Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-10-31

solicitors and judges who fall short ol
doing their sworn duty in the matter.
1t is idle to say that in certain cities
the juries will not convict violators OF
the prohibition law. There never was
day when the prohibition law of the
state was as unpopular as the revenue
laws Of the federal government. IL
federal courts can find juries to convict
under the revenue laws. state courts
can enforce the prohibition law. 1t
wearies ones disgust to hear judge
clothed with the authority which our
laws confer on our judiciary go through
the form of lamenting that he can not
enforce tho prohibition law in his cir
cult, and solicitor general who whines
around in that fashion ought to be i'm
peached. These men know how to en-
force law when they want to enforce
IT, and If any of them do not have that
much knowledge they should resign
without delay. Most of the courts OF
the state are above blame in this mat
ter. and all of them ought to be.
But after all that is said to the con-
trary, the prohibition law has done a
vast deal of good in Georgia. If 1t had
been faithfully enforced in half-dozen
urban counties, where anarchy on the
subject has been made respectable, the
benefits would have been far greater.
Let us hope 1t may have decent enforce
ment in those counties soon.
In the recent Ecumenical Conference
at Toronto very distinguished gen.
tleman from Kansas said with reference
to prohibition in that state that 1t has
been an unmixed blessing. His re-
marks were as follows:
"Sir, have been asked what pro-
hibition has produced in Kansas.
And 1 can answer that question in
this way: In Kansas the population
has increased from 996,U0O in 1881
to 1900 900 in 1910. and though that
is a doubling of the population al
most, the prison population has
fallen of from 724 in 1880 to Sos in
1910. am proud to bear witness
also that but IL per cent of the pop
ulation in the prisons are native of
the state. In 1896, of the los coun-
ties in Kansas, there is not a single
inebriate, and in 81 of those los
counties in Kansas there is no one
in poor house-no, not one; and
those poor houses which are empty
have been lent to the state to be ex-
perimental stations, and are now
called Prosperity Farms 1t is
fact that prohibition does not al
ways prohibit in Kansas and in
lildl pcI t1CutdI II DcdES SOIIl6 SlIul-
larity to the Ten COMMANDMENTS
but the fires of Zion still blaze in
that state, and the law is proper
tionately executed, according to the
testimony given to us by those in
the state, as thoroughly as any
other laws"
What Kansas can do our own state
of Georgia can do, and the good people
of this commonwealth mean to do It,
They are not going backward on tnrs
subject. Blind takers, perpetually cry
ing out about blind tigers" will have
no effect. If they wish to hunt tigers
let them show their sincerity about the
business by hunting the tigers in Ala,
bama. There may be blind tigers" I'M
der prohibition in Georgia. but the peo-
pie of Georgia are not blind enough to
pay much attention to blind talker
who can never see a tiger" prowling
around under the license system and
who never fails to see one under pro-
hibition. In truth, some men know too
much about the haunts of blind tigers
to be regarded as very good friends of
temperance under any form Of law.