The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-04-03
VOTE IT STRAIGHT
TIE SENTIMENT AT LAST NIGHTS DEMOCRATIC
MEETING

ed the men nominated by the Demo
cratic ticket would carry out the prin-
ciples of the platform in spirit and
in fact with judgment n discretion.
Judge Richardson admitted that
there were just as good men or the
Citizens" ticket as there were on
the Democratic ticket-"that is to say
they had endorsed some of the Demo
Gratis, to max their ticket ~respecta-
BILE" h whole purpose INT intent
of the s~o-called Independent move
ment was Ito unite the Republican
vote and get a few Democratic votes
if possible"
Then some one caHed- for Judge Dill
lard a Texas cattleman who is here
visiting. His speech was so interest
ing, so humorous and so patriot
ic that the reporter could not write
for laughing and yelling with the
crowd as he fired one hit after an
other like a gattling gum, shivering
the mugwump tickle ore and aft. A
speciment shot was his holding up a
| COPY the 1~HueDeDueUJ III WHICH
the ticket was printed and pointing
to the emblem pronounced il a dis
grace to the state of Texas that tho
Lone Star should ever sink so low
as to head a bobtailed, muswump Re
publican monkey-doodle ticket like
that.
He believed that no people had ev-
er put up a better platform than the
Democratic party of Roswell-and he
believed they could have selected no
better man for mayor of a new and
progressive town than j. w .Stockard.
Judge L. S. Bateman followed with
a brief talk. He said that in his judg-
ment the result of this assembly
would be far reaching. If all the De
mocrats present became enthused and
would go out to the polls and work
for the ticket from mayor down the
entire ticket would be elected. 1t
never pays, he said for a party to lose
any of its men. Such a result not
only weakens the party. but encourag-
eS the opposition. The old Democrat.
ic party is a party of he masses, 10
a party of the classes. and Judge
Bateman expressed his dislike of
the notoriety that has been given him
as chief in the recen struggle. He
was only a private in the ranks like
others. Bossism did not thrive in the
Democratic party. In n sense he
was pleased to e a contest for nomi-
nations and platform. This insures
h expression of the voice of the
majority cardinal principle of De
mocracy. Every man in a Democratic
primary or convention has a right TO
express his opinion. but after the ma
jority has selected the ticket and
adopted the platform, then it be-
comes the duty of loyal Democrats
to go to the polls and vote the tick
ct. Mr.. Bateman has recently express
I'd through the Record his views
about the nomination of candidates
by primary elections. and he reiter-
ated those views.
Referring TO the so-called indepen-
dent ticket. he pointed out that it
bore the ear-marks of the Republi-
cans. He had no use for the man wins
set himself up as "holier han hou
The independent ticket would have
been headed by the Republican en-
bIem. had not the new election law
prevented it. 1t is the same old cry
that is heard wherever the Republi-
| cans are in the minority-for a nom
| partisan ticket. The Judge said that
in Valencia county, where h Repub-
licans have everything their own
way, it is common talk that no
can go into business unless he is a
Republican. He urged all Democrats
to get out and work for the ticket.
Judge Gatewood made one of his
old-time. new-time, allthe-time Demo
cratic short speeches. arousing much
enthusiasm. The principles of the
Democratic party were engrafted in
the constitution of the nation-Democ
racy is older than our government.
He asked, rs there any Democrat
ashamed of the past two years record
of Democracy in Roswell? If so. let
him vote the mugwump Republican