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Replies From Soldiers and Others
Reply From "a SoHthern Woman
El Paso, July 11.
Editor El Paso Herald:
I -want to reply to ' those who
espoused the "Mexican mother's" cause
so feelingly, and I think the Southern j
Girl is more interested In upholding the
Mfi?rJoa.ri respectability than the ma
jority of the southerners are. I, too, j
respect all -women that command re
spect, and -what I said In my letter in
reference to the actions of the Mexican
women Js just what I have seen, and,
too, I have been In other countries, and
I can ell you a genteel American is
not (or I don't thirilc ever will be) a
far from it- I was treated with every j
respect and courtesy, ana lr we eer
have a separate compartment in the
above (mentioned places It will be one
of state. She should take a trdp herself
and see the respect we command.
And as to going on the Fort Bliss
car late at night, on soldiers' pay day.
Why 1 have no occasion to do so and
do not court insult; but had I gone on
the csr and been subject to insults
from the soldiers which I doubt) I
would have gone to the proper au
thorities and made complaint and
not waited for a Mexican woman to
do so, then followed There must he
some things these ctampions of Mex
ican women do not know, or else they
(the champions) are more adaptable to
their ways than I am.-1 see they (the
writers) mentioned their mothers and
sisters; I .honor mine too much to do
Bo, in a subject like-this. I still take the
soldiers' part and that of all other re
spectable people, but in this case I
know what I am talking about and,
too, I said In my letter that there were
exceptions, but I thought very few. I
still make the same assertion. Now Til
tell you to go out on the smelter car
line "or over at the dam at the river1,
where the Mexican women assemble
Sunday afternoons to go in bathing;
then, if you care to, tell us what you
saw, and thinlc if the -soldiers have not
some very good reasons for their be
havior toward the Mexican women. I
could tell you other things just as bad
about this disturbing element. And it
those people are such desirable citizens,
why are they arrested and -watched so
closelyfor 'shoplifting and other petty
things. This subject has been either
misconstrued or there is a reason for
the come backs. I wrote about Mex
ican women, and the studied criticisms
are considered as an act of over sen
si' iveness, and I do not reply to them
for possibly the writers have good rea
sons for same. Yes, I fully compre
hended the meaning of the "Bespecter
of Women's" letter; it was not too
ieep.
A Southern Woman. .
Prom a Mexican Woman.
El Paso, July 11.
Editor El Paso Herald:
In reply to a letter of July 7, which
appeared in your paper signed "A
Southern "Woman," I wish to state that
I think .she was wholly unwarranted
in making the wholesale attack on the
Mexican women which she did, Tt is an
easy matter to find fault but, before
we express our findings, let us remem
ber that it is written: "Let hten who is
without fault cast the first stone."
We live in a country made up of all
classes and races of people. We are
all striving for upbuilding and pros
perity of the nation. We are -all neces
sary for its progress, and -we all have
a right to live here so long as we obey,
the laws and conduct ourselves in the
proper manner. And if there be "one"
or any to whom -we are objectionable,
and we materially interfere with their
peace of mind, since they are in the
imlnonlty, it might be advisable for
thorn to move to some other climate or
to provide for themselves a special car.
The evil instinct Is not confined to
any one race or class, but we find good
and evil in them all. It is not the
clothes or the complexion which makes
a -woman pure "and entitled to respect,
but it is the heart and character of
the woman herself. I do not believe
that the American soldiers or the sol
diers of any other nation have a right
o Insult a woman, be she a Mexican,
American, or a -woman of any other
nationality. And in conclusion I might
refer the writer of the letter to the
words of the poet:
"There Is so much bad In the best of us,
"And so much good in the -worst of us,
"That it hardly behooves any of us,
"To speak dll of the rest of us."
Marguerite Garcia.
Thinks "Southern Woman" Rlgat.
El Paso, July 11.
Editor El Paso Herald: ,
I, too, have read both letters, the
"Southern Woman's" and the 'Mexican
Mother's." I think the Southern Wo
man perfectly right in the assertion she
makes, and, too, she did not class our
mothers and sisters in her letter which
was very sensible. For I have been in
Ul Paso a few years myself and -win
say tnat the conduct of the Mexican
women (generally speaking) is a little
too much for an American -women to
see and armrove. Of course, those who
take their side must either have Mexl- f
can wives or husbands or associate
with them socially; if such is the case
why they are congenial and would nat
urally uphold the Mexican wa's.
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Replies From Soldiers.
Fort Bliss, Texas, July 11.
Editor El Paso Herald:
After reading several letters pub
lished by your paper regarding the
conduct of the soldiers stationed at
Fort Bliss, I don't believe it would be
justice to the service to allow the criti
cism to pass unnoticed by the element
that go to form the army.
In the first place, the lady in ques
tion was not insulted by a soldier and
I have proof to exonerate said soldier.
