The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-10-27
THE LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT

The law or cOuSe ana erect mas not Deel
abrogated any more by the passage of tn
prohibition amendment than has the law o
gravitation been thrown into the discard b.
the bleatings of the Prophet at Zion.
When one walks into the. criminal court OF
Monday morning and gets Whit of the breatl
of some of the defendants and takes an in
ventory of the black eyes and damaged nose
he is pretty certain to believe that prohibition
is not prohibiting as well as it might in Ke
nosha
Or course there are some men of just natur
ally mean disposition who go out and beat VI
each other but such instances are not suffi
GENTLY frequent to believe that the vicious ma
ture is to be blamed for all of these fisticuffs
Unusual fights are brought on by stimulation
and stimulation of the kind which produces
fights is usually brought on by some intoxicat
ing spirit taken into the system through thu
mouth.
The very fact that man comes reeling ou
of a saloon would indicate that this fellow haC
been supplied with intoxicants in that very
place even though there is the convincing evi
dence that the man in charge has nothing more
than Class A. permit
The law of cause and effect would indicate
that this fellow became drunk in that place
Of course this is not proof positive. He may
have crawled into the cellar of the place anC
had pipe line leading from Berryville or Mil
waukee, he may have been tricken by moon
shine bolt out of a clear sky but the presump
ton is that he was kicked by white mule
stabbed behind the bar of the particular place
from which he came
Men who have perfectly orderly Glass A
permit places,-if there is such a thing-dt
not countenance men getting drunk somewhere
else and coming into these places to sleep Of
the jag. If there is to be any sleeping to b.
done these fellows usually insist that they GEE
the profit on the sleeping potion.
There seems to have been considerable con
fllct between the Police department and tht
District Attorney as to whether the word of
drunken man is to be taken as against the wore
OF saloon man. This would appear to us to bt
matter for a jury The laws Of the state pro
vide that jury shall pass on evidence and VIZ
believe that when a man is found overcome
with intoxicasts in place the thing to do i!
to arrest the man behind the bar and insist
that he prove that he did not sell this mar
liquor Of course he is presumed to be limo
cent until he is proven guilty but this presump
ton OF innocence should not be made so great
that it makes possible the continuance of this
stream of moonshine with the attendent
wrecked faces in the the court every Monday
morning.
The people who sit on juries are coming t.
understand more and more that presumption
of innocence" means being able to get ava,
with it.
A we'll dressed man is the best advertise
ment OF tailoring hop and the beauty parlo1
does not hesitate to claim as its best advertise
ment properly frescoed face. Just the same
reasoning insists that man sodden with drinl
is the surest indication of the law violating
Glass A. permit place.
There should be no hesitation to arrest every
one OF these fellows. Never mind whether o.
not the evidence may be convincing to this off
cial or the other. The duty of these Officials
is to prosecute on the evidence that is present
ed and we are not Of the opinion that thei
Judgment is the last word when it comes to de
Gliding whether the prosecution, shall 90 for
ward, Get these fellows under arrest - no
once but every time they send their advertise
ments" out on the street and in a short time i
will be discovered that the army in court OF
Monday morning is growing wonderfully less
Prohibition will prohibit when the official
of the city, the state and the nation get TIL
idea that every possible means must be used Il
make prohibition prohibit. Never mind the &C
quital of few of these fellows. All juries ar
not without conscience and the time will com
when convictions will be even more popula
than acQuitals