The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-27
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stores. meat markets and all the mercsn-
tile establishments are prlated exclusive
IS in spanish-Tesumony OF Enrique L
Sslasa-. p l.
The ABOVE are the conditions even IN
the iarg= townS. ard this Is intensified.
OF course. in the little country settl--
rneuts. whore the people are usually au
punched together. their occupation being
principally that OF hsrdiag sheep and
goats and with little or practically no
communication with the outer world
Testimony Of h 5. Wooster. %. 1918.
Rafael Gallesos, p =. AID others.
a portiNl Of she population. even tn
Guiding sorne justices OF the peace. have
little understs nding Of cur Institutions. 80
Testimony OF Felipe Bsca y Garcia. p =.
Leonardo Duran p -
The remainder OF the $3.50 people in
New Mexico are called IN that TERRITORY
Americans. as contrsdisunEuished from
The class above spoken %. who are There
termed as Mexicans But the .Ame-i-
cans are made I'D from even other
nationality except MeXicans- Germans.
Italians. French and all other nationau-
ties are called Americans And Yet OF
the entire population Of New Mexico g
PER cent are ilIiterstes-that j.. thai po--
zion can neither read nor write Spanish
English. or any other iansuage-Censis
oc 500
If the test OF unteraey were condns,i
% the English language only. the com
miStee Is Of the opinion that the percent
age - Iiiterates would b. much more
;lan doubled
SEyen members % grand and petit
jgries sometimes sign their names by
their mark. and III testimony shoss
an Instance where nineteen out % twenty
one jurors signed bs' their marx. AID an
other instance 81 tveuty-one out q the
tvgenty-f0ur who signed by their mark
Testimony OF g. NJ Foraker. p - and ex-
hlb.t-
what the illiteracy OF the people %
New Mexico. also Arizona. means il veil
shown by comparisons with Okiaboma
and The Indian Territory. - set oct ID
the following statement.
Percentage u nliterst-s ~ The a.gre-
gate population. 1870. Arizona. = per
cent OF a total population ~ i1egl. "a
dian Territory. - per cent q a total popE-
lztion OK g2.oso. New Mexico. ~ per cent
Il a total population 81 20 80. Okisho-
IA. - per cent q total population %
ssAzu
From al the foregoing. th~ senate
sill unserstand why the su5-conrnigtee
vas COMPILED u -sc a. osi-isI insorUrs-
ter. whose services were neFer employ esi
When il Eas ~ al possible Co ssiriy IN
derstand the witness if E.ngitsh- A
great many - Ire witnesses taken ~ifk-
out TIE Interpreter spoke vsry hroka
English. and were occasionally heip~sd oct
BY me interprsier Zeay could give tss-
t'nony onis through The interPrsler {t
~as also Frequently Impossible 70 ss3-
uoeua witnesses except ny tne aid q tie
committee off-ial .BfsrFreteF-
AZ % ~ssucatiousi pFogTcss ard -
I-eeiang tire advance in the sp-akizx ~
English. ire comruitt~e af,er having
made every possible aIoEancs. are q
she opinion thst RE ven most that csa
b. said Is thas Nss Mexico - teEirnlux
te get a fsi- start. ard 10 more fn say
- this re ro-lrslftse have ia s1lad ife
ezrefie-t scheo.s. an1 parfic1lsrly re
high schools q EaEs La Vegas ard Ni1g-
as3sFas-r. Cor ~Aich TO- nsch cazuot p
sald. and aios ths devoted ~osk q sip~r-
i-terde-1 Wed % santa Pc ard ~
csrrz q teachers gnaer h-Ea-
Tas territory hAs a. slbaq 5srgss Eni-
rersify buiIdf-Es worthy % slxE rraise
TIE znlvers1fy r s-esleed or~r ~ a eosa-
D.eteat president EafsT when is cgrIss
- efficient instrsctors Tnr z.nssessifF
- attended - $50 Fsl1ents. . ~aora 5