Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-11-09
Banquet at Palace Hotel Largely At.
tended and Feeling Of Good Fellow
ship Prevailed --ImpromptuSpeech
by Prominent Men of Ell Paso
and Santa Fe.
nforma! Reception at Capitol rendered by Governor
Curry and Territorial Visitors Shown Sights
of Interest About City-Also Visit indian School
and Penitentiary.

when we wish it was in New Mexico,
| 1t Is now"
! Judge Harper then dealt at length
upon the homogeneous character of the
| people OF his section and of New Mex
Iico and the friendly kindly spirit that
+! has prevailed from time immemorial
lei Paso Will Do Her Share In DeveI-
opins New Mexico.
I'VE stand allied with every interest
with that Of New Mexico, not only in
our personal relations and business,
but In that great Western spirit which
lif you please Is the very essence Of
Americanism.' He said he and his fel
lows from FL Paso had had the pleas
: ure only few hours before of trav.
cling through the finest stretch of land
that the sun ever shown upon and 1t
behooyed the people Of New Mexico
and Of Ell Paso as we'll to aid In the
development Of this section for the
common good of both Santa Fe and FL
Pasc He said he heard the voice Of
the prophet predicting many things
that would come to pass in the not
far distant future which would EN-.
able New Mexico to take her place In
the sisterhood Of states and as one of
the richest commonwealths in the
United States.
Judge Harper's only grievance which
he had to find with the people Of New
Mexico was that they had made Judge
Albert B. Fall attorney general of the
territory when he rightfully belonged
to Ell Paso. He said he could forgive
them for this, however, and closed his
brilliant speech with another commen
tary of the vast resources of the ter.
ritory.
Should Have Brought Their Wives
Along.
Ex-Governor M. A. Otero was next
called upon for d few words of greet.
ing an he preached the gospel Of a
get-together spirit of the people OF
New Mexico with the citizens of El
Paso. He touched upon the statehood
question during the course of his re-
marks and said he hoped that when
New Mexico did become a state its
territory could be extended to take in
Ell Paso. Former Governor Otero ad-
monished the visitors for not bringing
their ladies along with them on this
trip and felt that they would take the
hint on their next trade excursion. He
said the women folks could do more
boosting" any day than the men as
was evidenced by the good work done
in this direction by the bevy of ladies
who accompanied the excursion to this
city from Estancia.
G. J. King, the general agent of the
Ell Paso and Southwestern railroad,
with headquarters at Ell Paso, was the
next speaker and he made very in
teresting short address. Mr., King was
introduced by Major Palen as the
Hartman Of railroads In the South
west, but denied the soft impeach.
ment He said he was but a cog In
the big wheel representing the rail.
road system Of which he was a COM
ponent part. He compared his position
to that Of the appendix Of the human
system. He said as long as the ap-
pendix behaved itself 1t was allowed
to remain but when 1t became obstre.
porous 1t was removed and Its alb.
sence was not even missed. He told a
couple Of funny stores and wound up
by saying how grateful he and his
comrades felt over the enthusiastic
reception which they had been accord
ed here.
Colonel George w. Prichard was the
next speaker. He said he felt like the
artist who could not improve upon
finished picture but he made very
pleasing address nevertheless and his
word painting put on few more fin
ishing touches. He told the Ell Pasoans
that they need not fear freezing tG
death as long as the enormous coal
supply Of New Mexico has not been
exhausted. He then presented some
statistics that fairly astounded his au
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