Arizona republican., 1910-08-08

one who denies the prohibition prin- ciple a place in a constitution, lei him inquire of Blackstone. who places | it fundamental, and divides equa
 honors with it in the dual principle
 which supports the government ir
 commanding what is right and pro- | hibiting what is wrong" Who is he | who seek to darken counsel in Te- gard to constitutional prohibition of any vitiating tendency in society | Let him know he does violence to our national constitution and frus- 1 trates the principle whereby intOXi- cants are prohibited to our American Indians. Not only this. but he does violence to home hundreds of years of legal proceedings and throws the conclusions of law and government back in their history by a thousand years.
 Shall we not, without reference to the endless chain of evidences, make a long story short by admitting that prohibition is a fixed principle in all governments; that that which lies fundamental in the constitution of any nation. and ours in particular, is the purposed statement to command on the one hand what is right, and to prohibit on the other hand what is wrong.
 But, some will urge. What do you mean to prohibit? Simply those things which are wrong and harmful to society. But. you respond, you can't do it. Law and government have tried to prohibit stealing, and yet it is very common to steal. In fact, it is the very strongest charac- terstic of the race, to get and hold possession" It seems instinct to do so And only by long teaching and training can this illicit want be made in a degree safe. But you can't stop it. Mir Phillips. Why. there is graft, Cheating Dishonest. fraudulent cloth sold. not all wool nor a yard wide, There are real estate tricks that, - But. say, my friend. you had better not go farther. Enough has been said to illustrate your point. Of course, prohibition never stops anything absolutely. Neither, on the other hand. does the governments commandments bring about every  ety commands you to love your neighbor and prohibits you from mJr- dering your enemy But the race violates both commandments with dangerous frequency. The question at this point is not, can you stop 1t absolutely? But is it wrong? The charter of governmental authority asks but the one question-Is it harm full to society? If it is, there's but one thing for the government to do prohibit it But, you urge. if the prohibition of the thing leads to enor- nous expense, complications and trouble. would it not be easier han dled and governed by licensing it?| What, by licensing a wrong? Can the government of city, state or na- ton grant license to harm society? Noi Noi thousand times no! At least not upon the charter of its au- thority. Listen: Can a government whose sole authority rests upon the contract with society to command what is right and helpful. license any power to injure society," Such a principle stands a misnomer among the principles of law and order. If you are urging a rule of anarchy. such license has proper name and is well placed. It is the rock upon which the ship of state must sink. It means annihilation to the social or der that exercises it. You can't li- cense murder. theft. They, if per sisted in mean the destruction of society. For the same reason you can't license gambling-it leads to
 
 sickness and murder. You cant li- cense pugilism. for it is brutalizing and injurious to society. You can't license a traffic dealing in a beverage that disseminates disease, as is true of the whisky traffic. Neither can you license a business that cultivates sensual depravity in the race. breeding adultery and divorce You can not license these. for they are damaging to society. They must be prohibited. It matters not that it is impossible licensing this traffic against it's con to stop them absolutely. They must be prohibited for they are harmful and if persisted in society will even- tually dissolve in anarchy
 It is at this point we desire to con- slider the greatest of all these license | evils-that of the whisky traffic. The | government of the United States is l licensing this traffic against the con science. A most serious thing for na- tions as well as individuals to do | It does so in violation of the spirit | of the constitution, It also does it | in violation of the judgment of its | best citizens. And it does it in viola 1 ton of the judgment of the courts. | Listen to the ringing denunciation of