The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1910-08-04
THE HOG AND DOG LAWS.

have pride in the beauty and cIeanli-
ness of the town, as we'll as public
safety and health, caused the city to
enact the hog law ordinance.
AT that time many people were OPP
posed to the law and INDUCED in much
hard language. But this vas only
natural. Many of the people here are
country people; they have never had
city experience, and have never lived
in state that had general stock
law, and for this reason they could
not realize the benefit of such law.
1t is always a source of much worry
and bad feeling to inaugurate such
law in any city or country for the irst
time, but after the Jaw has been in
force sufficiently long for the people
to realize its benefits they will be in fa-
vor of it more than they were at first
opposed to it. For this reason, more
, than any other, the hog law should
stand, and the petition now being got
ten up asking for the repeal of this
ordinance should he ignored. City
government is not supposed to be sub
ject to petition, and petitions of this
nature have no legal bearing.
| 1t is well known fact that people
will sign almost any kind of petition
presented to them, even when they OPP
pose the cause petitioned for, for the
reason that they know the officials re-
ceiving the petition are supposed to
decide whether the petition shall be
granted or denied.
In this instance some of the board
of aldermen are hoping that those in
favor of the law will get up counter
petition. This is not at all necessary ,
but entirely uncalled for. The board
of aldermen is the law-making power,
and they are supposed to stand by
any law they believe to be right, and
they certainly do believe the hog law
to be right.
If, however, the board of aldermen
is so inclined as to act upon this
petition and repeal this law, then
those in favor of the law must have
the same right to petition and the same
right to demand that their petition he
acted upon, and we guarantee right
now that a petition two or three times
as strong will be presented, asking
the board to pass another and strong
er law, which will not only prohibi,
hogs from running at large on the
streets, but also horses and mules, and
to require COWS to be kept up at night.
The majority of the people in Hayti
want just such laws, and if again
treated to the disgusting spectacle OF
lot of old half-starved razor backs
roofing up the streets, creating wal
lows, breaking in gates and fences anC
destroying gardens and etc, they
will be much stronger for the law.
The same applies to the dog law, ant
about the next thing dog owners know
they will be face to face with strong
er and more severe law than the pres
ent.
1t is said by some that the hog Law
was voted down by the people, ther
passed by the board. This is "a mis-
take. The stock law election covered
all kinds of stock and cattle: it was /
complete stock law. Under the sta
tutes the board of aldermen has thu
right to enact law against hogs
sheep, goats, dogs and geese, and M
election is required. SO the board o
aldermen, in enacting this law, wer
d entirely within their legal rights.
= The more we respect the law: tn
IS more we respect officers of the law
= and the more we respect the rights q
! others, the more liberty we can eXpeC
to enjoy and the less we will feel tn
J. laws $ restraint.
1t is by love and respect for the la
, and for the rights of others that "
become good citizens.
Every law works hardship upo
some one. The tax law does NJ
please some. If there were no law
d TO protect property rights we coul
j. not hold our possessions,
Law is disliked only by those VIII
do not want to live under leg,
- restraint, who do not want to lie boun
X by the rights, liberties and enjo!
) ments of others. There is more leg;
restraints in city life than in countr
} life-more is required-and it is M
) RIGHT tn turn eyervhodV'S streets an