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El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-19
MIR. Bursum'S VindicatiOn
in Brief

MIR. Bursum secured the passage of a law
in a legislature controlled by himself enabling
him to have a settlement Of his penitentiary
accounts with the territory in his home county
before a judge who was his personal friend
and political associate.
Under this law Charles ". Stafford, Mr..
Bursum's friend and political associate, and
secretary of the Republican organization Of
which Mr.. Bursum was chairman, was APP
pointed referee.
The referee submitted a report which,
among other things, stated that at least one
book of record was missing.
This referees report was frankly a defense
Of Mr.. Bursum, couched in terms Of defense,
drawn up in the form of an exoneration and
hailed by Mr.. Bursum friends in the news
papers and elsewhere as a complete vindica-
ton
Mr.. "A. B. Fall, Mr.. Bursum's friend and
political associate, was appointed attorney
general, by a governor friendly to MIR. Bur-
sum, serving for four months covering the
"vindication' period.
This referee report, with the consent Of
the attorney general, Mr.. A. E. Fall, Mr.. Bur
sums friend and political associate, whose
candidate Mr.. Bursum now is, was virtually
the only evidence placed before the court.
The court thus had no alternative but to
find for Mr.. Bursum in the premises.
All these matters are facts. They are not
denied. They are placed before the people
because the people have a right to know them,
in deciding whether or not Mr.. Bursum's
record entities him to be governor Of the state.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-19

slons made the statements which fol-
low, and which were based on facts
and figures then and now In his pos
session.
In his speech at Deming Hagerman
said:
When appointed governor Of the
territory / soon became aware that
the penitentiary was not being well
administered. / secured the opinion
of a prison expert from another part
of the country and in his judgment
the physical and moral conditions
were bad.
"Mr. Bursum's friends said he had
not the time to give personal atten-
ton to the management, and had left
the direction of penitentiary affairs
TO subordinates.
When ! insisted that he should re-
tire If he could not give proper atten-
ton to the duties, his friends insisted
that be should remain there for the
purpose Of furthering the political in
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-19
FALL FEARS
HUBBELL IS
ALREADYLOST'
Great Anxiety About
State Ticket, Says
Hon. Albert
80. oINEs uP

Senator Fall gave his colleagues
first hand knowledge of the New
Mexican situation.
Tho state Is very close to start
With" he said, "the normal ma
Jority being Iees than 5000. There
Is a strong effort being made BY
TIE Wilson people to trade, getting
votes for Wilson and A. A. Jones,
the candidate for senator, in re-
turn for votes for the Republican
state ticket. SOME OF OUR PEC-
PIE ARE so ANXIOUS ABOUT
THE STATE TICKET THAT 1
REGRET TO SAY THEY ARE
NOT AvERGE TO THIS. We will
need 2 vigorous campaign in New
Mexico to saw the s~enatorship."
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-19

"Mr. Bursum knows that every
statement l have made Is true. yet he
says it is not an issue in this cam
paign.
Before the investigation into Mr..
Bursum's accounts was completed he
sent to the territorial treasurer the
sum Of s1.727 which he said he kept
by mistake. He had part Of the
money for eve years, and the re-
msIndsr Of II fer more than three
years, before he discovered hIs error,
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-19
the L0W
OF BurSMm'S
LegisI lture To
VindicQtc Him

