The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-03-31
THE HOMES
OF ROSWELL

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the Majestic Theatre last night. the
California Wizard Charles J. Hail
taking up all the time. AS usual at
all these meetings the house was
crowded and the enthusiasm over the
telling points was most noticeable.
The meeting began with the sing
ing of a number of songs, all suita-
BILE to the occasion, after which A. J..
Crawford invoked ttsle 'blessing of
God upon the work of this campaign.
Prof. Brierley sang a solo, which was
thoroughly enjoyed.
Mr. Hall started in by describing
the great unrest among the American
people Everywhere, he said, the
people are discussing topics pertain
ing to problems of finance. of gov
ernnent and of society. These are
all important topics and every person
should study them and get acquainted
with them, so that they may be able
to form an intelligent opinion upon
them One of the dangers to our fu-
ture is that we allow ten per cent of
the people to think for the other nine
ty per cent.
But there is one question that eclip-
ses all these, important though they
may he. and compared with il all 9TH
ers are insignificant. Tnis question
is:
'tHow can we protect and preserve
the peace, the sanctity and prosperi-
ty of Home, Sweet Homer"
The Home is the bedrock of all our
institutions. upon it almost every
thing else depends. The Church, the
Schools and the Newspapers are all
doing important work, but they could
not exist at all without the Home.
Without it there would be none of
these. The country would relapse in
to savagery and barbarism.
ANY man or men VINO hurt the
Home should he condemned and de-
spised. The men who protect the
Home are patriots.
What does tne future hold for this
land of ours? Everywhere there is
unrest. We hear of conflicts between
capital and labor and the press teens
with stories of municipal corruption.
short time ago We read of the
sickening disclosures in San Francis
co and now it is Pittsburg.
A short time ago a young Demo-
crat in Missouri did wonderful
work. That man was Joe Folk. He
did much to clean out the grafters
and the corguptionists. He sent ma
ny to prison and ran others out of
the country.
Then another danger threatening
our future was the power of the liq-
nor traffic and the completely of good
prominent men are tarred with il,
but they are not to be too severely
censured when we remember the
gang they work with. you, the peo-
ple'' Yoa are responsible for It.
Yet despite all these things he is
not a pessimist, but rather an op-
timist The optimist is the man who
sees the dougnnut and the pessimist
is the man who can see only the hole
in the doughnut.
Over in Germany writers and
thinkers are propnesying that this
government of ours cannot last on ac-
count of the corruption in our great
cities and the lack of interest of our
people in our great political problems.
Writers in England are saying the
same thing.
But. said the speaker, he has trav-
eled much over the country. He has
been doing little else for the last
eighteen years, and ne knows the
people of tnis land, North and South.
East and West, and whenever he is
inclined to be blue over the future of
this land of ours he sits down and
thinks of the people. The people love
Home, Sweet Home" and they will
fight for it and thus the Republic
/ Is safe.
| Toe love for the Home Is every
where. II is not confined to any one
state, but all possess il. All classes
nave ii. and no man or woman Is
without it I'm some form or other.
/ Here the speaker told a number OF
intensely interesting stories all tend
ing to show the love for the Home
He pointed out how men and women
win labor and suffer for the Home
The enemies OF the Home are nu
merous Tney are bad literature. the
gambling spirit, bad examples, bad
amusements and strong drink and tie
last is the worst of all.
The liquor power Is built up by the
degradation and the desolation of
the Home II may b. your Home to
day or tomorrow. and some othe1
Home the next day.
THERE Is NOT A HOME IN THIS
lUTY TILE LIQUOR. POWER w0ULr
NOT PUT ITS HAND INTO II II
lCOULD.A
The Home teaches love and rs