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A Jleclia j ; of ihe People of Graut 
Corns tj. 
At the meeting held last evening 
the following address was adopted: 
AN ADDRESS 
To Rutherford B. Hayes, Presi- 
dent of the United States. 
The people of Grant county, New 
Mexico, would respectfully present: 
.1 First. That during the past six- 
teen months nearly two hundred 
people have been killed in South- 
ern New Mexico. 
Second. That General Hatch, 
commanding this military district, 
has wilfully misrepresented the 
condition of affairs in Southern New 
Mexico. 
Third. The people of Grant Co. 
feel that they are entitled to some 
consideration at your hands, and 
would request that, in so far as your 
official position may permit you, 
use your authority in the interest of 
truth. The truth is that General 
Hatch, commanding in the district 
of New Mexico has willfully misrep- 
resented the condition of affairs in 
Grant county. 
That with a view to covering up 
his tracks he has misused the tele- 
graph line of the Territory in dis- 
patching to Gen. Pope, commanding 
the Department of Missouri, the 
most exaggerated and untruthful 
statements. 
We do not hesitate to state tliat 
Gen. Hatch is an untruthful man 
and that the Indian troubles in 
Southern New Mexico would have 
been settlld more than one year 
ago had it not been that the com- 
mander of this district sought to 
create capital for himself by taking 
charge of the Ute Commission when 
he knew that his duties required his 
presence in Southern New Mexico. 
E. Stine, Chairman, 
S. M. Ashenfet.ter, Sec’y. 
— Silver City Southwest, 24tli. 