.|HHNH nA EHNH a."
The first step in Mr., 5ursum's
"vlndicationv was taken when
Mr.. Bursum's 1907 legislature
passed a law providing for the
proceedings that followed.
This law was not signed BY
Acting Governor Raynolds. He al.
lowed II to become 4 law by liml.
tatlon.
Under the provisions Of this
law any suit for an accounting
brought BY Mr.. Bursum was to Be
brought In the district court Of
his home county Of Socorro, pre-
sided over by a Judge described
by Governor Hagerman as the
'close personal and political
friend Of Mr.. Bursum."
The referee appointed under
the provisions of the law with
all convenient speed" was no
other than c. v. Stafford, Mr.. Bur
SUMS secretary Of the Republican
territorial central committee.
The law In question was Chap.
ter is Of the Session Laws Of
1907, which became a law by Iimi-
tation March 13, 1907. Extracts
from It's provisions follow:
Chapter l5 Of the Session
Laws Of the S7th legislative as
sembly, which became a law by
limitation March 10, 1907, pro-
vided:
Section /. Whenever any dis.
pute arises between the territory
or any county, and any officer Of
the territory or such county,
whether IN or out Of office, or
whenever the official accounts of
any person may be IN dispute
growing out Of the settlement Of
the accounts OF such officer or
person, and the debiting and
crediting Of items in such ac-
counts shah be questioned by
either party to such settlement,
a suit may be instituted by either
party to such dispute or settle
ment at any time within one year
from and after the date Of the
passage Of this act, and iurisdic-
ton is hereby conferred upon the
district court to pass upon and
settle such accounts in accord
ance with the provisions of this
act. .
Sec. 2. . = > The petition
need not allege the items in dis
pute, and upon return Of the or
der TO show cause to the court,
if satisfied that such a dispute or
disagreement exists as will in
his opinion necessitate the pro-
cedure provided for in this act,
shall with all convenient speed
appoint a referee, who shall be
an expert accountant, who shall
with all convenient speed audit
such accounts and inquire into all
matters, transactions and nego-
tiations relative to the official
acts Of such official or ex-official
during. his term of office >
Sec. 10. During the tendency
Of any proceeding under this act
no other action shall be brought
CONTINUED on page thrse).
a|rNIM HI
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-19

and M. Bursum has produced the
check stubs showing payment
viii Mr.. Bursum, should he be-
come governor, recommend to the
state legislature the passage Of a bill
making check stubs conclusive evil
dence OF the payment Of public and
private accounts? If he regards him
self as having been indicated by Mr..
Safford's report he should be willing
to allow to others the same privilege
before courts of justice that were ac-
cepted BY him.
There were things shown in the
first investigation that were not
touched by Mr.. Stafford in his white
wash report. The first Investigation
showed that at one time there was
bought for the penitentiary 1858
yards Of cloth at 80 cents a yard,
when tho local market price Of that
cloth OF that time was only 20 cents
q yard. Who pocketed the $222.18
IL? The next year the penitentiary
bought 1850 yards Of cloth at Al 1-2c
q yard. when the local market price
for the same cloth was only Ice q
yard. Who pocketed $S3O.75?
Here were two little transactions
in cloth where somebody got a rake
off Of $552.93. Mr.. Stafford offered no
explanation and the judge required
none. sim Mr.. Bursum says he was
indicated.
I could cite many other instances
Of like nature where someone was al
lowed to fitch money from the terri.
tory.
"The laws of the territory state ex.
plicitly that if any officer or employe
Of the p~enitentiary shall be interested
in any contract or sell any supplies
to the ~penitentiary he shall be sub.
ject to removal and guilty Of a crime
for which he may be fined in the sum
OF $4,000.
"Yet it appears from the books that
on Dec. 1. 1904, Mr.. Bursum sold $50
head Of sheep to the ~penitentiary, and
that on January 4 he sold $50 head OF.
sheep to the pe~nitentiary. Out of the
$50 head of sheep sold in December
only 105 were ever delivered, so far
as the records show, and Of the $50
head sold and for which Mr. Bursum
received payment in violation Of law.
only "a were ever delivered, so far as
the records show.
Il do not charge that Mr.. Bursum
cheated the territory out of the sheep
he sold to the p~enitentiary illegally.
but those transactions are of the
same character with many others that
would never have been made by a
competent man If he was honest.
"Still Mr.. Bursum says his peni-
Tertiary record Is not an issue In this
campaign"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-19

IL. O. Bursum, former superintendent Of the New Mexico
penitentiary, in his public statement announcing that he is
going to punish the Albuquerque Morning journal, says,
among other things:
HThese men knoV that no records of the prison kept
during Dy aedrdenship hare eUer been burned or otherwise
destroyed, and that all such records acere produced IN court
during the trial Of the case referred to and that all such
records are noiUe safely kept and available for reference"
The people Of the state know Herbert j. Hagerman, the
governor who removed MI. Bursum; one of the leading and
most honored citizens of New Mexico, president Of the New
Mexico Taxpayers Association and Of the New Mexico
Alliance. laf
Here is what Mr.. Hagerman says
Extract from speech delivered by Hon. Herbert J. Hager-
man, former governor of New Mexico, at Deming,
N. NJ, October 28, 1917
Mr.. B@rsanp says none of the peDstentsdry books sCerel
and refers for has 0~indication to the records of the
court These very records, a copy of sohich 4 hold III my hand,
aaequivoca1y that one of the most important books oil
entry mas destroyed. Mr. BWrsum himself aOYote a
IN aohicb he SAID he had that book destroyed. Still he
zones before the people and says none OF the books edS de-
He also says has record as superintendent of tel
IS not an issue IN this campaign, 4 sag has record
IS an issue. II he wasr incompetent or dishonest IN that position
trust, bos0 do ae kpoaO that he sdT not be Incompetent or
dishonest If elected to q higher and more responsible poSHo@g
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-19

