Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-21

| than when the weather Is warm: in the
| fiisid season he seeks the comforts OF the
fire, and il therefore les liabls to come
| under the eyes OF the officer. SO that there
might be as much drunkenness In Jan
| u2ry as in June, and as equally vigilant
| officers and vet far less arrests for in.
| tcxicstion.
Besides this there Is often a change in
administrators from one year to another
| A new mayor comes into offics new
chief OF police takes the reins a. new
| spirit anmates the constabulary, and the
enforcement Of thu letter OF tho law re-
gardina arrests IL more strenuous or lees
| lax az the case may be. Hence a com
parieon, while Of value, IL not always
| sufYicient r. tell the whole story. The per
sonal equation must h~ taken into account
| in making a safe Judgment in the case
Now we desire 10 say a word concern
ing the matter OF what kind OF DRINKS
are proper persons for arrest II IL cvi-
dent that the law is not Incorporated the
same IN all sections ~ the State; and also
that it il generally given more lax en-
! forcement now than when the license
regime nrst began. In some places the
theory IL accepted that. II n drunken man
| In making no disturbance. he If not f1t
subject for arrest. But, according to the
law. drunkenness" IL ons thing and
breach ~ the peace il smother, hence
a man who Is drunk does not have to be
action on the part of the policeman. In
| other cases it il said to be the policy not
to srrsSt n drunken man n he IN headed
! for homo, no matter how unsteady ne
walks or how fooishly ne talks. We adj
nit that there scena. at first thought. to
be some huusA nifty in this. IT a man has
sense enough left to desire TO seek the
shelter Of home II may seem little cruel
to lay hands upon him and hale him to the
lookup. His own can doubtless better
minister TO hin, than the keeper Of the
gaoi And it does sscm q little hard to
| say to such a mar: You cannot 90 home
to- night: you must suffer arrest, imprison-
ment and a trial before you can rest I'M
dar your roof tree"
But there are others than the drunkard
to BE- considered. OFTEN there IL the case
OF his wife and children whom he COOS
homo to abuse and who would be far bet
tor OF IL he verc compelled to sleep on
! his dsbauch. and have time for sober re-.
Election before meeting hi. family. Ba-
| sides this there are the interests OF the
general public. No one can eyer tell what
! freaklsh notion q drunken man may take
| into his head. no woman ia safe from in
suit while an intoxicated man is allowed
to walk the street. No unprotect. ;irl
Is ,ectiys from assault while man whose
passions are infsmed by liquor IL allowed
at large Had Edward Clark of Mont
pelier, who is now IL Windsor prison for
/
chance to attempt rape upon an unpro-
te~ted girl IN Montpelier last summer the
girl would have been safe from his in
famous proposals. and he would havo been
saved from crime and punishment.
| The only safe course. then is to have
every intoxicated man placed under ar
rest - soon as his condition becomes clear
10 any oficc,. Only this way will the
streets and public places be SAFE FOR child
hood pr FOR wouanhOod.
Besides nil this We maintain that. in
the long run. this ia thu policy which is
best for the drinking man himself. The
sooner he comes n realize, however hard
it may se-,n. that tho moment he gets
under the influence Of liquor he ia bound
| 10 be placed behind bars and brought to
trial and possible conviction. the sooner
will no begin To mako desperate forts to
rid himself ~ the chains Of his ha bit Es-
pccially Ia this true In tnr caao Of Young
men just beginning course in drinks
In many r-spects a drinking man is an
| object of pity, and our hearts go out in
| sorrow for those given to intoXication,
| hut it is still true that, short shrift is
| sometimes greater mercy than unwise
leniency. and tn. sooner a man is made
feel to the weight Of tn, law the quicker
he comes to comply with tho provisions of
| the law We call. then. upon the officials
| Of Barre TO begin policy Of arreetin the
| DRINKS on our streets and in public places
a. soon as II is plainly apparent that they
are under the influence ot liquor.
A MAPLE SUGAR EXHIBIT.
Q'rom the Barro TimesD
We think that tn" VERMONT Maple Sugar
| Makers association makes Il mistake in
| voting not to have an exhibit al the st.
/ Louis worlds fair. There is a decided DIFF
| ference between having some tangible
product to place before the public for ad-
| vertisiug and i'll erecting building to
rclr. sem the state. Ia the one case there
il Vermont article. tho excellence Of
/ whose manufacture may be shown to the
hundreds OF thousands That will undoubt-
ediy attend the fair IN the othcr case
YOU have building, crested not BY Yer
mont artisans, repreSe cutting nothing OF
| Vermont, save 4 picture or so in the in
terror decoration, ana with label over
the door VERMONT Tho label j. d mis-
nomcr. There il practically othng about
| tn" building to which Vermont or Yer
nlontoys may Lag claim except tho title
Of ownership. for which the State has
s~apped So ooo or 5000. On the o.hor
hand. when any state organization or
p2rty or people places 4 particular article
on exhibition. such - maple sugar or
| granite the merits We are certain they
would be n,crits-are pla ced before the
pssplo in shape ~ be appreciated. There
| would I've something to show up.
The Maple Sugar Makers associate
may have Srgucd that advertising OF their
product 10 unnecessary t,cause it s
sufficiently known without, hut tho faila ~
| or that reasoning would he apparent with
| a few moments thought. No article or
goods can he too well known for ita ad-
vantage Barre granite holds perhaps a
similar position a. regard. reputation
with Vermont rsrle sugar. yet Barre
| granite nlarufactur, RS arc sDin: on the
| principle inst their product will he the
gamer by this means OF worlds fair all
| Nsrtslns Therefore, they are planning
to reach those vino A t pr'apnt know moth
me Of The eXcellencc OF the rock ara to
strengthen TIE reputation ~ il with those
| who are already acquainted with its rnrr-
its We fancy that n similar position ia
what tie Vermont maple sugar makers
should take
I WELL REPRESENTED.
From the Barre Telegram)
| The st. Johnsbury Republican Is to he
congratulated on securing w. w Hus-
band as the Washington correspondent
Hts first letter is all that his friends
would naturally expect.
THE ACCLAIM or PUBLIC SPIRIT.
From the Vergenncs Enterprsc)
Three cheers FOR Gel s. A. Illsley of
| Middlobury
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,
Tho only remedy for badness is n Wig
afraid OF his wife than to pretend not to