The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-27
CHIEF BROWNING IS
PAID COMPLIMENT

Chief of Police Thomas e. Brown.
ing returned Friday from the ma,
tional convention of the Chiefs of Po-
lice held at Buffalo. He was one oil
the six speakers at the convention
and evidently his address was inn
presslvc. as the following letter Is a
high compliment:
Mr. Thomas +, Browning. Chief
of Police. Ogden City. Utah Dear
Sir; L would appreciate the favor
very much If You would send me a
copy Of the very interesting paper
which you read AT the Chiefs Con-
vention at Buffalo. I wish TO have
this published in our daily papers OF
this city so that our citizens may
have some Idea OF our deliberations
ar our conventions.
Trusting that you had a pleasant
and profitable time al the convention.
] remain. your truly, (SigneD Iona
b. Day. Superintendent
The paper read by Chief Browning
follows.
ITO the Honorable President and
members of the International Associa-
tion of Chiefs Of Police
Gentlemen; ] take great pleasure
In accepting an invitation 10 talk TO
YOU today. | have selected as my
subject The Habltual Drunkard and
How o Care For Him There are.
no doubt. many cities under prohibi-
ton. and the same rule Will apply to
such places, as we all have the habit
ual drunkard. in Ogden. Utah, we
have a law whereby the saloon man
Is notified In writing by the chief of
police when an individual Is an habit
ual drunkard and this drunkard Is
placed on blacklist Thereafter, II
liquor Is sold or given to him. the of
Tending saloon is prosecuted, and, on
conviction. is fined and the owners
application for n new license is re-
jected The saloon man is placed out
of business.
ut is one Of the most effective ways
Of stopping the unfortunate from fre-
Quentlng saloons. | have known men
common laborers, who have compelled
their families to struggle unaided
while they idled away their hours.
spending the time in dram shops. In
such cases / have placed their names
on the blacklist in all places whero
drink Is dispensed, and then he could
not buy liquor, and furthermore, such
men are not allowed to remain around
those places | have found In many
cases that good results have followed
and families nave received the bene-
fit of money carried home instead of
TO the saloon.
IT iaf h,E
ids. Mich, they have an excellent
plan, A complaint is fled against the
habltual drunkard and, II he is found
guilty, he is sent TO a detention hos
pital and house OF correction wnere he
is compelled to work. He is allowed
pay for just what he does. In some
cases the board secures employment
on the outside for the unfortunate and
those on probation are compelled to re.
port to the Institution every day, The
money goes 10 help support the de-
pondents OF the drinker After serv-
ing MS time, he is held under res
traint
When we come to serious thought,
we must confess there should be d
system of taking care Of the habitual
drunkard, All cities should adopt
I, some plan of caring for them.
Il have no doubt that the aabitual
excessive drInker Is seldom mentally
equipped to resist the craving for llq-
uor. He must be aided from without
and it Is your duty and mine to eX-
tend that aid whenever possible, and
, to urge upon the authorities. who la
Dor with us, to reach out a helping
hand TO those who are being swept
down by the irresistible power of
drink.
Have you had fondaesS for any
pastlme or sport or diversion? Have
YOU not found how powerful was the
urging from within to give way 10 that
passion or prompting or habt-wnich-
ever you choose to call 1t? Yes. Of
course you have, II you have not been
remarkably blessed with balance OF
mind Now | take 1t that the drinker
develops his taste and then his cIav-
Ing much as lover of cards might
grow devoted TO the game OF bridge
whist or solo-or TO that more COM
mon pastime of drawpoker. | don't
know whether they play those games
here in the East (O | have reas-
oned that the are dominant brain
cells which take up the strongest i'm
press'cn- Of our being and those cells,
once in control as a directing passion,
fondnesa or nabit. rule the mind as a
tyrant might rule a country.
you cannct call 1t a disease exact.
". except wlen the excess OF alcohol
debiitates and destroys. II is not de-
generacy; 1t is not perverseness; 1t is
not an inherent weakness, except per-
haps In exceptional cases. 1t is simp-
ly a republic made up of many brain