The Cimarron News and Cimarron Citizen, 1911-05-27

Constitution, but the disposition of a large part of Congress to place New Mexico in the same classification with Arizona, and with great political problems stand standing - ing standing in the way of tbe approval of the Constitution for the latter Territory, New Mexico is badly involved, and its case has been made more critical by the legisla legislative - tive legislative program which the Democrats have agreed to. Should it fall bv tbe wayside at the present session, the obstructionists who have come here to lend their aid to Messrs. Furguson, Jones, Hand and Com Company - pany Company should be made to shoulder she responsibility. The Farmer's Free List occupi occupied - ed occupied the attention of tbe House this week and the amount of oratory it provoked is lairly crowding the covers off the Congressional record. Tbe bill has passed the House but its iwssage by the Senate is by no means sure. The House leaders are preparing ior one of (he next steps whicb will be an attemprto amend Schedule K of the present tariff law so as to place wool on the free list, and when this light is reached it is bound to be oue of the most strenuously and vigorously contest contested - ed contested measures ol legislation ot the entire session. The wool growers of the country are plainly up in arms over the attempt to place them on an equal basis with tor tor-eign - eign tor-eign nations, and they are making tbeir demands lor protection ac according - cording according to the policies of 'the Re Republican - publican Republican party. From one West Western - ern Western state alone a single Congress Congressman, - man, Congressman, whose position was not en entirely - tirely entirely satisfactory to his district, received fully 300 telegrams with within - in within twenty-four hours, and such demands as this have had their effect. In Washington, Delegate Andrews is looked upon as one of tbe staunchest advocates of gane Republican policies, which

it. Mr. Farreli is a knight of Columbus, whose home is in Flor Florence, - ence, Florence, Colo. The Denver Council of the Knights of Columbus took the matter up with the national body, made Farrell's case a nation national - al national affair, and left no stone unturn unturned - ed unturned to secure the prisoner's free freedom. - dom. freedom. The aid of In stir. J. C. Campbell of the supreme court, of Senator Guggenheim of Colo Colorado, - rado, Colorado, and Senator Carter ot Mon Montana, - tana, Montana, solicited, and proved ef effective - fective effective for the appeal was heard. That Mr. Farreli thoroughly ap appreciates - preciates appreciates the efforts ot his brother Knights of Columbus is evidenced by the following letter, just reciev reciev-ed - ed reciev-ed by Grand Knight Win. F. AU len. Negociación Minera La Fo Y Añosas. Guadalupe Zacatecas. La Fo, i) do April, 1911. Win. F. Alien. Grand Knight. od Mem Members - bers Members of Hoover Council, Knights of Co Columbus, - lumbus, Columbus, Denver. Colo: Dear Brothers- I tm writing to cooliraa he newspaper reports of my raleaos from

were loaded (or bear when the boys reached there. The defeat hrnd hrnd-ed - ed hrnd-ed to us put tbe boys on tbeir mettle and tbis week they got to together - gether together an aggregation of players that will make Ty Cobb, Matthew Matthew-son, - son, Matthew-son, et al, look like bush leaguers. A. C. Cox is manager of tbe new club and be is now putting tbe boys through their paces on tbe practice grounds every evening. They will be readyfor any and all engagements through the summer and we expect tbem to bring borne the permnant. Picnic at Poni. Park The C. & N. will runan excur excursion - sion excursion train to Ponil Park, Tuesday, Decoration Day. The train will leave here at i a. m., returning at 6:00 p. m. Fare for round trip will be 1 1.00, children under t ten years of age, halt fare. The la ladies - dies ladies of tbe Methodist church will furnish lunch and refreshments on the train and picnic grounds Tbia will be a good opportunity to spend tbe day in a pleasant man-oar.

enjoyed representative patronage. Universal peace for the world is quite the rage, and the latest chap chapter - ter chapter in promoting it centered around the presentatisn of a gold medal to Andrew Carnegie, who has been thus officially recognized by a gathering of representatives of tbe nations as "the benefactor ot humanity and the foremost apostle of peace." The good old Scotch Scotchman - man Scotchman is getting about all the honors that one man deserves. There is a suggestion to name a national park in Arizona after him. The people of that Territory, while not objecting to conferring further honors upon Mr. Carnegie, are not showing any great enthusiasm over the park idea, whicb takes in a quarter million acres of valuable land. If the bill recently passed by the House is concurred in by the .1.. 1 t : 1.1 11

For awhile this spring it looked as though Cimarron was going to be left in the lurch in tbe press reports of tbe great American game, baseball. But with the melting of the snows, the budding of the trees and the croak of tbe frogs, came the irresistible de desire - sire desire ot tbe youths of the city to be up and doing something. Last Sunday four automobiles loaded with players and rooters went to Maxwell to pla - ball. None of tbe players from here had band band-led - led band-led a ball this spring and, in ad addition - dition addition to that, went oil and lelt two of tbe best players in towu. The result was they got gloriously de defeated. - feated. defeated. The' Maxwell boys bad heard that the Cimarron bunch wt ra practicing all tbe time and they

is going to be is hard to tell; but should the opposition be such ga to deteat immediate statehood tor the territory for this time, the peo people - ple people of New Mexico ought not to hesitate in fixing the blame, and the meddlers who have interfered with the straight-forward plan de devised - vised devised and advocated by Delegate by Delegate Andrews, should bear the foil burden of responsibility. Aside from the work done before the Territories Committee of the House, the New Mexico contin contingent - gent contingent has been giving out pop-gun interviews that have added to the

troubles, she knows ol our strife, she knows every man who talks mean to his wife; she knows every time we are out with "the boys," she hears the excuses each fellow employs; she knows every woman who has a dark past, she knows every man who is inclined to be "fast;" in fact, there's a se secret - cret secret beneath each saucy curl of that quite demure looking tele telephone - phone telephone girl. If the telephone girl told all tbat she knows it would turn half our friends into the bit bitterest - terest bitterest foes; she could sop a small

Washington, D. C, May 94. After a period whicb has undoubt undoubtedly - edly undoubtedly involved more discussion than that ;i en to anv other statehood matter, the question o( admitting the Territory of New Mexico into the sisterhood of states has again finally reached the Lower House of Congress, and after passing that will go before the United States Senate where the real opposition to the plan for joint admission of Arizona and New Mexico is strong strongest. - est. strongest. The burden of New Mex Mexico's - ico's Mexico's difficulties has been inflicted