Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-11-30

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ton in the House of Representative
in the Capitol this afternoon. Though
called only week ago and not at al
advertised with fanfare of trumpets
yet. delegates came from the remotest
parts Of the territory 1t is a misnomel
to say delegates, however, for no basis
|of representation had been fixed and
the convention was merely an outpour
pouring of people of New Mexico tC
express their unanimous demand for
statehood and to devise ways and
means to impress the Congress Of the
United States with the worthiness OF
the territory for admission as a state
The convention was strictly non-par.
tisan and practically every interest
was represented politically, Industrial
ly and otherwise. AS the convention
met but short time before the New
Mexican went to press, no complete
list of those in attendance can be Civ.
en-, but in addition to the large dele
cations from Las Vegas and Albuquer.
que and the crowd from Santa Fe. the
following from other parts of the ter!
ritory were noticed, although this Is
by no means a complete list of such.
Judge Daniel H. Mcmillan, of Las
Cruces; Elfego Baca, Albuquerque; H.
H. Majors, Alamogordo; Jacobo Cha.
yes, of Los Lunas; r. P. Ervien, OF
Clayton; J. A. Mahoney. Of Deming;
w. H. H. Lewellyn. of Las Cruces;
N. A. Bolich, of Deming; Rev. G. E.
Lukens of Albuquerque; Judge E. A..
Mann, of Alamogordo; W. M. Berger,
Of Belen; Charles v. Safford,o of Aztec;
Governor George Curry, of Roswell;
j. M. Hervey, of Roswell; Secretary
Nathan Jaffa, of Roswell; Gregoro
Griego, of Taos; M. G.. de Baca, of
Conant; Jeremiah Leahy, of Ration;
Ex-Governor l.. Bradford Prince, of
Rio Arriba county; Judge F. ". Parker
of Las Cruces; Malaouias Martinez of
Taos; w. s. Hopewell, of Hillsboro;
N. W. Gales, of Las Cruces; Mark B.
Thompson, of Las Cruces.
Governor George Curry was greeted
with hand-clapping as he entered with
Judge E. A. Mann. By this time the
auditorium was well filled. A few min.
utes later, Governor Curry introduced
Hon. T. B. Catron, mayor of Santa Fe,
saying:
1T is a great pleasure to be able
to call together SO representative a
gathing in order to organize and bat
tie for the privilege of citizenship
such as we have never before enjoy.
ed.' He spoke of Mayor Catron as one
who has been in the fight for state
hood during the past thirty years.
Upon the rostrum, sat besides Gov.
ernor George Curry, Chief Justice W.
]. Mills and Associate Justices John K.
McFie, Ira A Abbott, Frank W. Park
er and e. A. Mann of the territorial
supreme court and Territorial Secre
tary Nathan Jaffa.
Mr.. Catron In his address of vel
come briefly reviewed the efforts of
New Mexico to obtain statehood. He
said
Statehood Not Far Away.
1--WE now have arrived at the
point where statehood can be seen not
far away. For more than sixty years
New Mexico has been under the Stars
and Stripes. More than fifty years ago
in this city, the people drafted con-
stitution, which was presented to
Congress by President Taylor with
his recommendation for admission.
But New Mexico was too far advanc-
ed" for its constitution declared
against slavery and 1t provided for a
universal compulsory educational law
but had no sop for the then dominant
party in the Senate. More than six
thousand volunteers entered the I'm
ion army and twenty-five hundred ent
cred the militia. making almost nine
thousand men to fight for the abolition
OF slavery, such as the constitution
drafted more than ten years before
had provided for. Mr.. Catron told of
his recent visit to the White House at
D. G. Mr.. Catron said to
the President:
We want you to help us to get In
% state" The President answered.