If there were to Te an investigation of
the case, I am sure the citizens of El
Paso would change their decision. In
stead of a soldier causing all the dis
aster, as some would call it, I beg to
say a Chinaman was the cause of it
all, and as usual the soldiers were to j
blame.
Now in regards to -the party that re
ferred to the soldiers pay day, he hap
pens to be one of tne unfortunate lot
who has cast his opinion through ignor
ance, and was too cowardly to publish
his name.
I'll admit that there are some men in
the service who, after taking a re-n
drinks, can't control themselves, and
do disgrace the uniform, but such men
are being weeded out of the service as
undesirables, and such men are not to
be considered soldiers.
If the parties who have been trying
to slander the service had taken dif
ferent measures, and taken the case
up to the military authorities, instead
of publishing It in the papers, the of
fender would have been punished, for
such cases will not be tolerated by the
military authorities, for a soldier is
subjected to ihe most rigid discipline.
There have been cases of the most
outrageons kind committed by the mo
ment that go to form the inhabitants
of El Paso that have not been brought
to the notice of the public at large.
I am not criticising all the people
of the city of El Paso, but the ignorant
class that under cover are calling them
selves citizens.
The saloons and dives of El Paso
who are furnishing the soldiers this
vile stuff called intoxicants, are tho
cause of so much trouble.
It is hoped that in the future, such
cases will be brought to the notice of
the military authorities.
Civilians surrounding 'the many army
posts are committing such offense?
every day that go unnoticed by the pub
lic at large. But let a man in uni
form commit himself and the whole
public Is up in arms against him, and
the whole service is blamed. It's the
ignorant class of people who judge all
by one, and not the intelligent class.
Hoping that this may receive some
consideration by the intelligent class f
of people in the city of El Paso, I beg
to call on all to join In upholding the
character of the feminine sex. But not
condemn every one for something that
one man has done.
George "W. Favors,
Private Company "H," 23rd Infantry.
Now, I, with a great many others,
may be laboring under a delusion in
considering ourselves gentlemen and
expecting treatment as such, but for
any woman to consider it her privi
lege to brand us impostors by the pub
lic snub route, for a well meant act of
kindness, is certainly the height of ab
surdity. H. C. Jorgensen,
Co. G, 23 rd Infantry
Wrong: to Blame All.
Fort Bliss, Texas, July 11.
Editor El Paso Herald:
Perhaps most of your readers have
been interested in the controversy
which has been carried on In your
paper for the past few days, relative
to the moral state of the soldiers sta
tioned at Fort Bliss. Coming as It does
from one of the soldiers stationed at
this post, I sincerely hope, in justice
to ourselves, you will allow this th
same prominent place in your esteemed
paper with which you were so kind as
to favor "A Mexican Mother."
Evidently the lady In question doesn't
seem to make allowance for the fact
that there are several hundred soldiers
at this Post, comlner from av&rv ct,u
in the union and all the different walks i
ox me. under these circumstances,
there are bound to be a few black RhAPn
in such a large body of men and it was
evidently one of these poor lost lambs
who had strayed, from the fold, who was
so unfortunate as to make some re
mark that was highly Insulting to the
lady. I am sure the majority of the
people of El Paso know that these re
marks are few and far between,
whether the soldiers are on the car on
pay night or any other night. '
If the lady had looked at "this sol
dier button, found out what company
he was in and-reported the matter to
the commanding officer, all of us would
not be carrying this stigma around
witn us, and tne guilty one would have
been punished. Instead of doing this,
she publishes the fact to about 35,000
of your readers, that a drunken soldier
had used vile language in her presence.
This doesn't seem to be fair to the rest
of us. Ask any lady that rides on tho
Fort Bliss car every day, whether she
has ever been insulted by a soldier and
you won't find two out of a hundred
that will say that they have.
In conclusion I hope your reader
will recall to mind that the Mexican
mother stated that it was one soldier
who had insulted her. This should not
affec't the rest of us out here. The ma
jority of us regret the occurrence just
as much as the lady herself does, as
an article given as much publicity as
this has, reflects on all of us.
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Frequent Discourtesy.
Fort Bliss, Texas, July 11.
Editor El Paso Herald:
While we are on this street car ques
tion It may not be amiss to say a few
words from a soldier's point of view. I
have no desire to enter the "Mexican
Mother's" controversy, and will drop
that as settled, but what I do want to
discourse upon is this:
Many of our El Paso women get on
the cars with the notion that they are
entitled to a seat; which they are, if
the seats are not already occupied.
If a soldier gets up and gives a wo
man his seat, does he get a grateful
"thank you"? He Is In nine cases out
of ten the unwilling witness of the up
turning of a pretty "but disdainful nose.
Their Literature Has isfo Ef
fect on the Men in
Juarez.
The Magonista party Is ever present
in Mexico and takes advantage of
every opportunity to get in its work
in furthering interests of the cause of
the "red" party, tin Juarez, Tuesday
afternoon, a little senorita dressed in
blue was sent to the border city wjth
a large bundle of tne official organ
of the Magonista party, the 'Regenera
oion" and distributed them freely
among the inhabitants of the city.
