The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-08-17
BROTHER NEWKIRK
STILL UNHARMONIZED.

The Artesia News in it's efforts to
get somebody to notice it, is still 10
ing funny stunts. Its W most per-
sistent walls are, Cameron killed the
bill" and Ibid you know That Artesia
money bought the booze?" Then it
chases its tail on another tack, call
ing on "Mr. Voter" to support the Re
publican party, or rather the gang
faction thereof, citing as a reason
a council of twelve let the one Demo
crat, Cameron, kill the bill" Things
being just now very dull in he news
line, n it being perhaps impossible
to harmonic Brother Newkirk, the
Record has decided to notice him just
ties as official harmonizer by appoint
ment of Governor Curry.
First, in reply to the question, did
you know that Artesia money bought
the booze?" We confess that we did
not, and we are surprised that a nice
little town such as Artesia would
stand for either the buying of the
booze with her funds, or the constant
advertising of the fact by the News.
Brother Newkirk should have follow
ed the established precedent of burn
ing the records-else keep quiet 9th
erwise people may be inclined to rec
ommend him for admission to n or
more of President Roosevelt's var
ious orders of undesirable citizens"
The "Artesia BILL" the one Gamer
Ruppe, of Bernalillo, a Hagermal Re
publican; was boosted by Mr.. Wal
tiers, of San Juan, another Hagerman
Republican, and Mr.. Moran, of Luna,
a Hagerman Democrat. Mr.. Studley,
of Colfax, an a1ti-Hagerman Republi-
can. as chairman of the committee
on county lines, held the "Artesia bill
in committee until the last week of
the session. Mr.. Baca, the anti-Hager-
man speaker of the house, sat on the
lid till the council had passed a reso-
luton "to consider no new county
measures"
Then Immediately following the
passage n reconsideration of the
lemon" bill handed to one Meyers.
of Albuquerque, Mr.. Abbott, of Santa
Fe, called up h "Artesia bill" chang
ed the word "Artesia' wherever ii
appeared in said bill and preamble OF
grievances to "Newkirk," and it pass.
ed the house. The Records seem to
show that Messrs Holt and Beach, the
tandem leaders of the "band wagon
bunch, voted against the bill, as did
Mr.. Studley and two Democrats, Hud-
speth and Mullens. Query: Were Holt
and Beach bought for a considera-
ton" by Hagerman, as the News
claims actuated every man who sup
ported any of the Hagerma1 policies?
Name the consideration.
Mr.. Spiess, the anti-Hagerman
president of the council, deserves
more credit, or censure IS the case
may be. for defeating new county
schemes than anyone in the Assem-
bly,. If Cameron killed ne bill"
what was Mr.. Spiess doing VITA his
eleven to one majority?
The enmity which the News is try
ing to arouse between Artesia n all
other towns of the Valley is too ap-
parent. People, of course will not
condemn a town because an imbecile
happens to locate in it, but after
awhile if the Artesia News man con-
tinues his ranting they might think
49, rOnfi-aonfc IF tho
town.
In the meantime, let's send more
Democrats to the legislature. The
gang Republicans, if we are to believe
the News, are unable to take care of
themselves. 1t doesn't require many
Democrats like Cameron to handle the
situation-"he killed the bill"