The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-11-05
upon mankind a blessing that can be


upon mankind a blessing that can be
measured only at the end Of time. The
names that we love to speak are those
of men who have done noble deeds, who
have made the world better by their
having lived, and who have carved their
names on the hearts of men rather than
on monuments of tone. The widow
who gave her mite has given more to
the world than Solomon in all his glory,
and the good Samaritan immortalized
his name by a single act of charity. We
nave no war with Wellman nor with any
of his kind, but the world is looking
for men whose acts will entitle them
to enduring fame, and these men might
reach their goal by more worthy deeds.
We may stand in awe of the daring
deeds of men like Wellman; but the men
whose memory we love and cherish are
those who brought sunshine and smiles
into our lives, God bless them.
The Convention md Negro Schools
One of the most interesting incidents
of the constitutional convention is that
pertaining TO the row kicked up by the
Mabry resolution, which provides for
separate schools for negroes. There had
been an effort 10 have the constitution
plainly say that there should be no dis.
t%inction between the races, but this
was = little too much for DELEGATE
Mabry, who seems to have a pretty ac.
curate understanding of the feeling of
the people on this side of the noun
tains. When the matter came into com.
mittee w. f.. Garrison, OF the Las
Cruces college, who is a delegate that
believes in the initiative and referen
dun, introduced n substitute that each
district should settle the question for
itself, by submission, an expensive
though effective way of arriving at the
same end, so far as the valley is con
cerned. Both the original and substi.
tute failed to pass in committee, and
from present indications the matter
will not be included in the charter nj
all, but he passed to the future legis.
laturcs. In the meantime the negroes
of Albuquerque rageth, and their pro.
tcst. couched in stcreotyped language,
reposes on the files OF the convention.
In the meantime, the subject Is being
discussed all over the territory, and n
good many people are worried without
any necessity therefor. There is not
the slightest danger of legislation on
the subject. One side is afraid and
the other dare not, and the matter will
accordingly be allowed 10 settle Itself.
cess over IN this part of the woods.
There will be no mixed schools over
here so that YOU c. n notice il. Dele.
gate Mabry's classification as Caucasian
all children not negroes, goes. Roswell
and Carlsbad settled this question for
themselves years ago. Each maintains
a school for negroes, that in Roswell be.
ing under the direction of one of the
best negro teachers finished in the state
of Texas, so that II there should be
one of the p~ickaninnies who cares for
anything more than to be able TO read
and write it can 60 as high as Z wants
to. So far none Of them have, and it
is not likely that they will, for it is
not negro nature TO care for more as q
usual thing, higher education being hard
work. The negroes themselves are per
fectly satisfied with the conditions. The
sensible ones would resent the enactment
into law of o linked school" provision,
and have no sympathy for tue spoiled
coons of the metropolis who are seeking
to get out of their place.
Even If the political buneombers did
succeed in getting q provision TO seat
negro children in the white schools, it
would not have any weight on this side
Of the mountains. The school boards
might enact rules admitting them in
conformity with the law all they pleas.
ed but that would BIO all that would
ever come Of the attempt to seat them
on an equality. There are too many
people from the south in these parts to
stand for such a thing, and the result
would certainly be easily understood
Most of the remainder of the patrons
who did not come from the south, un.
derstand that the mixed school is an
abomination on general principles, and
that il was inspired in the FIRST place
by an unpricipled political motive,