Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-04-16
TUE -OTTHwE~T AND THE
FRANCHISE

In 70 recent editorial based uper
a MISUNDERSTANDING Of the terms 81
the statehood hHL ard riuelsinr VIA.
ID termed official use " ths span.
ish language Co tie two new stsfes
the Chicago InfeF-Occan has accom-.
plIHhea the yerv beneficial result %
bringing 70 tire front numerous cham
pions ~ Ncw Mexico an1 Afi1onsl
who hasc written their views faiiy
and freely. To Us credit the Inter-
Ocean Gas given FUN publicity 70
these Views The latest is from a. T.
Morrison ~ Arizona. whose letter.
published tn a recent issue of the In
fer-Ocean IA well worth reading He
writes
To the Editor Permit me AZ a
resident ~ New Mexico for almost
twenty-five years. g. make = few com
nents on your editorial under the
caption. zone Country. one Lam
gu3gc Your argument IN favor Of
ether n0nrEnglish speaking peoples
and against non-Engiish speaking
New Nexicans Is Inc merest special
pleading. and Ia my mind is IN.
worthy Of tho usual bread minded
Inser-Oeeau And more. IL IS partly
untrue
whsn you give IS one reason that
the New Mexican people d. Dot sup
port newspapers Of note. you are in
error. as TO my WI knowledge they
do uppor several sueh papers And
IN their praise 81 must be- said tha,
not one OF them advocates the In
fernai principles 81 anarchy. as some
81 the papers goo refer % 90. so
far ~ my experience goes and from
intimate Acquaintance with 0ur PEG
pie. I have never seen nor heard 80
a New Mexican anarchist 90 iho
other hand. / have often read In ihe
fnter-Oecan and other eastern papers
~ large procession marching
through your streets under the red
naR thc symbol ~ murder p ln-
%cendiarIsm. and r. ! am not mis-
taken. ii has been found necessary 90
forbid the carrying ~ this red flag
TO break up Wuch professions. silence
anarchisfic speakers and dlspersc
their meetings HUT 90 - date ! have
rot heard OF such wretches being dis
iranchised, even When theg 90 not
speak the English language Why iA
this thus
have read IN the fnter-Ocean aally
exposures ~ wholesale public plau
der b. so-caiied servants 30 the peo
pie in chicago. Pltfsburs PhllaJel-
phis and other eastern offices am
almost sure Una : have read seme
where that SOME or those Thieves hate
been indicted. but ! hase NOS seem
single suggestion that These nretchcs
De disfrtnehlsed suppose
the fact that thrg can speak 900
write tha English Language Well
enough 20 enable them 90 perpcirsfe
their sillinnies. IS sufficient to con-
done thtir gtfsiinrs ana siEc them
from d~lsfranoh .menf If sach ROBE
berries aaro ptrpl trafai m Nte Mez
ieo or AfiA4ua m ura, nruon ia olr
population. wr would hf denounced
as outiaWs absoAteis unfit iar citi
xensllp sind consequently unwnrtht
of association witn Tour Nussc C9.c-
mans snd their higher respe table
companions but although SD are
free from such rascallles $50 are
guilty of s. wicked crlme So
wit. oar ignorance as thc Eng sh
language
Sos let us SEQ uip ia to blame
for this ignorance Whf tae Amer
lean government II tle government
had spfat in education during the
entire haii century fnea Ncs Mexico
fQrelhly annfRld g. tha United
States as much as has been spent ln
the Philippine l4rns taoir twelve
years under cur ras % st. .afe % sas
that English aulii tC wen UNDER
stood by epr present generation 90
spanish Amtrlrans Bot as sos rn-
doubtcdiY knoT olr governments has
never expended bad zen in t1uoa
ING these eood people. although ml
have been sggandered ln tda
90 The villa Indians nearly
81 % whom duft back into their orlg
inai haif sasase state.
Nov. ln 5ast.ce go tae Spanish
Americans let us sec what they are
d0inE Ter education among theme
out 30 the.r scanir mcrns
are and have beea FER mary
Fcara maintaining first class hroth-
ere. sisters and |paroehlai Schools ln
the EusiIsh language is taught
ln an So branches and m addition
they ch+lrfalF pas theIr
fer me -uppart of fhe pahiIa
Can the Poles the Greeks
or Iiailans whose cause son so s'a
auenily advocate shoa 81 eooi o. rer-
ord re- thls
In addition &C. ibis. ! may state chat
he horFid custom g divorce (which
Is eating the life out 81 American 500
cietyl y almost unknown among
rnod people
Bli some ~ lsar l%niefIesni re.l