The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-05
WILL At TEMPT
TO REPEAL
D|SPENSARY

q sou all be an attempt TO repeal
the state liquor dispensary system
ard make prohibition in Oklahoma,
as alright, as It is possible 70 do. II
CARED out. this will be the most radl-
cal departure from the policy of the
retiring administration, and I VIII
have tue active support Of tae ultra
prohibition forces, VINO have never
been more lukewarm, toward the as
pensary idea. II is understood the
plan will be supported BY the OK a.
homa anti-saloon league and contem.
p.atess not only complete abolition oi
the state dispensary, but renewal OF
the large number OF state prohibition
enforcement officers as well. Fiea
s.sCald well, who has been state cn'
foreenent attorney during the Has
ken administration and TO WHOM is
accredited a large amount Of the ~
forcement work since statehood, VII
il ia understood. tender his reslenl-
tlon 10 the incoming governof, with
the willingness 70 continue representa-
ton for the state 10 penes-g suits.
on of these Is the application oi Oh
lahorna for a writ Of prohibition
against the federal district courts.
pepding before The supreme court ~
the United states. in which Senator
Joseph Weldon Bailey Of Texas is
special counsel. appointed oy Govern
or Haskell.
New Enforcement plans.
Under the new plan enforcement
OF the liquor laws VIII resegate en-
tlff.y In the local officers. As Il
has been the local officer shorn OF
seme ga his aathoritg BY the B.lluns
avt hes In mans cases been coatent
"a, Isl the state officers s=acle ne
NerL~ A companion provision 20 be
sphfpltted renders the local osi.cess
liable to removal by tine governor
for failure 10 enforce the p.pllh'tory
aw. but net until the officer has been
given opportunity 70 be heard hotn
before 4 court and the governor. The
officer would be empowered to make
seizures oi liquors. and w1aA they
have been declared cor srabaa spill
them INFO the sewers, There ls con
ier4plated no seizures from joints and
llnasifsgsrs. and resa.s g the state
w AAaAfA8~ AD4 AMA4f Rt - II 81 NtA7
been the custom and Mir waitl hos
subjected the dispeasary syssem 70
irtSe criticism than any oIarr Adj
sfocafes cf the new plan visy the as
trtSnry as having been neither a
iiHantlal or a. nrohihltlaa success.
TAes hHnheG -cf local agAneles mas
4sst3lfd 10 sixteen III baniha9. dis.
lsshsek xleoAa % The drug trade AMI
tastT. aai Wine m Dh vsin.ans pre-
sslfta1AnA Ns beer Is ha led The
stAt4 agency management aad practi-
nsfsv little To do with enforcement
" he Rsllups act untll eighteen
nsasfs a-o. since whieb time AL
sF.fAs iiioeement, save work jone
as H. s's nfolcemea' attorney
sAs feef isr cted through auA con
a-Sssd s.'h the agenny Again there
lisa sels seilles conviction in the
ellbl.e misc acnnl ed since the gsner
81 eisst'oa i81 wears agn when the
88FPHr fem was submitted 10
s0fe ai tle re7ple, that sata and
laeal asAnciss we're not d4swel.
Following the election ,ocal agenc'
les were only re-established IN eoun.
ties uron application Of the people
ard the absence cf such requests has
been aiken as indicative drifts of The
Pubic npihioa.
Removal Plan Defeated
The plan Of removing ofile'al de.
leriets as outlined was proposed in
the Burnett act on the. FIRST 1910
spscial session. but could npi 81 adopt
ed owing to heavy opposition, The
chief objection then was 20 cloth
ing the executive with power 10 re-
move an elective officer with the
possibility cf making such elective of
ficers authority subserNient 20 that
of a state apr1infee. n other words
II the s,ate officer would not. and ne
local officer eoull not. enforce the
antl-iiunor law the latter would be
made to suffer.
Opponents To the plan 10 be pre-
sentei during the Third Legislature
favor continuance OF he sta.e dis
pensary slorg lines on, ned IN lhJ
burnett act which would mean ahol
ition only Of local dispeaaaraes The
state agency would b. made clcar
ing houss for 6ispos Of Confis
Gated goods, ioweyer. with tas ar
rag Oh state enforcement. officess con
spieuously absent. Like the other
plans enforcement would be lett L
local officers With the goye~Eot au
thoriZed to remove them or failure
10 enforce the Law. not, however, TN
til such officer had been given a
hearing before a court The idea
wond be to ship 10 the state agency
all conflscated liquors Tor resale /,
dealsrs outside the, sta;e, and be le
aimed far the benefit OF lie state
axeIoN and so per cent paid into The
salary. fund OF the county wherein
(ges seizure had beel made. AS a
variation Il was suggested that hall
- fhats tho state agency received ht
spent in enforcement Ia the sans
soqhts, the state enforcement otti
GERS .ir these cases co-opeeatlag WITH
the local officers.
Prospective Local option Law.
While the active prohibition adyo
Gates will be engaged in solving the
lIqstor problem from their viewpoint
asother force will be working to have
llgssed a reasonable local option, and
l,sBh license amendment to the state
eaa tuition with a view OF supplant
lts be statewide prohibition feature
Nc be decnments This was attempted
F0 fgh ihe initiative ana rnerehdlin
l4SE Nerepber, and the amen Silient
its HSlT;sed. or meeting the un-
agta.vgs wishes OF Local cntlon advo
aisss FesiFAd Z larger advance ma
~
sIt Is planned 10 have the legislature
suggest 10 the people yhal has, been