Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-10-16
TAFT At BANQUET REAFF|RMS AND
EMPHASIZES HIS STATEHOOD PROMISE
Brilliant Gathering at Alvarado-Splendid
Address by Hon. H. 0. Bursum
Upon New Mexico's Hopes and
Aspirations--=Go vernon
Curry as Toastmaster

representing the New York news
papers, B. B. Cheney of the Santa Fe,
Governor Curry, w H. Andrews, Solo,
mon Luna, Mayor F. H. Lester, Ber,
told Spitz, H. o .Bursum, Secretary
Nathan Jaffa, Chief Justice w. j.
Mills, Judge Abbott, Judge Pope,
Judge McFie, Judge Cooley, Judge
Mechem, Judge Parker, T. B. Catron
of Santa Fe, A. B. Fall of Three Riv.
ers, Charles Ilfeld of Las Vegas, Clark
NJ. Carr, W. S. Strickler, A. A. Jones
of Las Vegas, ]. d. Hand of Las We
gas, H. W. Kelly of Las Vegas, John
Becker of Belen, E. A. Miera of Cuba
0. n Marion, Ivan Grunsfeld, Sum
mers Burkhart, H. B. Ferguson, Sol
Weller, P. Hanley d. A. Macpherson,
H. B. Hening, NJ. L. Stern, Frank
Mckee, Dr.. w. G. Tight S. t. Rose
wald, H. B. Steward, c. c. Cushman
G. L. Brooks, w, s. Hopewell, F. L.
Myers, c. w. Kouns, V. Jaramillo, w.
D. Murray, F. W. Clancy, R. E.
Twitchell, F. A. Hubbell, H. D. Bow
MAJ of Las Cruces. Adjutant General
Ford, Captain Mccoy, General Earl d.
Thomas, Captain Julian Gaujot.
Governor Curry, as postmaster,
spoke very briefly as the dinner near
ed its end, calling President Spitz
of the Commercial Club to welcome
the President.
The Governor then called upon Hon.
IT. o. Bursum to respond to the toast
Statehood"
Mr.. Bursum said;
Mr.. POSTMASTER: His excellency, the
President: Fellow Citizens:
Statehood for New Mexico has bee.l
favorably acted upon by either the
lower Or upper House of the national
Congress since 1876. During all these
years we have succeeded in obtaining
! the support of either the House or the
| Senate at nearly every session of Con-
i greSS, but whenever concurrent action
! was required we have never succeed
J ed in finding the Senate and House
of the same mind at the same time.
! New Mexico has been a part of this
union lor more than sixty years, a re-
suit of conquest. At the time of it's
annexation her people had been rear
ed and educated under the flag of our
sister republic; yet within short per-
iod of twelve years she demonstrated
a keen appreciation of American lib
! erty; her ideals of successful con-
stitutional government her fidelity
and devotion to those principles,
which her people believed would best
preserve the union by furnishing more
soldiers to the cause of the Civil War
proportionate to population than any
other state. | hope in mentioning
this incident | may not be understood
as seeking to cast reflection upon
those brave men who fought on the
other side; happily the great Ameri
can public has long since recognized
that both the blue and the gray repre-
sented the cream, energy and patriot
ism of American manhood and what
ever criticism history may record
their sincerity of purpose will never
be questioned
At the time of the war with Spai1
the home of the anc sstry of many O.
our people, New Mexico again sub
stantiated her patriotism by furnish
ing her full quota of soldiers, sending
/ four troops of the famous Rough Rid
: er regiment, commanded by tha
great American, Theodore Roosevelt
The federal government has never
expended a single dollar for educa
tional purposes within our boundaries
No such liberal broad minded policie!
. as were instituted in the Philippines
and Porto Rico were ever here inaug
urated and am not extravagant whel
say that had New Mexico enjoyed
the benefits of those policies as ad
ministered in the Philippine islands
by Governor General William H. Taf
we would have much earlier reache,
our present high plane of educationa
efficiency; for if there is anythin;
that appeals to and fills the soul of
native New Mexican with pride it i
: the thought of the education of hi
T children: long before the advent @
K the railroads to this great west thos
: who could possibly defray the expens
!, sent their children to be educated a
: St. Louis and later at st. Michael
4 college, Santa Fe. The transportatfo
0 of those days consisted of ox-team
e and mule trains. They were enteI
tanned en- route by attacks Of hostil
t Indians and risked at all times tn
# possibility of never again seeing thei
J. loved ones
/. Here seated at this table is a typ
n cal representative of those days, an
II of his race-who will gainsay that h
:. is not fully equipped in every respee
t for American citizenship? His nam
+. is Hon. Solomon Luna.
e Our early settlers were essential
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