Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-16
OF THE PRESENT LAWS NEED
 NOT DRASTIC BILLS
Temperance Leader A. R.
 Bucknam, Gives His Ideas
 On the Work Before the Dry Forces of State for 1916

A. R. Bucknam, organizer for the
 Cochise County Dry federation. this morning issued a statement in which
 he expressed pleasure over the su-
 preme court decision regarding ship
 ments of liquor into the state for per
 sonal use, says the Douglas Interna- tional. He said that he does not be-
 lieve more drastic laws are necessary
 although admitting that further legis-
 lation will be necessary to handle the situation. He thinks that the effect of
 the decision will be to discourage the
 bootlegger and decrease drunkenness
 His statement follows:
 -The three great accomplishments
 thus far in our effort to rid Arizona
 of the evil influence of the drink busi-
 ness have been our success in uniting Tall the temperance forces of the state
 in the Temperance Federation of Ari-
 zona. the successful termination of the
 campaign for the prohibition amend
 ment and the vindication by the su-
 preme court decision of the leaders
 who led the battle.
 "Our next achievement will be on
 November z, when we predict that on ly those who would keep Arizona dry will be elected to office from governor down to constable.
 Conditions have changed by the de- cision of the court. We now have at least 25,000 more people with us than we had last Saturday. who would aid us in organization. in securing evi- dence. in employing detectives and will make good jurors. to convict any bootlegger.
 'No good citizen will buy of a boot Ieeger and the force of good society will be to discourage the unlawful sale of liquor, and very soon it will dawn upon the people as we'll as the officers that the people are united in the enforcement of the law. This will bring as nothing else will. the support from the county board of supervisors to the sheriff and district attorney's cfri"e of funds to enforce the law
 "The citizens will now take much more interest in every effort the off cers make and the press, which has been exceedingly helpful. will be more | determined than ever to encourage | sane action.
 There is now a strong demand for | more drastic laws This will be en- | by inactivity but if we are | active and present conditions sre much | improved. no more drastic laws will | be possible or necessary.
 '1t has been almost impossible to convict with stool pigeon. but things are different now. That which was i'm nossible week ago will now be the order of the day. We can now convict with the slightest ovidenca and wa rre- Sict that sentences md fines will be much more severe. Where a bootleg ger in the past served siY months he will now get a year; where he got hundred dollar fine he will now get the limit of three hundred dollars.
 Every candidate for office can now cut loose frorr the friends of the sa- loon and bootlegger and climb upon the water wagon with not only the feeling that it is the right thing to do Tor the state and the nation, but the best thing 10 do to increase his chanc- ss of election, as the people are going
 T Nf ,an be counted on at all times to de lend their interest against any move nent on the part of the liquor traffic Q again fasten itself upon the people ,f Arizona.
 Another change will soon be not ced. Intoxicated men will not be seen lpon the streets, as an officer will not )e looked upon with favor who does lot punish men who encourage the 'ery men society is spending it's time md money to discourage.
 "We will now have less drinking and therefore less drunkenness and less aw violations.
 'In the very near future the people Ire going to demand more severe pun shment for drunkenness and I am ure the peace officers will respond with gladness and run th fines up to {, fifty dollars and thirty days on the |. ity streets instead of as now. ten f, lays and ten dollars.
 Cooperation is now in order and i, gill make success possible all along e he line. We hope it will not be ne- f essary to pass any more drastic laws. h { is better to have strong men for of s cers and weak laws than to have 'eak men and strong laws. A strong nan can make a weak law stronger, ut strong law has no power over |, 'eak man in charge of it." I
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