The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-18

who could not be present T. f. Tuste
of NOrthwOod was heard for the Total
Abstinence league of the state.
Mrs. Anderson Heard.
Mrs. Elizabeth Preston Anderson
was one of the chief speakers of the
afternoon. She talked on North Da-
kota's Part in National Prohibition,
Mrs. Anderson is the only woman in
this state whose portrait hangs in the
corridors of the state capitol at Bis
marCk.
Boy or Booze was the topic Of an
address by Rev. Walter A. Snow of
Fargo, secretary of the North Dakota
SUNDAY School association. Rev. Mr..
Snow acquitted himself most credit
ably.
Legislation Required 70 Meet the
Webb Law was the subject of an able
speech by +. c.. Heffron Of Bismarck,
special assistant attorney general, who
Is a candidate for the republican nom
ination for attorney general at the
June primaries.
Mrs. Charles F. Amidon Of Fargo
spoke on WOman's Right to the Bal
lot. IN her remarks she showed the
influence that women, if allowed to
vote, would have in curbing the liquor
traffic. a
The afternoons session was opened
with devotional exercises conducted by
Rev. Bruce Jackson of Bismarck.
Meeting Tonight.
There will be a mass meeting to-
night at the First Baptist church as
announced above. P. j. Youngdahl,
who spoke last night, will again be
heard.
Special music will be rendered by
the North Dakota Agricultural college
glee club n by the college "Y' quar-
tet. All should attend.
The auditorium Of the First Baptist
church was crowded last night to hear
Mr.. Youngdahl, who showed the gains
the cause of prohibition was making
throughout the United States.
WaIIace's Speech.
The speech Of George E. Wallace in
showing the officers relation to en-
forCement, was one of the best of the
day. In part Mr.. Wallace said:
At the afternoon session Of the State
Enforcement league held in Fargo on
Wednesday, George E. Wallace, a
member of the state tan commission,
spoke of the officers relation and duty
to enforcement Of law. Mr.. Wallace
said in part:
"The office of sheriff is of venerable
antiquity, having probably been Gre
ated by King Alfred the Great, al
though high authority insists that it
was in existence at the time Of the
Roman invasion of England. The
sheriff was the immediate officer Of
the king in his shire, a sort of a gov
ernor in his limited territory. He re-
ceived his commission from the king
and directly represented the sovereign
power.
Extraordinary powers are given the
| Shpriff nc rnyorprr IF hic cnlInfv He
is the CONSERVATION of the peace. He
carries out the mandates of the court
and acts for the public in various
ways. The law, both ancient and mod
ern, gives him power to call on the
citizens at large to assist him in re-
storing and preserving order. If oc-
casiOn should demand it, he could
head ar army made up of the citi-
zens of his county If it should be nee
dates Of the courts. Greater power
is given to no other civil officer. All
persons who refuse assistance to the
sheriff when SO called upon, may be
dealt with as criminals.
To a limited extent, policemen,
marshals and constables are granted
similar powers but within smaller
But the sheriff is the chief executive
functionary Of the county endowed
with the same powers and subject to
the same liabilities as were his pre-
decessors a thousand years ago.
The statutes Of North Dakota make
it the duty Of the sheriff, among var
ious other duties, to preserve the
peace, to make arrests. to prevent and
! suppress all ARRAYS, breaches of the
peace. riots and Instructions which
may come to his knowledge, to COM
mand the aid of as many male in
habitants of his county as he may
think necessary in the execution of
! his duties.
How often have we heard sheriffs