The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-27

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Nev Mexico.s population is 1870 and
that OF Arizona is 122.32l-
But not oalv are numbers OF people
requisite. The advancement OF that peo-
pie. their state of life. their fanlfIierit
and sympathy with our Institutions, their
educational condition. and all OF the ele-
nents that SO TO make uo good citizen
ship are TO equally considered. So. as
| we have seen. are the resources of their
territory and the present development of
those resources.
/. What. then. Of these qualifications IS
applied . the territories under consider
! ationa Acting Under the power given b.
the resolution adopted by the senate at
the close of last So ssion. a subcommittee
/ Of the committee on territories visited all
Of them and diligently examined on the
/ ground these various matters.
'-As 10 New Mexico the committee be-
lieves that the census OF 1899 is substan-
! TALLY accurate. IN view of the attempt
! TO irnpeacil the census by those favoring
the admission Of New Mexico particular
attention was given 10 this subject. CTes-
tirnony of witnesses Pobla Ulibarri. Las
, Vegas. p. Il: Barbara Perea Risarri,
! Santa Fe, p. 81: Joseph p Conklin. Santa
| Fe. p. CD
! 1t may be that a few thousand people
have entered the territory since the CEN
sus was taken. but not in sufficient num-
bers TO affect appreciably the total given.
The great majority are native Nexi
cans of Spanish and mixed Spanish and
Indian descent and OF these practically
all speak Spanish in the affairs OF daily
life, and the raapority speak nothing but
Spanish. (Testimony of census enumera-
tors, justices OF the peace and census
for 1907
Courts are conducted through the me-
dunn of an interpreter and it is impossible
to conduct tho machinery. of justice with
out this official CTestimony of Judge
VI. ]. Mills, D. .: Nepomuceno Segura, p.
I: William f. Gortner, .. 6; Judge Nc
Fie. p. y; Judge Eaker. p. .6; Judge Nc
MILAN, p. 1lc; Judge Parker. p. IS; Jose
o. Sena. p. 81; and others.)
The Interpreter interprets the testimony
of witnesses TO the pury, the argument OF
counsel to the jury and the charge of
the court to the jury. CTestimony of
witnesses above.)
Occasionally the interpreter must be
sent by the judge to the jury room in
order To enable the jury to reach YER
Dict. since it sometimes happens that
some of Tn members of the jury are
English speaking, some Spanish speak
ing and no member of the jury can
speak both languages. Testimony of
Nepomuceno Segura, p Z; Judge McFie,
p 80; Judge Parker, p. 265; Judge McMii-
Ian. p. 2e5: Jose d. Sena, p 90; Nestor
Montoya. y. 30.
In the majority Of cases it is true that
some member of the jury is able to speak
both languages and can then act as in
terpreter for the others. CTestimony of
witnesses above.
Coming to the courts of the people
justices of the peace-practically all of
them speak Spanish ard the proceedings
of their courts are conducted in Spanish.
The dockets of nearly all justices OF the
peace are kept almost exclusively in
Spanish. The statutes of the territory in
the offices of practically all justices of
the peace are printed in Spanish. (Tes-
tinony of Jesus Maria Tefoya, p. u: Eel
ipe Baca Y Garcia, D. 20; Francisco An
ava p. 81; Charles NJ. Conklin p. 80; Jose
Maria Garcia. p. Al; Juvencio Quintana,
p. y; Leonardo Duran. p. IS; Seferino
Crollot. p. %: Manuel Lopez. p. 9S.)
Practically all subpoenas, summonses
and other processes from justice of the
peace courts are in Spanish The same
is true in criminal cases in the federal
and territorial courts. Testimony of
aboveD
In political campaigns almost all po-
10 in.
ish or in English through an interpreter.
and interpreters are used in practically
all Git may even be said in alb political
conventions. (Testimony of c. VI. Fora
ker, p. a; II. S. Wooster p. IS; Felipe
Baca y Garcia. p. &c. and others)
This is true even in the american
town of Albuquerque. CTestimony of c.
NJ. Foraker. p. ~
AN Interpreter was used in the last
Republican territorial convention, which
nominated the present delegate to con-
gress. and nominating speeches were
made through that medium CTestimony
Of Jose D. Sena. p. 32.)
An Interpreter is used in the legisla-
ture. and both council (seratel and house
have official interpreters Testimony OF
Jose d. Sena, PIP. 32-SS)
Until recently Historically speakingl
no English was taught in the common
schools. At present both Spanish and
English are taught in most OF the
schools. Testimony of Miss Francesca
Zena. p. .; Enrique Armijo. p 10: J.
Francisco Shavez. p. q; Rafael Gallegos,
D. p. and others.)
Spanish is taught through the Second
Reader and no further. because a person
who has learned Spanish sufficiently tn go
through Manella : Second Spanish Read
er can speak and write that language
fiuently. and no further Instruction for
practical purposes is necessary. CTesti-
mony Of Enrique Armijo. p. 16l
In some schools, as in those - Santa
Fe. no Spanish is taught. Testimony OF
J. Francisco Chavez pp. -. 2s)
In some schools Spanish is taught ex- (
clusiveiy; and history. arithmetic and I
geography are translated from American
text into Spanish. Testimony of J. T.
Francisco Chavez. superintendent of pub
lie instruction for New Mexico. pp. .. 81
Ia some high schools, such as the
high school at East Las Vegas. tn
American town. as distinguished from
Las Vegas proper. the so-oailed Span
ism town. Spanish is taught only in the
Last two years OF the course. and the f
reason it is taught in these higher grades
is because the graduates must under
stand that language for tho active affairs :
of daily nfe---Testimony oc' Maggie !. /
Bucher. D a
of al schools. save probably the high 1
schools at Albuquerque and East Les I