None Of these facts were men,
toned BY MIR. 5ursum in his state
ment to the people Of New Mexico
in which he claimed that he had
received a full e~xoneratIon Of the
charges against hls administration.
MIR. Bursum, as will appear from
the foregoing, was "exoneratedv
by HE political friends and asso-
c~lates, by his central committee
secretary, and by members Of HE
political organization, the one
which ls now offering him as a
candidate.
Mr.. Bursum cannot and will not
deny, IN court or out, that this
statement 10 q fact. Il Is self-evl.
dent and indlsputable.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-19

al ask you in all candor-l ask
MIR. Rursum ~hImseIf--if any nan
who had nothing to conceal would,
when he knew he was going to be
removed, 90 to work and have all
the books Of an Institution rewrit-
ten, and destroy at least one Of the
original books, have two other con-
cealed 50 they were never found
by lie successor, and carry away
one Of the new books to his home
at a distant point and keep II there
for a period Of several weeks7
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-19
AN CASEOF
WH|TEWASH, IS CHARGE Of
GOVERNOR H. ]. HAGERMAN

Former Prison Superintendent Defiant State
ment That He Was Fully Exonerated Makes
True Story Of Manner Of Exoneration Of
Interest; Job Carried Out By Political and
Personal Friends Of Bursum; Referee, Charley
Stafford, His Secretary; Attorney General In
Case Albert B. Fall, Who Stipulated Territory
Out of Court
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-19
FALLs Foua sroRlEs; uNHuAr

cheyenne, Wye, Oct. 1S.-Thomas
Calbert, q carpenter, fell four stories
with the elevator in the state capitol
today and emerged from the wreckage
uninjured, and with two panes OF
glass he was carrying intact.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-19

SPEECH BY GOV. HAeERMAN
TELLS THE FULL STORY
During the campaign Of 1871 Gov
ernor Haserman on numerous oeca-
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09

Albert Leisure and Winifred Trout
are neighbors living northeast Of Tip
ton.
Leisure says that Trout's sheep daily
pass his home going to the pasture.
One of Mrs. Leisure's young White
Rock chickens, weighing about a pound
and d half, has formed an affection for
the flock and enjoys riding on the backs
OF the sheep, going to the Trout farm
each evening and sleeping between two
lambs instead of going to roost with
the other chickens. Next morning the
chicken rides a sheep back to the Leis-
ure home.
This custom has been noted by the
Trout family for several days and yes
terday when the sheep trotted of down
the road before the passenger was
ready to get aboard. Mrs. Trout sent
the chicken to the field by her little
daughter. thinking 1t would be discon-
tented overnight in the poultry house
and disappointed over the loss Of its
morning ride-Indianapolis Newz
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09
ASIA WINS-WE LOSE

During the first nine months of
the current year we exported to Ash
attic countries about $26S, 600, 900
worth of goods, while the low duties
and large free list Of the Wilson
Underwood law permitted those
countries to get into our market to
the tune of S394,O00. 900. making a
balance of trade against US of $685.
100000. Included in our exports
we're war materials to the value OF
SIPS. 000. 900. which went to Russia
in Asia, to which normally we send
about $1.000.000 worth OF our pro
ducts annually.
Without this stimulus to our ex-
port trade, the trade balance against
us would have been 1858. 900 in
u commercial relations with the
Asiatic division, and this does not
take into consideration the fact that
our export trade to Japan was also
increased by aso of shipments OF
war supplies. This gives just a little
idea of how the war is helping us
out. and it also causes us to con-
clude that a return to the protective
tariff policy. whether Mr.. Wilson
likes it or not, is advisable. The inn
ports from Asia will continue to in
crease, while u war trade to that
division must suffer a slump after
the war. 1t is confidently expected
that the open mind" of which Wood
row Wilson boasts will catch the pro-
tective idea within the next two or
three years and the last bulwark of
Democratic opposition will have been
broken down by Republican logic.
Watch it.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09
GUMS LINING QUICKLY WORN
Erosion Makes II Necessary That II
Be Replaced at Intervals, to In
sure Accurate Firing.

