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Newspaper
Santa Fe Weekly Sun
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1891
Page
2
The Santa Fe Weekly Sun serves as the official city periodical with editor J H Crist. Subscription is $2.50 per year. Printed in Santa Fe, New Mexico, it informs on mail transmission and public notices to residents.
A late census bulletin reports that the Roman Catholic Church in the United States lists 6,250,045 communicants. The figure reflects church membership nationwide and is cited in the latest demographic bulletin released this month.
Blain looms over Harrison in a political clash as the city’s new ordinances take effect yesterday. Officers pledge to enforce them, saying this is the true test of the measures and their resolve.
The strained relations between the president and Secretary Noble are clarified. Noble said the nomination by acclamation would occur if Blaine accepts.
President Morrat of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad reports a bleak prospect for extending the line after returning from New York. His attempt to sell bonds yielded no buyers, signaling quiet financial prospects ahead.
Representative Roger Q. Minus of Texas stirs up the Iowa scene causing GOP leaders to ease back from the Ohio effort. Mills advocates tariff reform and speaks with notable mastery.
The pension list now shows 630 394 names up 92 450 from the last year with Raum said to add 1 000 daily. Raum's son reportedly works at a leading Washington pension firm linked to alleged sharks. A 1891 NYT editor George Jones was offered 5 000 000 to suppress exposure of Tweed frauds. he refused and the Times waged a war on Tweed and associates.
Ex-Warren Tros P Gance receives vindication for his NM penitentiary management. The.public favors a model reform school over last year's cheap, chaotic system and deems slight daily costs acceptable to preserve honor, credit, and usefulness of the institution.
A week ago December wheat traded at six and a half cents per bushel while options rose to 1.08 dollars. The market is described as strong and rising amid high demand for American breadstuffs due to European crop failures. The piece notes grim sentiment toward Germany’s leadership and hints at looming consequences for the United States.
The Santa Fe market shows cautious optimism since incorporation. While not a rapid boom, there is growing confidence and a stabilizing sense of progress among merchants, with steady demand and renewed investment interest in local enterprises.
A colonial-era editorial lauds Santa Fe land as a reliable investment, contrasting it with volatile western markets. It condemns penitentiary mismanagement, escapes, and corruption during the Republican era, accusing the board of managers and Supt. Chavez of failing to implement sound, businesslike discipline.
The piece argues few Democrats doubt Ohio will stay Republican in 1892. It praises Governor Campbell’s administration, notes national GOP mobilization, and highlights Major McKinley as a popular local favorite son with strong appeal, suggesting Democrats aim to limit McKinley’s margin and avoid discouragement.
Col Commander J Francisco Chavez grapples with a political role ill suited to penitentiary duties. The piece condemns patronage in the New Mexico penitentiary system, arguing the prison has become a political poor house. It cites multiple prisoner escapes and systemic incompetence as signs of rot.
National politics debate argues Grover Cleveland is the proper Governor nominee now that Governor Still has withdrawn. The editorial says Cleveland satisfies party requirements and should receive the nomination as a logical consequence, likening it to the previous renomination of Governor Hill by the party.
Richmond StatA reports Cleveland would win the Democratic nomination if held tomorrow and believes he would gain strength as 1892 advances. If Harrison and Cleveland contest again, Cleveland could win by a large majority provided the Democratic organization is solid.
With about a year and nine to ten months until the national convention, no state has spoken for any candidate besides Cleveland. The Banana City Times (Dem) notes the fact, while the New York Times (Ind, Dem) reflects similar sentiment.
The page skims political debate with mentions of the McKinley tariff and Cleveland's popularity, citing editorials from New York and Omaha. It also lists cheap Santa Fe Route round trip fares, a boot shop reopening on San Francisco Street, and an advertisement for a free medical cure recipe sent by mail in Rochester New York.
Alliance leaders are divided over the aub treasury scheme, signaling a need to seek another cornerstone for the Farmers' Union movement. The idea of turning the union into a giant speculative monopoly by stockpiling staples for higher prices imitates practices condemned by the Alliance and harms producers, notes the New York Recorder.
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