Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-17
Effort viii Be Made to Stop
Publication of the Morning
Journal and to Hold Up the
Operation of Public Utilities.
CASE OF OKLAHOMA MAY
BE REPEATED HERE
Some Curious and Decidedly
Interesting Results of the En-
fOrCement of New Mexico'S
Blue Laws in Albuquerque.

Some curious and interesting results
are growing out of the enforcement of
New Mexico's Sunday closing law in
Albuquerque. They are results which
will prove healthy in the end and fog
the general good of the community,
say men who think and who are in a
position to see ahead, although tenn
porarily they are working somewhat
to the disadvantage of albuquerque.
and certainly to the discomfort of a
very large proportion of the popula-
tion. The causes leading up to the
present effort at rigid enforcement Of
the blue law and the men behind
those causes are also beginning to
come to light, and a good deal of in
teresting Information is coming to the
surface which will prove of benefit to
the general public before this law is
repealed and a new and effective one
is enacted.
Yesterday George r. Craig, who
presides over the Justice of the peace
court. of precinct No. 26. issued a
summons directed to the Journal Pub
fishing company, ordering the COM
pany to appear in his honor's court
on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock to
answer to the charge of laboring on
Sunday. The complaint wasNmade by
Henry Westerfeld, n cigarmaker. Just
who induced Henry to set INTO the
game has not yet been dyfulgea, but
for the past two weeks a tersssteft ef-
fort has been unaer way TO bring
about a complaint of the kind, and
the action is not directed solely against
the Morning Journal. but against the
public utilities operating in Albuquer-
que including the electric light and
gas works, the street cars. etc.
The outcome of the hearing before
his honor Judge Craig will be awaited
with considerable interest. Just where
Judge Craig and his court get on has
not been made quite clear as yet al
though the judge probably knows,
since he has signed the orders, and
thus far no objections have been
heard from any quarter to his action.
OF, to the action of Mr.. Westerfeld in
making the complaint If the Sunday
law is sound. and If the interests
which are seeking its rigid enforce
ment at present. are determined on
securing that enforcement they will
undoubtedly have the support of all
law-abiding citizens in their efforts. III
the law provides that a newspaper
shall not be published on Sunday. and
that street car shall not run, and
the law is found to be a law, there
seems to be little doubt that the law
abiding citizens of New Mexico viii
rise up in riotous punches and e.
mand its enforcement to the last 2 tie
letter The agitation for this rigid in
terpretation of the law, however Is
bringing to light some very interes ing
facts 1t appears that the present agi-
tation for the enforcement of the sun
day law did not have its origin In the
minds OF those numerous and worthy
people who observe the sabbath as
matter of inclination and duty II
does not appear that the prohibition,
or anti-saloon movements had much
TO do with IT. but that the demands
were inspired to a large extent by a
few defeated and very disgruntled
politicians who were seeking TO make
4 certain amount of trouble for GER
tain successful politicians who are not
disgruntled The idea of the few dis
gruntled ones was, u appears. that by
working up an agitation for the rigid
enforcement of the Sunday law, they