Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-09
eoorLEeelNe AND SENTIMENT

soorLEeelNe AND SENTIMENT
 When the six men arrested Tuesday on charges of bootleggng are arraigned for preliminary hearing Bis bee as community must with the defendants the isnoniny of being placed trial deporable orense Bookkeeping could not have ntruded itself upon Bisbee and Lowell if public sentiment had been uniformly op- posed to it. The allegations against the defendants in. dcae that there existed perhaps continues to exist
 collective inclination to defy the highest purpose of the prohibition amendment Evidence will be adduced at the hearing prove that bootleggng has attained propositions which produce conditions relatively worse than those existing when the saloons dio business in Bis bee and Lowelh
 Because of the inherent weakness of the prohibition amendment endorsed by sincere but oyercredulous voters it inevitable that sporadic bootegging would result It incredible however that bootegaina could firmly establish itself as to thrive in defiance of laws, officials and what should be outraged public sen umeHt Yet there evidence that it has increased to such an extent that it must be regarded by every ob servant man and in the Warren District as DO tental albeit illegal establishment
 Nc excuse whatsoever be put forth for this illicit traffic in liquor The or woman who condemns the prohibition amendment because sponsors were either incompetent at drafting effective measure or were hoodwinked by the wet" forces places himself or her self open to unqualified condemnation if he or she fails to take part actively in the crusade against bookkeeping The invasion of ones personal liberty does not furnish an exenuatine reason for winling at booueggng Tha, personal rights have been invaded does not warrant the sufferer expressing sympathy the slightest degree to ward an outlaw activity. In other words there is nc sympathetic connection between the bootleeger who de ias rho law and the some phase of the same law is niquitous
 Amy man woman holding the opinion that the pro hbiuon amendment is objectionable as at present in terpreted and who seeks express his or her dsap proval by acting ndfferenty toward law violation i, employing method both vicious and malicious
 The need Of the present hour calls for unanimous pub lie sentiment against boouegging. Public sentiment i uncean if it fails to cooperate with the officials in ar unreseved enforcement of the prohibitory law as di rected against boouesging
 It would be evasion to ignore in this discussion reference those persons who are prone to vic late the letter the law by continuing to use acoholi beverages secured form other than "booueg" source Leaving of the question all discussion of the mora side involved in the use of alcohol beverages, ever sensible man and woman knows that a gap which can not be brdged lies between the trafncing in acoholi beverages-when such traffic wholly and deDerste nlega-and the unexploited Of alcoholic beverages when such is prohibited accordance with the pr, cepts of persons who loathe intemperance.
 Public sentiment in Bisbee and Lowell-as elsewher in Arizona believeis as yet improperly formed an to this can be attributed logically growth Of boo logging and sufferance of the booteggers. Toleranc Of boouegging by those who condemn the unworthy an fanaucal minority charged with deceivng the majorit who voted solely close the saloon Arizona, is il defensible.
 Public sentiment throughout Arizona should align self solidy against Illicit traffic the boouegger pra uces it. Ii Is not incompatible with public sentment-l thus defined reiterate demand that measures recufy the socalled abuses for which the pr hfbuon amendment as applied in the absence Of a s preme Court decision, is responsible.
 subject of such vital importance to Arizona is be- treated if it's several issues disposed tim The issue of Che moment is boouegging. Let Bisb, and Lowell utilizing clean and harmonious public suppor of officials sworn to law enforcement stril hard and without delay against thls monstrous eye known as boouegging.