Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-18
Blue Law AgitatorS Are Going
TO See to it That if the Sa-
looms Are Closed Everything
Else Goes Along,
TELEPHONE AND STREET
CAR MANAGERS PlNCHED
Served With Process to Ap-
pear Before His Honor Judge
Craig Today; Outside World
Gets Interested,

n the blue law agitators haye then
way about tt, street cars viii close
down IN Albuquerque on sunday; tho
telephone will be shut off, and the
newspapers viii not come out. That Is
the program which Is to have % in
PRODUCTION In justice OF the peace court
for precinct rs this afternoon at 1870
o'clock. his honor, Judge Craig, pre-
siding. In addition to the summons
served on the Morning Journal sat
ufday afternoon, similar orders were
yesterday handed to Manager NJ. ..
~thadbourne, OF the Albuquerque Trac-
fion company, inviting him 10 come up
aud get fined for laboring on the Sab
bath day, and also on District Man
aRer A. d.. Graham. Of the Colorado
Telephone company, ordering him 10
come along. ana be treated likewise.
There Will. therefore, appear before
his honor this afternoon three grave
offenders against the law Of the land
who have been accused of working on
sunday. While employees OF the Jour
nal Publishing company, the Traction
company and the Telephone company
undoubtedly work on Sunday, there
seems some question as TO whether or
not the companies work; but that is
4 trining point and there Is no DISPOSE
ton anywhere 10 quibblc. There is. on
the other hand. a very lively desire
60 get down 70 a working basis IN he
sunday law %agitators and 20 that end
u " not improbable that some inter-
csting proceedings may result from the
preliminary action this afternoon be-
lore Judge Craig, just what, II any.
action the companies against whom
tne action is directed propose to take
has not yet been announced.
The program of "if-I-shut-up-yOu've-
got-to-shut-up-toO" aid not extend 20
t1e electric light company yesterday
as has been threatened, nor did IL eX-
tend TO the Santa Zee shops and depot
clnployes, although attorneys for the
santa 70 arrived here Yesterday, hav-
ing been ordered here on account Of
the sunday law agitation Ia order TO
assist luCai counsel in case any enort
was made to hinder the transaction OF
railroad business or to stop the OPP
Grafton OF trains. For the gentlemen
who are engaged In agltating the Sun
day law enforcement are determined
to do the thing as thoroughly as they
can-apparently. The effort is having
one immediate effect. IL Is securing
Albuquerque some very high class adj
vertising News OF the Effort to force
the Morning Journal to pay "A line for
getting out "a sunday morning paper
got out TO all thc outside world yes
terday and last night newspapers all
over the country were wiring here FOR
details OF the story, including an or
der from the Associated Press FOR full
details Of a law that seeks To prevent
the operation OF a newspaper ana
utrcct ears and the telephone. All the
way from that dear Massachusetts,
where they are supposed to observe
the Sabbath with ferVor. came a re-
quest for Information about the New
Mexico sunday law and its opera
tion, ana the result Is that New Mex
% sunday law will be pretty well
known before another day has passed.
The latest phase Ia the agitation for
the enforcement OF the sunday law
has brought some very serious dis
rutsion Of the problems IL Offers.
While aimed primarily to close saloons
On sunday the Sunday law doesn't
close saloons at ALPHABETICALLY. 1t
merely prevents labor, save labor OF
religious, charitable OF necessary ma
tote. ~ y argued BY the 'If-l-shut-up-
Apu'Ne- must-shut-up-too' people that
in the twentieth century a telephone
aud a street car and a newspaper are
not n~ecessaries. any more than a drink
of bar whiskey Is "a necessity, This Is
a. view of the matter that viii prob
ably be settled before long-and with
serious inconNiences 10 the patrons
newspaper, street car ur telephone.
ihi the ulthlfm remains as To what
o. do with the saloon closing end OF
II Is still some time until the leg
meets. when action ON the 4
old sunday law can Doe had. But
in the meantime 10 Is pointed out that
shuuld the Law be found Inefficient. I
there will be plenty of ways Go
dispose Of the saloon end OF o. 10 ls
recognized that for the most part the
Of Albuquerque De- in favor
pf closing the saloons ON Sunday. 10
H. also recognized that a large portion
IT thr population Is very bitterly op-
posed 60 closing up news stands and
lrug stores. barber shops. candy stores
tud shoe shining parlors. IL b. pointed
ln many quarters that other cities
found O. way 90 meet this phase
lf thc matter. Roswell y N. not
'niy closed gambling ON SUNDAY but
-lusoi &c al the time. not 80 very long
merely by the application uf high
license. aud Tucson and Phoenix. Ariz.
have managed their aioous in just
ihuut the same way. the city councils
having almost full power over such
matters m The territories.
Whom The ldIotic fratures of thcI
present law have been disposed o.
therefore. DO seemr to Doe thp growing
opinion that there wIl be- nn difficulty
% meeting and settling the saloon
anolfms az public opinion MAY die
ate without waiting Tor the action of
he legislature