Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-27
The Passing of a Territory
BY JOSEPHINE 5. PARSONS,

oAnd God said: Let us make man
| and let him have dominion over the
fish Of the sea. and over the fowls
over All the earth, ana over every
! creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth" GEN. 1-26.
II will he seen thai the record Of
the Hebrew chronieler makes - men
lion OF a privilege which the recipient
OF this delegated authority Immediate
iy ~arfobAtef to shiiitscif-domiitioti
over his fellow man, but IN the fun
ness OF time, man. petty man IN his
pride and humility entered into this
also az into his inheritance.
with the initiative faculty q The
developed animal, hampered " iha.
lack Of creative power-the divine
spark-man's efforts were directed
towards new combinations of existing
! materials, new applications of vaguely
| understood forces. His experiments
| were cilried on in the al is well
as the phy sical laboratory and tfic net
result may be traced in tha sue"essise
forms Of government winch reflect
the stages in the slow spro@rrss 81 ms
ci citation.
THE tribes with their chiefs, prOph-
cts or judges. the nations with kings
or emDOrers. and the ike minlad. mat
composite people welded together ly
| ccmmon consent. with chosen rtTre-
| sentation, successive effort, all toward
| protection, but grinding, crushing, de
structive in its operation-goN"fn-
| mental machinery, improved npon IN
each succeeding age, but clumsy
adapted to the wants OF the few, and
lacking any appliance intended FOR the
consumption of its own Waste-the
trimmings. cuttings and rawlings re-
sulting from the inaccurate adjust
ment of its parts to the uma raw
| material which ii attempts to shape.
Attempts to shaoei Therein lies
the mistake. should not the senij-
ent beings, The thinking, feeling, suf-
fering, protesting creatures, whose
wills have created this m~echanic'il
Frankenstein. determine its share.
| rather than be d%eformed, twisted II
rejected By it,
It's ponderous wheels by their 'eV
! olution set all its mcrciless and intri'
cate mechanism in motion; its huge
and gaping hoppers are Ted alike
the crude, tho ignorant, the highly
intelligent. Among these are hous-
ands adapted neither by nature or
training for its ends or uscs-thous-
ands hat can never be turned out as a
finished product-thousands that
! make up the human waste, discarded
because UNACCEPTABLE, and waste only
In thet sense
what becomes Of it? Pertinent in
quiry. Some OF the more awkward
and ill-shaped pieces drop under the
machine and are trodden into the
elums OF our congested centers! other
d%isfigured and torn fragments fill the
asylums, the sanitariums. the poor
houses; some Of each class may be
found in the intending line OF strag-
elers in the race for bare existence;
a few. more fortunate, have been
caught up by the wind of destiny and
borne to the wide stretches of the I'M
peopled west, These are ourselves,
the men and women of the territories.
our system Of government, the con-
crete expression Of the voice OF III
people. is not suited to the people. II
is ll-fitted to their needs. Where
lies the fault? In the people or in the
voice In the pcoplc-they are not
Of their oVn choosing. theN come ana
go at the bidding Of Another.
In the voice. An. here is matter
for speculation. The voice rs a
sound and fury. signiiying nothing. 70
Like the wind. il passes unheeded. dy-
ing to a whisper at the Peace, be
still'' Of party promises.
What boots it that u land is fair.
It's air pure. its sun bright, its inhab-
itants sclf-reliant? our national
government will do naught. And why
We are the waste product. the refuse
entailcd by the lack Of adjustment Of
IT'S parts la its ends.
And vet. let MS glance az the com
position of this waste. these cuttings
and filings that serve no good or use
g ful purpose.
The Indian, war paint. feather
ed bonnet. %sealping knife. fleet pony
all that went to make him loathcd
and feared. lives only in few Isolated
"puohlos" and the post cards Of curio
stores. He is no longer reality. but
j. reproduced as a "nhase.
: Fhe trader. that argonaut Of com