Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-08-10

the integrity of your people Is true.
can state that this administration
never has in the past, and does not
intend in the future, to oppress the
citizens of New Mexico They stand
in exactly the same position as the
citizens Of any other part of the
Union, and If questions arise which
involve an Interpretation of law, or
an Interpretation Of actions, the ma
tional administration will act in the
light Of the facts as presented to
them
"As the mayor has well stated the
peoi.,e Of New Mexico are as honest
and upright as those of any other
There is no com.
munity in which wrong has not oc.
cured. That is true. Yet the men
VINO have done wrong are always
in the minority in any Amer
lean commonwealth. do not
intend to say much on this ques-
tion (referring to the presence OF
special agents in the Territory but
want to tell you exactly how this
administration feels and what it in
tends to do in regard to these mat
ters. 1t is true there have been COM
plants and charges have been filed
but there is no presumption Of guilt
against any citizen of New Mexico.
ut is true that there are inyesti-
cations now in progress but in every
instance any man VINO is charged
with any act will be given the farest
kind of hearing and will be given
every opportunity to explain the act
and no final action will be taken
against any citizen of New Mexico
until that kind of fair, square treat
ment has been given him that you
are entitled to receive from this ma
tional administration. While wrong
may nave occurred in the community
the men who have done wrong are
in the great minority Of course if
in any instance things have gone
wrong those wrongs will be ri5hted
by you people and not by anybody
outside. This is enough to say about
any disagreeable subject.
''It is true that the Department of
the Interior has great deal to do
with the people of the Territory, but
both in the speech of your honorable
mayor and the expressions that
have heard from your prominent citi
zens it is evident that you are all
anxious to creep out from under the
control of the Department of the In
terror. Now whether you are in a po-
sition where you don't need to creep
out but stand upon your own two feet
and walk out is for the future to de-
eide. But judging from the charac-
ter of the people that you have here
and the industries that have been de-
veloped I don't believe that 1t is go
ing to be long before you can walk
out on your own two feet without any
assistance.
Studying Irrigation Problems.
"I have been going around the
Great West for the last few months
looking into mainly the matter of
irrigation. / speak of the West and
yet as | have stated in other places
the West is not definite location
A few years ago the people in Ohio
were spoken of as being in the West.
1T was the spirit of the West that
finally pushed the line across the AL
leghenies. 1t was the spirit of the
West that developed the great Pacific
Coast, that carried our commerce
across the Pacific Ocean and finally
took possession of the islands and
taught to those people the ideals of
liberty which they had never known.
It is that spirit that we want to fos-
ter and engender not only in our own
lives but in the lives of others. 1t is
not the spirit of license. 1t is not the
spirit of lawlessness, it is not the spir.
it of graft or land grabbing, but it is
the spirit of our American citizen.
ship.
Il am glad to see such an intelli-
gent audience. am glad to see SO
many ladies of this city present.
am glad that you have such type
of citizenship with you. We men call
ourselves the lords of the universe
We only do that when we are in num-
bers and together. We never do that
when we are alone. We know very
we'll that we are not the lords of the
universe. We know that there never
was a man who made success that
it was not through the influence OF
some good woman who has
saved him from trouble and
who has brought out the best that is
in him, who has lifted him up and
given him the highest ideals of life
Now as to the things that the Interior
Department is trying to do. One OF
the principal things that I am study
ing on this trip is that of irrigation
and reclamation. am going to visit
the southern part Of your Territory
primarily for the purpose of studying
more carefully the conditions as they