Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-08
Closing Remarks Are Spoken
in Fluent Spanish for Ben
eft of the SpaniSh-Ameri-
cans Present Who Were Not
Able to Understand the
Speech in English.

Santa Fe, Aug. I'm the presence
of a great throng of people assembled
in front of the state capitol, the medal
voted by the Legislature to Gen. Leon
ard Wood was pinned on his breast by
Maj. w. II. II. Llewellyn. senior New
Mexican officer in the Rough Riders.
The procession from the plaza to
the capitol was a long one, participat-
ed in by cowboys, Indians, returned
soldiers and civilians Of all walks of
life and of all political affiliations.
Flags waved. drums peat, horns
blared and every one tried to make the
general feel that the tribute was
heartfelt.
On the platform with General
Wood were many notable people of
New Mexico, including former Post
master General Frank H. Hitchcock,
the members of the supreme court of
New Mexico and the state officers,
Holm O. Bursum, Judge George r.
Craig former Delegate to Congress
B. S. Rodey. Judge Leahy of Las We
gas and a large number of the MEM
bers of the Rough Rider regiment
and many returned soldiers, AdJutant
General Baca and Col. Bronson Cut
ting. whose guest General Wood was
while in Santa Fe.
The only reference to General
Woods probable candidacy for the
presidency was made by Acting Gov
ernor Pankey, in introducing Major
Llewellyn. 1t was roundly cheered by
the audience.
on the stand erected on the steps
- -
key spoke briefly and introduced Ma
jor Lleweliyn, who spoke of the fact
that General Wood had participated
in the Indians war in New Mexico
many years ago, and of the fact that
the Rough Rider regiment of which
Leonard Wood was colonel in the
Spanish war, was more than half made
up in New Mexico, and of the fact that
during the late war about 5000 young
man from New Mexico had been
trained at camp Funston, and that
those who went to France had aCquit-
ted themselves with honor, and that
because of the things General Wood
had done in the state and for the
states and the nation, the legislature
voted unanimously to confer on him
the medal.
General Wood spoke entirely extern
poraneously, and after paying a trib-
ute to the state of New Mexico he
launched into an address general inI
character and that abounded in cpl
grams.
In his closing address, General
Wood spoke to the Spanish speaking
people in their own language. for
about fifteen minutes. During his
army service in the southwest and
while he was in Cuba and in the Phil
ippines he became proficient in the
use of that language. as was shown
not only in his speech but in conver-
sations with Spanish Americans after
he left the platform.
The following are few of the no.
table utterances:
I'VE want strength, we want JUS |
tice, we want fair dealing, and we can
have all these things without any fear. |
for you and | know that the armies of |
America are never going to war in |
any case which has not the approval |
of the American conscience, and they |
are never going to accept any dictates
from foreign nations to the American
conscience, or any mandate from any
foreign nation or group of nations"
I'VE want to avoid internationalism
as we avoid death. | don't mean by
that we are to have a selfish and mar
row view and isolated life, but that
we want to build up a strong, intense
spirit of nationalism backed by the
right kind of national conscience, a
which will make America
quickly responsive to the needs of
and to the call of the
world, perhaps, as in this war. We
want her promptly responsive, but we
want her always acting under her own
and we want that con-
science one that will always make her
do the right thing at the right time
You want to follow the traditions
which have made US what we are;
you want to adhere as closely as
possible to government un-
der the constitution Always every
step from the constitution, no matter
what it is, is a step toward anarchy"
These are troublous times in the
world. This country is sound as yet.
We don't want any false doctrine
coming in here. 1t is no time to lis
ten with credulity to the whisperings
of fancy 1t is the time now to keep
our feet on the ground. our ideals
high, our eyes on the future and do
our best: but don't experiment with