The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-05-18
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.

After standing on the bank for owe
fourteen years, he has made up nj!
mind to dive into a new baptism o
freedom and independence, and wha
is more he is likely to take al active
interest in the political affairs o
New Mexico from the start. In fac
his personal interest in the success:
| of the recent administration of Gov
ernor Hagerman, and the desire tt
aid the cause of better government
in this Territory for the future, i:
what moved him to the plunge JUS
at this time.
! Though naturally related to Ameri
ca by the triple tie of blood, faitt
and language, Mr.. Gray long hesitat
ed about giving up his political ale
glance to Great Britain, partly be
| cause, with regained health, he aop
ed to return to the Wonderland. Be
ing advised by physicians that ii
would not be safe for him to go back
there were still many things that
neld him to the old country.
He did not come here as a man
with no experience IN public affairs,
nor exactly as one of the gentlemen
who land at Castle Garden with the
required number Of dollars to prove
their independence of the poor
nOuSS, dHu hurry VII ~ IL =
Justice of the peace to fOrswear their
former allegiance and get their fin
gers in the municipal plum-duf. He
had been a member of the most i'm
portant political club of London for
some years, being On n advisory
council, which position he retained
for fourteen a after coming to
America.
Until the past year ne has been a
sort of bystander, the aspect of local
politics making no appeal to MIN;
but after the appointment of his
friend H. J.. Hagerman as Governor
of New Mexico. he began to take no
tice of things and wanted to help the
good cause along. He has finally dis
covered, however, tina in order to
take any active part in the work he
must become a voter as we'll as a
taIker. His lectures on Citizenship
have already attracted much atten-
ton in parts of the Territory. He be
lieves it the duty of the clergyman
to throw all his influence on the side
of decent government, holding, too,
that the greater any mans mental
endowment the greater his moral re-
sponsibility.
That he has severed the ties of a
lifetime for the purpose OF entering
the fight for better government in
New Mexico, should be sufficient indi-
cation of the earnestness Of the man.
He lectures next Wednesday night
at Ration, Oh Citizenship"
There is a well fir plan of Org
a~nization and campaign, In which he
will to some extent participate, but
the details are unobtainabie at pres
ent. The Record understands, how
ever, thai the friends of former Gov
ernor Hagermal are preparing to
wage war on graft and corruption in
this Territory, from the standpoint
of private citizens. voters a1d tax
payers. Being financially Independent,
MI. Gray is one of the few men who
can afford to and is willing to de-
vote some of his time to political
missionary work
We know him as a nan who would
never give up his Christian work to
become a common ~pot-house pol1t1-
clan and office-Aunter. There Is no
situation to which Christian principles
may not apply, and mis- labor will be
toward developing a higher moral
sense in Territorial politics. In pass
ing. 1T might be well to say. too. that
speech-making has but a minor part
in the work of the proposed league.
Local organization and personal work
with men of influence in each COM
munity wild come first. 1t is not un-
likely that an effort will be made to
get the women as well as the men
interested in better government for
the Territory,