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Newspaper
Santa Fe Weekly Sun
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1891
Page
2
The Santa Fe Weekly Sun notes editor J H Crist returns to work after a three week personal absence in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Content mentions Socorro as a future railroad center, plus local witticisms about Col Frank Chavez and the penitentiary with humorous dialect satire.
The passage highlights extensive irrigation ventures forming across the territory to reclaim vast agricultural tracts. Projects aim to supply water to thousands of acres of fruit lands, with title settlements on Spanish grants advancing. This combined effort promises broad agricultural development as the foundation of prosperity.
The obituary of the Interpreter chronicles its clash with the Liberty Banner, organ of the Farmers' Alliance. A Kansas born grinder, linked to the Mafia, biases the feud with harsh attacks on rival journals, provoking sharp retorts and the reader sees a bitter territorial press conflict. The piece notes a degree of schism and intolerance fueling the strife, ending with a nod to Capt. Collier's friend away on the territory's eastern edge.
A Hillsborough Advocate editor suggests Speaker Burns might be sidelined by Anthony Joseph’s term, while praising Burns as a longtime, capable House presiding officer. The piece urges careful consideration of Democratic delegates, noting Joseph’s enduring public career over Burns.
Kingston editor Captain Hyland steps down as proprietor and on the editorial tripod stands a new figure A Migs R Fanning. The move signals a shift in the paper’s leadership and vision as Fanning charts the paper’s direction.
The Sun of New Mexico Democracy salutes Miss Fanning and jokes about her editorial stance inviting her to join the press circle. The piece mocks press hierarchies and asks how she will ride the captain's tripod sidewise or not, comparing customs in different regions.
In a Las Vegas column, Russ mocks a political rival as a foreign fool and predicts the public will greet rival E J Webber with humility. The piece praises Webber’s block and modern amenities while urging common sense and neighborly liberal spirit.
The piece mocks Albuquerque and Santa Fe capitalists as “foreign fools” and a pimp, citing two local investments by T. B. Catron and E. T. Webber. It questions who the foreign fool is and suggests Catron as a possible target, while condemning the smear as libelous and partisan.
The Silver City Enterprise warns Santa Fe of a man calling himself Rev W. T. Thompson who left town amid unpaid debts including whisky bills. The piece questions his claims of Dublin University training and criticizes the deception to churchgoing readers while urging verification of the charges. A broader note reports Kingston's improving business activity and renewed mining prospects.
In national political chatter Cleveland's strength in Ohio remains central as party leaders weigh Campbell as a potential presidential candidate. Analysts view tariff reform as a key issue for 1892, with Grover Cleveland seen as a leading figure. Governors Hill Gray Morrison and others are discussed as possible tickets or rivals, while fielding of the Cleveland faction faces internal resistance from other party lines. A border town reunion notes ex presidents and local figures amid a Cape Cod scene.
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