The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-04
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Il note that in certain quarters there
is great deal of comment on the dec
lination of Captain Eslinger. because he
rounder yesterday. why. L cannot say;
perhaps some person has friend for
the place. To my mind Pop is doing as
near ri-ht a man can. If the laws
are not enforced by him, there are 9TH
ers.' Now suppose the laws were enforced
exactly. what would be the result right
| here? Anarchy. They may talk as they
please about enforcing the law. but the
members of the Municipal league them
selEes would object TO the enforcement
OF t--e law as strictly written on the
books.
TIE law makes drunkenness a mis-
deameanor. Yet how many men get
drunk? Suppose the captain of the
police department was to order his men
10 arrest all persons found drunk. Why
the city jail wouldn't hold all that he
would pick up. Now of late L have been
ore state must take cognizance of the
decisions of the courts of another; that
IS suppose the supreme courts. | do
not suppose that every jim crow district
judges judgment must be handed round
for inspection and recognition. Well.
Under that ruling the man who takes
drink IS drunk. You bet In law he is
Just as drunk as if he had taken d
dozen or 20 or 80. l get this from the
decisions of the supreme court of
Pennsylvania. There was d case on trial
and It was shown that a man had taken
drink. The lower court held that he
was under the influence OF liquor; that
he was drunk. The higher court sus-
tanned the court OF quarter sessions in
its judgment. Then again. This same
supreme court made another decision.
The law there is TO the effect that no
man who sells liquor can sell or give
away to a man who is an habitual drunk
a ID sol ma fnr oil limo
Ecuor to a man against this section of
the Law The lower court held that
m2c who was drunk twice a year was
habitual drunkard. Ergo, under the
man who takes two drinks a year is d
habitual drunkard and our courts must
take judicial cognizance in making de-
cisions and therefore if Eslinger ar
rested man who had a drink in him, or
h2d taken two drinks on two days fol-
lowing each other he could make a case
stick and that would be enforcing the
law.
"But of course that would be out
rageOus. 1t isn't right. But the captain
| of police any of his men would have
their hands full if they were to arrest all
the cases of drunkenness they found.
Will not say who, because the names
wouldn't be printed if did, but If he
: should enforce the law there would be
more good, old-fashioned bowling in fair
Zion than you ever heard before in all
/ your saccharine existence. Why the very
| people who are shouting for enforcement
would rise up en- maSse and demand that
! his head be chopped off. That's what
would come of enforcing the law.
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Suppose the law was to be enforced
about the sale of goods, etc, on the first
/ day of the week, as the law designates
il. commonly called Sunday? The news
/ boy would be arrested for peddling pa
pers: the baker who sold you loaf on
Sunday morning would be snatched to
the police headquarters; the milkman
would be apprehended for delivering his
mixture on Sabbath morning; the chap
who sold you d cigar would get ten days
or 80: the man who hauled your trunk
from the depot would be yanked before
Wenger and there would be a dale OF
thrubble.'
Now the trouble in this country is
there are too many people who want eV-
cry body to live as they do and they
demand that the law step in and enforce
the mode of living. 1t won't work. Since
the day when the Almighty first made a
prohibition law and Eve broke it. we
and always will The way to cause peo-
that it is to their advantage to change.
failed. You cannot expect to make peo-
tried time and time again and has al
in the days when the old blue laws pre-