The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-19
LIQUOR LAWS
! AND EDUCATION
|CompIaint That Towns Where
State Schools Are, Fail to
Enforce Law.
'IDAKO LEGISLATOR SPEAKS;
CHARGE MADE SPECIFIC
Uncertain Working of Present
Statutes and Another Prop
OsitiOn Made.
BY G.. E, ARNEY,

..
BOISE. Ida, Jan. ls.-The educational
Institutions Of Idaho will be provided for
In appropriations sufficient TO afford
them opportunity 10 pursue the even
\ tenor OF their way without the usual
epasmodlc demonstration heretofore hu-
initiating TO the onlooker and often TO the
\ members of the biennial sessions.
II II Is probably unfortunate that Idaho
has so many educational institutions. AT
least two of these could have been dis
pensed with and the educational demands
OF the state fostered with full credit Co
our intelligent progress, II is equally
unfortunate that all OF these state instl-
buttons are not located nearer the CEN
|fers of population than they are, These.
however. are inheritanccs for which the
eleyenth session is not rcsponsinIe. res -,
very best it could possess. for from
them come annually the young men and
the young women who are soon 10 shane
/ the destincs OF Idaho. II Is deal bet
Ter 10 spend the peoples money in this
cvilizIng. noralIZing manner than by
Fether building larger jails or by attempt
legislation for which they are not pre-
Failure to Obey Law.
II was the privilege OF Representative
Nihart OF Twin Falls county 10 speak
in the committee on education, Of which
he Is a member. about the failure Of the
people OF Lewiston and OF Pocatcllo TO
.nbry the terms OF the local option law
This representative had the perfect right
Ito make this suggestion. II is not the
|privlIege OF any communities 10 make
Ieiolent attempt Ia discrcdit man who
|reflects conditions. real conditions, just
II is the simple plain. unvarnished
truth that the local option law Is being
fractured in both Pocatclo and Lewis
4 Ton. Nihart knows II, and all members
0f the legislature from both Lewiston
and Pocatelio know II.
What are the people soing 10 do
about II?
I This is q result OF legislation forced on
Ithe people against their wishes by those
Houtside the towns. The people al these
4 |tovns are creatures OF a condition which
|confronis the people of many towns of
Idaho through a state law cndeavortpg 10
brins about = premature species OF re-
/ form. Ii is not contended that temper
ance is not right or that local option
might not he made n success. II is
.contcnded that IL is unwise In principle
10 permit the remote rural districts OF
n 'the state TO fiX code OF laws or or
mornls Tor municipalities which have Of
ficers 10 govern themselves.
Both Parties Guilty.
This Is what The Republican party of
Idaho has done aud it is what tho Demo-
cratic party of Idaho has mdorsed.
There isn't The slightest idea but that
1 in the passing OF the local option law
the members Of the party which did IL
and of the party which indorsed IL acted
Through that brand OF smap politics
Most Of the advocates Of this measure
kfrct all Of thcml do not believe what
4 they say when they advocate local op-
( ticn or statewide prohibition.
II was we'll known 10 the legislature a
n The time OF the passing OF This local
option law that the outside people ri
Pocateo> dry" II was as well known
/ that II anything but sincerity Of
Epurpose which caused them To do it.
\ 'It was equally well known that such 4
Ecateilo. owing 30 the convictions of a
major portion OF the people Of Pocatello.
and legislation does not often change
|conrctions. These statements are equally
true of Lewiston.
A Situation to Be Faced.
Il. This is situation which the people OF
4 the state Of Idaho face today. It Is a
condition and not a theory which is be
Efore the state legislature for such con-
Lsideration they may sect fit To give
Ito IL. There is no law on The statute
\ books Of the state limiting the enactment
;or The modification OF existing laws 10
tho terms OF any party platform, espe
Icially when II is not clear that the plat
form pledge has not been repudia,ed.
II is the sworn duty Of the legisla
Itmre to act for the best interests OF the
movement that wt DE better for the
lpeopla of the state In relation to lis
lmorais. its finances its intelligence. let
~ do that very thing and trust the re-
sui of their labors tc the people.
III There is too much politics TO the square
Inch in Idaho today. There is an in
Iclnatlon toward too much catering after
lsupposed popular reforms of the order
which are foreign to the beliefs OF the
Ipeople OF the state.
A Better Proposition.
NJ After all, would IL not promote a bet
ter order Of citizenship. better for the
.l.f 4
1and OF Pocatello and the other towns and
}cities provided with corporate power, If
1they were TO be accorded-at the hands
'Iof This present session Of the legislature
Ithe control OF and consequent RESPONSE
lbiIity for the liquor situation within their
frespectve in1ilsr