Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-06-01
DANIELS COME TO JUDGMENT.

telegram WHicH was SEM W INC LVo
Angeles Times:l
SANTA FE, N. M, May 20.
To the Los Angeles Times, Los An
geles, California.
We, the undersigned, "men with
public veal at heart" denounce as
utterly false and scandalous. the re-
marks as reported In the Times, to
have been made by Rev. Norman Skin
ncr, al a meeting held on Sunday af-
ternoon last. at Emmanuel church,
Los Angeles, In the interest Of home
missions, regarding the school child
rem and native New Mexicans. The
alleged remarks are brutal. inbound
ed in fact and degrading to the
Christian religion, calculated to bunco
the home missions out OF large contri-
| buttons for New Mexico. to the end
that Skinner pharisees may live and
fawn on our people. Sunshine, kind
friends and these New Mexicans, have
restored the Rev. Skinner to health
and his remarks are his due apprecia-
ton. Never since the betralay OF
Christ has an unkindcr act been done
and II prayer, morning. Don ana
night Is from the Rev. Norman Skin
ner in our pulpits, sucking our sun
shine. and from the Devil, oh, Lord
deliver u.s." Signed. Sparks, r. y.
Latron, ID. M. White. George w. Ar
milo, George w. Knaebcl, j. II.
Vaughn, Simon Nusbaum. Nj. A. Ortiz,
r. A. Il. Walter, Frederick Muller,
VIM. G. Schnepple, j. v. Conway. N,
Salmon, ). s. Candeiario, ID. S. Low
itzki. r.. 8. Davis. w ~ Kennedy. w
X. Price. George E. ellis, George w
Shock, \. u. Winter, Page b. Otero
w. j. Slaughter, W. r. Guycr. Il. &
Gortner. X. H. McCanco, Frank Dibcrt
q. 4. Critchlow, j, E. Saint, A. Il
t Renehan, Jacob Wellmer, John +
Victory.
The Optic cant believe that T. Il
Catron, |. Sparks, George w Knaebel
Fritz Mueller, II. l.. McCance, job
+, Victory and others whose name
appear could have signed a childish
/ III written, %mdignined screed like ia
= above. The chances are that any prt
{ test would have been received by tn
T Los Angeles Times-a paper that ha
during years lost no opportunity I
heap up calumny and circulate clan,
4 ers against New Mexico-with rid
@ culc and contempt. II the Santa i
n gentleman felt II incumbent upo
d themselves 10 make a protest again'
the truth OF the charges, a dignific
is forccful statement expressed In Ian
uage worthy OF the scholarship al
h high standing Of the men who signe
II. might have been received by a pap
II as pusillanamous as the Los Angel,
Times with respect. But the sill
II spiteful article doesn't sound In Il
least like the men whose names a
signed To II. It's publication by Il
q Times as the expression OF rcpr
Il sentative citizens Of the capital W
do us as much harm in the eyes OF u
IS outside world as the %inexcusablc stat
l. ments attributed TO the Rev. Norms
a Skinner.
We have heard no word from M
Skinner regarding the ISLANDERS again
q New Mexico attributed 10 him by Il
% Times. 1t was regrettable that su,
IN false statements should find their WI
into a paper circulated in southc
70 California. So Intense is the feelil
in New Mexico against the Times tn
IL there are probably not twenty pape
n taken in the territory. The harm h
ID been done at home by those pape
n which have seen Ut 10 %rcpubl'sh q
b. libel thus engcndering bitterness
il feeling and stirring up race prcjud
les. The Optic takes this opportul
IS IS 70 protest against the action or
in part Of the New Mexico press IN sc
ing upon every opportunity to spre
ei slanderons statements made b. sol
ri prejudleed individual. or some ma
\. cious journal concerning our natl
people, law abiding. industrious a
IN many respects exemplary either
RS Nothing in the future Of New Moxi
ri Is more greatly 20 be desired III
the putting away Of All that makes
" bitterness and strife between the rae
q. and the differentiation ~ Mexican a
10 American. We are all Americans d
10 4f4 tV n InN& Ill. 4t kt !.