Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-11-25

Is unknown to them. They came frou
, all directions with plates, cups an,
buckets to borrow from me. 1t wa
'preseme jarbon, 'presteme carne,
until they cleaned me out. l was to,
appalled, by their colossal nerve to re
fuse. When they were home the,
laughed at me and congratulated them
selves upon their c~leverness in gettfns
so much out of the Americana
Il gave a little girl a pretty frock il
which to attend a bale. Two hour.
later she passed with other girls, spit il
my door and cried, 'Gringo.'
They killed their own priest in the
plaza for SIS. Many an American has
taken his last ride over the lonely roaC
which leads from the village across the
desert. The only witnesses who might
testify to each fresh exhibition of Span.
ish treachery are the buzzards laZily
soaring in the sky and the coyote skulk-
ing behind a sandy mound waiting fol
its prey.
Like h Spanish, the Mexican de-
lights in the sufferings of others, espe-
cially of animals. The Mexican VAGUE
roS are conspicuous for their cruelty to
horses. Much of the reputation they
have achieved as fearless bronco bus
ters' is. | think. undeserved. 1t require,
no great amount of courage to get on a
horse who has been beaten over thd
head and shoulders with a quirt or club
until his eyes are swollen shut and his
shoulders so stiff he cannot pitch. They
are cruel to cattle and all animals
slaughtered are killed with unnecessary
suffering.
"Of their boosted hospitality I saw
nothing. 1t seemed impossible for me to
win their friendship. Courtesy then
mistook for timidity: generosity for
weakness.
"They sneered at and spat upon the
American flag. 1t was only fear of he
cowboys ~siX-shooter that prevented
them from serious hostilities, for, with
all their cruelty, with few exceptions,
they are arrant towards.
so hostile did they become along the
border that at one time Governor Otero
considered it advisable to raise a home
guard. This he did, and the act was
sufficient to teach them discretion.
However, when false reports of Spanish
victories and the destruction of our ma
Wy reached the far-off village where I
lived, they built bonfires in the plaza
and heaped insults upon the govern
ment and the 'Americanos.'
Their rejoicing was brief, fora band
of cowboys rode through the town.
stamped out the bonfires with their high
heeled boots and drove our Spanish al
lies indoors.
Ninety per cent of such American
citizens as these compose the population
of the territory, whose politicians, to
satisfy their w ambitions, are clamor-
ing for admission to the Union.
"SUZETTE."
It is really too bad that "Suzette did
not give the name of the village at
which she stopped. A place Of that
kind in New Mexico is so rare that it
would have at once become the object of
much attention, and the inhabitants
would have been taught a statutory
lesson in courtesy to strangers. The ma
tive people come no nearer being angels
than the Americans, but their hospital
ity is proverbial among the men who
travel in the southwest. They will di-
vide the last crust in the home with the
stranger and expect no return. But it
is not with the private lives of the peo-
pie of the territory, as depicted in the
article quoted, that concerns the gen.
eral public. New Mexico people have
become so accustomed to being misrep-
resented and maligned by those persons |
who can see no good in any one but
themselves hat attention is no longer
PAID 10 sucn attacks. "Rut when the
"Suzettes" Who may pass through The
territory go out of their way to call in
question the loyalty of the native New
Mexicans to the government under
which they live, it is time that the out
side world should know the truth.
To begin with, two years and a half
ago, at the st. Louis national Republic
car convention, Hon. Pedro Perea, dele
gate-elect to congress, prepared and
presented to the New Mexico delega-
ton. a resolution declaring for the
Of Cuba, but as it was not
thought e%Xpedient to take up the matter
the country was wholly prepared
to embrace a measure of that kind, it
was not embodied in the report of the
committee. Mr.. Perea is a native of the
territory and of Spanish descent.
In the S2d legislative assembly, which
vas composed of Is Americans" and 81
'Mexicans'' (the words American and
Mexican being used here to distin-
between the native and other
nembers), the following resolution was
'assed by an unanimous vote:
THAT we, the people of the territory
# New Mexico, have watched with deep
and satisfaction the efforts Of
'ur brethren in the Island of Cuba to
y Spain and to establish for themselves
government Of the people, and we, the
descendants of those who for 300 years
'ore the calling chain of Spanish do.
'uban brethren, are in a position to
lore thoroughly ~sympathize with them !
han a majority of American citizens, i
nd we hope for them the same happy =
esults that followed our efforts for
reedom and independence in 1921.
We extend to the struggling patriots !,
n the beautiful island so close to our
hores the hope that they may soon &C ,
omplish their mission and join the
reat sisterhood of free and independent a.,
tates.
Resolved, That these resolutions be /,
pread on the journals of both houses h
copies duly certified be sent to the
resident of Cuba libre. h
Resolved, further, That these reso- u
ltions be forwarded to the president of