The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26
BRO W NlNG'S
ADDRESS AT
BUFFALO
CHIEF OF POLICE RECEIVES RE-
QUEST FOR HIS PAPER.
Excessive Drinkers, Says the Chief,
Are in Need OF Assistance to Over
como Their Temptations.

Chief OF Police Thomas f. Brown
ing returned yesterday from the ma
/ tlonal convention of the Chiefs of Po-
lice held at Buffalo. He was one OF
the six speakers at the convention
and evidently his address was Inn
| high compliment:
"Mr Thomas E Browning, Chief
of Police, Ogden City, Utah. Dear
Sir: | would appreciate the favor
very much il you would send me n
copy of the very interesting paper
which you read at the Chiefs Con-
vention at Buffalo. | wish TO have
this published in our daily papers OF
this city so that our citizens may
have some idea of our deliberations
at our conventions.
Trusting that you had pleasant
and profitable time at the convention,
l romain vour truly (SigRed) Iona
B. Day, Superintendent"
III. paper read by Chief Browning
follows:
ITO the Honorable President and
members of tae International Associa-
tion of Chiefs OF Police
Gentlemen: / take great pleasure
in accepting an invitation to talk to
YOU today have selected as my
subject, The Habitual Drunkard and
How to Care For Him There are.
no doubt, many cities under prohib-
ton. and the same rule will apply to
such places, as we all have the habit
ual drunkard In ogden, Utah, we
have law whereby the saloon man
is notified in writing by the chief OF
police when an Individual is an habit
ual dTunllard and this drunkard Is
placed on blacklist Thereafter, If
liquor is sold or given TO him. the Of
Tending saloon is prosecuted, and, on
conviction. is fined and the owners
application for a new license is re-
Jected. The saloon man is placed out
of business,
"It IS one of the most effective ways
of stopping the unfortunate from fire.
quenting saloons. ] have known men,
common laborcrs, who have compelled
their families to struggle unaided
while they idIed away their hours.
spending the time in dram shops In
such cases have placed their names
on the blacklist in all places wherc
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
'I am informed that at Grand Rap
ids, Mich they have an excellent
plan A complaint is filed against the
habitual drunkard and, if he is found
guilty, he is sent TO a detention hos
pital and house OF correction wnere he
is compelled toAwork. 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 to help support the de-
pendents of the drinker After sery-
ing mis- time, he is held under res
traint
when we come 10 serious thought.
we must confess there should be a
system of taking care Of the habitual
drunkard All cities should adopt
some plan OF caring for them.
Il have no doubt that the 1abitual
excessive drinker Is seldom mentally
equipped to resist the craving for liq-
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 10 those who are being swept
down by the irresistible power OF
drink.
Have you had a fondness for anv
pastime or sport or diversion? Have
you not found how powerful was the
urging from within TO give way to that
passion or prompting or habit-wnich-
ever you choose TO call 1T? Yes. OF
course YOU have. if You have not been
remarkably blessed with balance of
mind. Now | take it that the drinker
develops his taste and then his cray
ing much as a lover Of cards might
grow devoted to the game of bridge
whist OF Solo-or to that more COM
mon pastime OF draw-poker | don't
know whether they play those games
here in the East CD l have reas,
oned that there are dominant brain
cells which take up the strongest i'm.
pressions of our being and those cells,
once in control as directing passion,
fondness or habit rule the mind as a
tyrant might rule country.
You cannot call it n disease, exact
ly. except wnen the excess OF alcohol
debilltateS and destroys: IL is not de
Seneracy; 1t is not perVerSeDesS: ii is
not an inherent weakness, except per.
haps in exceptional cases. 1t is simp-
~ republic made up of many brain
cells overthrown and Il dictatorship OF
drink set up by the most powerful
brain organism
Applying this reasoning TO the ways
of the driaker. and drawing a parallel
with that OF the card-player or money
maker or religious enthusiast, or base .
ball ian. or prize fight follower, | say
that the drinlIer must receive help
from beyond the seat of his intelli-
Sence. just as those who are held TO
other vices or pastimes must be aid
ed from without
Believing and seeing as do. feel
pity Tor any one who has fallen q
prey TO an unQuenchabIe appetite-for
any one with a deranged brain, and
say to YOU. let us do oil In our pow
er to save such people from them
selves
In Scandinavian countries they
hold the dispenser of strong drink. so
| am Informed. responsible for any
man intoxicated on his premises Tho
Keeper Of liquor house must pay all
expenses of restoring an incapacitated
one 10 full control OF his mental fac
ulties. AID In addition must compen-
safe the family for any loss incurred
Dy reason of the debauch. 1t might !
be extremely difficult to enforce such |