The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-23

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The only things won by the old
gang were old things that survive by
default.
Go to church tomorrow with the
thought of preparing for living thru
the coming week.
As the Record has remarked be
tore you must make some people mad
to bring out their best points.
zone hundred to five hundr dol
lars fine AND six months in JAIL
ought to stop most any gambler
Nearly one hundred spite measures
and other bills of h Bursum, Frost
and Holt machine died in he council
The old gang may be still able to
fool the Colorado papers-but they
cannot fool the people of e Next
CT any longer
How much misery would have been
saved to Europe If Christians had
been satisfied with the Sermon on
the Mount-Lubbock
The victory goes to the Governor.
to-and most of the important laws
he recommended were passed
Professor Frederick Starr declares
that poetry is a relic of barbarism.
Prof. Starr of where? o, University
of Chicago, of course.-Bryan's Com
moner.
It speaks well for the New Mexico
press that the old gang of grafters
now mas to depend upon outside Jews
papers to circulate libel and misrep-
reservations.
Bryan's Commoner fears there is a
joke concealed somewhere in the
statement that the equal suffrage bill
before the British parliament was
talked to death.
A local minister will tel tomorrow
evening why God Does Not Destroy
the Devil" Information ON this sub
ject is very scarce Romanalds s
ject has long been sought
Sunday was ST. Patrick's Day, Mon
day was Grover C~leveland'S birthday,
and Tuesday was w. j. Bryan's birth
day-tnree great Democratic an1iver-
saries in a row.-Kansas City Times
The Republican party had a ma
jority of seven to one in the lower
house, and eleven to n in he up
per house. What xcuse have they to
offer for failure to pass a new election
law, or for any otner dereliction?
The Record is informed that the
Rocky Mountain News correspondent
at Santa Fe is the Republican post
master of the New Mexico capital,
and under control of Col. Max Frost.
This accounts for the vicious mis-
representation in the ~ paper
as to the investigation of the Penn
s~ylvania Development Company land
lei
Henry Clews is one Wall street
banker who does not accept the the
ory that Roosevelt is responsible for
the tumble in stocks. He has con-
tended for the past six months that
the gambling spirit in securities had
reached the limit, and that reaction
was sure to follow. But the Presi-
dents enemies have never thought
to place the blame on the gamblers
themselves. Come to think about 1t,
did you ever know a gambler TO
charge his losses to his OWL foolish
ness?-Kansas City Times
In referring to the Roswell men
who were prominent in the fight
against gambling, the Record yester-
day did not mention City Attorney
X K Scott His fight came howev-
er, after the ordinance had been duly
passed, and when the question Of
electing a new mayor and council
was before ~ people. 1t was by his
in the Democratic city conven-
ton that the nominees we're pledged
TO carrying out b high license and
anti-gambltag policy OF the previous
administration. And be it said that
these men have faithfully kept their
pledge, Mayor Stockard, especially,
in this matter and many other
progressive movements proven him
self the right man in the proper place
II Governor Hagerman had refused
to deliver the eed to the Pennsyl-
wanna Development Co, and a de-
manded an investigation of other hand
and cancelling of deeds,
the very same fellows who demanded
an Investigation" would have fought
harder than ever. Viewed from
Democratic standpoint, the Record
believes that Mr.. Hagerman overlook
an opportunity TO win the ever
gratitude of the people by not
nsiag all his power to force an inves-
tIgation of the entire land matter
several months ago. But he acted on
TO which he was subject, aid
the national administration desiring
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