The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-06-25
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In West Baton Ronge parish the
police jury Sunday ordinance sim
lply prohibited the sale of liquors
on Sundays, and did not prohibit
any other kind of business. When
the present Supreme Court decided
the Sunday Law unconstitutional,
Bro. Hyams, Of the Sugar Planter,
declared that the people Of West
Baton Rouge had enjoyed too long.
and valnesl too highly, the benefits
Of their Sunday ordinance, TO con
sent to be remanded to the horrors
of free whisky on Sunday, and that,
in one way or another, they would
have a Sunday law. At its recent
session the police jury of West
Baton Rouge adopted the following
resolutions.
ResolTed, That whereas it Is of the
utmost Importance to suppress and
abate all nuIsances Ia our PARISH; and
whereas, as the several grand inries and
our conrts have Frequently declared the
sale of liquors ON Sundsys 8 nuisance
and a heavy burden TO taxDayers, be it
ResOtrsd That onr district attorney
be and be Is instructed to brig suit IN
the name OF the parish against any par
ties violating the ordinance relative 10
the sale of liquors on Snndays-
Reso{cea, That Messrs Barrow & Pore
be employed TO assist the district attor-
ney in any suits tie perish may have
against parties violating the ordinance
relative 10 the sale of liqnoF ON Sunday,
fees TO be agreed upon before employ
ing them.
And, commenting thereon, Bro.
Hyams says:
reference 10 the proceedings of the
last police jury will prove to interested
parties that the late decision of the
Supreme Court nnent the Sunday law.
does not affect the law passed by onr
police jury In reference to selling liquors
on Snndays, or. at least, our police Jury /
SO considers it, and is determined to /
test it before that august body should 4
it become necessary. The Manning
supreme bench said the Law WAS con
stitutional and cozld be enforced, and
sustained it on every appeal; the pres
ent bench says Ii is not constitutional,
bnt as there is wide difference be-
tween our law and that passed in other
parishes, we are determined to see
whether we have the right to suppress
the sale OF liquor on Sundays as a po-
lice regulation or not, without interior
ing with the sale of other merchandise.
II we have the power, it viii be exer-
cised to its fullest extent; If other@ise,
resort must he had to other means
Where there is Will, there's a way"
is an old saying that has SO often been
verified that none eau deny its power
when put into operation"
OF course the validity of the
West Baton Rouge ordinance will
he tested in the Supreme Court, 4
aud then, if the case is properly I,
presented and managed on behalf
Of the parish, the Supreme Court
will have to decide the most i'm
portant question presented in any
Of these Sunday law eases-a
question directly decided by the
supreme court, but upon
which the recent decision by the
Supreme Court is sipgnlarly
silent-yiz.: whether municipal and
paroclial ordinances to suppress the
sale of liquors on Sundays are or
are not mere police regulations, the
right to enact and enforce which is
necessary TO the preservation of
peace and good order in the com
right which has always
been maintained by the courts of |
all civilized countries.
The police jury of West Baton
Rouge cannot be too highly COM
mended for the dignifed and reso-
lutte stand it has taken in support |
Of its Sunday ordinance, and the
outcome of its manly effort in be-
half of the best interests of its
parish will be watched with intense
and solicitude by the
friends of public peace, public NOR
ais and public prosperity, all over
the State.