Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-19
MORE Liberal, LOGICtD

"SAvr US from our friends!" might
reasonably be tho cry Of decent mem
bers Of the "Llberap faction. OlJec.
ton 10 the enforcement Of the laws Of
the Territory for the preservation Of
public decency and order Ia enough 10
expose any party 10 public odium. Yet
this IL tho present attitude OF the chief
champions Of the "Jibcral" organiza.
ton. And II 1. carried TO the extreme OF
actual abuse Of the officers Of the law
sworn 10 uphold aud aid In its oxecu-
ton.
More than that. The anger Of the
a..ailants Of those officers l. carried to
the verge Of idiocy. II Is stll argued
tina, the officers. instead Of srresting
"lawless saloon keepers" caught In the
comm lssiou Of crime, should have told
them 10 shut up and not do " any
more Now, where In III. name Of
common sense does either law,
or custom or official author.
iiy require constable, when
he secs a public offence committed, to
turn lecturer and Judge At once and
after explaining the wrong tell the cul-
prlt not to do II again. The law and
his oath require him 10 arrest the law
breaker and convey him before judicial
authority.
II IL sill objected that the
arrest Of "lawlcss ssloon.keepers
should mot have been made be.
cause the officers making the
capture have mot seized any hold.up-
and foo,psds. That IL TO say, because
one class Of criminals not seen by
the officers have so far escaped, offend.
ers detected Ia the commission Of
crime must not DO arrested. A child
who would contend for this would bp
thought deficient In ordinary intslii.
gence.
Next we arc Informed that persons
who for tho purpose Of proving a case
against . "lawless sal Don keeper
call for liquor over his bar on Sunday
are criminals ~ bad as himself and
therefore the "iAwies' saloon Keeper
ought not 10 be arrested. More baby
Ism, o., Ia o'hsr w'ru'' hioerh
Iogict7) The vioiator OF the Sun day
law must go scot ires because Y " az
iegsd that the officer who uses Ia 4.
rim n.,.oo. o,h,. ogs n.. IN d.,nv Al
- a.. -, -. a..
so'Vaninx OF 'ne ofnh mu" DC 'hs
cause Of such attenuated drivsl.
4, "A. ~,,h,n IN. u.mo,v n, ..m. nj
-" . ~ 80 y
inc most recent ss"iefs IN this Guy ina
''lawless saloen keepers" detected In
their violation OF the city ordinances,
..c,n.d run,.hm.n, h,c.u.. m. con,
'1 ~ '' ~ ~,
PhnAns co"iu not s"e" Po''u'e'y
that what was sold over the bar was a
drink that Ia commonly known AZ In.
to.Ic.,trg In ina. ,.... m. d.,.,
-. ~ 4.
uon was oo"pie's Aha was maue u
tho ohiy way 70 psrfect " Thht u
why the "Libsra" defenders OF law
lessuess Kick 10 hard.
a.. =,
Woh arc piought 70 TASK pecaufo "
alleged We "dodgcd the point that thu
Deputy Marshals failed 70 stop offend
a, 81, ,y u.,,I.,,,n. a. ,a,t,,
those In charge Of saloons found oper
TO close them" N that sO9 Well, 10
us see. Here Is what we said
Acco,d,n, IN u1h.,ap Iov,c 70, ~,
officer Of Tho law should arrest a saloor
keeper who breaks the law, unless tn,
saloon goes 10 The officer. NO gamblel
hausa 49, ~ sha na,,oansa ~
further when criminal il detected
In his crime, the officer, instead OF mr..
testing him should Kindly warn
aIn g Y,a,a, hu mn ~ w ,na , .s y ao OBJ
tectiye.. on this theory would h,
played out. Peace officers would have
anew occupation, anu nheriiia, con-
sy.m.,,a,. p'u 10 "ou,u 9'eon ~
EXECUTOR,
Does the law authorize IN, unltr,
States Marshal and his deputies I,
preach or 10 lecture law'break.r', o
eh ~ ,,N a my mr.
them cause all offenders against tn,
law 10 ~. view To enter Into fecog
"'""'
Not much "dodging" In that. Tn
"dodging" Is all on the other side
The territorial statutes make Ia
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