The Donaldsonville chief., 1922-03-04
VOLUME
"srolib:tic n1I L.aw


,rhp following interesting editorial
annearing under he above caption, is
+aker from a "ecenv 'ssre OF the Rev
orleans States
"Gbra!lam 4i.'col.l .ga@ right in q
or.at many things, Moreover he has:
y rarna.kabe vision. lnc2 re wrote
q 'T'ronibition will work grea; IN
mr., % the cause Of temperance. Z.
t. :, scccics Of nta.nDeranco within
;tsnl,, Cor it goes beyond the bounds
,f reGs2n in tn. it ctte2npIs 20 CON
trol q mans appetite by legislation
anG nla'.es Il crime 0l=i O. things thaI
are No, crimes. J. prohibition Law
strikes :. blow a. thl Fary principles
on which our govern rat W's fo''1'f=-
I'd =,
"Wlqt lAncoln foresaw actrally is
hapooning nov, sine without ny
npportrnity for the 'eorle I, be neG-d
an the subject fanatics. ], taking ct.-
raotare of the ar has fcrcc1 8
arastic .Jrohibitic la N tho.r
1--WE said the other day hat wo Cd
not believe tnat judges Q" orr higher
courts ough o dotf the rmina :1I
sneak in ,Ju.lic Oh .,olitica' '.uesticl as.
He do not therefore wish to be IN
aorstood as co.lrl rnding Associatc
Justice lark o. y JliGed Ststes
su,ra.ne '0urt for having ,nadc d.
srcech on the srbj .ct Ct the Tolstead
law. |ev yustic Clark cll spcaE IN
New York three weeks "gc AID ST.:
"'rle eighteenth a-nend-1 -1crt~ re
g,,t;red nllIions OF len and Wo.ne'
abr,Ip;lv .c GRE Up habits ant Us
4oms Of life whicN the thought nos
immoral o. lens, ouv which, on lie
aontrary, ,hay believed 20 De ucces-
aary 20 tn ,ir Z :asonablo colnfor1 an3
happiness, and thereby, IS re al noTT
zee. rcsoec. 40 mr. for that law but
for I'll law las BEEN y5U 70 IN m
preceden,ed 3nu de.roralizing strain
iv, our countr-~ he @nG # which It
is difficult % Sc.
~ few Ga-'s Ego in New York -hree
Judges Of he co,.r, 81 genera. 1eso
sions were forcv' to xct1se eve
iuries Eor failure ccnvico md 20
rebuke talosman VIII declare they
wouiG no5 bnli . he .esti.loly e q
policeman.
an his ycm*rkS Judge TALLY said
Practical" ?v2.y ~nal called 4oT
Jury duty nowadays is wiling 20 VIC
late the prohibition lazy: ant be is1lows
eli his friends aya willing 10 90 the
same thing. Tha3 n itsclf Is the
breaking down, n one spoG a. least
of the respect for the Law which
every ctjsen should have.
"'0nce that respecv 20. the law IS
shattered, breakdown all along the
line is not extraordinary. II is cx
actsy like ,re"k il 2 wire conduct
ing electricity. Although the air is
charged with electricity and power
houses are working overtime one
break in the wire ant connection is!
destroyed
There have been cases tried in
the courts iu D. rleanss in which. /
FFit seemed conviction for violation Of
the Volstead law was inescapable.
Yet the juries promptly returned
verdicts Of not guilty giving the ac-
cused the benefit not only Of q rea-
sonaDie but all doubt
'All this is distressing from the
standpoint of the coed citizen who
thinks ali la.gs hould be obeyed re-
gardless of he circumstances under
which they are rammed down the
throats of Of the people.
But whe.l nigh judge Of the ma /!
Of vision o. the president most
revercd next to the father of his |
country, when NV ork grand juries
and courts refuse to present or con-
Pics men obviously guilty of violation |
Of Che law and when petit juries in |
Louisiana and all over the country do
likewise, it may we'll be asked wheth-
er CT not the incidental undermining
Of society is v orth the price of the |
Vois:eael law
~- The New York Evening World
aptly asks:
- What will be the end unless
something is done to modify & law
which even judges admit is contrary
10 THE reason and common sense Of |
the averag man, and which, there
Tore, pits q dangerous and lncreas-
,ng stram upon popular respect for
the law?'
Their is way 'ut There is
some sentiment in favor of a bonus
-o5 che soldiers, but the country is
'Yerwhe 1n1ing, against either an in
Crease in elirec. taxation or an at
Tempt 10 gaise The necessary revenue
W means of an in>irect sales tax.
Congress 4a4-help respec. for the
raw and frovi6a for the bonus by
modification Of the Nolstuad act If
II VIII sake s5G?lG against the Anti
Saloon Leagu: and authorize the
manufacture. sale and consumption
of light wines s:3t. beers, without
ofin1g1ng back The Ole saloon, it will
revive shae respect :og the law which
existed Defor0 E:la "Eois:ead act was
PASSED.
We s!loul.: Hot wish to be under-I
stood as condoring yiolation even of i
an an unjust anG unpopular law. But
Mre cleveland usat5 20 insist that we
ought to Gre&E =; condition different
" from { theosy, ana such seems to
De o the case :1oW' when, as Justice
Csarkc and o'adge Galley say, millions
u eitlzens are disposed! to look toIer-
ahtly' upon the breaches of The Vol
tt ssead act as an isIfringcnen: upon