The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-02-28
THERE WILL BE

NO LEGISLATION,
Since the wheels within wheels al
Santa Fe are being revealed more
plainly, 1t is apparent that the dead
lock between the council and the
lower house will continue to block
any legislation of real Importance.
The whole situation resolves itself
into a fractional wrangle at the ex-
pense of the people. AS was well
known, even before the meeting of
the assembly, Speaker Spiess of the
council was and is a candidate for
the. next Republican nomination for
delegate to congress. He is one OF
the ablest men of his party in the
Territory and has a strong following
With the responsibility of leadership
il the council imposed upon him, he
has also cared for his personal polit-
ical aspirations, and in SO doing is
determined to make a clean record,
one upon which he can go before the
people. In this course it is but natu-
raj that he should avoid becoming
entangled in some of the mere spite
work of the Bursumites in 4 lower
house. He has a right to entertain po-
Iitical ambitions, and has chosen the
better way to win by convincing the
people of his own party that he is
in the legislature 10 work for h in
terests o fthe Territory at large, in
stead OF being there merely as a stri-
ker for the old machine. Under his
leadership, the Record is convinced
that no bad laws will pass.
But here comes the complication
which blocks the whole assembly.
Mr.. Holt, the machine leader in the
lower house, is no longer content to
be a mere follower of Bursum. His
head has been swollen somewhat by
his leadership of the solid seven
teen" and he also has designs on HI
nomination for delegate to congress.
He is seeking his nomination thru
the old machine, Instead of trying,
as Spices is. to establish a record
that the people will approve. He is
merely fighting the Governor N do
ing the dirty work of the old gang
under the mistaken idea that nomi-
nations will continue to be made by
the push" without consulting the
voters of his party.
Mr.. Spiess has read the signs of a
coming change, and is trimming his
sails to the wind to steer a safer
course.
There is a possibility that even
some of the solid seventeen may see
through Hollis game after awhile,
and decline to be used any longer for
the sole purpose Of furthering his po-
litical aspirations. How he has kept
them in the dark thus far is unknown,
but half dozen or nor men from
Roswell VINO have visited Santa Fe
recently bring back the report that
Holt Is working to no other end than
to secure the nomination for delegate
to congress.
Spiess 1t seems understands this
well enough, but rests easy in the
consciousness that IL Holt is given
plenty of rope he will soon hang him.
self by arousing n general disap-
proved OF the people.
Meanwhile Mr.. Holt is pushing the
spite measures of the machine, and
because the council does 40 fall in
line. Is using the solid seventeen to
block all the good bills passed by the
council.
The council is also sending the
house bills to sleep In committees.
an Instance of which is House Bill
No. /, the district attorney bill, now
In the sixth week of its slumber.
It is believed, however, thai some
OF the solid seventeen are really
friends of Mr.. Spiess, a7d that they
are sticking to Holt for the present
so that he may put himself in as bad
light as possible before the people.
thus removing him as q competitor
for the nomination for delegate to
join the minority in helping the coun-
ell to pass some laws OF real merit
Mr. Newkirk told the truth when
he said that the Republican vots in
Artesia precinct had doubled in two
.ears-but he did not tell all of the
truth The Democratic vote in that
precinct IN 1904. according to Official
figures, was los for George P. Money;
last fall the Democratic. vote in that
n~a~Snnf -nr a1Q for arraxolo |
These figures SO to prove that Arte-
STA is growing in population but in
dictate that the ratio OF Democratic
and Republican votes remains about
the same
The fact that the Texas cattlemen's
association Is to hold Its annual con-
vention In Roswell this spring indi-
Gates hat Texas appreciates the Inn