The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-17
So He Resigned.

my npEltlDn, Out hlAS4Dt[U as hiio
facts had been brought to his atten-
ton, he had to act
So He Resigned.
Even 60 II might have been set
tied without my resigning If I hadn't
appointed as plain-clothes man.
shortly after the raid, a former
steward of the Eagles club. l
wanted him because he is a man who
knows the underworld and could
have been useful. He was not con-
nected with the Eagles at the time OF
the raid. was not in the city then, as
n matter of fact. But one of the
newspapers said that that appoint
ment was a slap in BrewsteTs face
and he seemed to look upon 1t that
way. He threatened prosecution and
instituted contempt proceedings
! against the Eagles.
! MY salary as Mayor is 81 day,
It would have cost me more than
! years salary to fight the case. 1t
might have got some OF my friends
| into trouble. So / resigned. / think
! the people of the city are with me. "
Here, then. is an illustration OF the
way the law In violated In city in
| which II ~ perfectly easy for any
! man to get liquor legally for his own
use, II In n spectacular Illustration,
! but / was assured by both wet and
dry men that there were numerous
violations on "a smaller scale. court
official told me that not one-han OF
the liquor brought into the city from
across the river was reported as the
law requires The same man said
that there was a large amount OF
bootlegginy. In a recent issue of Mr.
| Tonsings paper was printed this
| paragraph:
Both key and case beer 10 being
! hauled through the streets of At
! Gibson the same as before When
ever keg beer Is hauled the law is
being violated without any question. y
/ asked every man I talked with
how these things could be. They
practically all said the same thing.
1 The law was violated because public
sentiment was not in favor of its en-
! forcement
Conditions I'm Ieavenworth.
Leavenworth Is city little
larger than Atchison. Across the
river from 1t Is Drydale. Missouri.
/ That little town was not so named In
test. though practically its only in
! dustry now is the liquor business. IT
was named before Leavenworth went
! dry.
The Rev. Martin NJ. Culpeper is
/ pastor Of tho First Methodist Epis-
| copal Church of Leavenworth. He
/ told me a remarkable tale.
Bear in mind always" he said.
! that Leavenworth is absolutely un-
like any other Kansas town. It
might also be said that as Kansas
! Is, so Leavenworth is not. 1t is the
worst city in the State In which to
enforce a prohibition law
Sentiment here is strongly OPP
| posed 10 the law. There are several
( reasons for this, In the first place,
! we have a large foreign population.
/ Again, we have here the National SOL
diers' Home, where veterans from all
( over the country are kept. These
veterans are boarded, lodged and
| clothed and get medical attention at
the expense OF the Government They
have nothing 20 do with their PEN
sion money. therefore. but TO spend
Il on booze, and that Is what they do
with It. Also we have an army post
here and the young soldiers like to
take q Cling. SO we have n commun-
ity difficult to enforce a prohibition
law.
Feeling Against Enforcement.
ITO illustrate the bitter feeling
against those who attempt 10 enforce
the law here. viii tell you what hap
pened in Leavenworth. Some years
ago an organization of preachers was
formed here to work for law enforce
ment. OF those preachers | am the
only one left in town today. One Of
them escaped without the loss OF his
reputation. but only one. One was
found guilty Of immoral conduct with
HIS organist. Another was found
guilty of being o thief and a liar A
third was caught in a disreputa BILE
house Late at night He was called
there in the line of his ministerial
+ duties, but II happened that on that
very night the police made a raid Of
the place. Personally do not be-
lfeve that single une OF these men
was guilty OF the charges brought
against him, but they were proved to
] the satisfaction OF the CONGREGATIONS