The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-05

arainst whisky selling Whether that
law ba wholesome Or otherwise
whether 81 20 a good law or A bad
law. the point is--and The only one
that should concern good citizenship
il ls the law. ard being the law,
tho same adelity 10 duty. the same
1hysicaI and moral courage in the
discharge Of duty should be exhibited
by officer and citizen as "a shown IN
opposition "a he zraver crimes. n
the citizen IA told thai a man is kill
ID 1Don tho streets. or hears mat a
COW or razor5aok hog ia stolen he
ia lp .n arms. 'r5vns with Just IN
Iznatlon. and does not smile until
the law has been avenged but If he
H. old that joint .s open upon the
street where whisky .s sold and boot
legged. wbhre men go reeling drunk
tharefrom ready 70 commit any char
ac.er Of crime that their infiamed
condition of heart and mind suggests
.bos4 VINO Ic not quietly slip around
and patronIze such joint, and when
v.D.oZ chair mouths and perfIming
their breath denounce the officials
FOR not enforcing the law, will CON
tent themselves. a. a rule, IN depior-
ng hat such state Of affairs should
exist Citizens who are guilty Of
such conduct. and who mus encour-
ago and AID the Iaw-breakers Are not
The people Who are going 10 help the
officers they are not part Of the
public conscience 10 be awakened.
But It Is the aggressive, moral el@-
ment, who IN discovering that they
have active. aggressive executive o..
fcers. stand behlnd them and en-
courage them In the condemnation Of
tbese oTenses, ana in The jury box In
truth and In fact enforce the iaw.
The sheriff and his deputies, and
the chief ~ police and policemen are
all executive officers, and so far "a
personally know are striving to do
their duty as they SEQ u; but, gentle
men ~ tho grand Jury. tho rumor Is
Just as rife In NE city of ArdmOre
and all Carter county that what Ia
known as bOotlegglng and gambling
Is carried on IN this city and county
as II Is the case that We have off
GERS who are sworn TO 0bey and up
hold the laws.
The duty ls yours In a manifold
manner, tOwit. To discover II such
offonses exist In ArdmOre and else
where In tho county; ~ ascertain
whether they exist after there has
been an honest, faithful effort and
purpose upon the part Of the execu
tive officers Ia wlpe n out Of exist.
ence And n they do exist. and your
/ Investigation satisfies you that such
is the case because officers have not
and are not doing their duty under
their oaths, present them 70 mis-
court nv indlotlng he pers0hs who
commit the offenses and by lhdlctng
tho officers who fail refuse or neg
lect 20 do their duty In the preyen
tlon ~ such offences.
II Is Tho law. and I 80 instruct you
mat n any county, township, or mum
iclpal officer falls, refuses or neRleciG
10 do his duty In this regard that he
subjects himself 10 removal from of
Hce, and this applies 10 the offense
Of gaming hs we'll as 10 liquor sell.
Ing. The laws are ample. and not
only meet and define every charac
tor ~ crime and offense, bu, make
provision for proceeding against of
nCers who neglect their duty, and
provide a summary that will cause
their suspension and removal. Nov
tho proposition Ia this. n by dili
gent inquiry you ascertain that these
uhenses cEist, havo you the courage
10 present the persons committing
them7 n by dillgent inquiry you as
certain that there Ia neglect of Of
Acial duty. have y0u tho moral cour
age to say so by q prcsentmenf %
this rOurt7 believe that You have,
but whether YOU have or not. the re
epnnsihlllty ls upon YOU n you have
and you mako such presentmcut IA
thla court. n will nnd neither trou
hlo nor embarrassment In doing itf
whole duty under tho law. I accuse
no one with neglect ~ duty. lHit dc
charge you that n thoro be such neg
lect and failure of duty land but fol
such neglcc, these offenscs would no
ha go notorious, ami In n large oI
preponderating majority prevented
I charge YOU to dig deep, aided bl
! nn tbo ,,nv,.nr tho machinery S,f thlI