The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-01-06

abused b. the various speakers who
assured q ....3ad house that condi.
items ia Ng. .uE had never been as
lad as tlo. 5 ,hoy were about to
couciu1g Tire program | went to the
front o. ;'1 bal. gll demanded to be
heard, To my surprise | was applaud
cd. Forw.r.iyl was given me to speak.
| said ! hri heard their complaints
made in that public place but had
never received a complaint from any
one OF tlcm on which | could act In
my capacity as sheriff; that had ap.
To!atcl deputies for Wcstbrook with
Instructions TO enforce the law strin-
gently because that was what the town
hcd voted for, it having cast its vote
o-a'Nct ne and my platform that pro-
hi1t.on is q failure. / wanted to give
than What tacr ral voted for as thor
cGgb,y rs l could. | told them that
Gry citizen cmGnC them who would
-2Ua y me with a complaint and facts
@" which J corli set would get re-
suits ~ for nc the law would reach
Not orc % them either at that time
." r. orr o'rlt made such complaint
go pGcrsd m' 2"y assistance In enforc-
..r :h2 e u Wcstbrook. So I say
am GcuUi2d OF the insincerity Of
7"re o. trn p?ohihitionists.
- .rv goi rou'd rot stop the sale
OF l!cuar " q place like this II you
hcd A. ,ho mercy and all the men
Wv r""'a e~' 't work. II simply can't
l. Go~e Ng1 would rot get moro than
= e.ccr'u' cut OF gallon. Hero 10
20" watC. frost miles in extent and
tu11-efa ~ motor boats Here aes
the =, 'ro"'e Ana here ere the stato
hthwavs w.th tho state line only tNo
H.ucs ave-" by cvt0uobile. When n
st YT~tC,grg'r was trying to enforoS
Tho w t1c~o w-rl half dozen ma
'ro7 uat,"r daNy runs to Ports
~oGtl {, hriDs'nr back gallons OF
e. D.. love ic caught two automo-
a'es While re wos in oG,ce. "a
10 Its c-;cors Run.
"Ut a'rsl'g 10. u the books 70 stop
t'' t.rE,r 4" tho G.1T. They can do
riat lh,. HE ard sly what they like
IN W Wy, wo have h5d moro than
- o~'"n;c-11.s % tho prohibition law,
tvi-T % make it Drastic enough to
become sf"rigo, md Il never has
reached anything li'yo effectiveness. .
Rave In mind ono man here who served
an a~grCr7tG OF between five and SIX
years in i-il and paid fines Of not less
than en- aggregate of $4,000. and you
c-1'd not p'Eo him stop. His son 10
runrinr blaco hero now.
"tr',r ny administration permit
a co".Ijn number of them to remain
o~Hn who"e I cen see what they arc
d7inT. They have 10 close at 10
O'Clock every n'-ht, which means TO-,
and not 10:ol, and they know It. Sat-
ur22y 0!get tlcy have to close at 7:3o.
ard the. means 7:3O. Sunday they
rust he closed and they must bs
closed On every holiday. on election
day, and on every other occasion
wheTo thcre q any unusual excite
mcht and crowd IN the city, as whom
there Is circus in town. When there
there was an encamDment OF soldiers
here they were closed for 10 days.
They obey because they know of what
will be done to them II they do not!
In fH,t can close them all inside OF
an h-'r AZ any time.
" Can't Suppress Traffic.
THE prohibltlonlsts say II you cam
c'o'e them for day or 10 days or on
. Sundays or holidays, that proves you
, can close them for good. Il does.
admit II. But Il does not prove thai
. can suppress the liquor traffic. which,
as ! understand It, Is the purpose ol
, the prohibition law, at least in theord
IN practice ! am afraid 1t Is used al
the plaything Of politics more tha}
: as n real sincere, honest agency FOL
the suppression Of what Is admittedl}
great eVil against which mankind
has been and is struggling. knoj
about the evil OF it. have seen muct
OF H. know that the man who comJ
10 the Jail to serve a sentence I'd
drunkenness is not the man who buJ
a drink across the bar OF saloo4
ne Is the bottle buyer. He drsnI
di!uted alcohol and he Is a etead
ooaFder' az the Jail He and his kid
Keep M tho half-pint trade.
can say much more against Il
sTos shop drug store than against
open bar where beer and ale are
draft. The saloon | can close, but
arug sore Is open for. business
ana night. Some of them are at It
hours day, They sell the half pid
, ihey are the worst offenders and
hardest TO convict, because they
permitted under the law to have NN
on the premises And yet. to sdvo(
ana carry out what Is manifestly
the best interest of the community
nave TO bear the stigma Of being
ed q grafter and load vnursoV nm N