Thirty-Four (Newspaper) - June 25, 1879, Las Cruces, New Mexico Every Wednesday nt CHUCKS DONA AXA COUNTT M TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ftx TINS 1.55 NEWMAN ARNOLD awl Proprietors RATES OF ADVERTISING DM 3.00 1.50 leal ptr list 35 A literal re Bitten of it AU sich be r x Address THIRTY-FOUR LAS CRUCES N M quantum valere potest LAS CRUCES K M WEDNESDAY 25 BEATS OF DON ICQ mother of Benito followed The telegraph on January last announced t h c the death at 5 o'clock that education at the college of ing of Don Benito Baca Christian at the residence of his and law Don Manuel Antonio University where he ro in La with l h e Manes county The was received in this Atter college he ty with universal tlle house of of sorrow and regret Mr Sellar at Kit ea had many friends in he occupied a1 section of Now Mexico for three to his candidacy for the of gress last fall and on his hu has had the here during the campaign of the estate increased the number by in Even his political tlle remaining and social standing dreds were forced to op- members of the still re- m v Cl knowledge his talents and by his able fearless defence of the cause Emilia Otero which he had lent his name Manuel Antonio Otero less than by his urbane and it was genial manners His e on through the county at that time was a veritable so march In no other was such enthusiasm i ed during the en lire ie He leaves a and J flf ll a visit to his at that place that he so unexpectedly stricken The funeral He frequently stated at the time that Dofia Ana had fairly taken him by surprise In er counties lie had been met with the enthusiasm which al ways accompanies a heated children The writer from an intimate acquaintance of jly seven years is prepared to give a brief outline of the i acter ot He contest but it was re- served for this der him an ovation which far a man o f prepossessing county to the most an ovation which and the surpassed his fondest liberal to tions Processions of ladie nnd gentlemen in Ja fault hospitable at home and at all times he made and on horseback with of the Poor and banners and badges met As a conversation on his arrival and escorted wos ono the V1 to his hotel and from time until his departure a week later he was accompanied by a throng of enthusiastic rers who escorted him through the distant precincts of the like a hero Benito Baca was born at San Ysidro in the former witty have ever met and he was by nature en- dowed with a kind of intuitive perception by which he ed often to obviate the sity of study or research in dealing with a knotty or ate question Of robust con- and gy and he was of Santa Ana March occupied in father of merchant and wool one of the first and in the management in Vegas where his father's estate He had a political leader years been looked upon as presided over the destinies rising man of New Sun Miguel county as and was urged to in those old days the candidacy of his parly was looked upon delegate in 1876 but de- little less than a prince in He was in no county He died in 1872 aspirant for office but joined to attract the attention of his party to him as its al leader and ho was drawn into the political jarena Being again called on by the unanimous voice ol Democracy of the jry last fall he at great al sacrifice entered the field although he had never be- fore been a candidate for conducted such a campaign as the citadel of the oppo to its very foundation and this i n the face o f the greatest difficulties and against the most lavish expenditure of money ever known in the Beaten by only 672 in an aggregate poll of he gracefully ted t o his defeat and gladly returned to the care of his siness At the beginning of the he was prostrated by a carbuncle which confined him to his bed and necessitated a painful surgical operation impatient to await a perfect cure he again took the field remained a t the post of duty until after the election hen he was again prostrated submitted to another since which time he has been engrossed in the cares of probably to the lect of his health On the 2d he attended the of his wife's brother at Lunas and accompanied the bridal party to the home the groom in La Constancia While there he was again stricken down by his old ady and on Saturday last died from the effects of a third ration In Benito Baca New co loses one who was born to be a leader among any people with whom his lot might have been cast and the Democracy of the Territory one who er or later would have borne her standards on to victory gand defended her rights in the halls of Congress He had him the brightest of any man in the Territory jand the whole people party creed or tongue will mourn his loss The writer feels the affliction in a two-fold degree In Baca we lose not only the honored political leader whose it was a pleasure to follow but the intimate sonal friend whose many mable qualities had endeared him to our heart and of whose friendship we were proud But words of praise are but tribute to his memory his greatest monument wiil be in the deep but silent sorrow which Death's untimely hand has brought to the hearts of bis fellow citizens Come to the bridal chamber Death to tlie mother's when she feels For the first time her breath Come when the blessed seals close the are broke And crowded cities wail its stroke Come consumption's ghastly form The shock the ocean Come when the beats high warm banquet song and dance and wine thon art tear The groan the knell the pall the all we know or dream or fear Of thine H LESINSKY CO AND LAS CRUCES