Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-06
ENFORCE ALL LAWS.
ON SUNDAY, June IS
Mayor Ainslie Issues Orders to
Police Captains to Put
Lid on City.
NECESSITIES MAKE ISSUE
Left to Courts, Not Authorities,
to Differentiate Between
Conveniences.

PoiiCe!nSl more lainlIiaf WIN the or0i-
nary requirements Of the law and with
the swinging of the ofttincs unneces-
sary bludgeon. Mayor Ainsiie has issued
an clict, in verbal form, that they must
exact every observance OF the blue"
la~s which are 10 20 into effect on
Sunday. June Is.
Yesterday afternoon the Mayor had
In his Office the three district captains,
who wanted 10 know what was expect
ed of them when the dread day dawned.
Only the Mayor and the police cap
tains were present, but. Judging from
information given out & biz earlier In
the day. it may be presumed that Mayor
Ainslie stated finally TO his men tina,
they were prcservers Of she law, and
tina. the law must be preserved &, any
cost
The captains departed from the CON
ference fully assured OF what was %
be expected o. them and as fully de-
tcrmired 70 do their duty.
WORD WILL GO DOWN
TO ALL PATHOLMES
Informed of thor own duty, the cap
,ains will proceed 70 inform serreants
and privates Of what ia expected of
them.
In fear OF his head. fgurativcly
speaking. every policeman must arrest
every man who is working 1t his
trade on the Sabbath, whether that
trade be selling n glass Of cold milk TO
a hungry child or gasoline TO an inn
provident motorist. Law is law. and il
must be observed. even though il bring
suffering 20 tho poor and prevent tn"
LII.
sineS.
If the law he not observed in some
particular instance and n citizen com
plain of the violation TO a policeman
and that policeman does not make an
into the basket. lie must he dismissed
from the force. SO. the policeman.
taking thought of himself first. will
see that the law is kept. and he will
arrest everybody whom he observes TO
be shaving ST his occupation or avcca-
tion.
There is no alternative. Richmond
is TO be made good
COURTS TO DECIDE
WHAT NECESSITIES ARf:
The rich man must walk to church.
as the poor man generally does And
'hc poo' !itit must lay III MS Slnnil
store of provendcr on Saturday night.
SO that II will not he necessary for him
to send hts child out on the Sabbath
morning for bottle OF milk from a
nearby confectionery. or send another
for piece Of Ice with which to cool
the mothers aching head
The statute provides thar no man
may labor at his trade or calling. cx-
de ha
Il necessity or a charity. II Will be
for the courts TO decide what is a
necessity. 1, may bc that the courts
viii be called upon TO decide whether
n choir singer is Il necessity or merely
q charity. II choir singing be deenled
4 charity, choris;ers may he permitted,
to SO TO their church. for charity de-.
mands no reward.
The situation to be expected on
Sunday. June Is, Is rendered the more
complex by the fact that the street
car company will be required under
an ordinance. TO violate the Keeping of
the Sabbath. TIE franchise granted
TO the Virginia Railway and Power
Company requires I; 70 operate its
cars on Sunday. II, then. street cars
are operated on Sunday the company
VIII ne violating the Sunhny-labo,
statute. II the company holds its cars
IN the barns ana gives its motorInen
and conductors II chance to 20 10
church. il viii bt violating its fran
chtse.
1T will he for the courts" said
Mayor Ainslie yesterday afternoon. "to
decide whether street cars and iitnevs
are necessity or merely a conven-
ierce' Then he told OF his own early
days. when street ears were not run
on Sunday and when people walked
from the furthest ends of Church Hill
to st. Paurs Church.
JUSTICE CRUTCHFIEI.D
Is MUCH PERTrRDE;D
How about newspapers" the Mayor
was asked. Are they a necessify?"
NO" replied the Mayor; "I believe
they are generally considered to be a
nuisance"
Then If l. pursued the interroga-
tor, "ask policeman for an item of
news on Sunday he may arrest me?"
Undoubtedly" said the Mayor The
policeman may put the shippers on you
and take you to the nearest station.
1t Is the law"
The Mayor said that as far as neces-
sity is considered, every mans con-
science Is elastic. Every man thinks
his own convenience is n necessity,
hut the law Will have to define and
show the difference.
Police Justice Crutchfield Is perturbed
Of spirit. He realizes what is coming
lie has had several conferences with
the Mayor. with the result that he has
left the Mayors office not less per-
turbed. The final dictum has always
been to observe the law. In the begin
ming Justice Crutchtield will have to
determine the difference between neces-
sity and convenience. He will have to
decide whether what would have been
conveniences and luXuries n hundred
years ago are not n necessity to-day.
He will have 10 he n greater jurIst than
Solomon was himself.
Land >of the Sky" Excursion. June ID