The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-03-30


night, and it dealt uhe saloon cause a
hard blow Taere house was full, and
1t can be safely and trutlf-llly said
that almost 200 voters were in the
building when Judge w. W. Gatewood
began his address.
Judge Gatewood made particular
ly effective and telling speech. He
began bv telling why he was there.
Not because of any faneiful ideas, or
through any sentimental feeaing, but
because ne considered this issue be-
fore the people of RoSw ell OF para
mount importance to the prosperity
and Melfare OF the city and its peo-
ple 7 hat such an audience of men
would Leave their homes and come t.
hear the procee edings Of the evening
save point to his contention. He re-
feI-red to the presence on the plat
form OF D.. Finley, an old friend of
his and lifelong Democrat, as saow-
ing wiat Democrats thought OF this
question.
1t is not a fight against men, nor
one of political ideas, asserted the
speaker. but of the home. the fraside.
the wife and the children. He dwelt
upon the temptations placed before
his cLildrSn and everyOne's children
| by the existence of the open saloon.
Many such young lives are wrecked
and ruined under the present system
of licensed saloons.
Mir. Gatewood SAID that the whole
question was simply this: lis it right
/ to place the open saloon before the
children of this city,"
He believed that no thoughtful man
would sit down and justify tle licens-
| irs of that which ruins and wrecks.
This is a great moral question 1t
does not have two sides to 1t. Right
is right and wrong is wrong and that
| is all taere is to 1t. He advised every
man to stop and think of the fearful
example of the open saloon upon the
young men of the city.
He discussed the problems of the
drinking habit, its increasing Quanti-
ty of drinks and it's effect on the sys-
| tenn, all wrong and OF no benefit to
any man.
He has been counsel in about fifty
homicide cases during his long career
as a lawyer and out of every ten
could be traced directly to whiskey.
Judge Gatewood asserted that a
lawyer can try cases much better
without whiskey than witl it, for 1t
beclouds the brain.
Referring to the saloon men, them
selves, ne spoke of them as being men
of ability and who could do better in
some other business and quoted an
example to prove the truth OF his as
sertion He hoped that these saloon
men would see their responsibility to
themselves, to their families and to
the city.
Speaking of the enforcement of the
Territorial No-license law, he asserted
that IL could he enforced and enforc-
ed effectively. He knew it. The Judge
qgoted the law. which gives to the
council tie right to license, regulate
IT PROHIBIT the saloons. The new
council, when elected, will pass ar
ordinance and il will be enforced, tc
prohibit the sale of liquor in Roswell.
He referred to Mr.. Lea. the candi
date on the opposition ticket, and
said that he was a friend of ais. but
Mr.. Lea proposed to license the saloon
and was on that kind of a platform
l
opposed to the saloon and was ON
that kind of q platform. Hence ne felt
Il his duty to vote against Mr.. Lea
and for Dr. Veal and he proposed tc
do so. and re wanted every man who
heard aim to do the same thing.
The ordinances of the city are e7
forced through a police judge. II Mr.
Lea should be elected he would no
appoint Judge Welter, but would ap
point Drake Bell. The people of Ros
we'll would make no mistake in hav
ing Judge Weltar as police Judge. H
knew and the people knew that Judg'
Welter would enforce that No-licens'
ordinance. Mr.. Welter was pledged 4
do IL, and tne other man was not.
Judge Gatewood said ne nad neve
scratched a Democratic ticket in hi
life and he would not be doing 3
when ne wed for the No-license tick
ct on the I'm of next month. The WI
liam Jennings Bryan kind of Democ
racy is good enough for aim.
The speaker then paid his respect
to the opposition ticket. which he as
serted was not and can not be a Dem
ocratic ticket
He referred 20 IL as . hybrid tich
let, without pride OF ancestry or hop
OF posterity. No one would even fatf
ler IL.
Taxing up the effect Of Nolicens
on tae city, ne said no one was sin
lenough to believe II would ruin IN
lfrvurr Tawan In N axnunIa of mruhfh