The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-13

Editor World on reading Hugh G.. Gall
logher's letter in Saturdays World the thought
occurs to me that II makes no difference at
all what either Mr.. Gallagher or myself thinks
about the prohibition question, nor for that
matter what Judge Pollock thinks. II is en-
tirely what the American people think. Two
or three, or n few hundred, amount to moth
ing. Further 1t is in very poor taste for a
United States Judge, who is sworn to enforce
the laws of his country with all mpartiality. to
lend his aid and encouragement to n breaking
OF those laws. II some ignorant unoducate ed
citizen were to criticisc the laws OF our country
In Judge Pollocks presence, | am afraid ne
would be Arbitrarily punished for his temcrty
No one knows better than Judge Pollock that
me people OF TINS country make over laws In
Iact the people ARE the laws. Now / do not
fall out with Judge Pollock, or Mr.. Gallagher
for their views. but they have no more right
to ask that a minority be allowed to enforce
their policies on the majority than that pro-
hihitlonists should be allowed to enforce their
only few years ago they were in the minority.
Now ns arguing from the prohibition stand
point let us not forget these facts: Prohibition
has practically emptied hundreds Of jails, poor
houses, paupcr wards in hospitals, and is rap
idly lessening insanity. BY being given time to
arrange the statistics can give the names of
specific institutions where this has been done
There is great cry against taking our per
sonal privileges away from us Well. you have
few men in Tulsa who consider It personal
privilege to be allowed to "stick up" the citi-
OF your city with gun and relieve them
OF their money You have laws that say they
shall not" Then the sticl-up men would tell
you these laws are all wrong The majority
to the greatest number" | knew "A man
who insisted pouring his slop from his hotel
in the alley; or rather his own lot next to
the alley. The sanitary officer forced him to
desst. He made ap awful row. He aid 1t was
his hotel his slop, Ind his land. and he had
right to do as he pleased with II. However his
neighbor just across the alley did not think
his logic well taken. The neighbor had TO smell
the stencil. and fight the flies, and perhaps have
typhoid fever in his family; personal liberty"
cut no figure in the case
DO not forget the fact that thousands who
voted prohibition were fond of liquors of
sort, but they were shocked at the sorrow
and misery brought into the world they were
willing to forego the qualification OF an unnoccs-
sary appetite FOR the good of the greatest num-
her" Now bound to admit that we have
the spectacle OF thousands of criminal rum
runners bootleggers. and thugs violating the
liquor laws. We know that "a good citizen will
not wilfully violate law. but will try to have IL
repealed. Let me ask: Did you ever hear OF
prohbtionsts as "A class becoming criminals
and backlegs just because they failed to carry
election in their cause? " There must be a
difference in the two classes of citizenship.
There Is no logic In saying the high crimes now
prevalent, such murders and bank robberes
due to prohibition for II can not be proven
by any sort Of reasoning.
Sincerely yours
OkmulgSs, Jan. 80. V. BERRY.