The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-14
THE RESOLUTIONS
at the Law and Order Meeting
of Citizens Held in the Court House,
Thursday Night, November Eleven.

1--WE are gratifed at what has been
accomplished during the ten months of
prohibition in our city and parish.
Facts and fg4res unmistakabty declare
that we have gone forward and not
backward Comparison with the corre-
spending months of last year, with
licensed saloons, disclosed increased
volume of business, larger bank depos
its, larger postoffice receipts, more build
ings erected, more real estate activity,
better collections and a remarkable de-
crease in crime The public interests
have not suffered but have been largely
benefited. These results and others
not enumerated have appeared notwith-
standing many adverse conditions.
The responsibility of enforcing the
prohibition law has of necessity been
shouldered by private citizens who, with
zeal and determination, have not hesi-
tated to give generously of their time,
effort and money for the vindication of
the law that was being trampled under
foot and defed The number of such
citizens has been gratifyingly large and
constantly growing larger The work
accomplished is a matter of court re-
cord, reflected also in the closed doors
of some former drinking places and in
the rehabilitation of other such places
FCr
I'VE submit the following as the
earnest sentiment of this mass meeting
''First-We commend most heartily
District Attorney Foster for his dill
gence and untiring efforts in prosecut-
ing the violators of this law, and AS
sistant District Attorney Looney for
his able services in the prosecutions.
We would express our high admiration
; Of Judge Fulliiove of the City Court
, and Judges Bell and Murff of the Dis
trict Court for their firm and ullyield-
ing stand in upholding the dignity of
| the law We extend our most cordial
thanks to the Police Jury for refusing
to call an election at this time on the
) liquor question.
'Second-We call upon every law
+ loving citizen to give his or her SYM
t pathy and cooperation in all efforts to
| put down lawlessness and to create a
/ wholesome, law-abiding sentiment il
, the community
We are-d detesissised to keep up the
/ fight for law enforcement without any
cessation. As private citizens, we great.
Ily prefer that the officers of the law
: Iwhose sworn duty it is, should take tht
lead in this matter, but if they do moi
we shall not for that reason weaken If
: our activities. SO we declare the pro
: Ihibition law shall be enforced
n "Fourth-And be it further resolved
5 that we condemn in unmeasured term.
It the reprehensible course of the brewers
S wholesale liquor dealers and their rep
r resentatives, who, hiding behind mer,
a technicality of law, have not shown tht
n slightest respect for the expressed viii
IoI lHe peoplS, Out ndEe pei siotSliy III
d Istigated the violation of the law, con
n spring with many of those who are nov
: serving terms on the roads and in th
it Jail. We declare that these men, VIII,
S have made others the victims of thei
" wrong doing, are just as deserving 0
t punishment themselves, and if the la,
: will not reach them, should receive tn
y Just contempt of all the law-abidint
lie right, thinking people of our city an
IS parish.
at JOHN JENKINS,
1T Chairman
4 "a. J. INGERSOLL
D "RANDELL HUNT.