The Nevada County picayune., 1922-03-09

g,iac ach shall ascend 10 the very heavens over rhr fact that if he happens to own COW or i pig he k not atHbertf fa turn them out to browse at random Oh fhe streets of Prescott. Can it h' possible that he is ignorant of thai fundamental principle of the science of government which holds that the man who seeks to live in assoc alton and contact with other men must con sent fo surrender whatever of his own rights may interfere with the rights of his ueighbof. If John Tweez'rs k ~o jealous of his rights he should take up his abode in some wildnerne>~ far from any human habitation of being where he could enjoy his rights
 without mole~tation from any one. ot one thing he mayt he well assured aud tllaf k just -as long as he lives =fh civilized community he will be required To surrender whatever of his rights the courts and legislatures of the coun. try may hold to be in conflict with the rights Of hi> neighbar~. l know John TWcezcr. too well to think for 4 moment that he k ignorant #ot the fact that the courts of euf= country. from the#lowest To the highest. have declared time and again that no man has natural right to manufacture. sell. =or give away intoxicating liquor. No. he knows all these things full well hut he k simply repeating the stock arguments which the liquor crowd ha> always uscd in appealing to the prejudiee@ of the minimizing element among the people
 IL k really amusing fo observe the manner in which this redoubtahl5 knight of the quill pleads for the rights of the people. He seems to have forgotten that 1t was the people who wrote the prohibition laws of our country OH eHr statute books and in oar national constitution This k exactly what we prohihitionsts are contendug for=thc rule of the people but small eaterie of wiideatters. bootlegeer~ and such ilis are trying to defy the will of#the great majority of the American people while sHch writers as John =THcezef. applaud their work. and find 1nmi>takabIe satisfaction in trying to convince others that the will of the people has been defeated Friend John when thoa Sawest off limb on which theu are sitting. be careful not to SAW il of between myself and= the tree
 In my last paper, reminded the readers of this controversy that my honorable opponent was not hampered hy facts. This final elfu~ion from hi, pen shows that he K still running true to form in this respect He lightly dismissc> the authoritative facts and figures which l had giyea aS being utterly unworthy of eoHsid cratiou. although they were from tho highest possible source, of authority. and proceed, to give us an array ol statistics by which he seeks to prove his contention that prohibition i, failure Hc=doe> not=cNeu S" much as mention the sourcc of these ~np posed facts. take il for granted Ina they are fairly eofeet. He te.!= IL, If the number of deaths from alen holI~lu since prohibition went into If
 l5ef but he faraetS 10 tell u> thar thle k I@t A small per cpuf of the Hgm
 he3. ef deaths from the same eaa~e Get.gp frsh tiau. Fer example tHe official =reports af tHe. health aWhari= ties show that ia Ne" York Cify#aloue there were more than 5on deaths from alcoholism during the la-t wet year while there were en,y 20 deaths from
 fHfy same caHse in i92o and S5 in
 1921 NJ sane man has ever claimed
 thaI prohibition absolutely prohibits
 No law k completely enforced aad the
 prohibition law, have been shamelul.y
 violated Thiass aae not a~ they ought