New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-11-03
SCHOOL BOARD RECORDS
SHOW CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR ADMITTED THE
CHARGE
PART OF MONEY
never RETURNED
PRESIDENT HEAD OF NC
DONALD TICKET, WHILE
A DIRECTOR, LOANED
CHILDREN'S MONEY FOR
POLITICAL EXPENSES

h. tho ct,l. at t,rre E1corieI {
de Baca. dCmocratic candidate for
governor, i, rcprescnted by his
SSnonSor. Governor w. {. Mcdonald
and other democrats as the personi.
Gcatiou of polish. cultured eentility
and as the sold Of honor.
In Las VEGAS. which is de Raca's
home town and where he is known
II is known tnat he was once fined
IN police count for assault and bat
tcrv-lltacLinp a citilcn-and that
~ ntcmh.r az a district scbo i
board he and another member lent
the school money Tor what is re-
ported in tie school records as "po-
litlcal ~purposcs.'
De Baca's record is known in San
Mipuel county and he is not being
acclaimed by his n~ciqhbors and ac-
yuaintanccs here as the man whom
he people should honor by c.ccting
Governor of the state. A man who
you'd lend public money-bclong-
mo to the school children of the
district for obscure political pur-
pose or for II purposes whatso-
ever, does moi inspire confidence or
suggest that he should be placed in
control of the states affairs.
In 1909 f { do Raca was \ mem
her - The school hoard for school
J;s.rirt No d in San Mipt1el county,.
lie wac The secretary al the board
and Pomulo Ul;barri was president
NJ The board During the time thew
Is,d ,besa off;ccs on school hoard
t,vo warrants yere issued to Uli-
harr; amounting to $500. One was
,,arrr, No ? for sos nurnortinp
'" have heen drawn 70 nav for "mis.
colla worL the other was
u,arrant No II2 for S75 nurnortinp
W. have been drawn TO nav for fuel
I'D ren,;r;ne Of furnitnrc,"
....a, to.ra .,.oood-
When d nc" senoo' ooaiu 80 ~
cd IN 1919. eHainlnaa,on was aa,;e, =
o Inese IVY DDa.I n;La. w.rn
NC Da.a Nv HnEno Gnna oard
askea " aPpGai Oo.o n ioos md
"hiIn '.Iy ~ 90
e%P,aih ane Mh boo.d h,d made
Inc new scHoo e 10 a az
some INQUIRY "Tt M - ,QHs "a mb;ch
a meeting nGiu Ju'y y, 'oJo md
NoIllu'o Cilpdiii "ao Id henn
S.atou ar nh nn,o" drawn from the
drawn ana money ui""n I'm e150
DuDllC SCnOOl luUU III OluCl mat P-'o
might be loaned to Felix Martinez
TO cover expenditures had in the po-
litical campaign in the election held
in November, 1892. This is taken
from the Official records OF the school
district,
That dc Baca agreed with U!ba-
rri's explanatln of the rather curious
lending of public money may be seen
from the minutes of the school board
in district No. 4, which are repro
duced in connection with this arti-
Gle. De Baca and Ulibarri appeared
before the school board and admit
ted they had drawn the money to
lend, as was stated, for political pur-
poses. Both De Baca and Ulibarri
Claimed the school district. recovered
The money, although they could not
agree as TO whether an item OF so
had been accounted for.
Whether the money was paid back
or not. people are asking if a man
who wuid draw public mney to be
lent for unexplained political pur-
poses is the sort of man who should
be placed in charge OF the state
government. as governor.
Las Vegas people have not forgot
ten that time, February q. 1914,
when de Baca, now the so-called
penteel and cultured, the democra-