Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-14
GREENE ENTHUSIASTIC,
PROMISES HIS HELP
President Hopewell Said El Pdso
Business Men Want to Aid
New Mexico In Entertaining
Distinguished Del
egdteS.

Governor Curry passed through
Albuquerque this morning returning
to Santa Fe from the Las Cruces-El
Paso trip. With the governor was
Colonel w. $. Hopewell, president
of the board of control of the Irri-
cation congress.
The governor was met at the sta
ton by Hon. solomon Luna and
spent half hour while the train
waited for its passengers to break
fast, in conversation with the Ma
tional committeeman from New Mex
leo. The conference was apparently
about statehood and other territorial
matters now centering in Washington
although Mr.. Luna and the governor
would not discuss them. The gov
ernor stated that he was highly
pleased at the reception he received
in Las Cruces and likewise in Ell
Paso.
The people of the Mesilla valley
have not forgotten George Curry and
TO hear the governor talk, one would
think he had been on a trip home,
as indeed he had been.
Pecos Valley Next.
Governor Curry said he would re-
main at Santa Fe for a few days
and would then accompany members
of the Irrigation Congress committee
to the Pecos valley in the interests
of statehood and the big congress.
Il am greatly pleased TO see that
the whole territory is awake to the
great good the Irrigation congress
will do u.s." said the governor. "and
/ have pledged myself to aid In
every way possibIe. 10 make the con-
gress the success it should be-" :.
Welcome at Las Cruces.
Colonel Hopewell, who will remain
in this city until the Pecos valley
trip said:
bigger reception than we ever anti
cipated They are the most public
spirited set of people it has ever been
my good fortune to meet. If every
community shows the good will to-
wards the congress that was shown
by the Mesilla valley, the congress
will long remember its reception In
this territory.
after leaving Las Cruces, we Wis
tied El Paso where we met large
number of the people. While the
congress is TO certain extent a
New Mexico affair, still the people
of FL Paso said they would aid us
in every way in entertaining our dis
tinguished guests.
Colonel Greene Interested.
1--WE met Colonel Greene, of Cana
nea. at El Paso, ana ne was greatly
interested i'm the congress. He said
that he would attend the congress
II possible and he pledged us his
support. financial and otherwise.
Former Attorney General A. B. Fall,
was also enthusiastic over the con-
gress and said he Ind his friends
could be called upon for anything in
reason. The bankers and members
of the commercial club also took an
active interest and we will receive
their assistance.
El Paso Pledges support
Martinez nHANliX
terested in New Mexico property, and
affairs generally, gave us a cordial
reception He came all the way
from Las Vegas to FL Paso to see us
and said he would do everything In
his power to make the reception 10
the congress a success.
altogether, l think we could not
have been better received and am
sure the whole territory will unite TO
enertain the congress in royal style
The Governors FL Paso Interview.
Governor Curry is quoted as fol-
lows in an interview which appeared
in yesterdays Bl Paso Herald:
81 am particularly interested in
three projects In New Mexico. The
first is statehood for New Mexico.
1 have no criticism on the president
OF the United States, but we want to
elect our own officers. Here We have
4OOOOO as intellectual people as
can be found In the United States
and we are not allowed to govern
ourselves That Is undemocratic. We
have larger population than any
other state ever admitted into the
union except oklahoma.
Everything is in favor or the ac-
mission of New Mexico except a rev
paople in the east who say that we
have too many foreigners. They refer
to our native people. These people
introduced education and the
Christian religion ino this country
During the Civil war and again dur
ing the Spanish war these people re-
sponded 10 protect the country more
than any other people in the country
i'm proportion to their number
mo braver or more loyal people
live in this country today.
Another subject in when am
Interested is the irrigation congress
TO be held at Albuquerque next iaIl'
We must make that grand success,
/ will lend every assistance can
both personally and officially TOWARD
that end. II we show the people OF
the world how well we can govern
ourselves and what great resources
we have l know that, If We don Bet
statehood this year we VIII get II az
the next congress.
'sThe third project in which am
particularly interested Is the COM
pletion OF the Engle dam. believe
congress will loan US the money