Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-02-28
ROOSEVELT MIGHTY POOR
POLITICIAN BECAUSE HE
ISLANDS BY FRIENDS
BRIAN BORU ONNE TESTIFIED TO OIL INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE THAT
THIS WAS DECLARATION OF WILLIAM H. ANDREWS AND IT MADE HIM
LOSE DESIRE or BECOMING GREAT POLITICIAN
NEWSPAPER. ..MAN'S TESTIMONY
WAS PUNCTUATED BY LAUGHTER

That the testimony given by Brian
Poru Dunno, city editor of the Santa
Fe New Mexican, before the oil inves-
tigation committee at the state CAPT
tol was more interesting, more drama
tic and more amusing than anything
Iua NJ Tarbell has written about
STANDARD Oil" was the declaration of
members of the committee and of
many of the listeners who filled the
committee room where the COMMITTEES
met yesterday morning.
For one solid hour Mr.. Dunno talk
ed-and at times so rapidly that the
stenographers were taxed to keep up
with him--and during that hour his
narrative was uninterrupted, except
by violent bursts of laughter from
politicians and others who held their
sides or rolled over in their seats as
the witness drew picture after pic
ture of the transactions he had with
certain well known New Mexico
statesmen" including William H. An
drews, William J. Mills, the late Sol
omon Luna and Charles A. Spiess.
Mr.. Dunno declared afterward that
he had not written out or memorized
q story to tell at all, but whether
he used art or not, the climaXes were
well arranged from the first one when
he waited at the telegraph desk to see
his name come over the wires as a
successor of Fritz Miller in the land
office, to the final reply he gave to
Mr. Marcos C. de Baca, who asked
him if he had rendered service to the
oil office. Il did" said the witness,
IF we can believe the words of that
great poet. Milton, who wrote They
also serve who stand and wait.
One of the most interesting features
of the testimony was the declaration
Of Mr. Dunno that he lost faith in his
professor of politics" William H.
Andrews, when Andrews told nim Oh
the D. & r. G. train coming back
from Rio Arriba county that Theodore
Roosevelt was mighty poor politician
because he stood so steadfastiy by
his friends that he weakened him
self
Another declaration which aroused
untold ripples of laughter was the sur
prise Mr.. Dunno said he experienced
to find New Mexico Republicans talk
ing badly about one another whereas
in New York he had found them boost
ers for the G. o. P. and everyone in
the party
At the conclusion of his testimony,
MIR. Dunno was surrounded by mem.
bers of the committee who shook him
warmly by the hand as did also visit
ors and his counsel, Judge l.. C. Col
iins.
BEGAN AT 10 A. M.
The committee, composed of Major
w. H. H. Llewellyn, chairman, Messrs.
Toombs, Rogers, Campbell and NJ. c.
de Baca, met at the capitol about $3.50
a. m, yesterday, to continue taking
testimony about the "doings" of Off
cials and Others connected with the
coal oil Office of Malaquias Martinez,
pursuant to resolution introduced in
the house by Major Llewellyn. This
resolution has aroused keen interest
throughout the state as it "calls to
account" no less than five newspaper
men and about thirty-fve more men
prominent in professional, business,
and political circles.
The committee asked for Mr. Dunno, ;
but the subpoena had not been served /
Judge Collins, however, was notified, |
and with Mr.. Dunne at once motored !
10 the capitol where the subpoena was
served on Mr.. Dunno as he stood IN
the corridor.
DUNNE ON THE STAND.
Then the fun began. Major Llewel-
lyn administered the oath to Mr..
Dunne who took his seat at the com
table. Then Mr.. Rogers ask
ed Mr.. Dunno if he would tell the
story of the oil business as far as he
was connected with it.
Mr.. Dunno began by telling how he
to New Mexico. He told of
meeting John w. Dwight, Republican
whip in the house, in Ithaca, New
York; how Dwight had talked to him
about the great southwest, especially
New Mexico
NET JOHN w. DWIGHT.
The witness said that he became in
terested in New Mexico, recalling how
his father had practiced law in Santa
Fe away back in 1876 and that one os
Mr.. Dunne's sisters had been born IN
Santa Fe. Mr. Dunno said his father
had lived all over the southwest and
had been chief justice of Arizona. The
witness added that he himself was
)Orn in Utah.
Mr.. Dwight told Mr.. Dunno about
William H. Andrews who was Dwight's
friend, and said he would
give him letter of introduction to
andrews. Mr. Dwight said he had {
,elped Andrews in work for New Mex.
co and that he felt Andrews would !
'e able to land Mr.. Dunno a good DO i
itical job If Dunno would 60 to New /
dexico and work for statehood. :
The witness told how he onit nau,e.