Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-27
THE FOUR SPEECHES
Hon, Frank Springer, Gov Roose-
welt, Judge McFie and Gov.
Otero the Orators,
MEDAL AMP SWORD GIVEN
New York's Governor Would Go to Wash
ington to Help New Mexico Secure
acknowledgements 0tero
HonOred.

The New Mexican reports have al
ready covered all occurrences at Las
Vegas of general interest, except the
presentation of a medal to Governor
Roosevelt and a sword to Colonel Bro
die. The medal given hangs pendant
from a bar by gold chains, V shaped,
with the chains running down from the
ends of the bar to the medal at the CEN
ter. The words, "Col. Theodore Roose-
welt" are engraved on the bar. Be-
tween the bar and the medal the coat
of arms of New Mexico is engraved.
On the medal proper are crossed sa-
bers, with the monogram r. R. R. above
them. Below the sabers are the words:
Presented by the citizens of New
Mexico, Las Vegas, N, NJ, June "a,
1899"
Around the circular edge of the medal
are the words: "San Juan" Las Qua
simas'' and Santiago" A brilliant dia-
mond setting Just below the crossed sa-
bers gives the medal a very rich effect.
Hon. Frank Springer, who paid trib-
ute to Governor Roosevelt, added the
following:
"There is another tie that draws us
closer still. I mean the regiment of
roueh riders, with which your name is
inseparably connected. 1t was the great
| fortune of New Mexico to be permitted
| to furnish one-third of it's number. How
well her ons proved worthy of the hon
or thus allowed them, you know better
| than we. The renown to which you led
them has been reflected back upon our
territory, so that in a certain sense our
people are sharers in it. We hold this
to be the most priceless treasure We
possess. 1t is our one credential to ia
vorable recognition by our countrymen
in the older states, that can not be ig-
nored nor taken from us. We have 9TH
ers in plenty, but they have too often
to be urged upon ears that will not
hear, or which listen to them with con
descending incredulity. The fact that
New Mexico, under peculiar tempta-
| lions to do otherwise, was loyal to the
Union in 1861, is not always remem-
bered in our favor. Ignorance and pref
udice may ignore the fact that in the
| var of 1898, New Mexico furnished so
per cent more than her numerical quota
| of soldiers-a record that can not be ap-
preached by that of m state in the
Union. But they can not hide the fact
that her loyal son followed you into
the jaws of death at Las Guasimas and
San Juan"
At the conclusion of the remarks Miss
| Springer pinned the badge upon the
coat of Governor Roosevelt, who there
| upon said:
Judge Springer, Miss Springer and
my fellow-American citizens of New
Mexico: I can not express in words
what I feel. I feel in this medal pride
more than in anything else, coming as
it does, and from whom it does This
is the anniversary of a great day in the
history of the west. Twenty-three years
| ago to-day the gallant Custer rode to
Il MS a Ct INo0SDous llllDuSo WIN LIN
| same spirit to bring the west into the
progressive line as you have had in
| your labors. I can not say how glad
I have been to be welcomed by you so
cordially. I have never been in New
| Mexico before, but I never felt like a
stranger from the moment I reached
here. (Cheers.) I claim the right of
each of your sons to take pride in the
name and fame Of American I am an
American, as you are, and we have the
right to claim every acre and rod of
territory, from Maine to California"
Here rain began to descend in big
drops, but Roosevelt and the troopers
stood without moving.
IT won't keep 0 in the rain," con-
tinued Roosevelt, "by saying more, but
if New Mexico wants to be a state, I
will go down to Washington to speak
for her, and do anything l cam"
Governor Roosevelt, with Messrs.
Adams, Otero and other guests of hon
or, drove to the Hotel Castenada in car
races, where the exercises were con-
cluded.
Judge John r. McFie presented a
beautiful saber to Lieutenant Colonel
Brodie. In his presentation speech he
said:
Three great men have been singled
out from among innumerable worthy
men and soldiers to live forever in the
hearts of the people Of a grateful ma
ton. These men are President William
Mckinley, Admiral Dewey and Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt. Your immediate
superior officer can never obscure the
brilliant crown of the faithful soldier
now resting on your own brow. We'll
lington had his Butcher, Washington
Lafayette, and Roosevelt Brodie, and
together victory was won in each case.
You shed blood for your country at Las
Guasimas, and every nan who did so
is a hero, indeed, and as such we now
crown you"
Governor Otero is the only person not
in Cuba during the wal who has been
elected an honorary member Of the as