The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-12-20
ARIZONA FIRE EATERS
SOAKED IN PREJUDICE,

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go. they have refused contumelious-
ly to have anything to do with New
Mexico philanthropists along the line
of charitable work. At the present
rate Arizonans will soon refuse to
travel trough New Mexico to get
east and a twenty-foot stone wall all
along the boundary line is said to
be projected. The following from
the Bisbee Review is almost enough
TO give any man of ordinary intelli-
gence a severe headache.
THE National Children's Home
Society. a n-on-sectarian organization,
which has been operating through
out the United States for years past,
and in the Territory of Arizona for
the past eight years through its ag-
ent, Rev. A. H. Gunnett, has done a
great work.
when the j%ointure talk became
loud, the agent of the society in New
Mexico began laying plans for the
absorption of the Arizona branch,
and the placing of it under his di-
rection. Arizona and California are
now Incorporated together for the
expedition of the work, and local peo-
pie are highly pleased with the man
in which it has been performed.
The New Mexican gentleman,
Mr.. Charles E. Lukens, wrote to the
headquarters of the society, explain
ing his plan, and notice was sent to
the agent of the society in California.
At once letters began to pour into
the headquarters of h organization
protesting against UGH a union, as
Arizona was very well pleased with
the existing arrangements. That the
protest had it's effect is apparent
from the following letter addressed
to the New Mexican gentleman, from
the secretary of the society:
November 10, 1906.
REV. Charles E. Lukens, M. D., Ros-
well, New Mexico.
Dear Brother: Your letter of No
vember 14th has been forwarded to
me by Brother Sherrard, our nation
al superintendent. 1t was only a few
DAYS ago that we succeeded in get
ting a meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the national conference of
charities and corrections to consider
the question of the organization OF
the work in New Mexico and Arizo-
ma. That committee gave h mat
ter full and careful consideration.
Gsyv1 lo1-0 ,aaoI1aI n 1oroo rooCc
of letters from leading citizens, bust
ness men, judges, ETC., of Arizona, all
of which protest against the organi-
zation Of the Territory of Arizona
in connection with New Mexico, n
all of which urge the continuance of
the work as auxiliary to the work of
the California society.
1.-The vote of the people of Arizona
to reject joint statehood for Arizona
and New Mexico accents this cores
unanimously that under the circum-
stances it was not expedient to organ
ize New Mexico in connection with
Arizona, but that it vas best to con-
tinue the work for the time being as
auxiliary of the stote of California.
81 deeply regret the delay in &C
ton in this important matter, but the
committee has endeavored faithfully
to consider what would be for the
real interests of the work.
'What the committee has learned
of yourself has e most favorable,
and if the work can be sustained in
New Mexico as an independent work
we should be glad to cooperate with
dertake to organize Arizona aid New
Mexico against the protest of SO
large a number of influential people
could only result in confusion and
detrime1t to the best interests of the
neglected children.
1--WE should be entirely unwilling
to be a party to creating two rival
organizations in a new state. This
has been tried in several of the
states and always with disastrous
results.
"The California society has work
ed this field for years under authori.
ty from the National Children's Home
Society. We notified them of our pur-
pose to make a separate organization
of Arizona and New Mexico. They
asked that action be suspended until
we could hear from Arizona. The ma