Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-09


But let the Santa Fe New Mexican
and the Albuquerque Journal learn for.
a little while that the people of the
territory of New Mexico are not going
TO submit to being DETAINED in the
public prints of this territory. (Con-
tinued applause.) / want to say to you
fellow citizens, that l am proud of
the fact that / am a resident of New
Mexico-( (applause) am proud of
the fact that at least two of my child
rem were born in the territory of New
Mexico l want to say to you, and
only wish my voice could reach the
Throughout these United States, who
have been listening to few people
! in the territory of New Mexico until
they seem to be satisfied that we are
lgrafters; that we are not worthy of
statehood. and that as matter of
| fact, we deserve to be clasSed among
the Indians and placed upon reser-
walton. l only wish that my voice
could reach them and just as far as 1t
can carry, fellow citizens, | will send
/ 1t.
The people of the territory of New
/ Mexico are as honest, as patriotic, and
as good; as bright and as good looking
as the people of any territory or state
in the United States. (Cheers and ap.
]
plause.)
! | am proud of the fact that in my
political career in New Mexico | have
been able to call upon the native peo-
! Pile of this territory as my friends, and
that in more than one election, ire
spectlve of former political affiliations,
| they have walked up to the polls and
sent me to do what they wanted me
to do as their servant. | am proud to
say that these people are my friends
! (applause) )-and | want to say any
where, before any people, that no bet
ter citizenship existed anywhere under
Eany form of government In any coun-
TRY under heaven, than the native
Mexican citizens of the territory of
New Mexico. Continued applause and
cheers.) Why, they forget, for a mo-
ment, who the forefathers of these
people were! They forget that We are
today celebrating in the United States
the first American settlement on this
continent as we know 1t. They are
holding today the jamestown eXposi-
ton; yet these people forget that 200
years or 150 years prior to that settle-
ment of jamestown, the forefathers
| of the native people of New Mexico
started the church bells to ringing
across this little stream. (Cheers and
applause.)
Scores Federal Representatives.
Civilization! The greatest civillzers
the world has ever known were the
men who penetrated the utmost re-
lcesses of the world, the Conquesta-
dores of Spain. and although they
were soldiers, they carried the sword
lin one hand and the cross in the
other. (Applause.)
Tell me that these people, the de-
scendants of these people, are graft
ers, and that we need dozen speclal
agents of the United States govern
ment here to investigate these peo-
pie? (Applause and laughter)
Tell me that these people won't rise
in their might and do to the grafters
or the bribe-takers in New Mexico
what their forefathers did to the IN
dians when they settled this country.
Defends Hawkins of the Southwestern
/ | tell you that there is less graft,
/ less corruption. in the territory of
New Mexico, than in any state or ter
ritory in the United States. CAP
i planse.l ~
i | asked, when started. what was
the matter with New Mexico. lit
tie politics and a few miserable news
papers, that is all. (Applause and
cheers.)
The natural resources OF New Mex
leo today, which will be developed
/ within the next five years, will class
New Mexico commercially and indus
trially. as the Pennsylvania of the
southwest. We will be making the
steel. making the iron. furnishing the
. coal, for Mexico and for the entire
southwestern country, and still they
would have you to believe that men
like w. A. Hawkins, for instance, who
70 IN
up New Mexico, establishing railroads
sawmills and all kinds Of industries, Il
thief. They would have you be-
lieve that a man like w. H. Andrews
who can build you road from Santa
, Fe (applause) to a connection With
one of the greatest systems of the
world, and assist In developing your
mines and your industries, must haV-
!. guardian sent from Washington, q
special agent Of the interior depart.
ment! Fellow citizens, Theodore
! Roosevelt knows better, and he hs.
sent George Curry TO New Mexico ant
the other fellows will go pretty quick
(Applause and laughter)
Fellow citizens, we want less party
: we do not want a partisan, we want
man who knows men. The Srea
American citizen would not put mar
in his bank unless he was a banker
He would not employ lawyer unless
he was a lawyer. He thinks he Il
abundantly able 10 fill any earthly po'
sition In the government and the grsa
American citizen takes him at hi
word You send man to make laws
, for you who never read law In III
life You select a man as an asses
sor who never had dollars worth o
property TO assess: you select a mar
as collector who In his ordlnaF,
business transactions might not b.
able to give bond for fifteen cent
and half. and each one OF yol
thinks that he can make Just as gOo(
| governor of New Mexico as GcOrgt
Curry or any other old fellow.
That Is the great American idea.
I But. fellow citizens, when we wan
| a governor II we sit down to discus
, or to think as to the kind Of Cover
! nor we want, when we pull out Ou
: pencil and pad, II we take time an'
: think Of e. we will give II almost Al
i much consideration as Mr. Strlckle
J would in the employment Of a clerl
IN the bank at Albuquerque. an'
: would want a man who had some 1T
{ tie experience I'm a bank, and In tn
] gOvernOrship of New Mexico we wan
{ a man who knows men. 1t Is not nee
: essary that he should be banker o
: that he should be like myself, n
I humble farmer (laughter), but h.
! should be a man who knows wnat IN
common, everyday man needs an
I wants.
: sketches Curry's History.
A few years ago q say few, be
e cause ] like 10 think II Is few,
might say, several years ago, In tn
( northern part Of this territory, ~ -
was a land grant. Mr.. Catron. think
knew something about t II va