The life OF a gun depends upon the
progress of erosion, which sooner or
later is certain to impair the accuracy
of fire. Erosion is caused by the ac-
ton of the explosive gases at high
temperature and pressure. The hot
gases cause a thin film of steel to
absorb heat. The film expands and
becomes set. Upon the release of the
pressure 1t contracts, which causes
minute cracks that grow larger with
every shot fired. Thus they form
passageways for more hot gas and
that tends to enlarge them still
further. The inner surface thus be
comes ~roughened and the bore begins
to corrode. Finally, the bore becomes
so enlarged that 1t allows the gases
TO escape. The shell does not then
acquire it's proper rotation and its
flight becomes erratic.
All guns except small ones are now
constructed with Innings in the tube,
which, when the bore is worn out,
are removed and replaced by new
ones. The cost of refining a gun Is
approximately 30 per cent of the cost
of the gun. There appears to be no
limit to the number of times that a
gun can be refined. The small arms
used in this country are considered
to be worn out after 5000 to 1900
rounds have been fired. Small naval
guns a be fired about 1000 times
before they are regarded as worn Out.
Large Pinch and 14-inch naval guns
are considered to have a life, on one
lining, of not more than 80 rounds.
Low velocity guns, such as howitzers
and mortars, have correspondingly
longer lives than high velocity guns
of the same caliber, because the pres
sure they develop, and hence the tenn
peratures, are lower.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09
SOMETHING OF A SURPRISE
Lioness That Was Sent to Indiana Man
as Express Package Was Not
Entirely Welcome.

There's an express package at the
station for you, Mr.. Marshall" came
the voice from the manager of the
American Express Office, at the Lake
Erie station at Hartford City over the
telephone. do you want 1t deliveredY'
was the further query.
well, what is it?" Lawrence Mar
shall, member OF the firm Of Marshall
&c Alexander, hardware dealers, inter-
rogated. The agent agreed to investi-
gate-but he would not do 1t again for
his job.
"Why-why-why, there's somethin'
In there that's growlin', something
awful-guess it's a non," the agent
fairly gasped.
"Lionf-why what the. Say, you're
quite clever this morning? Whereja
git hat stuff2'
Finally, however. Marshall was u
vlnced that a lioness was crouched In
one corner of a nice little cage In the
express Office.
This is how 1t happened. The man,
agement of a wild animal show, which
showed at the fall festival here, was In
his city a few days previously to the
festival, and met Mr.. Marshal. Later,
not knowing whom to express the lion
ess to, he happened to think of Mar
shalL.-Indianapolis News.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09

The most interesting perpetual mo-
ton machine, was the clock bailt by
james Cox, a London jeweler, In the
eighteenth century. This was made
self-winding by a barometer attach
In such a I'M that whether the
mercury rose or fell the wheel always
reyolved In the same direction and
kept the clock weight always wound
up. The chief difficulty Cox had to
overcome was to prevent overwinding.
This he accomplished by a device that
caused the cogwheel to throw itself out
of gear when the weight was wound
nearly to the top.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09
Petty Arithmetic.

81 suppose you always look out for
number onef" said the admiring friend.
mo, sir" replied Mr.. Dustin Stax. "A
man who confines himself to such a
small figure as number one Is likely to
get left out of the big calculations
that go with modern affairs"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09
Do IL Yourself.

Remember If you have your mind
bent on success that two things are
necessary. two things that you must do
yourself, that no one can aid you to
achieve-mastery of yourself and a
clear road to the goal. Hew down your
distractions for yourself. If you have
no opportunities, make them l-Ameri-
can Magazine.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09

Merrill (Wis.) Herald:-Were it
not for the fact that Europe is in
volved in a worlds war. we would
have had the fleets of England, Ger
many and France standing off the
shores of North and South America,
demanding that we either make good
or let them protect their people and
interests in Mexico.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09
WAR DEVELOPS AMERICAN
POTASH RESOURCES

