The Roswell Daily Record

ROSWELL WINS.

No news of equal importance to Roswell has come over the wires for many months than that of last evening which told of the passage of the Sixth Judicial district bill by the senate, and the important amendment which the senate added to the bill that Roswell should be the headquarters of the new district. With this amendment the bill will be referred to the house, but a motion to concur is all that is needed and there is no doubt but that the bill as amended will be before the President for his signature in a few days. It is well the amendment was added to the bill.

While Roswell is the natural center of the new district to be created, yet by some hook or crook the headquarters of the district might have been placed elsewhere through local jealousy or prejudice. Now by the provisions of the bill whatever counties the supreme court of the Territory may place in the district Roswell will be the head of the district. It is useless to repeat the many advantages that this will bring not only to Roswell but to all eastern New Mexico. The long and expensive trips of attorneys court officials and litigants will soon be a thing of the past, and the "law's delay" with an increased judiciary will soon be reduced to the minimum.

At the same time Roswell will become the residence of the court officials for this district. As in the case of all measures there were "knockers" against this bill, and particularly against the amendment, but the active work of some enterprising citizens here forestalled the effect of these protests. The only effect was to hold the bill up for awhile in the senate.

The senate has treated us justly in this matter, now may it do the same in the statehood matter, and may the Interior Department follow the good example in the matter of the Hondo reservoir.