Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-05-23
THE LAW ENFORCED.

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94 term of Washington county
M that closed week before last
DE q memorable One-memorable
he number and character of the
trials and for the important re-
y achieved and which must follow
|he work of suppressing illegal
He in Intoxicating liquors.
II inquiry anxiously made by ev-
supporter of law and order and
berance, Will the court sustain
efforts of the people to suppress
pr selling? has been answered, and
answer is full of hope and courage
hll who long to see the saloon
Ned and the illegal and brutal liq-
<taffic broken up. So abundant
nswer to earnest prayer is rarely
thsafed. The sheriff and his dep
the jury, the prosecuting attor-
Ind his assistants, the presiding
b and his associates, have all
ked together with well-tempered
hnd an honest purpose to admin
the law faithfully and to mete
|iustice to offenders impartially
without fear or favor. The move
IN for the enforcement of the pro-
Ebry law set on foot last July by
|eitizens of Montpelier has been
lined by the court, the law has
n forced in its entirety. 1t is this
that excites comment, that gives
trials lively and widespread pub
interest. Trials of liquor cases
III for nearly a generation been, as
neral thing, mere travesties on
(ce. Violations of the liquor law
s been treated as venia1 offences.
+ IS state of things had existed for
N and rum selling had gone on
ideally without hindrance. The
Et itself was in some large measure
|unsible for the violations of the
Its leniency toward rum-sellers
made them bold and defiant. ES-
from successful prosecution had
so easy, risks were readily TAX
In the event of conviction the
alties were so light or SO easily
led, the payment of an occasional
DIR the forfeiture of a bond oblig-
NJ chancered to a nominal sum,
h to be regarded as sort of sub
Ito secure immunity from legal
|eedings, or the consequences of
u conviction-and the profits of
Business to which the victims re-
I'D enabled them to quickly re-
M themselves for the sums of which
+hhad been mulcted.
bEernor Dillingham's bold and
%ess message on retiring from Of
Ia 1890 began new era in the en-
" ment of the liquor law. The seat
He real difficulty was laid bare.
|e that time there has been a grow
tendency to enforce the law ac-
Ing to its letter and spirit, and
Tendency reached it's full fruition
is county in the spring term of
held by Judge Thompson. To
nudge is due the credit of simply
/ his plain duty under the law.
Fould doubtless consider it ques-
Able compliment if any individual
body of individuals, because he
performed a duty he was sworn
&rform, should express their ap-
Nation of the high worth and
II Importance of the service he
Thereby rendered the cause of
berance and of law and order. He
performed an unpleasant task
great fidelity, with a just regard
for the rights of the state and of
Individuals accused, and he has
he'd his task with patience, for
Rnce and judicial firmness, and
an industry that we believe is
thing of a novelty in the admin
lion of law in Vermont in these
days. His court has been open
lays in the week-good round
eked out by frequent evening
bns.
court has done its duty. Will
hs now rest from theirs? Is the
bf suppressing brutalizing traf-
rded? There is no malice in this
iity TO the liquor traffic. That
is full of infinite evils; it has
u If century in a thousand ways
N sht this community infinite
it has sent scores of young