The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-01

cured in the bill five millions of dol
lars in cash for the education of our
children. These five millions of dol
lars will bring us at five per cent. in
terest, S250,000 a year forever, and I
think you will agree with me when l
say that this money will pay the sal
aries of a good many school teachers.
1t is considered that the immense
by the bill would bring us a million
dollars year for our school and in
stitutions. If we put few licenses
and fines with all this, we will have
about a million and a half of dol
lars a year in our school fund, and it
will never be necessary to levy any
school tax.
If we impose a proper and reason
able franchise tax upon all corpora
tions it will sustain the State, and
therefore we will not nave any direct
tax for the State; and if we inaugur-
ate a proper State tax return we will
be able to limit taxes for all purpos-
es in our State Constitution to a half
of one per cent on the return value,
and so, as | have often argued we will
be the lowest taxed people of any
state.
Now friends; look at this question
not as New Mexican, of Spanish
blood, but look at it as sensible Am
erican patriotic citizens which you
are, and look at it as fathers of fami-
lies and forefathers of generations of
yet unborn, and l think you will
agree that we ought not to miss this
chance to settle upon our children
this great patrimony and to create
this proposed great new Common
wealth that we will all, be proud to
person who may try to convince you
that you will be smothered political
ly in the state. You will nave more
sef-government in every County than
you now have and even much more
for the natives. You have none of
In the State government every po-
litical party will have to consider in
the nominations of people for Office
every race and class of people, be-
cause otherwise large numbers of
people who hold the balance of power
posite party
Remember friends that you are
American citizens forever; that your
descendants, everyone of them, will
speak the English language as a mo-
ther tongue in the future. You can
not nelp that, and there is no use in
putting it off, and l know you do not
want to put it off. If your children are
not educated in English they will be
at a diSa advantage, because imigra-
tion is increasing, and in ten or fif
teen years or less, the American"
so called, will be in the vast MAORI
ty everywhere in the Southwest and,
like in California, the people of Span
ish blood will be a small minority.
Therefore, the people of Spanish
blood to-day should see to it that
their children get the opportunity TO
be the same as any other class or
race. Among the people that you call
Americans" there are many races,
such as Irish, English, French, Ital-
ians, but they are American citizens
as you are, and the one thing above
all others that singles you out as dis
tinguished from them is the fact that
some of you do not speak English
very well. OF course, there is no
thing wrong about this. 1t is simply
inconvenient for yourselves even now
because he who does not speak En-
glisn to-day in New Mexico has not
as good a chance as a man who does,
and at the present time person who
speaks both English and Spanish has
a decided advantage over person
who speaks only one language.
Arizona is making great objections
to joining us in statehood, and they
pretend to be afraid of what they call
Mexican domination" But, of
course, we know that there is moth
ing in this, and the truth is that on
ly a few people in Arizona believe this
Therefore, we can afford to be digni-
fed and charitable, and wnen they
get an opportunity to see us and know
more about us, they will not have this
opinion of us. 1t makes the people
of New Mexico smile when they con-.
slider the people of Arizona being a.
fraid of us. 1t shows how uniformed
even our neishbors can be-
If anybody asks you to vote against
joint statehood reply to him by ask
ing nim his reasdps for making the
request and if he tries to give You
any reason, ask him TO give You