Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-26
The Public Forum



Many good peocle EflQe f @e th2.
~ ternperaaee Question getting
scnne ssrenticn In tire Mosz5ng Josra-
a.
In carnEars0m wtE ths other
Questions are duarsd into nstsalti-
canoe and the neEape- which fiiis
iiS columns U1Ea 1ns a. u1.ang
matters 70 tn asE q ths 0as.
'comes so Resr being q plolic aus21ee
That good people ane aader obligation
70 labor for its abatement.
TX : not nsesSs2ry 70 decide whsthcy
the Journal Or Hon F. 3 S.1Fer :
exactfy right N the lneuc4a! aspect
~ the liquor qwe the important
matter Is 10 gas The sIe3ect freely dis
eassed On All sides sna the paolic viii
b ra1r 70 fern 81 intelligent iGoE-
rnent Nhen the time comes to set
in e~nanert5or with This subject Z
would like T. esil pablic attention -
me tact thai nary ~ b Paeaio In
dtans are NOS heiag utterly rninaa
with viEskey An Inquiry into the
matter some ,Iuis ago revealed the
fact that the Pueblo Indians are fuiiy
reigea css1r4as s0r the purpose q
drinking Whsle aut in Eli other
matters shey age Indian wards q the
government.
When they reed food. clothing ed
Bcation and exemption from taxation
they are IND and 4 atsEmpt to
require them IN assene any of the
resp3nSthliirss ~ citizenship IS brand
"a as a cruel ond uareasouaas ming.
brt when theT E-t dFguk and any at
tempt = maze tn punish them az the
saloonkre9ef vh0 fIlls6 them up we
are met with tire cry. Hands OF
these Tnaiaus T.. ; cislxeus
] am delighted fo aaA that the
Journal considers the Temperance
question > moral issue. sud in the III
terest az morality ] iasSt that 4 ths
legislator ~ New Mexico = deter
mined TO llcrrse saloons ~ sell ingoxi-
eants - the Irdtlns. they should fine
sone more humane WY 81 putting
them 10 death,
H. fsr fnssancc. ~ III opening or
closing % tho next legislature ihey
would barbecn4 q dozen big. fat In
dians M eas Them after the fashion
Of the S8nth Sa Islanders fifty years
ago. their cana.tal iaasf woHid b. a.
humane anair in comparison with
their hear'less conduct in licensing
q number o. alocnkeepeFs to convert
men into demons and ruin families b.
fhe whoIesale
Then think what an advertisement
such a feast would b. 10 the tsrritorF
and how ii would prove that we are
ready for statehood when We are
ready 10 take tire humane way q dis
posing az people whom we arc no.
wiling To ~ lige in peace. Another
moral issue which should he pressed
upon the people just row Is n fact
that decenry demands that
we either enforce our laws ar abolish
all %pretense Of Iaw.
Our sheriff and police officers know
AZ wei a. they KNOW anything that the
sunday law. and me law against gam
bling and many others are. violated rs
regular as the sun shines
What aTe tsese men paid for7 l..
the political party who elected the
has anv seif-respect viii They
no, sce s,at ne enforces tise Lawn
gainsf an parties without nartiahty
NJ res out and iet gonie man take his
Who has authorized him 70
give ~ sen i~nduiCcnees 20 saloon
Ee~Ders 20 violate the law SIN ore
~ many who voted for tho sheriff or
being assured by one of his friends
thar he would do his whole duty.
want 10 ten shat c~anvasser that i
ne expects me 10 believe another
word that he urteTs. hc had better sei |
after the shrin or make a public aPol- |
ogy for deceivlng me. |
when a political party succeeds IN
elecunE their candidates thcy assume
the responsibility n seeing that thes
DO their duty. when the law
Is openly violated the first responss- !
,iHty rests on the sherif and the
blame should De- placed right where l.
belongs. |
II the law l. a bad M those VIII |
think 50 should labor Tor its repeal /
ou, IL j. no part Of the sheTids husi-
ness TO enquire whether the law f.
good. bad or Indifferent The second
responsibility rests on the 10
party who elected the sheriff
man whe solicited votes Tor him
md every newspaper who recDmmend-
81 him should BE- held responsible for
.hclr m8srepre~entation and the wh0ls
ssrtv branded - q society for knaNcs
End Foes.
Yours truly.
JOHN MnPnY. |