The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-07-07

ecauSe they do not always agree
and some of them occasionally need
spanking.
Never was a cieaner or more fair
primary election held in Chaves coun-
~ than the one which occurred last
The Republican organs asser-
ton that it was a day of ~carousal
and drunkenness is only another ex-
hibition OF the Smart Alec in politics
trying TO be funny.
1t was also charged against Thorn
as Jefferson that he was governed
too much by general maxims" and
yet he was none the less a states
man; N William j. Bryan should
not be charged with weakness on
account of his belief in the maxims
in which is concentrated the wisdom
of all the worlds experience.
Jefferson declared that in general
education lay the hope of free gov
ernment; and likewise William ].
Bryan stands for the uplifting of the
masses, and therein lies the keynote
of Democracy. Democrats believe
that the native population of New
Mexico can save themselves only by
education in the English language
and preparation for American citi-
zenship.
Fact of the matter is hat in re-
jecting all bids for h city printing
oo1ncil only doolarod tToat II nro.
ferred to go right along without an
organ, either Republican or Demo
cratic, and to have the printing done
where it ~pleases, just as other bust
ness men do. The city is not now
tied down to any organ, and will buy
in the open market with free com
petition.
The Record has no criticism to
make of any councilman who voted
to award the city printing to the Reg
ister-Tribune because such council
nan honestly thought that papers
bid the best from a purely business
standpoint-and if any one did so
merely because he was "sore" at
the Records position on gambling,
he is o worth criticising. Politics
and business, however, are some
entitled to consideration to-
gether.
The city council simply declared
its independence in the matter of let
ting the city printing. That is all.
1t can buy where it pleases when it
needs printing, and if fair treatment
are others. The Democratic principle
of competition is preserved. Instead
of binding itself to an organ" on the
one hand, and creating an enemy on
the other, the council played John
ME WISE" and has two riends COM
peting for it's favor.
The Record never did like the
term organ" Fair treatment is all
we owe the city council, and that is
all it owes us. This paper has no
more right to dictate what the
ell shall do han the council mas to
what we shall write Free
and a free press are guaran-
by the National Constitution.
say what we please. Let the
Gil do the same. Both are subject to
the voice of the people, and eventu-
ally must agree on all important
That is true Democracy.
Mr.. Bryan declines to make any
promises in regard to becoming a
for President in 1908. He
said in an interview given out in
London: Il may add that it would not
be just to me to put me in the atti-
of announcing my candidacy or
the certainty of my being
a candidate. 1t is two years before
the convention meets, and l am not
willing to sit ON a stool and loo
pretty that long. 1 prefer to be in a
to say what 1 think ought
to be said. write what / think ought
to be written and do what l think
to be done. l am advancing in
years, and cannot spare two years
out of my life at this time
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