The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-23
Judge before whom he ". 4

and convicted. They cant d55S,9
because the circular is g fake
from beginning to end. But We
need not wonder ut that, for the
class Of people who are always
striving to interf fere with person-
al liberty sre strong on fakes IF
the sentimental sort. They. are
in the habit Of ringing all the
changes upon ''home and
mother" and one who did MT
know to the contrary might be
led tn believe from listening to
them and reading their screeds
that all that is necessary To put
an end to liquor selling is to vote
that it shall not be sold.
The one great objection that l
have to prohibition is that it
breeds hypocrits. In every part
Of the world where prohibitory
laws have been enacted hypoc-
racy is rampant. Politicians and
many others who do not believe
in going without their liquor
when they can get it on the sly,
for reasons of their own, side
with the advocates of prohibition.
They fear to antagonize the
preachers and the women and
certain other people In the com
munIty, and SO they vote for pro-
hibition. But whenever they are
away from home they do not hes
itate to patronize the saloons.
To become convinced Of this fact
one has only to go to Kansas City,
Missouri. There are many Of
the smaller towns in Kansas in
which there is an effort made to
enforce prohibition, and liquor
can only be obtained at the drug
stores. Many men ia these
towns are aid to crafty their
appetites for "booz,," when at
home, so they take frequent
trips to the Zig cities OF the state
and to Kansas City, Missouri.
About the hrst thing they do is
to gethljariously drunk, and they
Frequently fall into the hauds Of
the police. In an article pub
lished in the Kansas City Times
two years ago II Was said:
"The Kansas prohibitiollst is
truly 4 study. AT home he is the
deadly enemy TO all kinds Of bev~
erages that inebriate into jail and
even to death, but let him once
get lon Missouai soil, let him
step off the train at the union
depot and take IL stroll along
Union avenue, and he at once
starts in to consu ne all The drink
in town. Who has not seen the
sturdy Kansas prohioitionist
rolling along the streets OF this
city in besotted condition: He
is familiar sight at the police
stations, Unaccustomed to hard
beverages at home, a few drinks
OF Union avenue whisky soon
puts him in amaudlin condition. -
Of course, aspreviously Stated,
there are many cities and towns
il Kansas where Intoxicating
beverages are sold openly. The
United States courts hit prohibi-
tionists d severe blow when they
decided that liquors of all kinds
could be sold in the bottles and
jugs in which they were shipped
from another state. This is
known as the "original package"
law, and itenables people who de-
sire TO do so to sell bottled liq uors
in defiance OF the prohi bitory law
of the state. These decisions al
SO apply in Louisiana; and under
them, bottled wine, beer aud
whisky can be sold in Jennings.
| We need the revenue that we
Can obtain from licensing saloons
and I contend that since the sell
ing of alcoholic liq in this city
cannot be suppressed, because of
the decisions of the high courts
cited, we ought to license them.
What is The use Of enacting a
farce and voting toprevent liq uor
selling, when it cannot be pre-
vented, as has been proved in
hundreds Of com munities. Un-
der the decision of the United
States courts in the "original
package" cases. all that is neces-
sary in order to lay in supply
OF whisky or beer is to send to
New Orleans or Houston and have
the liquor sent here in bottles.
1t can be sold in spite Of all pro-
hibivorv laws, if the but,les are
not opened before sale is made
| to the consumer.
JOHN T. BUTLER.