1t has been estimated that, prior
to the war, we imported annually
about 1000. 900 tons of potash in va
rious forms, to be used in the manu-
facture of explosives and matches, to
preserve meats, and as fertilizer.
Germany was our great source of
supply, but we have been unable to
get this product from Germany since
the war broke out. We have consid-
cradle potash in this country, but it
is generally found in combination
with other elements. With the aid
of an electric arc it a be extracted
from feldspar, and if the American
Trona Company solves the problem
in a practical way of separating it
from soda salts it expects to be able
to put 10000 tons annually on the
market from the large deposits of
chloride of potassium to be found in
the vicinity of Searles Lake, Califor-
mia.
Mr.. Ellwood Hendrick of the Amer
lean Chemical Society anne several
possible sources of potash as a by
product, provided sugar factories,
cement plants and blast furnaces
will work over certain materials now
thrown away. In California consid-
cradle activity has been displayed in
recovering potash from the giant
kelp, a seaweed found along the
coast. Doctor Roeber, the editor of
Metallurgical and Chemical Engi-
neering, paid a visit to California
recently and studied the industry
there. He has returned with an idea
and it is expected that some day he
will be heard shouting "Eureka!"
DR.. Roeber finds that this giant kelp
is provided with a peculiar menu
brane which s~ecretes potash, but
which will not absorb sodium salt
from the sea.
What is the character of the semi
permeable diaphragm, or generally
what is the mechanism of the con
centrated ~process?" he asks. He rea-
sons that if we can produce this mem
brane artificially the time may come
when we can put into the sea tanks
with walls of such a nature that they
will fill themselves with pure solu-
tons of potash. Possibly the time
may come when we will draw from
the ocean ample supplies of potash
to fertilize the land. But if the war
had not broken the German monop-
oily of u market for potash, inves-
legations of other sources of supply
would have been delayed a great
many years and we would continue
to depend upon Germany for this
valuable product. AS it is, American
inventiveness gives promise of re-
leasing Us from dependence on any
country for potash and making
America self-suficient in this partic-
ular.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09
Modern Advantages.

$50 you think a young man has
more opportunities than he had some
time ago" "In some respects" replied
Mr.. Cumrox. "A young man now can
start In with golf and motoring when
he likes. / didn't have a chance at iem
tn / was well iat0 middle aga
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09

Long Beach (Cal.) Telegram:-In
other words, we presume that, If
pinned down to a definite answer,
Secretary Baker would express the
emphatic opinion that Villa, as the
legatee of George Washington's pc
culiar gifts, is the twentieth century
Mexican Fabius.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09

Williamsport (Pa.) Gazette ulle-
tin:-Having kept sugar on the pro-
teeted list, Louisiana didn't care a
boot about any other state.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09

Havana (Ill.) Republican:-H Villa
would only stay dead it would be
pleasanter going in the watching and
waiting game.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09

Hartford (Mich.) Day Spring:-A
Paw Paw man who has always voted
the Democratic ticket has lived to
vote at seventeen presidential cleo
tons. Voting the Democratic ticket
is not guaranteed, however, to pro-
duce such longevity.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09

Rock Island Ull.) Union:-The
Mexican situation is reported critical
in administration circles. 1t has been
that way for several years, but, owing
to the election campaign, real condi-
tons were kept under cover.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09

Logansport Qnd.) Tribune
they've got the railroads together we
hope the government will tell them
to haul more coal and less ammuni-
ton.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09

Corning IN. W Journal:-Some of
the women of Milwaukee are trying
to reduce the high cost of living by
peeling potatoes with safety razors.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09

Washington Cd. CO. Star:-The man
who could lift a barrel of -four used
to be regarded as a wonder. Now he
is doing very well if he can raise the
price.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09

Charles City Qowa) Press:-The
President has our permission to make
any changes in the Cabinet that he
desires. He couldn't make il worse.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09

Charles City Qowa) Press:-'Bel-
GUM appeals to the United States."-
Headline. Hope springs eternal in
the human breast.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09

Cairo (Ill.) Herald:-The big labor
leaders of the country should be
careful not to lose the sympathy and
friendship of the people. 1t is easy
to assume or exact too much.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09

Las Cruces ON. M Citizen:-De-
spite the awful shock. we still favor
woman suffrage
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-09
WISE AND OTHERWISE

Burlington Qowa) Hawkeye:-Re-
publicans are not as fond of Califor-
mia prunes as formerly.