The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-31

 away. Yet when our agents reached 1 the spot they found various gambling games in progress, and fourteen stands where liquor was openly retailed tc l thousands in defiance of law. At least sixty persons were found liable to ar
 rest. It would have been desirable to bring all of these into court, and some twenty other persons employed in shows of an offensive and immoral character could have been punished but no funds were furnished for so costly a proceed ing as the arrest and prosecution of eighty individuals. The local officers were generally hostile. We did what we could, notifying the offenders that greater severity might be meted to them if they returned next year.
 SUMMARY.
 Altogether during the six months 101 places have been investigated. There have been fifteen raids and fifty-four arrests. One hundred and sixty-four gallons of liquor have been seized and destroyed according to law. About $2,- 300 in fines have been paid into the treasury of the state. There have been forty y-seven convictions and only one discharge, besides one case nolled. Some of the most important cases are still pending.
 BUREAU OF ADVICE.
 "The utility of the league as bu- reau of information and advice is worthy of remark. We are constantly receiving and answering queries in re- gard to the letter of the law and its ap- plicatton, how to remonstrance against the granting of licenses, how to form local leagues and citizens committees. We are called to advise with local boards for administering the law, to ap- pear before county commissioners in op- position to the granting of licenses, and to make addresses for the purpose of informing and arousing the people From other parts of the country letters, some inquiring as to the status and working of our state law; how to get and use evidence; how to organize law and order leagues. Tbe value of such bureau cannot be measured.
 LEAGUES INDIRECT INFLUENCE.
 Probably, could 1t be known, the work done by the league directly in seizing offenders, Is equalled by that iil- directly done through its deterrent in- fluence. Certain forms of gambling for example, difficult for local constabu- lary to detect, are shut out in many places entirely because of the past rec ord and present existence of this organ ization. Were the league to cease ope- rations scores of pool rooms would spring up within year. &t
 Again, there has been decided i'm provement in the police service of our cities during the period named. Some theorizers have held that volunteer organization like the league must of necessity exercise deleterious inf1u- ence upon local police departments. The only difficulty about that theory is that the facts do not fit it. No more efficient police department can be found in New England, probably, than that of New Haven, where the league has it's headuuarters for years, without discord or friction.
 BRIBES AND FAKES.
 'The secretary has received several times, during the six months, offers of money, cautiously conveyed through intermediates, payment conditioned on allowing gambling to run in certain quarters unmolested. Offers have run from monthly fee of fifty dollars to very large sum. Repeated attempts were made to bribe our agents at Dan- bury fair. Such vain approaches are so many tributes to the fear which the league incites.
 Tt has come to light that some per son, unconnected with the society, has been taking money under theSLaw and Order League. If caught he will be punished with all the rigor of the law. We know that persons try to play games upon the league; lead its agents into difficulties or compromise it in the eyes of the public by pretending connec- tion herewith. Interesting incidents of such attempts and how signally they failed will some day be told. All fair minded and intelligent persons will be on their guard against these frauds, who for profit or revenge make misrep- resentations.
 TRIBUTES FROM THE ENEMY.
 "A long section of this report might be filled with utterances of prominent gamblers and liquor men of the state revealing the light in which they regard the Law and Order League, These are unl01pGdClldDl6 III dullIeIllCIty anu NolC spoken under circumstances which put their sincerity beyond a doubt. With emphasis attested by profanity they la ment the ravages produced upon illegal practices by the league; the hopeless- ness of fighting 1t; the impossibility of soaring or bribing it's officials. No more touching tribute could be offered. But there are others hardly less significant. Every lie launched against the league by law-breakers whom it has enraged every dollar expended in the vain hope of destroying or weakening the organi- zation is an indirect compliment which is heartily appreciated. So is the let ter, lying in our drawer signed by the secretary of liquor dealers associa- tion. That letter notifies members of the association that a certain man is not, after all, connected with the Law and Order League, so their custom need not be withdrawn from him. The boycott is the resource of men hard pushed, sore and vindictive"
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