The daily sentinel., 1912-10-17
SCHRADERS POSITION ON BOOTLEGG|KG IS
CLEARLY SET FORTH TO De BEQUE VOTERS
H. [. MCCIint0ck Defines Hin
dfanCeS Of the Sheriff in
Enforcing the Law.

Talking to De Beque voters who
were interested in a solution OF the
bootlegglng problem in their own
town, II. l.. McClintock, who for six
years has been associated with Sher-
if Charles Schrader as deputy dis
trict attorney in the enforcement of
the laws of the state in this county,
made clean cut statement of the
position OF the sheriff. and an eNpla-
nation of his record.
Mr.. McClintock made no apologies
for Mr.. Schrader, but in opening.
declared that he was willing to let
Mr.. Schrader's record rest as basis
for mis- campaign.
In part Mr. MCClintoCk said:
The democratic party, while as
party it takes no stand upon the wet
and dry question, does stand for the
rule of the people and when the
people of any political subdivision de-
eide that that subdivision shall be
come dry. the democratic party be-
lleves that it should be dry. We are
willing to let the record of our
present democratic sherin speak for
itself upon that proposition. The op-
-s-,.i..O been ciesfJcraes>iy trying
all during the campaign TO impugn
ticularly with reference TO pc Bequo
and | desire to discuss that matter
with you somewhat fully. that you
may understand the situation as ii
is Before we can understand the
situation fully we must begin at the
beginning. that is with the enactment
of the local option law by the repub-
lican legislature during the Buchtsl
administration. At that time local
option was no new thing in this
country, and it was we'll known what
was necessary in such law in order
that it might be enforced. The bill,
as originally introduced, modelled
after the Ohio law, contained these
necessary provisions. but before its
passage every provision intended to
aid in the enforcement of the law
was amended out of ii and nothing
was left except the mere penalty for
making a sale A De Beque citizen
said the other day in Grand Junction.
that a certain man had openly ship
ped liquor in, had been seen to take
1t to his place through the Main
street in broad daylight. | do not
doubt that statement for | myself
have seen liquor unloaded at your
depot consigned to that same man,
but what of that? 1t is no crime un-
= der our law TO ship and store
liquor in dry territory even though
done with intent to sell man
might rent a building here on your
principal corner, fit it up elaborately
as a saloon, store it with liquors
of every description, procure fed
eral license and even advertise, and
yet. unless it could be proved that he
had actually made sale he could not
be punished.
In this situation We are confronted
with the necessity of securing eVi-
dence as 10 particular sales and there
are only two possible ways of doing
this One is to secure the testimony
which must of necessity be the un-
willing testimony of those who pur-
chase liquor for the purpose of drink
ing it. Ordinarily we have no means
of doing that II the sheriff or the
prosecuting attorney sees man
emerge from the suspected place with
a bottle in his hand and asks him
concerning it, the man reply: Its
none of your business" and we are
helpless TO make him tell. Only
when a grand jury is called by the
district court can we compel these
witnesses to testify. Last spring we
had such a grand jury and 1t accom-
plished more in the way of driving
out the bOotleggers from Mesa coun-
ty than any other one thing. Ihat
jury was acknowledge to be the
most representative body of men ever
called together in Mesa county for
jury service. If there had been three
or four on that jury who would not
do their duty nothing could have
been accomplished, but those three
or four were not there, and every
man upon that jury was personally
chosen by our present sheriff for that
service. II he were the bootleggers
friend, there was his chance to show
ii.
But when no grand jury is called
the only way evidence can be pro-
crred is to employ some one to make
the purchase for the purpose of Civ
ing testimony and that Is the method
on which we have had 10 rely chiefly
during the last three or four years IN
this county. Some are criticislne
Sheriff Schrader for not doing thai
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