The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-10-02

the writer hereof, why they all seem
to be voting for resubmissiOn." Her
face looked as though it was q ques-
ton that came home to her personally.
1t will be seen from the records pro-
duced above that every effert to re-
submit has only resulted in decreas-
ed number Of votes for 1t. 81 votes
for IesubmissiOn In the House In 50,
q in 90. At the same rate ofdecrease
two or three more trials and there
would be no vOtes for it.
A FEW FIGURES.
1t has been said time and again
that one reason we should go back to
license is that ii costs so much to en-
force the prohibitory law. Wishing
to know the exact truth in the matter
we went to the Clerk of the District
Court, Frank L. Travis, than whom
we never had one more gentlemanly
and obliging, and asked him If he
could give us the amount of the cost
incurred and the fines received from
state cases since the prohibitOry law
went into effect. With his character
istic promptness and willingness to
Oblige he answered, Eyes [ WILL"
little thinking the task was a long
and arduOus one, requiring much re-
search and care to have it correct.
The following figures are from the
books in his Office and are correct in
every particular:
Cast of all state cases other than
prohibitOry, since Aug. 26, 1881, to
Nov. 1895, $40, 100 90. Fines and costs
paid in on above, S2035.O0. In other
words the people of Allen county
have paid out in ordinary state cases
in the IA years from the date above
mentioned, to maintain the peace,
protect the lives and property of its
citizens and punish offenders against
the law S2O, 10000 and have received
back as fines and costs $2035.00 be-
ing SIS, 674.O0 more than has been re-
ceived to protect the rights, property
and preserve the peace of our people,
in the last IA years. Yet who COM
plains? 1t is one of the cOncOmitants
or civilization, and is much cheaper
than for each one to protect his own
rights. The latter is the rule of the
strongest.
When people begin to associate to-
gether, each one has to give up a part
of his individual rights for the good
of the whole. Laws and courts are
the aggregate of those individual
rights. There could be no civiliza-
tion without them.
The total cost Of prosecuting all
liquor cases that in any way have
found their way to the docket of the
district clerk, whether they have gone
to trial in the district court, land there
are many that never go farther than
the clerks office as per the books in
his Office, from Aug. 1881 to Nov. 1895
was 1896. The fines and costs paid
from same was 81 200, forfeited bOnde
in Gillian case, $3.50, total, 81, $50
Leaving $500, that the people of Allen
county have paid, in IA years, more
than has been received, to suppress
business that causes nine-tenths of
the crimes committed; that debases
and degrades the one who sells it;
that lowers the moral standard of the
community where it is allowed to be
sold; that brings disease to body;
blunts the faculties; often ruins the
brightest minds; dragging down in Its
train, family and friends, and brings
to a drunkards grave in the United
States 100000 souls. Who is it that
fills a drunkards grave? Not the
mean stingy man who drinks, oh no.
1t is the noble open hearted generous
man, whom everyone like to call
friend that goes to the gutter. 1t is to
reduce to the minimum the evils
mentioned that the people of the
county have paid out 1856 more than
they have received in IA years. And
yet you people complain almost every
time anyone is pulled for violation of
the prohibitory law because it costs
so much. Why don't they complain
of the SlS,674 that the county is in the
hole for the suppression of the crimes
that only effect few, while the other
effects the whole community?
COST OF GRAND JURIEs.
1t lie said repeatedly, "Oh! you must
not call q grand jury to enforce the
law, it costs too much" Just as
though the violation of the prohibit
tory law was the only thing the grand
jury locked after. Wishing to know
just what the cost of the grand juries
had been since the prohibitory law
went into effect, we asked County
Clerk James Wakefield to give US a
statement to that effect, to which he
readily complied, and the following
are the bills allowed by the Com
missioners: The first grand jury was
in March, 1885, and cost S24S,7O. The