The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-17
The Law and Order Union of Allen
County.

The Law and Order Union of Allen
County.
Editor REGISTER:
The executive committee of the Law
and Order Union of A lien county re-
spectfully ask the privilege of your
columns for the following letter.
Fellow Citizens of Allen County:
Many of you have been informed of
the work done during the past year
to secure a better enforcement of the
laws of the State in this county. A
grand jury was called by special petit
tion last June, which indicted twelve
or fifteen persons for selling liquor,
contrary to law. When this jury ad-
iourned the most of these men de-
family continued their unlawful busi-
ness.
At the fall term of court vigilance
committee appeared in court by at
torneys and assisted the county at
torney to prosecute those indicted.
The result was that in nearly every
case convictions were secured. There
were some twelve men found guilty
sentenced to fine of one hundred
dollars and from thirty TO sixty days
i'm Jail on each count, and are also to
give bond to keep the peace for two
years in the sum of $500. Some of
these men are still in Jail serving out
their sentence. Others appealed to
the higher court and secured tenn
porary release on bond. These cases
are now being heard at Ft. Scott. If
the lower court is sustained. as is con-
fidently expected, these persons will
be obliged to serve out their sentence,
A new grand jury was called in the
fall and many new cases Of indict-
ment was the result. Various at.
, tempts have been made by habeas
corpus proceedings to set aside some
OF these. These habeas corpus cases
, will be argued, perhaps, in the
Appellate court.
The friends of law and order ar,
, quite confident that the courts will dc
, the right thing. And we believe the
r trials will proceed regularly and that
| convictions will follow, where thu
3 evidence will warrant. Without tht
t evidence we have no desire for con
VII tnB
| work, But though the mills of tn,
J gods grind slow they are sure.
a In as much as it will take time anC
t patience and some means to suppress
o this form of lawlessness and thel
Q constant vigilance to keep it sup
1 pressed, it was deemed necessary t
n organize the friends of law and Orde
Q throughout the county. A count.
n union has been formed and loca
y unions are being organized in varlou
y places. Already there are ten @
d these local unions and there wi
i dou btless he twenty in short tim'
4 The purpose is to have a local unio
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u county who is ready to enlist in thi
n work.
t Remember, fellow citizens, patrio
l ism is not displayed alone in one
u Willingness to take up arms against
II foreign foe, but Is as truly shown
), seeing to it that our laws are kept il
z violate and sacred at home.
y Some good people are influenced b
If the cry, sit is too expensive to el
d force the law" 1t does co
n money to enforce the law. But
,t costs more money not to. A lawle
& community, given over to drunkene
n will engender and breed all sorts
e crime that burden our courts AT
& treasures with prosecutions. Wi
II ness the Bell murder case. One ms
p sent to eternity in an awful nanne
g. another to the penitentiary (
sr twelve years, two families broke
ID hearted and thousands of dollars g
10 pense to the county. And all til
n. because open joints were running
le Humboldt in direct violation of la
IN This letter is written to inform b
is citizens of Allen county as to what
r. being homeland to earnestly soli'
ve their cooperation in this matter.
of not wait until some one comes a.
I'd solicits you personally. Re pub
n spirited enough to hunt up the nef
ut est local union and unite with