bit drunk when arrested
but that he was now sober, that b
t voted in Precinct No. 5, that ther
were no papers served on him, AM
that he would like to get out aaG voic
! !Gen repeated to the fellows thu
? wanted them to tell the truth abou
l their politics and what. they wer