Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-23
Report of Exposition Managers to Governor
Shows What Nep Mexico Is Doing at San Diego

distributing point for the trade ana
commerce between spain and Mexico
and the western portion of the United
States for more than a hundred years.
In New Mexico geographically as well
as commercially, was located the
point where the two great civilizations
Of the North American continent met
the Latin American from the south
and the Anglo-A from the
east. Fortunate, indeed, ii was that
great opportunity was presented
whereby New Mexico, for the first
time for all practical purposes, was
placed In position to offer to the
world statement of the part 1t had
played in the building and progress of
the great southwest. Through ignor-
ance on the part of the ordinary Am
eriean of the eastern states the New
Mexican has always been misunder-
stood The part which he and his
ancestors played in conquering the
, great west, from the Mississippi TO
the Pacific coast, occupies but few
| lines in the recital In the school his
tories which lnsve found place In the
public and other schools in the mid
| die and eastern states Of the Ameri-
can union. No wonder that New
Mexico has always been misunder-
/ stood and never appreciated. In ac-
! cepting the invitation to participate
at the great celebration commemora-
tive OF the completion of the Panama
canal and the progress of those great
areas which once were provinces Of
Spain, New Mexico had the one great
chance to prove to the preindiced
| world that within her confines we
tnt .t1
| ligence which invites by way Of COM
partnership the good people of every
land.
The Exposition Different.
San Diego demanded something
different. New Mexico, far beyond
all other states Of the west was In
position to fulfill and conform, Even
the style Of architecture at san Diego,
| as our board was given to understand,
must be of the Spanish Colonial type.
Here again New Mexico was able to
offer IA type which In truth was Span
ish- Colonial and az the Same time
the truest type Of American architec-
ture to be found on this continent,
the type established by the Franciscan
fathers Of this province, which shows
no European influence whatever, a
type of such dignified simplicity that
the building which has been erected
by this board, a counterpart Of the
great mission on the Rock Of Acoma,
is at once the admiration of every yis-
itor and I'm itself an exhibit Of such
momentous force as to Justify the eX-
penditure Of every dollar ever eX-
pended by this state along lines Of
publicity. This board, commemora-
tive OF the deeds of those pioneers Of
the Spanish and Mexican days whose
principal occupation during two and
One-half centuries was combat with
hostile savages, thereby making IT
possible In future years for lis Of to-
day to participate in the fruits Of civ
ilization, as an appeal for justice to
an unthinking world, has erected at
San Diego a monument to their pa
triotism, their loyalty to country and
to the Christian faith, a true cathe-
dral Of the desert. every line OF when
dsproves and put to flight the idea
of New Mexico and her people which
the romancer and short-story writer
have seen fit to promulgate through
out the American nation.
This board, upon its organization,
was confronted with great problem
finance. The act Of the legislature
which gave your eXcellency authority
to appoint It's members, demanded
that a suitable building he construct
ed at san Diego ana an exhibit in
stalled therein which would be indie
alive and representative Of the re-
sources Of our great state With
knowledge Of the great palaces which
were in course of construction ut san
Diego, on each of which were being