Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-14
the JOURNALS ATTITUDE.

The Albuquerque Journal In repro
ducing an editorial In the Daily Optic
dealing with the 'holier than thou" at
tItude OF many Arizonians. says:
The following from the Las Vegas
Optic Is a very fair and correct
statement. barring the u~nneighbOrly,
unaracious and uncalledfor films
nj Albuquerque. In articles which
are To be taken In a Pickwickian
sense such expressions are allow
able. but when II pretends 10 speak
seriously the Optic should put off
the "holier than thou" attitude II
assumes with such P~hnrisaicai
zeal" when speaking Of Albnquer.
que. II behooves communities which
live In glass houses to be somewhat
chary Of statement.
II IL. In the light Of the revelations
which the papers Of our prosperous
ncighb0ring city have been making OF
late. perhaps. an objectionable sin to
speak Of Albuquerque as being bad
enough" II 10 we shall have TO ans.
wer for II. We assurcdly believe that
Albuquerque Is bad enough. Perhaps
the sin Ii In saying 80. even though
The Albuquerque press has been din.
ming IN into our ears for the last two
weeks.
II may be the Journal thinks that II
Ia not our province to call attention to
any faults Of albuquerque.
We believe that In doing SO we are
not going out Of III legitimate ter
riiory. We can assure the Journal
that Ia the discussion OF Albuqucr.
que conditions we are not actnated
b. any carping, nnneighborly or
Pnarisaicai motives. More than once
or twice financial loss has resulted
because we have insisted on the en-.
forcement Of the territorial laws In
this city. At the cost Of loss OF reve-
nue to the city we have consistently
opposed the growth Of such a system
as that upon which the Journal Is
now waging war. We have opposed
the violation Of the Sunday laws be-
cause we believe they are wise and
because we believe In the enforcement
OF the laws on our statute books. II
has not been without sacrifice. We
vii. even admit to the Journal that
the last time we complained Of the
keeping open Of a business house on
Sunday. the proprietor came up and
stopped his paper. II was a serious
blow. but we have managed to bear
up under the affliction.
We are anxious TO assist the Law
abiding and order loving people in
maintaining the laws and preserving
the deccncy Of this city. II Is no
c~xaggeration To say that the greatest
obstacle to the pcrpctuation Of the
present satisfactory conditions Is Al
b%uquerQue, There are those who say,
III Albuquerque a disregard the
laws, why must we be made to obey
them There are those who point
TO AlbuQuerQue's seven and eight
hundred dollars a month revenue from
the police department and say, III Al.
huquerQue can make SO much money
under such a system, why can not
WEI"
Happily. the number Is not great.
The fact that Albuquerque must sup.
port ten policemen 10 our one and
that that city Is az last d"enouncing
her shameful system, confirms our
people In the belief that their own
course has been much wiser.
We sincerely hope that the Journal
will be successful In It's battle for the
reform Of the Illegal and iniquitous
police system, so long approved by the
people. Also, we wish the Journal
would inform us. when the president
OF the United States has recalled one
Judge against whom it was charged