The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-01
|spRINGS PARODY
ON BLUE LAWS
Would Remove From Stat
"Vs ',ts Book Laws lmpos-
Nv sible to Enforce
| IAuGH OUT OF COURT
ps.pect for Law Generally
", Tmnaired by Fool Attempts
at Legislation

xrw YORK. April 3o.--Much IN
na considerable mirth nave
s,., provoked at Albany by 'he in-
| a,,o, bv Representative HacN-
.sn,s ola bill ITO amend the peha'
,v in relation to racing animals
mechanical devices At s'aNe'
rron first 70 last there runs a r'ch
., irony. The Ions list OF AMI
~, and mechanical devices. be-
NEE, which racing or trials OF speed
,,h,daen. ranges from aard-
sard wolves. agoutis' throusn
ang.u,angs ouskeris, pandhs 10
ns,r,ters typesetting machines
Il .,osn rollers. In addition 10 tne
Ia,,y auI Tor a misdemeanor. the nill
v usarihes that any one found guilty
3 sbau forfeit any ANNA, W. ' .,,o
B cbanical device used. ara nv w,
sun, Of money or other property az
3Nake. ,,oh,or aroused
'at, uackenburg insists mat ne
3deadiy serious. ,,, In.
~ NV legislation ~ houee'N
81 ,rdsd 10 remove from the statutes
rs which It is impossible to en-
~ and laws which interfere WIN
'X ,.so,ai liberty" Mr.. HacScnbnrs
"a NJ Albany the other day. -Four
q '., ~ them are drawn to reNose
20 x,s,,ne laws. The one when treats
~ racinr is an amendment TO a law
hteh makes Il n misdemcanor &c
90 horses and other animals Thi'
iu Ia obscure. II Is ridiculous. Ths
mss,ion that puzzled me Ia wha,
nin,ai are YOU going to race against
ee horse?
5X Enforce or Repeal.
IN II this law is on the statutes y
NN,rb, TO be enforced. I agree WITT
W[nvernor Miller on that: there arr
afMv two things to do with a law
Xher enforce It or repeal II. II !
,o he enforced Il ought TO be made
ar And II we are to have a Law
kbidding the racing of animals !
Xould be made clear which animal
is forbidden to race. have don
hest at definition. And II 1t J
he forbidden to race animals,
Ling In itself Is wrong, why IL !
wrong to race anything-sewinl
Hchines. balloons, washing ma
lines. typewriters?
H'Tf my bill reduces this piece
kislation TO the ridiculous. 1t sim
goes 10 prove the broad poin
hlch wish to make; that you can
h legislate goodness into people
these measures intended to com
goodness are wrong. They hav
opposite effect. IT, for example
M stop motion pictures on Sunday
vu condemn TO idleness a lot
yople whose only free day is Sun
u lv, And idleness breeds mischit
IL crime.
\twhat will young people do n
Nundays II they can't 60 20 the rlc
lres, or II tho dance halls. dc
entity supervised by the police. ar
flosed? They will resort to dives.
secret meeting places TO undergroun
ID dance halls that hide from supoi
"a vision. This sort OF law will for
= them TO be bad. And nobody real
wants TO be bad
The result is that most OF thei
stringent laws are disregarded. ar
this Ia almost worse. for the who
n structure OF criminal law Is broke
n II there are too many laws, and
there are laws which have not Il
backing OF public opinion. Eve
law that has not popular sentlme
10 back II will be broken.
j Class Legislation.
y favor the repeal OF the prob
billion amendment. favor II not b
cause | approve OF saloons and e
cossive drinking, but because / b
Neve this law has done nothing
promote the welfare OF the peop
The workingman who beat his wi
&d drank his wages before g
amendment Is still doing Il. As Z
people who did not use to drink
myself never touched whisky un
prohibition went into effect and
could no longer get beer.
The Cotillo bill for the llcensl
NJ dance halls is the worst kind
class legislation. 1t will stop I
shlmmy In the dance halls OF ~,
York city, but any people who ha
the money can hire the ballroom
The Waldort-Astoria and shimniy
lhey please or go TO Yonkers or Lo
lsand in their motor cars and jass
the'r hearts content, And pco,
no haven't money will go to div
sui they won't stop dancing.
You can't legislate goodness II
people. All you can do Ia educs
mem and let them grow up In I
F SGnshine, Then they will Just nj