The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-17


has only begun. the all important
matter being the enforcement of the
law
The people who composed this
splendid organization can accom-
plish great work II they will use
their members in keeping a watch
ful eye for violations of the laws and
thereby assist the officers in putting
q stop to the sale of intoxicants
by being brave enough to file affl
davits against all violator..
will venture to say, that before
the Rose bill or any of the option
measures were passed, that any man
in Marion with nerve enough, could
have put over half of the saloons out
OF business by watching them and
filing affidavits against them. under
the laws then on the statute books,
regardless Of the attitude of the
Mayor, for IL an affidavit is filed
with the Mayor, he is compelled to
act, or to use q slang phrase CLOSE
his job"
However the temperance forces
must not too severely condemn Vho
1Iovor in matters of law enforce
mant for the mere fact thaI you
l,row Of a person violating the Ia"
e. M reason for condemning tne
N,ovor for not having your know
Iodge unless you bring the matter
70 his attention in the proper man"
ner by filing an affidavit.
Under the conditions that VIII eN-
let by the taking away OF par
:, tho revenue, and no PROVISIONS
having made and none can no" DO
made to make up this dehVlency'
mo etrictest economy must be pracJ
ticed by all our city officials, ana ~ !,
,s I,peIv that the police force VIII
have to be cut down, thereby res
,enine the power OF the Mayor 10
locate violators, so that 1t becomes
the duty Of every citizen to asslS'
.t,o Atovor in the enforcement OF the
law II good is to result.
This leads me up to the polht
wish to make and that Is that the ~
Anti.saloon forces should organize
into an Law and order league anu
thew pre certainly in spienuiu pos' %
ion to do this. Let the aim be the
s,yio, enforcement of law so that
wo will have no selling booze III
,act and not in name only, thereoS
raenine the support OF the copse'
va,iye people who made this V'c'orS
possible. nea,ing was
| hold ot the Y. NJ. u A. on :
rridav by the League ana 'ha.
n,hor os the candidates OH ou'
onntv tickets were called In 10 ue'
clare themselves on the tempeIa"oo -
question. showing the tendency ~
mix mix M the saloon question W.T. WIZ
no,,t;cs @ No graver mistake cou'u
~ r,cde for the cause OF Temperance,
ond It is only necessary TO po'h'
40 the failure OF the Prohip'''o"
nortv os political temperance OF
ni,ot,or TO ever accomplish any
eS,nn for the cause of temperance
60 show the fallacy OF ih1ec''"s
mic question into politics pecause
mora, question will be lost sign
=, - great extent Il mixed WIN
other political questions ana t"e a", ~,
ev,table result will be- that 'oea'
ort,on will prove a failure ana we
IN noye the saloons again III
threa wears. because the vast nnhpel
Of people that voted dry from
moral stendpoint will become us
gusted ,too,ed
Bv taking the stand as indicateo
INV the meeting OF last Friday, the
! eague simply becomes dictator
and the American people have no use
for the dictator ps has been proven
The men on our county ticker
ore all good citizens and nave
faith enough in all of them 10 De
,,ave that the successful ones VIII
kove due regard for their oaths' t'
do their full duty to the people o
the county. do not believe ina
there will be any attempt to repea
anv of the temperance laws, unless
lthey prove a failure and 1t Is nov
nm TO the Anti-Saloon league Z
nroye them to be all that has beer
claimed for them.
No, let us not make a mistake
in this matter by taking the wronl
course, but let us all put on
shoulder to the wheel Of the Law
and push It along, so that tn,
speak-easy or the boot-legging jolnr
will not be known in our city,
I ONE WHO VOTED DRY.