The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-19
KANSAS COM1ENT
MR.. TRICKETTs SUCCESS.

NH TRICKETTS SUCCESS.
It is quite natural for the great sue
cess of Mr.. Trickett, in enforcing the
law in Wyandotte county, to start talk
about commissioning him an assistant
attorney general for other parts of the
state and letting him try his hand else
where at closing the joints.
And Mr.. Triekett, at one stroke
made good" Like the wise coun-
try school teacher who 'licks the big
gest boy FIRST he has established a
wholesome fear of himself IN the
hearts of all violatOrs of the law, and
that alone would mean a victory half
won if he should undertake, with prop
er authority, to enforce the law any
where else. We believe Mr.. Trickett
could now go into Shawnee, Sedgwick,
Leavenworth, Atchison, Bourbon, Cow
1ey,s Allen or any of the other wet
counties and shut things up tight and
dry in a few days to few weeks. OF
course 1t is hardly likely that Mr..
Trickett will be sent into these other
counties, at least until after the cam
paign, for state officials running for
Office are the same kind of rabbits"
as all other candidates. Bat whether
he is or not. he has made good so
abundantly In the eyes of the state that
it need not surprise anyone If he is
chosen, before a great While, for some
position considerably higher than that
in which he has made his reputation.
He has displayed up to the limit of his
opportunity, such facilities as made
Folk, Hadley, and Jerome familiar
names in every household throughout
the land.-LaW-ssnce Journal.
THE JURY SYSTEM.
We said a couple of weeks ago that
the jury system was a failure, and
some Of the editor fellows have been
jumping us. Here is a case which in
a measure sustains our view: They
have been trying to enforce the pro-
shibitory law IN Kansas City, Kan, for
nearly quarter of century Hun
dreds of iOintists have been tried he
fore juries with seldom conviction
where the case was fought. A few
weeks ago an assistant attorney gem
eral, realizing that it would be a waste
of time to fool with juries, presented
testimony to the district judge, who
promptly issued orders against the six
ty jointists and property owners com
planned of. AS these people did not
care to fare in the face Of the court,
they closed their dives. Trial Of these
cases by jury would have taken an
age, with appeals on technicalities and
loads of expense, and possibly ono or
two convictions of small fry saloon
keepers. Juries can't be trusted In
matters where there is a sentiment
involved. Why, in Jackson county,
which is as free from the liquor traffic
as any county In Kansas, q Jury iately
acquitted a bootlegger who admitted
that he sold liquor!=Holton Signal.
DEVELOPIN PROHIBITION.
The fight against Sunday closing be-
Ing made by the saloon-keepers in the
cities Of Missouri, will yet result In
prohfbitory law compelling them to re-
main closed all the time This may
look improbable to some people, but it
was the disregard OF law and decency
by the keepers in Iowa and
Kansas which was responsible for the
law in both states Iowa repealed her
law afterwards and replaced it with a
stringent license law, but Kansas Will
remain a prohibition state as long as
time shall last@Troy Chief.