In a region filled with Spanish place names and Spanish speakers, the Spanish language has long been seen as “threatening,' and a thing that needs to be “contained.”
It was understood by California’s postwar leaders that Spanish language rights were part of these protected civil rights, even though the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo didn’t say so.
“The 19th century was actually much more … reasonable and understanding about language use than the early 20th century,” says Rosina Lozano, a history professor at Princeton University and the author ofThe profession of convention delegates included business owners and civil servants, like Horace Rolfe, a 33-year-old judge and delegate from San Bernardino in response to Smith’s proposal:
Rolfe was saying the Spanish speakers he worked with , were needed, essential, and good public servants. “I do believe that these people have some rights that we ought to respect,” said Eli Blackmer, a music teacher from National City, who was elected to represent San Diego County on the Workingmen’s Party ticket:
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