The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-08-13
ARIZONA IS NOW DRY
As A BONE, SAYS
ATTY. GENERAL
Attorney General Wiley {. Jones Tells
!io~ He Is Enforcing Prohibition
Law In This State. .

!io~ He Is Enforcing Prohibition
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In the current issue of The VIM
dicator, the official organ of the pro.
hibition party, appears the following
review of conditions in Arizona un.
der "dry" laws:
Il note your article in The Vim.
dictaor of July in reference to the
decision of the United States Su.
preme court in the case of the Adams
Express company and your proper
information given to your readers as
to the Webb-Kenyon law touching It.
Here in Arizona, 1 have boldly taken
the stand, under our prohibition
amendment, adopted last November,
that the shipment of intoxicating
liquors into the state of Arizon a a
absolutely prohibited for personal
use. This is in connection with the
Webb-Kenyon law. Our prohibition
amendment was adopted after the
passage of the Webb-Kneyon law.
1t was prepared at church two
blocks from my present office, and
so worded as to meet the Webbi
Kenyon law at the very threshold Of
the state of Arizona, at the border
line, so that intoxicating liquors
were prohibited from being introduce
ed into the state. The act of Intro.
ducing'' intoxicants into the state Of
Arizona is crime under our. con-
stitutional amendment, and we are
convincing those who commit that
act. That is what is making pro-
hibition prohibit" in the state Of
Arizona.
'1t is difficult to thoroughly in.
form our people that the decision
above mentioned, in the case of the
shipment into Kentucky, had no ref.
erence to the Webb-Kenyon law, but
I have steadily sought to keep the
information before the public that
the Webb-Kenyon law simply did
not apply in that case, for the rea.
son that Kentucky is not a dry"
state, although many of its counties
are dry" Many misleading state
ments have been put out about the
affects of the decision in the Ker.
meyer case, wherein the defendant
transported a quantity of liquor
across the line from Missouri into
Kansas, but the United States Su.
preme court distinctly says: This
cause arose before the passage of
the act of congress known as the
Webb-Kenyon bill; consequently
neither its construction nor applica.
ton is now involved and what 10
said herein Of course has no refer
lence to conditions existing prior to
it's enactment
so it can be seen that the Webb.
Kenyon act is not affected by the
decision in the Kentucky case, nor
in the Kermeyer case.
Now, Mr.. Editor, you can plainly
tell your readers that the prohibition
law Ct Arizona is being enforced.
even in the "wettest" counties Of the
state. In Yavapai county, which
went wet" by over 700 majority, re-
Gently twenty-five defendants plead
guilty in one day, when they knew
convictions to be certain and all were
sentenced to Jail Imprisonment and
a fine of 500 each imposed; they
served the time. although they ap'
piled to me as member Of the par.
don and parole board for release. j
refused to interfere. At Tucson, one
defendant sentenced to fifteen months
imprisonment, was paroled during
good behavior, by US, after serving
three and one-half months. Another
at Nogales was sentenced to one
year in tn epenitentiary by mistake.
instead of the county jail, and we re.
LEASED him after few weeks.
Ten days ago four prominent citi.
zens of Greenlee county were each
sentenced to three months In jail
and a fine of s1OO each imposed, al.
though that county went wet" at
the last election.
It want you, through the columns
of The Vindicator to make known to
your readers that Arizona IS a place
where prohibition certainly does
J prohibit. Ask the travelling men
the drummers, and they will tell you
how it is. OF course, the large
amount on hand on January 1, last
when our law took effect, is being
: consumed steadily, but not through
traffic. The amount is being rapid
: 1y exhausted, as none can be intro
3 duced under the law; the source o1
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