The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-09
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traits VI Governor Curry aud four.
teen OF the federal and territorial Vt.
hcials who surround the following
splendid summing up of the statehood
situation by Governor Curry; 1.-THE
Declaration Of Independence asserts
that the right Of representation is in
estimable to the people and formidable
TO tyrants only. Taxation without rep.
resentation is to the American mind
unjust, aud the right Of the people to
govern themselves was established by
the sword ia the United states over u
century ago. In the treaty with Mex
leo, w oT more years ago, the people
of this territory were guaranteed the
privileges OF liberty and independence.
These are the fundamental reasons Tor
our demand for statehood. The jus.
tice OF this demand has been acknow.
lodged repeatedly by one OF the other
vi the houses Vt Congress, during the
past ~ years, in passing enabling acts,
aud the Presidents of the United states
who have recommended the admission
vi New Mexico to statehood.
"The treaty Of Guadalupe nlualgo
provided that this territory should DO
admitted to statehood at the proper
time (to be judged by the Congress Of
the United States) and to the enjoy.
ment OF all the rights Of citizens Of
the United States according to tho
principles Of the constitution" The
implied requisites for admission are
population, taxable wealth and a desire
Tor statehood.
New Mexico, with It's $4,000 PEG
pie, emitting them ~ two reprcsen.
tatiyes 10 the lower house vi Congress,
has n population that exceeds by far
that OF any Of the states at the time
Of their admission, excepting Oklaho.
ma, and greater than that vi several of
the present states. We feel that since
We are entitled to two representatives
under Congressional a-pportionmeut,
that we should be allowed that repre-
sentation. OF these 100000 people
full 2OU, 900 have come into the terri
tory from the states east and north OF
US during the past ten years, in fact, a
majority u them have come during the
past five years. These people, OF
course, enjoyed the full rights vi citi.
1enship IN their home states, 50 their
fitness for statehood ia New Mexico
should not be questioned. vi the other
100000 people, at least 100000 imnii.
grated into the territory IN the first
thirty VI forty years after the Ameri.
can occupation. We have about Ia.
wv Indians, 1900 vi whom are Pucb.
los, and their ancestors built towns
and cultivated the soil Of New Mexico
hundreds VI years before Columbus
discovered the American continent.
About a third of our population is
composed Of descendants OF Spaniards
and M%exicans. They are a conserva.
tive, Law abiding, justice loving and pa.
%tiIotie people, who are eager to give
their children an education even at a
great personal sacrifice. They value
the right OF franchise highly aud per.
form public duties with a greater
sense VI responsibility han Is the case
with many other people. During the
war vi the rebellion, although less
than Two decades after they had been
severed from their mother country,
they sent more volunteers to the
Union army IN proportion TO pOpula.
tiOB han any otAer commonwealth,
and at the same time fought hordes
Of Apaches and other savage Indian
tribes. During the war with Spain
they Volunteered with enthusiasm to
help defend their adopted country
against the old mother country. Their
loyalty, therefore, has been proven by
the seyeFest test. They are in.
stinctiyeiy 90 the side OF law aud or.
der. strikes, riots, or defiance OF Or.
thorities are practically unknown among
them. They have conquered u saw.
age country, cultivated its plains, and
valleys, delyed into its mines, struggled
to educate their children without any
assistance from the national govern.
ment. These people laid the foundations
upon which were built the magnificent
states OF Texas, California aud Colo.
RADIO, aud the territories Of New Mex.
leo and Arizona, They brought Euro.
pean civilization to the great south
west, and it iourisbed and grew here
long before the settlement of James.
town. They have inherited and re.
tain a high social culture that may we'll
DO envied by our nmbued
Americans.
"At present we have a compulsory
education law, n splendid system Of
public schools, an enrolment Of &c..
200 pupils with 1900 teachers. In ad
ditlOn to this We have universities,
normal schools, n military institute,
school OF minds, several colleges aud
academies maintained by churches and
associations, aud Our school buildings
are valued at one million dollars.
1.-The present taxable wealth Of New
Mexico is more han sufficient TO main
tain Il state government without bur
dening the taxpayers. In addition t.