The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-25


rhc World crrs not alone Ia its
'eric hn also in It's statpment Jf
iacts Neither the Democratic can
'tdatc Cor president nor the Demo
rttic party has ever declared that
ihe ricn men should be forced TO
car the costs of government, but
iney have declared and do still dc
iare tha the rich men should be
accd 20 bear their pruportiOnate
hare of the cost of government Tho
i-ivilesc of escaping their just share
=, fthe burdens of taxation. as well as
he opportunity to uniustly fitch un-
ounicd millions from the farmers
nd laboi crs through the operation OF
protective tariff system, has been
lie price which the rich men have ia
lie past cNacted from the Republican
orty in return for paying the costs
Z their campaign.
Lawton. okla. Aug. During the
asst eight months OF license and tho
rst eight months Of prohibition the
olice arrests in Lawton were as fol
lows:
Before. After
,irests Tor all causes .974 $50
or drunkenness ... .231 IL
for disorderly conduct. 1870 81
The chef of police says the actual
oTk of lis department is only about
me fourth of what il was before pro-
.lbition Went into effec,
lawto1, Okla Aug. "A recent
hiskey spilling in Lawton was par
cipatde in by j. j. Thomson of the
tate agency and {. c. Brannon, one
"Pussyfoot" Johnson's men, repre-
cnting The United states government
bout Forty gallons fliquors of all
lnds were poured into the sewer,
art of which had been conhscated
" the sheriff's force and the rest
as taken by Special Officer Bran
on on the Ipdian agency grounds at
ae time Of the payment Al the same
me they captured three men and
arge reyolves which one of the boot
eggers drew on a deputy sheriff.
In Comanche county 103 arrests
ave been made in eight months for
iolations OF the prohibition law. or
nese forty are still pending, five OF
hem In the court of appeals, FIVE
sere acquitted, six forfeited their
onds. nineteen cases were dismissed,
nd thirty-siX have been convicted.
he aggregate penalties being 1,260
ays in jail and s2,125.O0 fines.
- satGl
Guthrie, Okla, AS. Hoist by
heir own petard. the yioiators of the
/ rohibitiOn laws in Oklahoma are be-
\ ng compelled, through fines and con-
scation of their goods and fixtures,
themselves bear the greater part
4 the expense incidental to the en-
4 oroement of the prohibition law and
re maintenance of the state agencies
! cordng to an interview given out by
tate Superintendent II. Il. I.ozier.
The agency system, including the
rohibition enforcement department.
as already become self.supporting. =
lid Mr. lozier. The legislature ap-
reprinted $4,000 TO start the system
u. OF this only half has been ex-
ended and now for two months, moth
ng has been drawn from tf,.sh-und
loney received from local ags'@s for
uedical liquors sold, together with
ne sale of furniture and fixtures con.
seated makes the income sufficient
pay al expenses as well . tho
,laries of those employed iu the
iate agency and in the enforcement
If the law
The tables are turned and the
iquor people are being fought at their
.wn expense. All good citizens re.
ice that the whole system IS to be
cll-supportng and the people will
OF have 10 be taxed 10 fight bootleg
ers and iointistsI
Another example Of the Same kind
1mes from Lawton. The county
Idge saws that-thc court expenses for
ne last quarter have been SI49. while
Le amounts collected from fines and
osts amount to $5i0, and besides this
4 l,500 of fines has been temporaril,
4 ed up nappealed cases. The en-
2rcement of prohibition In Coinanche
ounty will not cost the taxpayers a
ent. Many other counties are doinl
* we'll
The recent much heralded open.
ne OF saloons in Muskogee was par.
ieipated in principally by the officers
'ho opened them up for one hundred
)peneing Of saloons in Muskogee wa.
anticipated in principally by the off
ers who opened them up for one hun
red barrels of booze which they can
med for the state"