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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
2
The Roswell Record-Tribune and other local papers clash over licensing and saloon closures. Editors trade barbs on tax policies and political motives while residents express concern about temperance measures. The piece frames a pro reform stance and a sharp partisan critique amid ongoing public licensing questions.
A discussion on city printing bids contrasts the Register-Tribune and Daily Record, accusing partisan manipulation and loss leading to a proposed gentleman's agreement. Also cited is a Bradford County poem campaign urging voters to choose Baby over Bottle and notices of business changes and probate hearings.
S. W. Holder of Lake Arthur visited Roswell yesterday for business as the city runs a specialty in exchange deals. Roswell Title & Trust Company invites listings of items to swap for desired goods. Will Burnett came from Elida to visit his wife and friends. they plan to return home tomorrow.
A story of Miss Spencer and a narrator playing ping pong by a fire. Across taunts and wit they discuss marriage to Mr. Austin, a rich globetrotter, while charting budding feelings and family expectations. The scene shifts to a quiet library as the evening ends with unlit lamps.
A Register-Tribune opinion argues that a Democratic pledge from before the election is worth nothing. It notes Republican Councilman Robinson made a similarly strong high license pledge prior to the vote.
The Republican editor Councilman Robinson says he asked fifty three constituents before voting on the saloon ordinance. The poll asked about a high tax on an occupation and its effect on business, noting the word saloon was not used.
In a Dialect-era dispute the saloon men and Democrats face criticism for current strife. The Register-Tribune notes the Republican editor of the Pecos Valley bears his share of blame for voting with Democrats who violated their pledge.
A Register Tribune editorial questions voters learning to select city officials by non partisan principles. It notes the editor of the Republican organ faced no better outcome than four others who voted with him to lower a saloon license as a personal favor to the mayor.
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