The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-07-08
Shall Name of Our
State Be Changed?


The action Of the Klwanis club In going.
on record In favor Of changing the nnmc o.
The state Of New Mexico has revived q
gerennlal discussion with more or loss vigor.
'aasion "s"tths. "a .>i"el.i ni"ps n.st January
What do you think q the deal Arr yon for
ptom sEs rssa.rs Of p ise fsesins Herald d "s sssd
In your idea, hut make y TO The point.
HENRY cOoRs, Jr.-"I favor the
changing the name Of the state prin-
cipaliy on OF the unfortrnrte
conditions below our border. from
which many customers get the i'm
preston that our state Is a part Of
Old Mexico Newspaper headlines
with reference to any OF the New
Mexican Rovcrnmenta' give the inn
precision that II rcfcfa to our state
instead of Mexico. Give It u name
which alphabetically will come he
fore Alabama at the top where 1t
will attract attention"
Leopold PROTESTS
! wish to make n protest" said
Mr.. Leopold. understand that n
fellow citizen OF ours, for whose
opinions | ordinarily entertain the
highest respect. has proposed to one
OF our civic organizations that we
change the name Of New Mexico
More people might come here ns
tourists md investors. he says, VI the
name Of nj state made Il clearer
that we belong to the United States
and not to our troubled ncighbor
across the border.
There In a capital French Canuck
poem OF which l am reminded. IT.
tells about a young Canadian named
lean Baptiste Trudeau who went to
seek his fortune In the states. Some
fifteen years later he came back to
Quebec diked Out with n corpora
ton, a roll Of bills. a gold watch
chain, ana a red necktie and a chin
high in IN air. lie no longer re-
~cognized his boyhood companions.
and his name was no longer Jean
Baptistc Trudeau. No sir. His name
was John II. Waterhole!
John 10. MaterhOle changed his
name because. in his half,baked
superior to his ancestry. He there
by made himself at once the laugh
ing stock OF his American fellow
citizens and OF his old neighbors. so
also would we he laughing stock of
America, and OF all our Latin Ameri-
can neighborH as well.
Not Easy To Change
Tie he brief n blunt Is IL pro-
posed that we change our name
Tor a consideration. II is not easy
to hire n new name and get away
with II, As was said of the Biscaine's
mule In Don QuiNote: The mule
delivered himself 80 naturally as a
man might perceive Il was hired.
though he stood fur'her off than the
shot OF a ~croasho,v." 81 also will
every thinking American perceive
tina tour new name was hired.
After all, how badly do we need
the tourist or investor so Ignorant
OF American history that he does not
know New MeNicans are Americans?
Not badly enough, ] say, To
Our name-Nan old and honorable
name woven into fou hundred years
Of American history-for the sake
OF his paltry patronage. let us tell
this tourist about our state and about
v people. Let us tell him Of the
splendid record that our people-es-
pecially our native people-made
during the great war. Let us tell
HIM about our record In 1856 when
an Isleta Indian Financed out of his
WI pocket. and without security.
the army OF defense which saved
New Mexico to the Union. Then let
him think what ne p%leases. Informa-
ton VIII Kill ignorance, but selling
u name will only change Ignorance
into ridicule. Let It not he said that
New Mexico-the oldest settled state
in the Union and with a history to
be proud of-has sold her birthright
Tor a mess OF p%ottage.'
A HERALD WANT HD