Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03
THE EVENTUAL RESULT.
(Hardin County citizen.)

] All things are eventually measured
Hot Air Bottling Association cannot
change these things Much of the pres
Ont agitation in Iowa over the enforce
ment OF the liquor laws is dishones,
and hypocrtical. 1t furnishes an OPP
portunity for grandstand playing over
the enforcement of the law, against
which there can be no argument.
few days ago Lieutenant Governor
Garst issued statement to the effect
that all Illegal selling of liquor in the
state ought and could be stopped. The
Carroll Herald took a similar position
in more sarcastic terms. For quarter
of a century there hasn't been a single
day that liquor has not been illegally
sold in Carroll county. Both Garst and
Hungerford know this. Where have
they been all this time? What suits in
court have they instituted? In the face
of such n record, what is the natural
inference? 1t is too obvious to name.
What's the matter with being honest
with these things?
A few days ago Attorney General
Bcyers isshed a statement which the
Register and Leader featured in glar-
ing headlines and editorial approval to
the effect that the state had the au-
thority to enforce the law and would
do it, This was deceptive If not dis
honest A careful reading of Beyers
position reveals no such thing. What
does Beyers say that he has power to
do?
Let us take Hardin county as an ex-
ample. There is no day in the year
that liquor is not Illegally sold in Har-
din county Is Byers coming here?
Does Byers intend to come here to en-
force the law? No. What will he do?
If some citizen of this county will
bring suit against some liquor seller,
some peace officer, some mayor, con-
stable, or sheriff and then appeals to
Byers for help, the state will help I'M
til the appropriation of $500 avail
able for the work of the depart
ment of justice Is exhausted. He may
spend a little out of his own pocket,
not much. What does this help mean?
1t means that the case will have to
take the usual grind. thru juries. court,
trial and retrial supreme court, etc.
VIII they convict the man? Do they
convict them? Ask the county attor-
ney of this county. He made determ-
ined and we believe since reeffort to
stop the illegal sale of liquor in this
county.
1t is at once evident that this talk Of
the state being able to dip in and stop
the illegal sale of liquor is deceptive
and dishonest. The only possible thing
that can be done is to furnish little
assistant legal help. 1t must depend on
the usual method which is at all times
influenced by local sentiment.
Recognition is made of this fact by
Rankin and his associates when they
propose a state marshal regime. This
plan would at once be up to two things,
the resentment of outside in
and the usual trouble to
convict in court. Governor Cummins
proposes the power to remove officials,
but this would be UP against the same
problem of being able to convict in
court and the resentment of outside
Many of the papers, like the Cedar
Rapids Republican. and Sioux City
Journal, have been agitating the liquor
proposition for political
purposes. Such work is dishonest For
Example, if it were not, what has Mr.
Perkins been doing all these years to
stop the illegal sale of liquor in Sioux
City? What suits has he instituted?
And here comes the announcement that
he Sioux City fair association is get
ing $4,000 per year out of the Illegal (
sale of liquor on the fair grounds and
he management threatens to disband