The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-02

THE lesson given by Judge Ruppen-
thai in the last court in passing SER
tar1ee of over three wears in jail and |
$4,000 fine on some whiskey sellers don't
seem to have been taken seriously. and
lots of liquor is being sold and much
drinking going on In our town and
county. 1t is said another earthquake
will soon occur here that will engulf
many unsupported, and be equal or
worse than the last court. The State
and County Attorneys and the Judge
propose 70 see the law strictly enforced
until repealed or amended, as is shown
by the following extracts from the
Judges remarks and sentence of Staabs
and Gallagher:
Il Will say that you have been pro-
ceeded against in civil and criminal ac-
tions heretofore; that the court is
aware from these things of your gen.
eral conduct and behavior along these
ines, ard knows specifically from the
testimony in this case of the character
of nuisance that you were maintaining
and for these reasons the court is go
ing to impose upon you heavy SEN
tence. You, who have had warnings
and oppor tu titles to lead law-abidirg
life and have not taken warning by it,
should feel the rigOr of the law. Each
of you know it is contrary to the laws
| of Kansas, and contrary to the state
constitution to violate this particular
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or if you don't like the state, or if you
don't like this law, there is q great
| wealth of universe lying outside of
| Kansas where you can go to follow
this business. 1t is no use for an in
dividual TO set himself up in rebellion
to the government of the state. He
may have strong convictions in regard
to certain law, but the state or gov
ernment will triumph, even though he
does not happen to agree with its ideas.
If you don't like the prohibitory law of
K .nsas you will still have to obey it
A man has to obey the laws, and ought
to obey them, and that if he lives in
| America, he has TO conform to Ameri-
can ideas and customs and laws. He
| can't make this country little Russia
or little Germany, and set up their
customs here. We have got to abide
by the laws of this country and the
customs as we fiDd them, and all our
efforts to the contrary will be unavail-
ing. You have to obey the laws that
you find here, and conform yourselves
70 them, and it is of no use for you to
try TO do otherwise, or to try TO over
throw the laws of the state The ma
Jority are against you, and from indi-
Cations. they will continue to be against
you This community has right un.
der the laws of the state to demand
protection from this kind of business
1t has two great schools here, the Nor
NAL School and the Catholic School
where young men come here to school
and they have right to be protected
from the kind of work you were doing
here last summer, according to the
evidence. They have the right to hi
protected from the insults of drunker
ruffians that were manufactured al
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out of your place of business to insult
decent people on the streets at al
hours of the day and night, and if you
think you can continue this sort OF
business, you will find that you cannot,
and 80 far as the court is able to do so,
the penalties of the law will be invoked
to stop this conduct on your part. At
ter this sentence is fulfilled as TO each
Of you, it will he no use for you to con-
true in rebellion against the laws of
the State of Kansas. You have no
right to npllify them and trampIe on
them and disobey them because you
don't like them. have not, and nei-
ther has anybody else