The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-06-19
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State Superintendent of In
diana Anti-SaIo0n League
At N. (. Church


S. Shoemaker. superintendent of the
Indiana Anti-Saloon League. Sunday
afternoon at the First Methodist
church in Hammond
You must first OF all exercise care
in the selection of officers, especial
ly the sheriff. prosecuting attorne>
and judge of the criminal court"
said Mr. Shoemaker Prom what |
know of some at least of your coun-
ty officers. they are not ready to
sprout wings.
-One OF them, l remember quite
well as state senator a number of
years ago when the prohibition
fight was on in the legislature. He
was wet as the governor of New
Jersey Now you have him in office
and are expecting him to enforce
prohibition"
Mr. Shoemaker did not mention
the name of this particular official.
but from the instances cited and the
inferences oefore and after his state
ment ii is supposed that he refer
red to Prosecuting Attorney Dwight
NJ Kinder.
Supt. Shoemaker came to Ham
mond at the request of the Citizens
Committee to give suggestions on
how the general public can get be-
hind the cleanup campaign started
by The Times and aid in pushing
ii to a thorough completion.
Close scrutiny of public officials
before nomination and election was
one of his suggestions.
Close scrutiny after election was
another. He believes that officials
should be given a friendly slap on
the back and should have the aid Of
the public wherever possible.
IF they are doing well. tell them
now" said the speaker. Don't wait
until they are dead TO send them
flowers. A dead man can't smell
them. Remember the fight is a long
and hard one. You may have a pub
lie official who has been hammer
mig away increasingly. AS he wipes
out law violaters here, more spring
up there. He may be getting dis
couraged as no word of commenda-
ton comes from the friends of law
and order. He may feel that his eff
forts are not appreciated. When
you know that he can finish out his
term without all these trials merely
by sitting back and seeing nothing.
can you blame him If be weakens in
the fight"
You have had a mayor the last
four years who has done more than
any mayor in Hammond in combat
ing liquor. gambling and other vice
interests. You have reelected him
and I am proud of you for It. Don't
let all of the burden rest on him
without expressing your approval
from time to time.
You elected a city Judge who is
a credit 20 the city of Hammond
wish that we had a Judge Cleve-
land in every city of Indiana"
Then speaking of failure of Off
cials to do their duty, Mr.. Shoe
maker took Nup the prosecuting at
torney's office. He told the audience
that If they felt the prosecutor
was not doing as he should one re-
course would be TO the attorney
general at Indianapolis The at
in any time and bid the prosecutor
stand aside while he took charge of
any situation which was apparently
being fumbled by county officials.
The people also have the right to
select an attorney to sit as assis-
tant 70 the prosecutor in cases in
which they are interested and there
Is no possibility of those cases be-
ing nolle pressed or continued on
peoples attorney concurs in the
motion.
He also called attention to the
fact that citizens are too often un-
willing to urn in evidence which
they have of law violations Where
violations of the law continue In a
building he showed that this place
can be closed up for one year as a
nuisance.
Referring to federal officials. he
said: I'VE want federal men who
sworn enemies as many of them
are. Inc idea OF putting In an ex-
saloonkeeper as prohibition agent is
preposterous."
Mayor Brown was present and
was called on for a brief address
He also took a rap at federal agents
who used to be IN the saloon busi-
ness. He expressed the belief that
many of the distillery thefts were
frame-ups and cited the instance in
which forty-nine barrels were taken
from the Hammond Distillery in a
truck without the thieves ever be-
ing detected
Il believe" said the mayor, that
If we can get rid of the soft drink
parlors we could clean up the liquor
and gambling violations. Under our
state law we cannot place a heavy
license on soft drink parlors. II
they had to obtain a license and
pay a substantial fee they would
think twice before violating the law
when they knew that their place
would be closed up and the license
fee lost. If caught at It,"
Short addresses were made by