Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-06-08

" nilh were htdAlN III ihNttFs. IheA
recognized the fact that their con
tention was against the logic OF the
case So they put forth special
plea 20 the effect that public senti-
ment is so strong against prohibition
In some sections that Il could not
be eniroced that the enforcement Of
state laws Is through local tribunals
and when local sentiment is against
the law II becomes a dead letter. For
this reason II was argued that the
state shocld not be called upon 90
enforce prohibition except where %
has first been asccrtaine by means
OF local option election hat public
sentiment Is strong enough &inst
the saloon 10 vote IL cut OF aN>ar
tiCular county or precinct. II was
said over and over that such is 6;;;s
present system and the success OF %
was dwolt upon in many varying
terms NJ eulogism, II was the best
system ever devised by the wisdom
% man II had been perfected
through many years of trial and pa
tient endcavor Il had been pushed
10 a marvellous point OF perfection
why turn away. Il was urged. from
this tried and efficient method OF
dealing with the admitted saloon
evil to experiment with something
more RADICAL How easily a bunch
OF mcrcernarv advocates can forget.
The crv ~ the difficulty Of enforce
men' IN the very same that these
same orators have urged against To-
cal option IN every precinct and
I county election ever held in Texas
/ The bootleggor. they have always
said viii take the place Of the sa-
/ loon and nad rs is the saloon. the
I hootlecger Is still worse You can't
enforce local option. they have al.
/ ways said even &C YOU vote 4 lt
/ mover was enforced anywhere. thcy
said. Rut now, bless your life. thyy
see beauties and perfection untold
In local option Senator Watson has
. discovered dozens OF dry counties iu
Texas where nobody Is even charged
with a violation OF the liquor or To-
cal option laws. The local option
wov has become the nasv way, TIE
safe way. the best way. the nerfett
IvHN TO nNlv way Really this go
Of duplicitv 7rd wcrcernary trlthT -
with great social and mora rrob-
lem tries the patience Of ono 9ccus-
toned 10 consistency and integrity
OF thought But such Is the slogan
OF the saloon power for tins cam
paign, and Il win be heard from now
on tin the polls close en- July 22d.
One of the distinguished speakers az
Fort Worth declared that he was OPP
posed 10 licensing any saloon, but
that he loved Texas too well 20 see
hcr adopt a law that she could not
enforce The thought OF such a
thing was so humiliating 10 him that
he would rather leave the saloon
alone, leave the people to struggle
with II by piece-meal subdivisions,
leave the social order and well-boing
of every community exposed To the
perpetual attacks direct and indirect
OF the saloon power. II seems 90 MS
that the public avowal OF the states
inability 20 cope with this monster
evil 's moro humlliatiur than would
be an honest eftor, 20 graphic with
IL however great the difficulties OF
success Are we ready 10 lie down
aud saw that even the liquor con
spirators are stronger than the
sjato9 To DO SO is 20 proclaim the
regnanCv of anarchy; Il is to ayow
the incapacity OF the people for self
. government.
, But he supposed inseperablc dic-
. ficulties OF statewide enforcement
d are predicated upon an untrue pos
tnlate. to-wit. that the statewide Law
b would necessarily depend upon IN,
local support Il would have In the
. different communities upon local Of
! ficials and local governmental ma,
Z chincry for It's enforcement. Thi.
, would not necessarily be So. Tn,
I legislature would have full power II
enactng laws to carry out IN,
5 amendment to provide fully fol
4 throwing the whole power of tn,
% state into the enforcement OF IN,
n law wherever violations were at
4 tempted II one set of officers
!, proved recreant To their duty provis
r ion could be made FOR their removal
I. II juries in one county proved re
. fractOry, the venue could he change,
= 10 other counties II mohs shout,
n gather 10 protect the saloon, the ma
Z litla could be thrown against them
: The arm OF the state is by no mean
s so short MS the saloon orator sup
, poses The state has the power, Il
? fact the state alone has the power
70 10 wipe ont the caloon.
. OF course the law against saloon
: would not enforce itself. No Law
n for the suppression OF wrong doe
!. that The people would have 10 d
= Il. But why Is Il supposed that tn
70 people Of county can enforce pro
- hibltlon when they adopt Il hy thei
: votes and yet the people OF the stat
I with all lts great sovereign power
4 cannot enforce II when they adopt |
. hy their votosp There In no reaso
In such a position. The fact is tina
o n IL precisely because the Difficult
A tics OF local option enforcement ar
4 greater than those of statewide en-
: forcement that the liquor interest
A nrefer local ontion. The real though
n behind all their oratory Is This
q they can defeat statewide prohlb
9 ton. they can continue 10 maintai
Il themselves IN the great cities wher
A tie breweries and wholesale liquo
4 AGENCIES are located. There the
; can concentrate their forces Frol
r. their strong centcrs they can wor
Il ont over the state In two WAYS; q
n by oneratng In the dry countiC
!. through hootlegglng Joints, l)stel