The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-20

nence. legislation and law enforce
ment. When the organization IA,
succeeded in doing this. it has -
largely accomplished its mission.
las regards the matter Of legs
lation, it is always ready 10 lead ia
people before any Legislative te4&
whether small or large, to respeytf
~ and urgently request "a such .aw
making body heed the voice of tha
people and give them their r.~f-r
The A~nti-Saloon League ever heef<
prominent in all Of its work 10
democratic doctrine that the pe.r..,
must rule. and therefore,. however
much some enthusiasts desire 10 taEa
higher grounds, it refuses TO stana
for anything it thinks the peopl. in
not stand for. Herein lies its wonder
~ful success. But when the organ
cation. local, State or national, is ST
! listed that it has the people with I.
1t makes no apology to the lev
makers for putting any sort Of pro
position up TO them in the Interest e
the people.
The work of the organization III
the field of law enforcement efar.
however. when it shows the people
that the law is violated and that thr
law can be enforced, and it holds TIE
responsibility on the officers To exc
cute the law. It knows full We'll lh..t
the prime purpose of the executive
department of government is To en-
fcrcel4he statutes and only asks 1h.t
they be true TO their official trust.
However, if the officers fan in this
particular, the organization does not
go directly after the officer, but rath-
er it appeals to the people who have
elected such officers. This govern
ment is a government by the people.
which means that the people not only
make law, but they execute Law; and
generally they execute law by proxy
as they make law, that is. hrou4n
their chosen Representatives. II mo
representative soes to the legislature
and fails to enact sue laws as his
constituency desires, the constituency
will see to it that he gOeS no more.
When a representative of the people
in the executive department Of the
government fails to carry out the Viii
of the people in enforcing the law.
the Anti-Saloon League carries the
case to the people and urges them
to see that ne is not reelected 80
such Office.
"This being the stand taken by tho
A~nti-Saloon League, and that noS
without wisdom, one can plainly see
why we do not advise a few citizens
on their own hook to employ detre-
tives to do what the government
5 ought to do. Not that the Anti-S3-
loon League Is opposed to detective
work, we know that at times Il is
absolutely necessary. and we also
know hat when It is, it is the bust
ness Of the government, municipal.
: county or the State to use it and pay
E for it. Men pay taxes for good GOV
eminent. and under extraordinary
conditions that government ought TO
use some Of that tax money to pat
into operation extraordinary meth
DDS.
but further, the people have not
done their full duty when they elect
good officers, and unless they viii
!, then do their duty as citizens, the
best results are impossible. however
faithful the officers may be. Every
: citizen must remember that his oath
{ Of citizenship makes him a guardian
. Of the law. If he does not uphold
the law, he is trampling his oath Il
l citizenship under his feet. There
t fore it is the duty Of every citizen Ia
give his evidence to the grand jury
or before any court that will tend Il
convict violators Of any law. IT 4
the duty of any citizen on the grand
jury to bring out any sort Of lawless-
ness that he may know Of in his
county, and we believe hat in its
1lnai analysis the enforcement of the
= prohibition law will largely rest witt
the grand jury.
e Let every official Of the State Dc
ms duty; let every citizen who honor
his citizenship do his duty, and The
= laws or the State, all Of them, Will he
executed"
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