The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-03-07
n DEMOCRATS PROTEST
AGAINST THE PRIMARY.

AGAINST THE 60HlMAaN
/ cannot Understand, why at this
particular time, any political party
should manifest suca strong inclinar
tions to place a ticket in the field,
when there is no political issues in
volved. 7 can readily understand why
the Democratic Central Committee
feels the pressure resting upon them
for the reason that 1T has been the
custom and practice OF the party or
ganization to appoint such committee
from their ranks in whom they have
implicit confidence. to look after the
perpetuity of the organization and the
party to use such methods ant cir
cumstances as will keep the party in
tact and make it a success and for
this reason the present Central Com
mittee has seen proper to order a pri-
mary election for the purpose of show
ing their loyalty to the party.
But when a condition presents IT.
self to the general public as well AZ
to the politicians. and one in which
all good citizens of all political par
ties can meet on common ground.
where politics are entirely eliminated
and no one is asked to make a single
sacrifice of his political belief or op-
:nion, and when the CONNER good for
che right and protection of home; for
the protection of purity for the young
people and for the protection of The
schools for the general uplift and
preservation Of all that is high and
holy and a cause in which no decent
man, can, deep down in his heart,
feel a conscious eznorse or rebuke
for having participated, is this loyal
ty to such a cause? Besides it Is my
honest opinion that a great many of
the democratic voters of the city of
Roswell are in favor of this citizens
move in their efforts to rid the city
Of Roswell of the saloons-that in
cubus that stands today as 1t has al
ways stood. opposed to all that is
high and noly. pure and good.
| am further of the opinion that II
the Democratic Central Committee
persists in having the primary cleo
ton that it will so disintegrate the
party and bring about such a condi-
ton as will cost the democrats a de-
feat in the nea future; that will par
alyze the party in Roswell for years
to come.
Upon the other hand, / believe II
the Central Committee will revoke
this call for a primary election and
leave every man free to vote his own
sentiment in this great moral issue,
untrammeled, unfettered by political
| obligations. they will. in the future,
| find thai these same democrats are
| nc fr,.n ond lnN-al To tho marty saG fhay
have been in the past.
Now l wan to say fully what
prompts me in Offering my protest
to this Democratic political move
First:-It is strictly in harmony
with Lac saloon people and they are
behind it, boosting it with all their
might. They realize that unless they
| can succeed through this cnannel they
are forever gone, and they are look
ing to this source with a ain hope
/ OF success. The Democratic party,
like all other political parties. has a
following of people. who. wnen you
mention the party, lose sight of every
| other consideration and follow wher-
ever 1t may &C.
But there are greater problems to
i l. OAldH That uICtdlCu ny Tie par
ty lash. Men should always look to
the nature of any political move. as
they woul look at any other move
brought to the attention of the pub
lie by any man or by any set of men.
and act with the same kind of jndg-
ment as they would in other matters
of life.
This little fight in Roswell is not
local in it's nature or purpose. but il
is an auxiliary of n grand move as
broad as tais great and of ours; that
reaches from the smallest hamlet to
the greatest metropolis of the nation.
And it is destined to gain power
and strength until it will be ended
with success.