The Glenwood post., 1916-03-25
Commissioner NISBET
PRAISES PROHIBITION
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az think one of the most notable
changes has come in the public dancing
places. Previous to the adoption "f
prohibition drunken couple would go
to some of these places, cause dis
turbance, get thrown out and bring dis
repute on the place; also couples would
go, dance awhile, go get drink, dance
aasin and go get another drink They
didn't know whether they were dane
ing to drink or drinking to dance. Now
they merely dance without the drink
and it don't take them long to get all
they want of it. You know it takes
very little dancing to satisfy the aver
age couple in one Of these public dane
ing places if there isn't a drink thrown
in between. We don't have SO many
applications for after midnight dancing
now that the town is dry. The whole
thing tends to sober living. Take for
instance the question Of lunch or
dinner. 1t was usually the case that
meal was started with a highball and
washed down with glass of beer Now,
the meal is eaten without either anl
do yon know some of these fellows are
really beginning to realize the taste Of
food and enjoy it. Previously all they
tasted was the chaser and the beer.
Perhaps the police department is better
satisfied over the fact that there ara
no more saloon brawls and fist fights.
Practically every fist fight since I
Aave been sheriff started in saloon.
It was always a dangerous place to go
into. Now that the saloons are gone
the fist fights and the brawls are over
with.
"You may say for me that Denver IS
.obeying the prohibition law and that it
is being enforced. The only opposition
I find to the law comes from the fel-
low we catch selling it and the fellows
who would like to sell it. The rest Of
the people are unanimously for 1t.
Judge Wright is doing good work N
the court. At first thought his sen
tences were little light, but he is be-
ginning to stiften up on them, and his
sentences will have tendency to put
stop to 1t. With the police depart
met capturing every violator Of the law
possible, and the judge handing them
good, stiff sentences, half the battle !s
over. 1t is not the smart fellow who is
attempting to violate the liquor law in
Denver. It is the thick-headed blum
.derbuss and 1t is only a matter Of time
until we get them They might as well
write on their looking glasses the scrip
tural quotation, BE sure your sins will
find you out, for they will. I want to
say that every officer is doing his duty
and if the people of Denver will coop
crate to help enforce this law, they will
find no better welcome any place than
at the police headquarters. have for
gotten politics and this police depart
ment is being run for the enforcement
of the law. k
"LET ME TELL YOU ANOTHER
THING, SWAIN, THE CAN RUSH
ER, THE OLD SOAK WHO CAME
HOME WITH A QUARTER IN HIS
POCKET AND SENT HIS s-YEAR-
OLD RAGGED, BAREFooTED GIRL
TO THE SALOON FOR A CAN OF
BEER AND THEN TOSSED HER A
CRUST OF BREAD WHILE HE
BwIGGLED THE BEER AND
BNARLED AT HER THROUGH HIS
DRUNKENNESS is NO LONGER A
. RESIDENT OF DENVER. YOU
CAN'T GET A PHOTOGRAPH OF
ONE OF THESE FELLOWS IN THE
CITY. 49,
"No doubt those who read this inter
view will say that Sheriff Nisbet is and
always was prohibitionist, but Iwant
20 say that I didn't vote for prohibi-
tion. You know since have been sher-
ID have seen lot of things. We put
up with all manner Of indecent sur
roundings and now that they are gone
and we Aee through the glassgmole:
clearly, can Y understand why Nnvet
allowed them to exist At an .,...
"some people talk about Eshe honey
interests III this thing. A. say, ]
don't know thing about the CONNER
cial side Of it, but the money value has
nno weight in the scale for me-, They
who dealt in liquor, together with those
who drank It to excess, are all better
OF. I am better on. everyone is better
OF now that 1t is gone, and when any
oSc uses the word money as an argu-
ment in the liquor traffic question they