Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-04-27
Rousing Mass Meeting at the Court
House Last Night Ringing
Resolutions Adopted.
MANY PATRIOTIC SPEECHES
Loyal Sentiments Oheered-Viva Cuta
Libre-Long Live the Land Of the
Free and the Home of the
Brave.

the cltlZenS OF SalGd re III bue HldtleT
of the declaration of war with Spain,
was largely attended, the court house
being crowded to it's fullest capacity.
Many prominent citizens were pres
ent, among them Governor Otero,
Chief Justice Mills, Judge John R.
McFie, Hon. Antonio Ortiz y Salazar,
Judge A. L. Morrison, Atanacio
Romero, B. M. Read, Luciano Ba-
ca, Hon. T. B. Catron, Solicitor General
E. l.. Bartlett, Amado Chaves, G. M.
Conklin and many others.
The meeting was organized as follows:
Anto. Ortiz y Salazar, president; Luz
ciano Baca, A. j.. Rael, G. M. Conklin,
A. Abeytia, vice presidents, and Geo. A.
Johnson and Juan Delgado, secretaries.
Mr.. Alex. Read had previously stated
that the object of the meeting was to
give the people of New Mexico an op-
~portunity to say to the world what they
had to say in reference to our wal with
Spain. The organization selected a
committee of nine to draft resolutions,
composed of the following:
Amado Chaves, chairman, Benz. M.
Read, Gaspar f. Ortiz, Atanasio Ro-
nero, Mariana f. Sena, Marcelino A.
Ortiz, II. L. Ortiz and Telesforo Ri
vera.
During the deliberations of the COM
mittee, speeches were called for, Gov
ernor Otero being first, and in a patriot
ic and sensible speech, among other
things, said:
II believe the people of New Mexico
are as patriotic as the people of any
state in the Union. The people of this
territory are as anxious to 60 to the
front as the people of any other state.
The territory will send more men in
proportion to its population than any
other state in the Union. l am getting
tired of hearing that the New Mexico
people are not loyal to the stars and
stripes. l have gone to the bottom of
these stories, and / would like to sec the
man who told the story about me. What
do we care about Spain? l am a New
Mexican, and in saying that, l am say
ing that l am an American. l am for
the American flag, and 1 don't want to
hear anybody say they are for Spain.
These stories are for the purpose of
prejudicing the people of the cast
against us. We have a war on u
hands now, and we want no Republi-
cans, no Democrats, no Populists, in
fact no politics to interfere with its sue
cessful prosecution. Let us all be
Americans. We are fortunate in the
selection we made for our president at
this time. He is one of the greatest presi-
dents we ever had. President Mckinley
showed his confidence in the New Mex
leo people when he organized the first
regiment and gave us one-third of that
regiment" The governor paid a high
tribute to the loyalty of New Mexico
and closed his address by announcing
that Mr.. j. e. Hurley, of the Santa Fe
railway, who was present, would help
New Mexico in this matter in anyway he
could with his road, and trust to the
legislature to pay whatever it may see
fit.
Judge A. l.. Morrison made a rousing
speech wherein he said: War and VIC
tory are synonymous terms to Ameri-
car We stand by Il country, right
or wrong. When war is declared there
is room for but IN party in the United
States. We are neither Mexicans,
Frenchmcn, Germans or Irishmen-we
are all Americans. Ifthere are any people
entitled to the title of Americans, these
people are in New Mexico. Judge Morri-
son declared, that the persons, who cir
culated those ISLANDERS against the pa
triotism of u citizens were animated
by malicious motives. They had in mind
the fact that If the people of the east
ever got the idea that we were against
the United States, that would be the
end of statehood. He paid a glowing
tribute to our national colors and said
that inequality disappears and all men
are equal under the flag. "Who are
the Cubans?" said he. "Do they not
speak the Spanish language? The Gu
bans want the same freedom that we
have, and why shouldn't they have it?
l believe it is the destiny of the United
States to protect with its broad and
gentle hand the dependent people of the
western hemisphere. l believe in Gods
own good time the United States will
own every one of the West Indies. That
will come in its own time, we will finish
our present little job first. / think if
we live four months the American flag
will be waving over Havana. Then
there will be a free Cuban republic.
Then they will be free to do just as they
please. For one, l don't like war, but
peace is worse than war sometimes.
We have heard of 200, 600 people done
to death by that fiend Weyler, and we
bore it as long as humans could. Now
every hour we can hear of American
successes. l don't know how Spain Is
going to fight, but she will surrender in
a few weeks. l don't know what she
will do with her feet. / wish ZONE Of
them would come over here. I some
times wish L could see some of those
banners in the outer bay Of New York.
They would eve get away again. This
war will be conducted upon as humane
principles as it is possible FORT to be con-
Quoted. Isometimes wish l we're young;
but we old men have done our best In
our time, and now 1t falls to you young
men to defend the honor Of this noble
flag" Mr.. Morrison paid q very beauti-
full tribute to the national emblem, and
concluded by saying: "We will show
our friends of the east what we New
M~exicans will do. Some of our boys
will be leaving us In . few days, and
the ladies of Santa Fe are going to make
as handsome a flag as can be made and
give them to carry with them east. The
conduct of our troops will dispel all
doubts Of our loyalty before the people
of the east, and later, when the smoke
Of war has cleared away, we will de-
mand and get statehood"
c Chief Justice w, ], Mills, of Las Vegas, |
made q short but stirring speech. Judge
Mills said he was surprised before he
left Las Vegas to hear that the people
of Santa Fe were disloyal to the Unit
cd States, and was still more surprised
when he got to Santa Fe to hear the