Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-12-05
EMINENT COUNSEL

Whether or not the superior court
of Thurston County, Washington, has
jurisdiction In the application made
by M. and X. Gottstein to restrain
the secretary OF state from announc-
ing the result of the vote on the pro-
hibition bill was argued by attorneys.
This brings to mind an editorial
printed in the Kansas City Star a
few days ago, which read as follows:
Here, what Ia this news that comes
from Russia, anyway? Booze abso-
lutely banished overnight from coun-
try with population OF 150,00O,OOO
people and comprising one-slxth OF
the earth's habitable surfaced
Call the roll there, quick! Eminent
Counsel present? Is due process OF
Law in the courtroom? Personal
Liberty hanging around anywhere?
ANY of the Technically Family about?
Where is Vested Right in this cri-
sis? Where the Injunction Brothers,
Temporary and Permanent? Help,
Certiorari!
Surely, civilized countries blessed
with law, lawyers and liberty will
not stand by and see despotism crush
out peoples rights in this way.
Free Amenca will at least give some
legal advice. First, then, it would be
Well to look to the constitutionality
Of the cars action. Ii no loop
hole appears there the rescript should
be scanned carefully to see II the
word the was left out anywhere
or any It's" lett uncrossed. Perhaps
all the names On the petition were
not verdtled by reference one by one
to the poll LISTS. 1t may be that the
whole business is not properly cert-
fled.
OF course, il there are no good law
yers in Russia or no judicial temper
amenta on the bench all this may be
unavaiLng, and IN that case 1t will be
necessary TO tall back on the public
prosecutor.
This outer should demand that the
evidence OF attractions OF the new
law DO Drought 70 him. That ought 10
hold the iron OF despotism until the
drug stones CAN Lay in a stock OF
vodka and get some medical prescrip-
ton blanks printed. Ii worse come to
worst booze can stagger along on
these clutches until competent cour
OF revEew Can lind that vodka is not
vodka ii it is sold in red jug, or
Vi Vt Is transported by a common
carrier in a sealed package, or Ii it
Is consigned to a Literary club oper-
ating under cnarter properly framed
ana hung ON the wall, or If the pur-
CHASER Signs his name in a book with
blue cover, or If the city in which
It Is sold Went Republican at the last
election.
VI course, all this is predicted on
the suppCslton that the 10000, 900
people AFORESAID nave each and ali OF |
tleM so4Qe kJpecAs. Ii Russia Is broke,
Ii -le vodka drinking peasantry mas
aiready been ruined by the traffic
until they haven't the price of a
drink left, then probably no adequate
legal action would lie. Legal action,
even in free countries. lies only for
people who have money. 1t cannot at
lord 10 lie for nothing.
But viewed from behind the bull
walks of American liberties, viewed
through the loopholes OF American
common and statute law, viewed in
The hight OF the highest legal deer
SONS IN some of the very lowest cases
known to Dootlegging, roadhouse and
brotnel jurisprudence, the people of
Russia have been grossly imposed up
on and should Immediately raise
fund (of dignfied size) and send
for good American lawyer.
Orders taken for White winter peal
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