Bisbee daily review., 1916-06-25
BUCKNAM'S WARNING AGAINST HELPING
 BOOTLEG BUSINESS
Temperance Leader Says It Is Necessary To Make Better Conditions Under Personal
 Use To Maintain Progress
(By A. R. Bucknaml

kDf "A. H.
 Editor Review:
 Let us stick to the truth. It is very important to state facts and not
 to try and cover up the real C3ndi- tions
 We are told that we had prohibition
 for one year mad one month and since then we have had Personal
 Use', when, as a mater of fact, we have had prohibition all the time since the law went into effect Janu- ary 1st, 1915, except the last few days or since the express companies were mandamused and have been ordered to accept all shipments for Personal Use. Whatever conditions we have are the direct outcome of prohibition law without the necessary helpful legislation that should have been passed by the legislature and also without the cooperation of the people who excuse themselves from respon- sibility by saying that it is up to the officers and when they say that, they mean only our local and county of ficers when, in reality, they should mean every officer, from Governor down.
 Some of us thought that the pres ent interpretation of the law should have been the interpretation given to it when it went int5 effect January 1st, 1915, and do not hesitate to say that the real blunder in the whole matter was made when the attorney general interpreted the law to mean that no liquor for any purpose could come into the state. This being the contention of the west all during the they. of course, did not the attorney general and he had smooth sailing, because even the Temperance Federation did not complain of his action, as naturally you could not get too much law for the average total abstained and inas- much as the attorney general was willing to assume all the responsibi- lity, they sat back and looked on.
 It must be granted that personal use will not banish all the bootleg gers because many users will not go to the trouble of sending for liquor. But it will put every law-abiding citizen who wants this privilege with those who stand for law enforcement and good government and this. we hold. Is an important factor in the battle herei in Arizona, as it has been i'll every state that has passed pro libition law.
 Kansas passed her prohibition law more than thirty years ago and per nitted personal use and has continued to do so but Kansas did not have real fexr ago, when the government of Kansas 1 got back of the law and made it work. But even today there are boot eggers in Kansas and will be as long as any one can make a dollar selling liquor.
 We now have unlimited and unre stricted personal use from Missouri and will have until the legislature comes to our rescue or the people in inc state change conditions by pass ng the proposed prohibition amend nent This makes it very important to elect only such men as can be counted on to do what the last legis- ature failed to do.
 word to those who want the use privilege continued: It is up to us by using every effort at our command to make conditions so nuch better than they have been turing the past eighteen months that 3 one will think of bringing back the saloon by local option or Interpreting with the present personal use Drivil- age by adopting the new prohibition amendment but if conditions continue Q get worse we will be threatened with both of these extreme measures.
 Keep in mind that the man that wants to run a saloon will vote for both of these measures but the boot egger will only vote against personal ise. because he wants the business md therefore does not want any icuor to come into the state. In ,ther words if he cant run saloon le can be a bootlegger at good profit
 John J. Newell. jefe politico and nayor ex-officio of Naco, Arizona, and. deputy sheriff. was a visitor n the District yesterday from the border town. He states that every hing is very quiet at the port of