The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-03-21

hotel ana business block, costing ma
NY thousands of dollars. This hotel
would be one of the best in New Mex
| leo. with a telephone in every room,
and he did not believe Mr.. Hardwick
was investing his thousands in what
ne considered a dead town. No the
absence of saloons had not hurt Ar
tesla, rather the contrary.
| In one term of court in Carls bad,
the cost of the court was $4,000. He
had investigated the cases causing
this and had found that those caused
by tne saloons had had cost over s3.-
900 of this amount Saloons did not
pay Carlsbad
| Judge Pope is now holding a term
of court in Curry county. The case
consuming the greatest length of time
three days and three nights, original
ed in saloon at La I4ande. the sa-
loon barkeeper being an active par
/ ticipant
In Portales the Jail had now but one
occupant. Has that ever occurred in
Roswell.
From a business standpoint the
| closing of une saloons I'm Roswell
would be a good thing 1t would help
business and further more it would not
add to the taxes, rather the contrary
The speaker made the assertion that
the license money collected in this
city every year did NOT equal the
costs CT the cases caused by the sa-
| looms. The saloons were conducted
at a loss to the community. But aside
from that he would far rather have
mis- taxes increased than to permit
this i1iquitous trade to continue.
Judge Pope's address was a mas
teriy EFFORT, and not a person in the
vast audience doubted for one mo-
ment that ne was heartily In synpa-
thy with the No-License movement and
that he did not know of the good it
would accomplish. simply from his
own experience as presiding judge OF
this judicial district
In closing he said that 1910 years
ago in the morning, Christ went to the
temple and found it occupied by mo-
ney-chansers. He did not ask that
the license be increased so that more
revenue be obtained; he did not ask
that they occupy another portion of
the building, and he did not ask that
they use it at another time No, He
took whip and drove them from the
building. So in this-case. The peo-
pie of Roswell should not ask that the
saloon license be increased or that
other regulations be made, but should
appear at the polls on the fifth day OF
April and drive them out with their
votes. and ne believed that this they
would do.
The next speaker of the evening
was Attorney Ed s. Gibbany Mr.
Gibbany is a Democrat, a lifelong
Democrat and he comes from Nilsson
ri. He is Democrat, he said, because
he believes that the principles of the
Democratic party are those he be-
lieves to be for the best interests of
the people of the country. He believes
tnat many other Democrats feel as
he does. and also that the Republicans
are of similar convictions regarding
their party beliefs. But he does not
delegate to any man, to any set OF
men, or to any party the right to set
tie his attitude on a moral issue With
political issues he goes with the par
ty, but when moral issues come up
ne must settle his attitude upon them
in accordance with his own convic-
| tions. For this reason Mr. Gibbany
is an earnest advocate of the election
OF the No-license ticket
Mr.. Gibbany's talk was a red-hot
| one, straight out from the shoulder,
and showed his earnest feelings on
the matter at issue in Roswell. He
| asserted that ne would not be read
out of the Democratic party, nor would
the many other Democrats who felt
AS ne did, because a small bunch of
men desired to place the party in the
hands of the saloons. He is a Demo
crat and will remain one when party
principles are concerned.
| Mr.. Gibbany cited the case of Mis-
souri, to snow why the Democratic
party In Roswell should get right on
the saloon matter. Internal disturb
ances arose in the party in Missouri,
and everyone knows the result, Repub-
hcan victory in a Democratic state.
He warned the party leaders in Ros-
well To get right on this moral Issue
and he knew the Democrats of the
party would hold them responsible
and see tnat they did so.
i In unsparing terms Mr.. Gibbany de-
lnounced the liquor traffic for what ii
IS and for what it is doing in Ros-
we'll. As a citizen ne knew of its evil
effects and as an attorney he came
IN close contact. on both sides, with
many of its evil results. He knew ii
to be detrimental to Roswell and
there could be no use In continuing
II In it's evil course. The saloons could
be abolished and ne believed they
would be abolished. II would take
votes to do IL, and ne believed the