Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-21
tspe.lal Correspondence 10 Morn'ns doernal

NYlHnI COUNTY ANANNfHNN
for members Of the constitutional con-
yeniion were here yesterday, ana held
Il meeting, with oratoricel attachments
laet night. The party consttted OF y
II. uarilee. q county seat lawyer, A. \
White. another county seat laWesf' )
p. Gilohriat. q merchant nom f1erro,
and Sheriff McGrath, who represented
w. Y. walton. another county seat
lawyer. who is busy IN Albuquerque
as chairman OF the territorial COM
mis- is air Chemists first expert
encc in campaigning and after being
ont about q week be rs nearly an IN
PHYSICALLY The others are IN sood
shape. especially as regards their vocal
chords.
Almost the entire evening was given
10 TO the fetish Of popular government
as exemplificd in the initiative
referendum. The " lawyers OK
blamed how necessary were these 20
the liberty OF the people now under
the present form or representative
government the people had nothing 70
80 al IA what the law should be, and
explained that with the initiative : 2
legislature declined to pass n law thar
III. people wanted. the people thcin-
selves could By popular vote, pass the
law, how II the legislature passed a
law witch was unpopular the people
could demand n vote on II, ana ps
This vote repeal the law
After the orators had got through
Grating and the lights We're turned
ost old timers. a Texas democrat ana
\ man who used To vote the repuDh-
can ticket ~ Indiana when senator
PevnridRe was selling subscription
books. foregathered on the edge or
INC sidewalk IN front OF the dihb
store and talked over the mestihs
The Texan said
~ teIl yon those lawyers have got
the right thing for The people we
haye that initiative n referendum
ne can keep tabs on the Legislature
ana II they don't do what " right we
nen hiring them 20 time, me ohis
trouble With their scheme IS lhht y
does not 70 fur enough into the mat
ter. Il win be = BIG mproVemena l1'
tna peopie 10 make the laws dlrecli
hut they should also say what the law
"tinder the present system W.
iawvers do not agree, anb did YOU
ever see two lawyers who did nEree on
what d law means, the question Y
taken 20 the supreme court 70 uetluc'
IN thu people make the law ana tner'
NJ 4 dlauute about what the law means
thn court should take a referendum
ynie ana lex them decide the question
ADO YOU remember that killing ~
tho lower end of the county MherN
the cook killed his boss when he was
alweep, and Il took surveyors 20 dcNluN
whether II was done Ia Grant Or Luna
county. or IN old MeNieog me NuuN
xyas tried for murder Ills lawyers
admitted he killed the q but SAID
he was GRAVY. and 80 should not ne
ninished, Well they tried him, ana
nftcr the evidence was al M. ana inc
iawyers got through talking JudE"
Parker gave the case "a the jury ~
handed the foreman several blank Yer
diets. one read mot guilty because
Insane" The other read guilty hnu
there was each degree OF murder that
M iaw calls fnr. The Jury picked out
thp one that said murder IN the fifst
dnnrec. and brought that into court
This meant hanginS the o ana ms
lawyers raised a great howl IhtN
said he had NOT q tnir trril, ana hfl-
realed the ease 20 the supreme court
claiming there was % vital error IN
,hat Inare Parker did not give them
4 blank which read simply mot guilty
There il NO telling what the snpreim.
eourt will do. tnt YOU can see thnf
the man did not have q taN snow
Now Il the supreme court aisiilsse'
thie appeal the man viii nave ~ hAhN
You know that W not rieht M"Nlv
he wicked 20 hang "a man lust because
tndre parker forgot go give tire JnrN
n certain blank n the court Hi~'
misses the npneal the cook ought u
ne able To take 4 referendum vote
and lei the peoule decide what tn'
law means. and whether a man shoui'
he huns without a FAIR chance yes
sin, we ought 20 have me referendum
tpo Won remember when those wv
men held-up Handin's saloon inc night
Hned the men IN AGAINST the wall VIII
their hands up' That was me time
reached almost to the ceiling tire
Inches higher than Hardin reached an
then went through the TIL Nnd ih..
safe. You remember Sheriff Mo,tratI
he was "a deputy then. u Joe 'll'N
found tho holh-uu r.nn ut ~tfhir am
ircitrd them 20 hold-un thelr hnud'
and when the men went after tiei
Guns they got killed You remewhe
theV proved Oh be the famous cate
Rfothers. the California train rohperI
for whose arrest and ronNlctioh lil'i
was "a rrWE-d OF some tttcen th'N
rand dollars offered McHrRth nn.
plneN were Congratulated ON tn'|
good work. Hartman beat them not
the reward because the men We're n,
convicted and the ~coroncr's jury sal
the men came 10 their death While II
sisting an officer. and the olilrel
KILLED them ln the Discharge Of the
dufy
Vow snepasinr ST.. had tho iuiiiativ
and there had been a lof 81 hohoes her
ns There sometimes are. aud five pt
cent of them had %neuuoncd Tor a r'
hearing nl the case. and reQne=te
that the officers be- punished ior mu|
der. aud the matter had come Co
vote. and there had happened To
fiftv-one hobocs Go nrty friends 90 %
officers im town thoy would haNr legal
hung McGrath olney and thI
would have been the initiative
Tell % 10 Be- the great thinc. 20 Do
only carried To- che logical conclusion
Well said the eX-hoosier
don't those fellows go m FOR the who
thing
-Gurhrist might tgid the Teyi
en- ID was brought to bis atteuuu
he b. honest but the lawyers ON q
tickef would not hear 81 such % mir
The, would Doe out ul business h'
would have % learn "a new trade.
-The troubi- with YOU dcmocral
said ihe man who used % NV N ?
diane .Is tnat sou go In Tor "ht
new thinc that comes along. Nho
not wait fo have the thine thorougi
investigated. and see % 70 works
well 10 you remember how era
you sll GOT over the free silver Nn'
ton Nnu we're going 90 settle =
financial questions of the world
an act OF congress and the roun
would have been iu n pretty uuane
AZ --. 90 49, M"L L.HLL