Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-09-19

| lively sup rCSScd IN Kansas OtE, IN,
cost of criminal prosecutions which the
public had to bear fell off $4,000. An
other saving was made of $4,000 by
reduction of the police force. How much
was saved by the merchants in the bet
ter collection of accounts, and in many
other ways cannot be estimated.
Does Prohibition Prohibit?
Not to prolong this phase Of the sub,
ect, | bear willing witness that similar
results have attended the etTectuul sup
preston of the liquor traffic in othe.
cities where the saloons We're wont to
run and have been compelled to close.
Furthermore, and in the interest of alb
solute candor, the cities of Kansas which
have accepted the new order of things
with the poorest grace and which still
look back to the halcyon days of the
open saloon as truly happy times are the
ones which make the poorest showing of
progress; but even in these, where | get
the least cooperation and support OF the
local officials, the improvement over the
old order is apparent to every impartial
observer
1t is often said that prohibition does
not prohibit. And that is true. Neither
does a gun shoot, nor a ship sail, nor a
piano make music of its own accord. 1t
takes a man beh nd the gun to make it
shoot, a sailor to sail the ship and an
artist TO play the piano. So, too, with
tie prohibtory law. 1t will sleep away
the years within the musty tones of
law book and never prohibit anything,
unless there is a prosecuting attorney
who will dust off that law book and drag
out his typewriter and pound out intor-
nations and injunctiOns and get out
search and Seizure warrants and writs
Of abatement against the saloon keepers,
and custer suits against sheritfs and
mayors and policemen who fail and neg
lest to do their duty. Then prohibition
will begin to prohibit fast enough and
sure enough! All this is beyond the do
main of conjecture and prophecy. 1t is
an established fact, and has been demon
strated in Kansas many a time.
Prohibition AS Affected By Local
Sentiment.
Can the prohbitory law be enforced
where popular sentiment is against it?
1t can. We have done it. 1t takes just
three men to do ia judge, sheriff and
prosecuting attorney. These three and
no more who fear God and nobody else,
and determined to enforce the law-not
all the salonkeepers and brewers and all
their followers and sympathizers can
prevail against them Most important
of these three is the judge, and that is
the officer to whom the liquor interests
give the most attention and the temper
ance people the least. You must have a
Judge, or your law enforcement is bound
to be inefficient. Don't bother about the
jury. You can get an injunction from
the Judge to suppress an illegal saloon,
and you don't need any jury. A sheriff
you need, but if you have worthless
stick in that office he can be removed.
If the prosecuting attorney is derelIct,
Il special prosecutor can be appointed.
But if Chicago has its eyes turned to-
ward the future, upward and onward,
and dreams and prays for the time when
her streets will be as free of saloons as
her boulevards and city parks now are,
Just take this quiet tip from me and
don't forget to look out for your judges.
Saloon Always on Wrong SIZE.
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