The policemen at the cotmmandancia
were presented with the papers as were
members of the insurrecto army in
Juarez, bbut they did not take its con
tents seriously and the little occur
rence seemed to be more of a joke
among them than an attempt to revo
lutionize the citizens.
Chief of police Pascual Arellano, of
Juarez, called the little senorita to his
office and had her explain, the meaning
of the distribution of the papers, and
had hex read the contents thereof to
him. He laughed at 'the roastings of
the "red" Magon, and let the Mexican
maid proceed with her duties, as Mex
ico is now free and the press is no
longer censored. "
The attempts of the socialists to
turn the convictions of the police force
and the insurrecto forces in Juarez by
giving them socialistic literature to
read, has no effect on the men ofjthat
city as they now have their own free
government, and are thoroughly satis
fled with It, and the railings in the
Magon paper against the MaderJsta
government are taken as a joke by his
staunch followers of the border city.
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Editor's Xoe The antl-statevfide
prohibition organization recently pub
lished and -widely circulated a pam
phlet containing: 129 "questions and
answers," constituting the principal
campaign document of the antls; J.
L. Campbell, of El Paso, n ardent
prohibitionist, has undertaken to an
swer the antls' statements and argu
ments, and as he quotes in his articles
the anti-statewide pamphlet practically
entire, it is felt that in printing this
series, to run daily until July 22 Celec
tion day). The Herald Is fairly pre
senting to voters both sides of the
great question at issue. In no event
are the opinions here expressed or
quoted to be taken as an expression
of this newspaper.!
THE LIOUOR CATECHISM VI.
Editor El Paso Herald:
Question 77 and answer read: . '
"77. The Anti-Saloon league quotes
Gov. Stubbs, of prohibition Kan
sas as stating that "one may walk
down the streets of Topeka and
never see a saloon," and tnat ne
has not seen a drunken man in
Lawrence for several years." Can
this be true? It is not true. The
governor lives in the small town
of Lawrence. The. district court
records of the county dn which
Lawrence is situated show that
there were 10 arrests made under
Kansas prohibitory laws during the
period from January 1, 1910, to De
cember 31, ipi0,. They also show
that during the period from Jan-'
uary 30, 1910, to April 10, 1911,.
there were 61 arrests made in this
county for violation of the Kansas
prohibitory laws. The same records
also show that 30 persons who were
convicted at the February, 1911,
term, for violations of the Kansas
prohibitory laws, were sentenced
by' the court to be confined in the
county jail and to pay certain fines
and costs of prosecutions. They
were paroled by the court in so
far as the jail sentence was con
cerned, it being explained that this
was found necessary in order to make
room in the jail for other and
moie dangerous prisoners. In other
words, the jail in La'wrence, the
home of governor Stubbs, was not
large enough to hol the violators
of the liquor laws and at the same
time confine the other prisoners.
Either governor Stubbs walks
through his town and the state
capital, Topeka, blindfolded, or he
never goes on -the second floor of
a building or down an alley. Like
the ostrich, he seeks to avoid
trouble by putting his head in the
sand, and seeing nothing objection- .
able states with great emphasis
that it does not exist. There Is
one thing the governor could have
seen, and that is the court rec
ords, but he evidently did not want
to."
Sixty-one arrests in an entire county
In 15 months is less than one per week
a very good record. This Is what gov
ernor Stubbs actually said: "I assert
that drunknenness In Kansas has been
reduced to such a point that I have.
not seen a drunken man in the city of
Topeka, a place of 50,000 inhabitants,
during the last 12 months; that I do
not have any recollection of having
seen a drunken man in4 my home city of
Lawrence, a place of 15,000 people, for
several years; that in making a cam
paign throughout the entire state and
j delivering public addresses to 82 coun
I ties I do not recall seeing a drunken
I man during the year. I assert that the
prohibitory law is as easily enforced
as any other law on the statute books.
I have letters from 2S of the 38 dis
trict Judges of the state. These letters
are substantially of the same character
and fully confirm my statements."
In a letter to governor Stubbs, writ
ten March 24, 1910, the chief justice
of the state says:
"The closing of the saloons and joints
has had an excellent effect upon the
morals and material interests of the
people of the state. Among the conse
quences of prohibition are better
homes, happier families, higher stand
ards of intelligence and education, and,
of course a great reduction in crime.
No statement or proof is needed to sup
port .the claim that these results fol
low the closing of saloons and the ef
fective enforcement of the prohibitory
law. They are the natural and in
evitable results and these have been
realized In Kansas. Tours very truly,
. . . - " "- """""'"
unlet Justice or tne supreme uourr. or
Kansas."
Please note that governor Stubbs is
advised 'that he will have to walk in
the alleys and on second floors to find
violations of the law.
J. L. Campbell.
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