The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-03-24
NO-L|CENSE TICKET AND.
PLATFORM ADOPTED

The No-license ticket has been rati
ned and adopted, and now. to elect it.
II was another big meeting. that one
last night. and showed that the peo-
pie of Roswell are aroused as never
before, and that the end of the saloon
in Roswell is in sight.
Tae Ar:nory was jammed from the
front to the read and every seat was
taken, with many standing. Sundays
crowd in the Argnory was probably the
largest assemblage Roswell has had.
and that of last night was the second.
Tais spells but one thing. victory for
the No-license ticket and the end of
the saloon.
The band from the Military Insti-
tute was there and gave a number of
weil-played pieces incidentally II
might be reai;H'ixed that the end of the
saloon In Roswell will be a mighty
good thing for the Institute.
DIR. w. c. Alexander delivered Al
invocation and then Chairman Carper
started the ball to rolling and il gain
ed impetus all through the evening.
Just as the meeting was settling
down to the business of the occasion
a large number of women and child
rem, led by ministers Ramsey and Van-
Vaikenburgh arrived with banners
and songs and turned the meeting in
to a bowling mob of enthusiasts for
the protection of the youth of Ros-
well.
Then the real business began. Ed
8. Gibbany, chairman OF the platform
committee reported to the considera-
ton of the meeting the following
platform:
The Platform.
Recognizing the licensed saloon as
the, most destructive institution now
authorized by the laws of this fair
city, in that 1t robs legitimate bust
ness of it's rightful patronnge, labor
of its fair wage, degrades the physical
life OF many OF our people. corrupts
the political life of our municipality,
destroys the purity of our social life
and pollutes the very atmosphere of
our moral life, we. individual men,
bers of all political parties. citizens of
Roswell, in mass meeting assembled.
do here and now. for the present and
the future, declare ourselves unitedly
and mcompromisingiy opposed to
the Licensed Saloon; and we do here
by pledge ourselves and the candi-
dates on the Citizens No-License tick
ct to the determination of the Lie
ensed Saloon. and to the enactment
and enforcement of such Laws as viii
most effectively prohibit the sale in
our city of intoxicants as a beverage.
to the best possible enforcement OF
the City OF Roswell.
Not forgetting the importance of
the business affairs of oarr municipal
itt, we further pledge our candidates
20 just. economical and progressive
business administration of the city.
AS the strong and telling points OF
the platform were enumerated, the
great audience again went wild with
enthusiasm. Frank Divers moved
the adoption OF the report. This
found a second I'm Mr.. Ramsey. and
with cheers and prolonged applause
the report became the platform Of the
No-licenee movement OF the citizens
of Roswell
Chairman Williams OF the commit
tee ON candidates reported that his
committee presented for the consider
alton of those present the ticket as
printed in the Daily Record. AS each
name was read 1t was heartily cheer
ed. and the satisfaction of the people
OF Roswell with the ticket was made
evident
I'm making the report MIR. williams
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