South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-08
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MARCH 8, 1913.
ANOTHER CASE or "THE FOOL AND HIS
MONEY ARE SOON PARTED"

II tht liquor men Of 81. Joseph county, along with
hose OF the state. raisi ms fund of $25oOOO ~
reported. with which a last resort to combat the
prohibition law in the state courts; what on earth
they expect 10 do with it. would seem to us
becomes q, very natural ana as well material que5
ton. Cert ainIy it is expected that any sum OF
money viii serve to influence the while to
the lawyers. we'll they may be working the liquor
interests thus heavily. the prospective last pos
sfble work. but our guess that William Evar's
once told Roscoe Conkling. defeat in their death
struggle mi ght as well be accomplished for less
money"
Conkling then young lawyer. asked the older
Evarts' advice on the a he ought to charge
a client whom ne had just defended with the result
OF conviction and sentence to hang. Huh" said
the legal wizard of Gotham, 'he could have been
convicted ana sentenced hang without any lawyer,
and despite the ray of hope shines hither from
Evansville anticipate the liquor interests-the
brewers dlsniers saIoonists and their professional
bondsmen-subject TO about the advice when
the supreme court has gotten through with them
The liquor interests would invest their
s250o0O in Thrift stamps buying stamp, or nearly
as possible each bum they have made, and helping
to win the war. alone by loaning this money TO
the government but by conserving the grains, etc.
for other legitimate uses otherwise in
to their damnable rot
Pubishine of notices their applications for
licenses i'm anticipation the prohibition law viii
be held unconstitutional interesting commentary
ON some lawyers lack of legal acumen, regardless
Of his larger success might be indicated by the
above mentioned quest $25OOoO hghtng fee. This
publication notices is said be the work of Ger
tain bonding houses interested in the LIQUOR
business because of the fees that them for
going the liquor dealers bonds. is the money in
the business of course. that keeps up the fight and
these bonding houses appear quite greedy to add
10 their exchequers from the starvation and tears
of the mothers babes the brewers and saloon
Keepers are.
BUT this the point suppose the supreme court
should hold the prohibition unconstitutional win
the brewery bought lawyers that the legislature
had no right To pass law not to license the liquor
business after April @ 1918. taking that authority
away from county commissioners? This withdrawal
Of that authority entirely separate from the pro-
hibtou act a separate bill. and making refer
ence to it, disseminating the licensing of both whole
sale and retail sales Very well, there he NJ
saloons then even If their prohibition law and
both the Proctor and Nicholson laws carry ample pro-
hibitous against selling liquors either wholesale
or retail without license The liquor interests. AM
ler bonding frends-for revenue.-are racing pretty
onssently around circle 1t will require a session
of the legislature repeal of Chapter 60 Of the
laws Of 1917. as wen as decision Of the supreme
court overriding the win Of the legislature per
Chapter /. before the liquor men, according our
guess can get back ON the old job-and the public
neck
Indeed. il seems that it might Ice triAe ore
sensible If the money being spent i'm publication OF
notices of license applications also investe
in Thrift stamps thus increasing the number OF
saloon made who might be presented with
the book TO Doe filed with stamps bought with coins
saved from being shot the bar. after the
saloons Really folks. it is almost sckeniag
witness such Ceathstruggle against the
destruction OF disgusting causebu, il has been
Lad f1ta
walls plungtue dow down 10 infinite despair" AMI
presume always viii be- Let them spend their ill.,
gotten coin II they to do