Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-15
C[EMENCY FOR
BO0TLEGCERS
IS ABOLISHED
Governor Writes Board of
Pardons He VIII Not Act
Favorably in Such Cases
Save Extraordinary Ones

The man convicted of bOotlegging in
this state will have before him the
certain prospect of serving out his
sentence in full. 1t will be useless for
his friends to seek to secure executive
relief for that will not be granted I'M
less it appears that injustice has been
done the convict in the first instance
or unless it is shown that his case
has been attended by extraordinary
circumstances such as those which
surrounded the case of a young man
recently given suspended sentence.
He had purchased or secured a bot
tie of whisky for a stranger whom he
had been told was sick. He was the
victim of a plant but all the same he
had violated the law. After spending
several weeks in Jail he was brought
before the court pleaded guilty and
was given a suspended sentence, not
because he was the victim of plant"
but because he had already been suf-
ficiently punished.
The following letter by Governor
Campbell to Curt w. Miller secretary
of the board of pardons and paroles
indicates an understanding between
the governor and the board with re-
spect to applications for leniency for
convicted bootleggers.
Dear Mr.. Miller:
| beg to confirm conversation held
with you and Hon. Wiley f. Jones on
June II, regarding Violators of the
constitutional amendment and statutes.
governing prohibition in Arizona. and
would respectfully draw your early and
thoughtful attention to the increasing
and unnecessary drain upon your val
liable time and that of this office, al
ready harrassed by unusual and unex-
pected calls, involved in the considera-
ton of petitions and appeals of boot
leggers," their friends and sympa-
thiZers.
The citizens and residents of Arizo-
ma, generally, do not expect that elem
ency shall be exercised in such cases,
except in very rare instances wherein
justice plainly appears to have mis-
carried or extenuating circumstances
appear, whereby such interference is
demanded.
Violators of the prohibition laws de-
serve no pity or sympathy. They en-
gage in this unlawful practice because
of the huge profits offered by the same.
To insure these gains, they resort to
cunning and resourcefulness of a de-
gree that stamps them as potentiOl
criminals, destined to be a menace to
our social and political fabric
When these men and women become
entangled in the meshes of the law
they Immediately begin to cast about
for an excuse to draw to their cases
the sympathy of orderly and law abid-
ing citizens, who lend their sympathy
and cooperation merely to be good
fellows rather than that their serious
impulse is to upset the course or JUS
tice. Such weight is brought to bear
upon your board and by our board up
on me. that justice is done only in isO-
lated cases.
The cost of securing evidence and
conviction in ''bootlegging'' cases is
great. Increasingly bitter complaints
from county officials are being re-
ceived at this office against the parole
of such prisoners and the impression
is abroad that there is little use OF
spending great sums of money to bring
these people to punishment. if our acts
are to make them free upon the pay
ment of fines. or because they are in
physical and mental distress, such as
is alleged to warrant executive Glenn
ency.
There is no doubt that the traffic in
intoxicants has been increasing. 1t is
carried on boldly at the present time
No good reason can be given why all