Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-28
Inquiries From All Over New
Mexico Indicate That State
hood Special Will Be Filled
With Boosters.
LOW RAILROAD RATE
PROVES VERY ATTRACTIVE
Choice Of Routes Going and
Returning, With Liberal Stop
overs, Also Appeals Strongly
to Prospective Passengers.


New Mexico is again in the bright
glare Of the spotlight throughout the
country. Not content with gaining
universal publicity by piling up ma
jority OF more than $4,000 for the
ratification of the constitution, the
aggressive New Mexicans are deter
mined to show the states a few spec
tacular stunts in the way or entering
the union. and as the result .of the
nroposal to run a statehood Spe-
cial" to Washington. the territory. or
state soon TO be, is receiving columns
Of dope" In the big eastern and
middle west dailies.
Not since Champ Clark volunteered
to drive a team of Missouri mules
down Pennsylvania avenue If he were
elected speaker, has anything re-
ceived more favorable publicity or
created more of sensation, than the
plan to send a few Pullman cars
loaded with New Mexico statehood
boosters to the national capital.
The daring run of Death Valley
scotty from Los Angeles to New
York will pale into significance when
contrasted with the speed and the
zip which will accompany the New
Mexico statehood special. Scotty cer-
talnly tore up the track trying to beat
time, but there will be a few dozen
live wire genuine New Mexicans on
the New Mexico train who can teach
the Death Valley miner a few things
about wearing red shirt and riding
a bronclio. i
Thus far the only man who has
come out squarely and admitted that
he will do a stunt. providing the
proper persuasion is administered, is
solomon Luna Mr., Luna has agreed,
consented and admitted that he will
drive pair of New Mexico burros
down Pennsylvania avenue in Wash
ington and will attempt to send the
canaries up the marble steps of the
capitol building If he Is given the me-
cessary assistance such serious un-
dertaking requires.
The liberal rates offered by the
railroads, with optional routes going
and returning. has proved great at
traction to prospective passengers.
While no determined effort will be
made to race the special against time,
the Santa Fe railroad as far as its
lines go, will furnish the best OBJ
equipment. The fastest en-
gines will be pressed into service for
the trip and the best engineers will
be at the throttle. The train will
have right of way over all east and
westbound trains and Will pass UP
the California limited trains like To-
running sixty miles an hour
passes an oxen team
Eighty-four dollars and seventy
five cents for the round trip, via st
Louis to Washington going. and via
Chicago returning and s90.50, Albu-
querque to Washington via Chicago
or st. Louis, returning via New York
and Chicago. are considered to be
probably the lowest excursion rates
ever granted by the railroads be-
tween Albuquerque and Washington
and return.
One hundred passengers Is the
minimum required to make the trip.
The special will be run on Tuesday,
February Z, leaving Albuquerque at
an hour on that day and date to be
definitely announced in the near flu
ture.
Providing the special goes to Wash
ington via st. Louis, the boosters will
be entertained in the latter city by
A. M. Blackwell of st. Louis, a for
mer resident of albuquerque and
New Mexico. Mr. Blackwell was In
the city several day ago looking after
his business interests. He expressed
himself as delighted with the propo-
sition to run a special to Washing
ton and said that he would be very
much pleased to have the entire dele
CATION stop over In ST. Louis for sew
eral hours, during which he will en-
deavor to show them the town.
Inquiries regarding the special are
and there is but little doubt
that even more than the 100 passen-
gers Gtuuittu W secure tht loW rate,
will make the trip. The Morning
Journal Is In receipt Of two letters
from eastern New Mexico.
which speak for themselves as indca-
ting the sentiment In those sections.
The letters, which will be turned
over to the proper committees. are as
follows:
Elida, n. NJ, Jan. 25. 1911.
Editor Morning Journal, Albuquer-
que. n. M.
Dear Sir---I saw in yesterday morn
lng's Journal that you Albuquerque
people were contemplating on getting
up Statehood train" to run TO
on or about February Z,
to carry the election returns and TO |
boost the new state of New Mexico.
and think the project Is of the prop
or make. as 1t would certainly boost |
New Mexico and would assist In Sc
curing tile acceptance OF the constl- !