Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-05-11

breakers or law abiding citizens, prospect
i've of environment That the associations
and the precept and example of others have
nothing to do with shaping the lives of men
If so what good can preachers do, and why
should we have them, and especially those
who believe in such doctrinesH
There are good laws and bad laws and it
is no new thing Tor bad laws to create such
conditions as to make bad men. The claim
has been set up that the local option law OF
this county has at least certain bad features
which tend to make bad men and create
heavy and unnecessary burdens for the tax
payers. Have not the evils shown TO be in
cident to the operation Of this law demon
strated the truth of the proposlionH If so,
how is the law TO be changedp These are
the questions at ssuep let every one curb
his inclination to make personal digs at some
one else and discuss the question fully and
fairly and come To some definite conclusion,
and let that conclusion be known 80 that
we can get consensus of opinion on the
subject.
All will recognize the fact that my first
article contained nothing which should have
brought on personal thrusts from any one.
II some have gratuitously placed themselves
In position to be stung before the public
gaze, II may serve as good lesson 10 them
and others to be very careful to look after
the skeletons in their own closets, before
they begin to prowl around other peoples
back yards Those who do not learn this
lesson early, and learn ii well, may have
cause TO regret IL later.
1t has not always been so difficult TO get
Mr.. Richards TO understand existing condi
tons and discuss the real point as II appears
to us now. On February Goth, 1893, he
al, l,llg in NtNla
in one of the county papers:
"ll the law does not reach far enough to
convict the guilty on circumstantial evil
dence, as it docs in other crimes, extend its
provisions to meet the necessities.
aft there is no law to keepa drunken man
out of the jury box on local option case,
there ought to be one. If there Is no law to
disqualify juror from serving on local
option case who is opposed to the enforce
ment of the law, let one be passed. II there
is q lack of true respect for the dignity OF
court OF justice prevailing the whole pro-
ceedings OF case, this ought to be corrected
if there Is existing power to do 80 II there
is no such power, one should be created"
II his views have undergone no change
since 1893, we Judge that he ia one of those
persons who want to retain the present law,
but who desire to have II so amended, with
out resubmlssion, as To make IL more erect
i've and to simplify the methods of securing
convictions" In my article of the 18th ult.
will be found the following EVERY citizen
of the county who 10 interested in Its well
fare, should get copy of this bill, 1.-THE one
introduced in the last Legislature) and with
it as basis formulate what changes will be
required In it in order TO meet his particular
views and let the result be known, NC" |
trust that the Rev. Mr.. Richards will pardon
me for saying that if he will first comply
with the above suggestion, and use his
amended bill as a basis for his future re-
marks, he will greatly facilitate matters so
far as his part in this discussion is concerned.
The liquor question is now serious and
complex problem to the people of this coun
ty, whether some people will admit II or
not. Let us treat II In a mathema'ic al way,
eliminating as fast as possible all elements
which are either maniiesty or demonstrated
to be lmmaterial TO proper solution, and
above all things not insist dogmatically upon
something as a solution without clear dem
onstration OF the methods or means en-
ployed in arriving at the alleged result.
W. Ii. LAMAR.