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Show HISTORY re be ee Peed ee eae i ete a8 " Lee te -ert ee er ns Set aearctPt tn sant oe Oks 5 hin oe te | od ee rs ee nA NR NP I Por oo ee et er ares ek ee Be, ad ee LB v4 WEeePLIES re r < POA ~~ a IPs United States Indian agent the census of 1890. Politia public speaker and on an author of considerable Martinez. He died at his Po and was once president of the council. He was for the Pueblos in 1880-84. He was supervisor of rally Mr. Sanchez was a republican, very strong ng great influence among his people. He wasas ability, and wrote the Life of Fr. Antonio José home in Taos county in 1904. a , but, on motion for a new trial heard by Long and his suc¢ age of sixteen, Pedro was thrown entirely upon his own resources . He became a farmer in 1862, locating upon the place in Taos county which thereafter was his home. At the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted in the third regiment of mounted volunteers and served under General FE. R. 8S. Canby for eight months. He held the rank of major. With his regiment he took part in the battle of Valverde. The ability and worth of Mr. Sanchez frequently ealled 'm to public office. He served in many sessions of the legislative assembly, FP SO s and renegade Navajos and Utes who were stealin an again mitting other depredations in that portion of New Mexico g ‘a ho weenie . appointed adjutant general by Governor L. A. Sheldo n. In 18 dartells oie pointed register of the U. S. land office at Santa Fé by ene ane Mes Cleveland was re-appointed by President Chester A. Arthur. During the was evoke administration every effort possible on the part of the = hal pagriony' territory: for the purpose of convicting him of complicity in land frauds e Long, chie The government failed. Frost was tried and convicted before E. cessor in the justice first district, Reuben A. Reeves, a jurist of great probity and strength of character, Frost was given a new trial and acquitted. Colonel Frost held a commission as colonel in the national guard from 1883 to 1886. For twelve years he was secretary of the Bureau of Immigration ; was the author of many books and pamphlet s relative to the resources of New Mexico. He was a member of the republican central committee for twentyfive years; was its secretary for twelve years, and very prominent in the polities of the territory. He became the owner of the New Mexican in 1883. He was a Mason of great prominence, having been grand master in 1885. He was twice married; his first wife, Lydia Hood, died in 1887, leaving one son, Graehme. His second wife was Maud Pain, who is still living at Santa Fé. , S managing editor of the New Mezican Colonel Frost achieved his greatest Success, Through the columns of that newspaper he was able to mold public Opinion in a manner unsurpassed by any journalis t in the west. In the ranks of the party press of republican faith there has appeared no successor to Colonel Frost. He exercised great power and influence in the councils of his party, and through the columns of his newspaper did more than any other in the upbuilding of the territory. He died at Santa Fé in October, 1909. “16 Pedro Sanchez was born in Valencia county, N. M., February 22, 1831. He was the son of Don Cristobal Sanchez, who, with his family, moved to Taos County, locating at Cordoba, near the present village of Taos, in 1837. At the “ 1892, after coming to New Mexico, he was a delegate to the — of that year. ial He held the office of chief justice of New Mexico for oh s1 cone When the board of trustees of the town of Vegas grant 7 ne hori was named by the court one of the trustees Las under the law providing | ia 5 has always _— Judge In 1873, he was married to Alice R. Walton. consistent member of his party, standing high in its councils. ‘ 415 Maximilian Frost ae born January 1, 1852, at New Orlean s, gs cp father lost his life in battle during the Civil War; his mother died ps cad of 48, leaving him an orphan in early boyhood. There were three bro three sisters. : : ‘onal The year 1876 found Colonel Frost in Santa Fé as chief clerk in pe service, U. S. A., having in charge the construction of the militar y dent oe line in New Mexico. Shortly after his arrival he became a on the the Santa Fé New Mexican, and in seven years became its editor ae fs general owner of the newspaper. He was attached to the office of the surv st deputy of New Mexico, holding an important clerical position; later he — the othe U.S. surveyor. William G. Ritch, acting governor, appointed ao and perof adjutant general. He was re-appointed by Governor Lew W : ra spressiou sonally conducted an expedition into the San Juan country for re oo came of outlaw The election of 1884 resulted in the choice of the democratic nominee for delegate. Dissensions in the republ ican party, confined largely to the leaders, accomplished the defeat of the regular republican nominee, L. Bradford Prince.‘1? William L. Rynerson * convict in the northern portion of the territory were Colonel Max Frost,** register of the land office at Santa Fé, and Don Pedro San- cussed in another chapter. a Fedo of proof or the unwillingness of juries to convict. Charges of bribery of minor officials of the government charged with the investigations in connection with the prosecutions which were initiated were frequent. The principal men whom the government sought to 499 chez,*** a prominent and wealthy citizen of Taos county. In its efforts to connect these men with thefts of the public domain the government signally failed. Growing out of the charges of land frauds and these prosecutions, however, came a determined effort on the part of the people of New Mexico to secure affirmative action on the part of the congress of the United States looking to an adjudication of these titles, which finally resulte d, during the administration of President Harrison, in the passag e of an act creating the Court of Private Land Claims, the labors of which tribunal are dis- Fi RF States. Prominent men from every section of the country were 1ndicted, but in every instance these prosecutions failed, either for lack 1912 ’ strongest, intellectually, ever sitting on the bench in New ig Later, when the fourth judicial district was created, Reuben A. Reeves was named associate justice and assigned to the first district with headquarters at Santa Fé. The chief justice removed to Las Vegas, where he presided over the fourth district court. With the advent of the officials named by President Cleveland for the offices of United States attorney, surveyor general, and registers of the two land offices, an assault upon the titles to LAND FRAUDS lands in New Mexico was inaugurated which for viruPROSECUTIONS lence of action and incapacity of management has never found a parallel in the history of the United 1880 TO o MEXICAN pk OF NEW a FACTS 2% LEADING Ck 498 |
