Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-30
WILEY JONES WRITES
 ON ENFORCEMENT OF
 ARIZONA'S DRY LAW
Tells Readers of Prohibition Paper That Anti-Rum Forces Are Making Good in This State.

In the current issue Of The vindicat-I or. the official organ Of the Prohibi- ton Party. appears the following re- view of conditions in Arizona under. dry laws
 'I note your article in The Vindi-| cator of July 9. in reference to the del cision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of the Adams EN- press company and your proper in-. formation given to your readers as. to the Webb-Kenyon law touching it' Here in Arizona, ! have boldly taken the stand under our Prohibition amendment adopted last November that the shipment of intoxicating liq- uors into the state of Arizona is ab-. solutely prohibited for personal use This is in connection wlth the Webb. Kenyon law. Our Prohibition amend. ment was adopted after the passage of the Webb Kenyon law. It was pre-. pared at a church two blocks from my present office. and SO worded as to meet the Webb-Kenyon law at the. very threshold of the state of Arizona, at the border line. so that intoxicating liquors were prohibited from being in- troduced into the state The act of introducing" intoXicauts into the state of Arizona is a crime under our constitutional amendment and we. are convicung those who commit that act That is what is making Prohibit ton prohibit" in the state of Arizona. "It is difficult to thoroughly inform our people that the decision above mentioned. in the case of the ship ment into Kentucky, had no reference Go the Webb-Kenyon law, but l have | steadily sought to keep the iniorma- ! ion before the public that the Webb | Kenyon law simply did not apply in that case, for the reason that Kentuc- | ky is not dry state, although many | of its counties are dry" Many mis- | leading statements have been put out | about the effects Of the decision in | the Kermeyer ease wherein the de- | fendant transported a quantity of liQ- uor 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 l Kenyon bill: consequently neither its construction nor application is now ! involved and what is said herein of course has no reference to conditions existing prior to it's enactment.
 "So it can be seen that the Webb ! Kenyon act is not affected by the de-
 cision in the Kentucky case, nor fin | the Kermeyer case.
 Now, Mr. Editor. you can plainly tell your readers that the Prohibition
 law of Arizona is being enforced, ev-
 en in the "wettest" counties of the state. In Yavapai county which went wet" by over zoo majority. recently
 22 defendants plead guilty in one day.
 when they knew convictions to be cer- tain and all were sentenced to jail Imprisonment and a fine of SlOO each imposed; they served the time, al-
 though they applied Co me as mem
 ber of the pardon and parole board for release. refused to interfere. At , Tucson. one defendant sentenced to ll5 months imprisonment was paroled
 during good behavior, by us, after serving 1-2 months. Another at No. } gales was sentenced 10 one year in
 the penitentiary by mistake, instead
 of the county jail and we released
 him after a few weeks.
 5 Ten days ago four prominent citi ! gems of Greenlee county were each
 sentenced to three months in jail and
 fine of Sl5O each imposed, although 9 that county went wet at the last
 election.
 "I want you through the column. of the Vindicator to make known tI l your readers that Arizona is place - where Prohibition certainly doel
 prohibit" Ask the travelling men, ett drummers and they will tell you how . 1t is. Of course, the large amount or e hand on January I last, when oul
 law took effect. is being consumed
 steadily. but not through traffic The @ amount is being rapidly exhausted, al g none can be introduced" under tho law; tho source of supply is stopped
 under our Prohibition amendment n aided by the Webb-Kenyon law. e "The other Prohibition states of th'
 Union should do wha Arizona ha
 done that is, prohibit the introduc n ton" of intoxicants, SO they can no e cross the state line from the wet
 states. make that act of 'introduC
 ton" unlawful. and the Webb-Kenyo
 law forbids shipment into any state
 to be received in violation of tn
 law of the state.
 "In reading on Prohibition amend 10 ment (already published in The Wind p cator) you will see that it is the mos
 drastic ever adopted by any state
 the Union, and we are enforcing it a lg 1t stands, without any statute passe p- in aid Of it, as a majority of bith hou
 es of our legislature were electe i'i' from our wet" counties and have r if fused to' support 1t by any legislatiy as act Hence, ] am compelled Co Ego
 alone" with the aid of the prosecutin