The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-28

tfnue the annual cash appropriations
now made to the agricultural colleges
in Arizona and New Mexico.
Can we afford to reject this munid-
cent endowment upon considerations
ton or prejudice? We say no. It is
said that 1t is a bribe offered us. IL
SO, by whom is it offered? By the
people of the United States. II the
opponents of jointure who are tell
ing us they can secure single state
hood for us are right, in face of the
record of years of fruitless effort,
they do not pretend to say that they
will secure for us this magnificent
patrimony
The burden of furnishing adequate
school facilities is heavy at best In
a sparsely settled country, as this
must always be under the most fa--
vorably conditions, it is grievous
Congress offers us these advantages
for this reason. Accept it and it will
furnish schools equal to those of any
state in the Union, located so as to be
accessible to every child in the state.
1t is the poor mans child who suffers
for want of schools; the rich man can
send his abroad. 1t is the poor mans
child who, if we turn down this
offer, will be the sufferer. Fellow cit
liens, we cannot afford to do it.
In addition to this, can we longer
wait to have all the rights of Ameri
can citizens? Representation in the
two houses of congress, and a voice
in the selection of all our officers,
from President to constable? Until
then we are only American citizens
in name. We do not govern ourselves.
We cannot dwell upon this at length.
It is too self-evident to need argu
ment. No valid reason has ever been
suggested why we should not secure
this in conjunction with Arizona.
The two territories are settled with
the same classes of people. The in
dustries and interests of the two ter
senator chosen from Arizona would
at once become as much our senator
as theirs. We would become his con-
stituents; he would look to us for
support. He would be bound to sub
serve our interests as much as those
of Arizona. This would also be true
as to Arizona of a senator chosen
from New Mexico.
We desire to call attention to GER
tain false statements made in some
of the Spanish papers in the Territory
and otherwise circulated for the pur-
pose of deceiving our Mexican fellow
citizens and inducing their vote ag-
ainst this proposition. 1t has been
stated, and is still being persistently
stated that this act of congress re-
quires the constitution to deny to
our citizens the right to hold any Of
ice of profit or trust, or to sit on
iuries, unless they understand the
English language. This statement is
lnqualifiedly false. The exact lang
uage of the act of congress is as fol-
lows:
ability to read, write and speak
the English language sufficiently well
to conduct the duties of the office
without the aid of an interpreter shall
be a necessary qualification for all
state Offices (Sec. 25, Par. 5, of
the act.) This provision relates to
state officers only-to the governor
| secretary of state, state treasurer
| auditor, etc. 1t does not apply to the
sheriff of any county or any other
| county or precinct officer. Nor does
it apply to jurors. There is not a sin
1 gle incumbent of an Office in New
Mexico today who would be prevent
ed from holding his Office by this
provision. We appeal to our Mexican
fellow citizens not to be deceived by
these malicious Misrepresentation
And we appeal to every citizen of
curing this splendid provision for the
education of the children of the new
state, representation In congress and
full rights of American citizens for
all our people
W. B. CHILDERS,
Chairman of Joint Committee.
Republican Committee W. b.
Childers, Solomon Luna, w. III. III
Llewe1lyn, Chas. A. Spiess, w. g.
Sargent.
i Democratic Committee w. s.
Hopewell, Antonio Joseph. Antonio
Lucero, John McCutchen, ]. A Ma
honey.