Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-31
NEw MEXICO IN MOURNING.

shu, kcd ncXprcssibly by the tragic
ud terrible manner Of the passing Of
useful citizen. whose pcace-lovlng
nature deserved more fitting end.
,yw Mexico today mourns for solo
non Luna, who In the mysterious
Wisdom OF an inscrutable Providence.
nae cut OF Yesterday morning In the
prime of his powers and his useful
Icss. without "a moments warning
ud Without prcmonition.
To think of Albuquerque, or OF
Sow Mexico. without Solomon Luna.
c1ur,s difficult adjustment OF our
lour of thought. So closely was Mr..
.una Identified with New Mexico,
politically financially and socially.
hat u viii Dee some time before the
people of city and state can fully real
zc their loss IN his untimeiy demise.
Yet $50 uuobtrupive. so quiet and
sclf-clfucIng WAS his leadership that
9 requires his loss To bring home with
startling shock run realization OF
his strength and the big place ne
ullcd Boo the life Of the state where
be- was born. where he grew up to a
run measure ~ sterling manhood and
success, the state which he loved 80
deeply and with whose destinics his
.drc'r aas so closely bound az.
The loss of solomon Luna; Of his
stroug. stcadfast character. his ripe
business Judgment. hts intense loyalty
10 his home city and his home state;
of his unfuling support of every thing
which aided the progress Of New
Mexico, ig heavy blow to Albuquer-
nue. and o. the commonwealth wrcst-
ed from tho wilderness Toy the Illus
triuus ancestors of the man We now
mourn and who was such splendid
TYPO or the finest spanlsh-Amcrlcan
citizenship.
But the void viii 10, hardest 10 I'm
among those to whom solomon Luna
was not a political leader, not H.
naucnl associate. not business adj
wiser. but merely O. friend. ana as "a
friend solomon Luna's character
looms larger than in any other way,
as % friend, % loyal friend and an
unselnsh ono his memory will be kept
green when lu the turmoil OF politics
ho viii bo forgotten and when others
take up the financial responsibilities
which his shoulders bore 80 sturdily.
lu way it is Go nc regretted that
for nothing would shed clearer
light on this mans character than
the story of his private charities. hts
private friendships. his family rcla-
uouships, and the uprightncss ana
unscIfIshnoss OF his personal dealings
with his friends.
Many differed from solomon Luna
in politics, not one Of these can Doe
found who does not voice his tribute
OF respect for the man, There have
been many opposed 10 him In finan-
,lu0 matters. not one viii tail 20 cx-
press his admiration Of Mr.. Luna's
Judgment ana tho integrity OF his
methods
AS % veteran member of the uu'
tIHnu committee OF the Republican
parts Mr Luna was prominently
identified with national politics. h'
viii boz missed In the national as iu
the state organization and his plac,
viii Doe equally hard Go nIl
Tu sum b up, MI Luna was the
very best type az useful citizen, more
can by said OF no man II is such
men us ho who have been the bone
uuI slucw of New Mexico, ana II vii
nk, many years 10 efiaCo his Nom
ory ana 10 Gu adequately his niche
BOO ihp ufo OF this community ana IN,
Filf, of Npy Mexico