Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-05
MONDELL PAYS
HIGH TRIBUTE TO
: NEW MEXICO MAN
Siandpaiter From Wyoming in
Speech in Congress Gives
UnStInted Praise 10 Assist
ant Secretary Of interior


lssseis. CORRESPONDENCE 70 .os.lss ieusssll
Santa fc. duly We have an n.
fiCient secretary of the Interior. and
the present assistant secretary b. IN
my opinion one Of the very best of
ulalA that ever occupied that office.
That ~ the remarkable tribute paid
A A jones. of Las Vegas. remarkable
because u WAS pronounced IA congress
on last saturday by il stand PAT fcpuh.
lean leader. Congressman Mondell. Of
WYOMING
This comment occurred during
proposition hN Jones for the creation
at j hoard 81 three attorneys Ia pass
on nll opinions Of the department IN
land cnses The necessity fuf this
hoard which wonld be- af great lmpuf-
lance "a New Mexico. now the leading
public lands state. n act forth by Air
Jones as follows IN appearing before
the public lands committee. nH re-
corded ht the Congressional Record
Ten Appeals Each Day
Nf Jones / would like ia make that
plain At the present time the office
If the secretary al the interior. go
far az money values are concerned.
seems 90 me % be- the greatest judicial
tribunal In the world, or the greatest
OF any tribunals ~ which have any
knowledge. There are about 500 an /
penlx from the general Innd office per
month passing over thu desk OF the I
first assistant secretary. These eases
CT majority Of them involve only
homestead entries vary INK Ia value
from a few hundred dollars Ia few
thousand dollars. but there are many
eases involving much greater values. \
running up into the millions ~ dol
lars have heard argument IN case
That WIS under consideration ana In \
yesiigation where the parties all
agreed that the property involved wis
worth anywhere from Sa0.oo0, Geo 60
si00. 600 o00H Another case WIS con.
sidered IN which the property invoiv- {
81 WAS worth mol less than Sb.00N
0ON. and there are many cases lnNol, I
ing large amounts ~ property IN ,
which 1t ~ not necessary to consider 4
any Element Of value. but they lnvulv. !
questions OF law which are very COM /
plicated The legislation OF congress !
In regard to the western lands has :
h"an huilt az from time Go time The !,
different statutes are many. and one
must really devote great deal Of j,
lime 60 them 10 be able to feel rer- /,
lain that he has become acquainted =
VITA nll the statute law on the sub. i
ieet and the VARYING decisions are a
rxen more uncertain
Those SEQ eases per month have i
been RonR over nay desk. but. as :,
said a moment ago. the erist comes
10 the mill and We must pass Il "A
through The most that have hesn :.
able 10 de- has been 60 read the stnte- Il
nenis of fact IN the decisions pre- "a
lared far my signature. aud then see 4
hal
have had no opportunity to study :.
he language Of the decisions. hut h
imply the statements Of fact, aud :,
hen decide as to the conclusions /,
Now. with $40 OF these cases per :.
iA~nlh. you can understand the II
mount Of deliheration with which =.
he flaat assistant secretary eau rem :,
Ter his decisions nv office also has
supervision 81 the indian bureau aud
he reclamation service. and there ar, !,
many matters and important mat z,
ers passing thrauEh my office from !,
hose bureaus cNetN daN must de. 3,
'end in 4 verx large measure. of
curse upon those who present these
nuiiers tn me tuf their accuracy aud m
affeetneas. but 40 one would fssl i,
lke signing his eaNe tn paper ans ~,
ee he could fetl that Ne was reason
hlN safe IA dnlne 80 =,
seven Nights on one case. II
u will take morn than ono mAa 10
10 the work For Instance last sum.
aer ! sGent see,n nights az my office
lsarlni enc ease OF course. it WAS
n npaftAni tase 81 / would net have
lone ~ but u involved mAss Vt ies-
imenN ara revetds Ia s case og that
and there Is nn one man Who would -
eel that he ought q ASSUME the ah. y,