Licking Valley courier., 1921-08-04
Gardner Answers Critics,

Fellow Democrats, have you ever considered that
when men attempt to prejudice you by telling you things
that are not true in order to influence your votes that it
was reflection not only upon your honor but upon your
intelligence?
Some OF the men who are waging a bitter fight
against me are harpng upon the one idea that have
not enforced the law against the sale of liquor should
have been enforced Have you heard any other charge?
Now, what are the facts in the matter? What ev-
dence have they to offer that have not done all that was
humanity possible to do? Have not appointed jury COM
missoneeS who selected good men jurors Have these
missoners who selected good jurors? Have these
petit uries? Have not insisted that the grand uries
search out and indct all voators of the law? Have not
all who were indicted been tried by juries?
And in the meantime while was using every effort
in my power to break up the sale of liquor what my
opponent doing? When the officers were doing all in
heir power to search out witnesses who would make in
dictments and were combing the county with fine
tooth comb for evidence, did he send to them single
name that would make an Indictment While the county
paper was calling for that it might help and call
ng upon the good citizens to take stand in the open fo
law enforcement did he offer his assistance or send in
single name? He promises in his advertisements to put
down the liquor traffic, but does he tell you how he will
do it? And has it not been just since he became cand
date that he is loud in his denunciaon of lawessness?
concede that Mr. Kennard is law abiding citizen and al
ways has been, but has he done anything to help in the
suppression of crime?
Again, want to call your attention to the fact that
the law against the sale of liquor has been rgdy
State There is less crime in this district than any other
in the State. Circuit Judges Associations Common
wealths Attorneys Associations Bar Associations all
the United States have met and discussed the deug
of crime that has followed the war and the attempt to
enforce the Volstead prohibition act Ministerial AS
socations have deiberated upon the deporabe condi
ions and all agree that there must be awakening Of
public sentiment among the good citizens and their act
cooperation secured before the liquor curse can be
eradicated. The epidemic of crime and liquor selling
that the nation to shudder suddenly upon the
closing of the saloons and the prepardness of the pub
ic to combat it. 1t is condition. not theory that we
face. 1t has to be faced sanely and honestly He who
seeks to locaze general conditions of lawlessness and
pretend that the only place of bad conditions is
not fair to the people and is unworthy of your support
My opponent cannot bring contrete charges that have
Jailed in my efforts at law enforcement Every man who
the facts knows that have honestly and earnestly
rven to bring the guilty to justice and mete out punish
ment to them Public sentiment is ripe for the prop
er aid from the citizens the last term of court will
how and with that sentiment continuing will be easier
suppress the liquor evil, The citizens willing
10 do their part in the matter and the court will have
little trouble in enforcing the law more rigdly
Already the false propaganda against me is dying
and the of temporary dissatisfaction has gone over
leaving the thinking citizens, majority of hem dis
gused at the transparency of the propaganda that was
afoa to nure me, and the best indications are that
my majority will be so great that people will wonder how