Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-04
The Administration Process.

that the getleman who has mouth
ed SO often and loudly about the
'Law," and the duty of every man
to respect it, is of all men the least
disposed to be governed by the
law. In other words, Mr.. Joseph
NV. Folk, when the law blocks his
way, charges right over it with his
administrative process" The
administrative process" or gov
ernment by an armed force on
police or peace basis, is what has
reduced no million Russians to
subjugation and misery, and is the
infamous system against which
they have now risen.
1t is this means Mr.. Folk now
employs against the "Lid" clubs
clubs which are outgrowth of
nothing but his own folly and
fanaticism. He cannot close these
clubs by law without likewise
closing the privileged class, a
thing, good sirs, as you may your
selves see, would never, never do.
And it is doubtful that he could
even close the privileged or any
other club at all, for while it has
been made illegal to sell liquor on
Sunday, the liberties of the citi-
zen have not yet been invaded to
the extent of forbidding him to
drink on Sunday or any other
time. AS the courts have decided
that a club does not sell liquor, but
that it must be considered as an
association, dispensing it to the
members, each one paying on the
ratio to what he consumes, it is
hard to see how the Revered
Joseph w. can reach these "Lid"
clubs as long as they serve liquor
to the members only, or the guests
of members.
But hold! There is the "ad-
ministrative process" The Holy
One can apply it wherever he wills.
Let any club fall under his dis
pleasure, and he forthwith mar
ches his police against it, ordering
them to raid it and keep on raid
ing it until it is ruined and closed.
Thatis what his police are doing
now. Some clubs have been raid
ed as many as three times in one
evening, and it is perhaps neces-
sary to say hat such clubs were
not the st. Louis, home of the Big
Cinch, or yet another where a
$1,000 poker game has been run
ming for year or two. A case
against none OF these raided clubs
may ever be made in court, but
what difference does that make?
The administrative process" is
effective. It will put the clubs out
of business long before the cases
are reached on the court docket.
1t was the administrative pro-
cess that was used out in st.
Louis county against the racing
syndicate, toward which Folk
bears personal and special malice.
However guilty the race track
gamblers were, however derelict
the officials Of that county may
have been, the offense of Folk was
greater than theirs, for he violated
fundamental principles dear to
the American heart, the principles,
for instance, of home rule, and the
principle which has named the
sheriff as the highest executive
officer in time of peace. 1t is the
administrative process" that en-.
forces the "yap" Sunday closing
law through Folks man Mulvihill
who is clothed with arbitrary law
it seems. Folk never would en-.
force this law if he had to operate
: through courts of law, which the
Fathers of the Republic intended
and their sons now desire, every
case Of alleged offense against the
State shall be adjudicated. 1t il
to extend and enlarge the cad
ministrative process" that is th'
main motive of changes in th'
police commission and the ru.
] mored dismissal of Chief Kiely
Folk wants to "get" the firm Q
Celia, Adler and TILES, becaus,
that firm was active against hin
when he ran for Governor. In
vestigation by the circuit attorney
is said to have revealed the fac
that the firm is complying will
the law as fully as some of tn,
"wire houses" run by eminen
: citizens. Hence the law will no
: reach the firm. But Folk know
something worth two OF three laws
It is the administrative process
I, for one, will be greatly surprised
if the administrative process" il
destructive police raids, is not ap.