The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-10-19
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ly enforced by the grand jury. This
is particularly your duty as citizens
in view of the educational institution
located here, which has boys from
various sections of our territory, en-
cation. 1t is our duty to these boys
and to the parents they have left be-
entrusted to our care the protection
of this law is afforded them so that
they may not be led into habits which
in future year can result only in a
citizenship of which none will be
proud.
The other statute l call your atten-
ton to is the Sunday statute. The
statute of our Territory provides for
the observance of the Sabbath day
one day in the eek for rest. Dur
statute provides that no one hall per
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cessity and mercy, and that business
fplaces shall be closed, except one or
two occupations, as butchers, and
baker and restaurant keepers, which
are deemed by the law necessary.
This is not a trivial statute. 1t is in
line with those l have discussed and
which lie at the basis of OIL peace
and prosperity. I may say to you this
is to be enforced by you and the
Court not simply because it is in
line with religious sentiment, altho'
this is an excellent reason, nor is it
a wise law simply because the clos
ing of saloons or other places of bu-
siness on the Sabbath day tends to
the quiet of the day, although this
is a most worthy object of the law.
But l may say to you that the third.
and to my min a most satisfactory
reason why this statute should be
enforced is that it is for the benefit
of parties engaged in business them
selves. Every man in the community
with his family and in a way that
will fit him for the remaining six
ficials, you as grand jurors, the judge
of the Court sitting as such, the dis
trict attorney sitting as such, have
imposed upon us under this law the
duty of guaranteeing each man n
day of rest. The legislature took the
view that if a man closed his place
of business and there was no obliga-
ton on the part of his rival to close,
the former could not long continue
to do so, and they imposed pom all
the duty of closing their places of
busines on the Sabbath day, SO
each man could have that day with
mis- family, protected against a COM
petition which otherwise he would
have to yield to. l may say that the
Judge of his Court has had citizens
of this community engaged in bust
ness come to him frequently with the
complaint that they wished to spend
the Sabbath with their families, but
that those h were engaged in sim
liar occupations were violating he
law, and consequently their obedience
to the law was %ruinous to them. |
could simply say to them: Obey the
session submit the matter to the
grand jury and will give you an OPP
ing implicit confidence that the
grand jury would protect you by in
dictments against unjust competi-
ton. | want to say to you this obli-
cation does not solely apply to sa-
loon keepers, many of whom have
been indicted under this act in this
Court in b past The law applies
equally to other business men, and
those engaged in any lines of work
not considered by the law to be work
of necessity or mercy. As you go in
to this matter, ask you to carefully
look into it and present all viola
tons of this law. whether they be
men who keep saloon or tobacco