The Portland daily press., 1884-08-30

banu dollar corruption Iund IL bDl0'S elect1 on
might be made pretty nearly unanimous.
The Sheriffs and the Liquor Law.
A few days ago we printed a full tabula-
ted statement of the work of Sheriff True's
Liquor Deputies for the nineteen months
that have elapsed since Sheriff True took
Office. The showing was SO excellent that
the Argus has given great part of its space,
all that it could spare, after the daily allow
ance for reciuing untouched for, unfounded,
authoraiively denied, dirty scandals, to find
ing fault with it in the interest Of the Demo-
cratic candidate for Sheriff, trying to create
belief among simple temperance people
that Sawyer would enforce the law against
rumsellers better than Sheriff True has
done. We believe the Argus has never pub
lished the official report. The facts of a
case it has no use for in its INSCRIPTIONS
partizanship. Facts are only an embarrass-
ment TO the writers who advocate tue cleo
ton of Democratic candidates in that jour
nal and are systematically disregarded, in or
der that Imagination and malice may have
free scope.
But we suppose that the Prohibitionists
some of them at least, are disposed to be fair
and just and are willing to look at the facts.
1t happens that this Democratic candidate
for Sheriff has had a trial In office and
shown what sort of service he will do the
temperance cause. He was as profuse in
promises before election then as he is now,
but the difference between Democratic
promises aud Democratic performances is
always wide. The two have really no ac-
quantance with each other. For the en-
lightenment of honest and well-meauiDg cit
liens, who might be deluded by the new as-
sumption of zeal for the prohibitory law on
the part Of Democratic, papers and candi-
iales, we reprint elsewhere the certified o.
fetal record of the performance of Sheriff
True's liquor deputies, and III connection
with it the certified official record of the per-
Torrance of Sheriff Sawyer's liquor depu-
ties during the two years of his term, and
we invite attention to the suggestive con-
trasts thus presented.
The record of Sheriff True's term covers
but nineteen months to the first day of the
current month; the record of Sheriff Saw
yer's action covers his whole term of two
years. Here are some of the facts which
these two reports show.
The total number of seizures during the
two years of Sheriff Sawyer's tenn was 465.
During the nineteen months of Sheriff
True's term, to August 1st, the number of
seizures made is 1897, more than four
times as many,
Sheriff Sawyer's deputies seized in TWEEN
ty-four months 13478 gallons, quarts, /
pint and gill of liquors, in round numbers
l3, 479 gallons. Sheriff True's deputies in
nineteen months have seized 1895 gal
Ions, more than three times as much as was
seized by Sheriff Sawyer's deputies.
The fines paid by convicted rumselers
during Sheriff Sawyer's term of two years
amounted to but $14OO The fines paid
by convicted rumsellers during Sheriff
True's term already amount to 1900,
and if the fines are paid on the appealed
cases, as they probably will be, $I5,4OO
will be added 10 this sum.
The number of convicted LIQUOR sellers
sent to Jail during Sheriff Sawyers whole
term was A; the number during nineteen
months Of Sheriff Trues term is 10.
The proportion of tho discharged to the |
number arrested during Sheriff Sawyer's
term was i'm 10; during Sheriff True's |
term, SO far, it has been but i'm IS.
The proportion Of cases appealed during |
Sheriff Sawyer's term was more than rs
per cent of the whole number; during |
Sheriff True's term, so far, less than 9 per /
cent of the whole number.
During Sheriff Sawyer's term there were
6 cases against liquor sellers Suspended -
During Sheriff True's term there have been
no cases suspended.
There are some other interesting features
Of the record of Sheriff Sawyer's deputies
which deserve TO be studied, for they are Of
much significance as revelation of the
fidelity and motives Of Democratic officials,
Sheriff Sawyer came in ir January 1881.
There was city election in March follow
ng. During February and March bis depu-
lies made but 10 seizures. In February and
March 1882, they made but seizures. The |
record of Sheriff Sawyer's deputies before
The Spring elections is as follows: In 1888
February, so seizures; March, 10S. In 1884,
February, 100; March, "A. In 1882 there was
general election in Septemhe For the six
months previous Sheriff Sawyer's deputies
made out ~ seizures and during the month
II August preceding the election moi a single
eizare; but in October they made S. and in