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December 8, 1890
Tombstone Daily Prospector
Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona
What is this article about?
Translation from Mexican newspaper El Trafico in Guaymas rebukes U.S. postmaster J. J. Chatham of Nogales for publishing prohibited Louisiana lottery content in his Herald, urging him to observe the law first and quoting a Castilian proverb on leading by example.
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A Mexican Kick.
The following is a translation from
the "El Trafico" of Guaymas, Mexico
in which brother Chatham figures as
the hero:
"Our friend, J. J. Chatham, post
master at Nogales and editor of the
Nogales Sunday Herald did not notice
perhaps that in the last number of his
weekly appears a reprint concerning
the Louisiana lottery, copied from the
Philadelphia Herald. As this is prohibited by the law, put in effect, concerning the lotteries and of which The
Trafico has been a victim, we have
wondered exceedingly if the Herald
might be a specially empowered circular. We do not wish to believe that
by being its editor, the postmaster
might elude the order. Rather on the
contrary he ought to be the first in observing it. In Castillian we have a
very popular proverb that says: "The
good judge begins through his own
house." We do not know how to
translate this into English, but we
believe that in that tongue and in all
those known, the moral and object of
the sentence is right and prudent."
The following is a translation from
the "El Trafico" of Guaymas, Mexico
in which brother Chatham figures as
the hero:
"Our friend, J. J. Chatham, post
master at Nogales and editor of the
Nogales Sunday Herald did not notice
perhaps that in the last number of his
weekly appears a reprint concerning
the Louisiana lottery, copied from the
Philadelphia Herald. As this is prohibited by the law, put in effect, concerning the lotteries and of which The
Trafico has been a victim, we have
wondered exceedingly if the Herald
might be a specially empowered circular. We do not wish to believe that
by being its editor, the postmaster
might elude the order. Rather on the
contrary he ought to be the first in observing it. In Castillian we have a
very popular proverb that says: "The
good judge begins through his own
house." We do not know how to
translate this into English, but we
believe that in that tongue and in all
those known, the moral and object of
the sentence is right and prudent."
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Mexican Newspaper
Lottery Prohibition
Postmaster Critique
Journalistic Ethics
Proverb Moral
What entities or persons were involved?
J. J. Chatham
Where did it happen?
Guaymas, Mexico; Nogales
Story Details
Key Persons
J. J. Chatham
Location
Guaymas, Mexico; Nogales
Story Details
Mexican newspaper El Trafico critiques J. J. Chatham, postmaster and editor of Nogales Sunday Herald, for reprinting prohibited Louisiana lottery information, questioning if he evades the law and citing a proverb about leading by example.