The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1909-05-07
JUDGE M, C, SAUFLEY
Replies to Hon. John Sam
Owsley.
Lancaster, Kyp April 20, 1903,


subject OF an amendment TO the Local
Option law, by which. II epncted, the
purchaser Of splrituOun liquors In
those districts where The sale Of u Is
forbidden by law wqnld be subjected
To- n penalty equal 10 that imposed
upon the seller.
1t Is true that during that di'cus-
sion then EXPRESSED, and do now ex-
fpress, my bellef that such amendment
would be more effective In the de-
struction Of the "Blind Tiger" traffic
than the existing law which limits
the penalty To the seller. Judge Ows-
ley commits himself TO the role Of a
prophet rather than jurist and with
unclouded vision foresees that this
amendment would multiply beyond
measure the number Of blind tigers
and increase by a thousand fold the
whiskey trafflc In the district" Bold
words these; but II they be the of.
spring OF inspiration rather than the
exuberance Of stimulated magma
ton. they must be accepted as truth.
IL will, however, strike the public as
an unusual dispensation Of providence
that such gift Of clairvOyafce has been
conferred on Judge Oysley when 1t
has been mysterlously/~ithheld from
the membership Of many legislative
assemblies Of Kentucky In the enact
ment Of laws upon)klndred subj scts.
Has 1t multipl i6d the number of du-
els and voluntary fights IN Kentucky
because all parties participating in
such encounters are made, under the
law, equally guilty? Has IL increased
gambling for money or property be-
cause all The parties TO the game are
subject to equal punishment? Has it
increased the indefensible practice Of
buying and selling votes at popular
elections because the seller and the
buyer are equally penalzedy Has IL
increased the desreputable practice
which once prevailed OF selling and
buying rewards and profits Of public
Office because OF the law which impo-
SEES like penalty on both buyer and
seller? Has the betting of money or
property upon the result Of popular
elections been increased because the
legislature enacted that both parties
TO the bet shall pay fine? Has the
betting on games played on licensed
billiard or pool tables been Increased
because the law imposes a penalty
both on the owner OF the table and
the persons who make the bet? Has
the violation OF the 9TH commandment
been Increased because both parties to
the forbidden act are punishable at
law?
When these and many other qseS-
lions OF like import can be truthfully
and aflirmatively answered, then the
public may be forced TO admit that
the former legislatures OF Kentucky
have CROPPED in uninspired darkness,
aud that new prophet has arisen in
Israel
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Descending from the exaulted plane
OF prophecy, Judge Owsley is pleased
to assume the roleof jurist, and to
idjudge that "by putting penalty en-
the buyer as we'll as the seller OF
liquor, 1t makes each OF them incom-
petent TO testify against the other,
because neither the seller nor the buy
err can be made before the court To
give any information = which
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