Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-06-28

abolished. because it $interferes with his
liberties The ailrOads and the coal
with rates and price making The a1lar-
chist3 wants liz governments abolished
or dissolved because they disapproVes Of
force foe aesefuc''on 3 ne ahas sproper'y= =
What kind of q country would We
haVe-TWhat kind Of a governmtnt would
we haVe--ifs every, individual had the
special privileges that he i thinks he
should. have? .5ssE
We cannot create respect for law and
law Asjudge who looks upon, and be-
lieves that certain law violations are a
matter of dollars and cents only and
justifies such .bys small fines, is aiding
in. creating this sdisrespect of the law
and is leading the violator to believe
that justice lis merelysa commodity which
.is. bou ght& and sold for a money consid-
"A good way to stop liquor and other
violations is to impose reasonable and
just punishment, help to put the violat-
ishment for his wrong doings so that
he will realize that the laws must be
respected: In this way, great num-
Der will be brought to see the error Of
their, ways, turn over a new leaf and
'eoo Fines . VIII NOT Stop vi eae
Fines, as "a rule, will not stop the
ing, who through sickness or other mis-
fortune has been brot to the verge. Of
starvation and who. under the shadow
of night, ventures out to search food to
stay the cry of hungry children and
commits an overt act by stealing a few
loaves of bread, is brot before the bar
Of Of Justice Us and given prison sentence
who has committed atthousand offenses
for every glass of whiskeys sold is an
often e-and pauperizes dozen famil-
les, and is finally rounded up and brot
before the bar of Justice, may be let off
with a few dollars fine.
BQotleggers, .moonshiners, liquor vio-
latOrS and drug vendors are culDable
snealSs and worse than thieves. They
lie awake nights thinking up schemes
and devices whereby they may cheat the
law. So 80 @-5-.E. :. $
The enforcement officer quite often
becomes disheartened at the attitude
that some citizens take with the respect
to the Eighteenth Amendment. Some Of
our pest citizens, SO to speak, the high
er-ups as they are sometimes called
pirate about their loyalty and support of
the Constitution, and raise their hands
up or labor strike, while at the same
time they cOuntenance, aid and encour-
age i law VIOLATIONS viola Such people are
lar from being good citiztns. =.
Crime cannot be decreased by encour-
aging any violation of the law IT there
IS bad law. upon our statute books,
have it repealed, but do not school the
agement in the violation of law and
thereby create a disrespect for all law
Use common sense in your criticism Of
all laws. 1t does not matter how high
up one may be socially, intellectually
or Spiritually, he is not above the law.
Apply and interpret the law fairly and
squarely to all classes of people alike.
Help us to stop law violations by adj
Help us to reduce crime by a reasonable
punishment of the criminal, and all law
vlolators:, Crime is not a disease, but
| is created by disrespect Of law and or
der, and by neglect to properly Enforce
the law and impose proper punishment
upon the yioiators;
It is the duty of all citizens to back
up the enforcement officers; in fact, up
on the citizens of the community rests
me responsibility of whether the law
not, It they tolerate disrespect for law,
the enforcement officers will not be very
actly We -. in enforcing same. If you want
back up the officers in your community:
help them in every way possible to see
| that, law and order prevail. You can
90 90 tn mat by +r;easonng with the offenders,
their duty. ia ~
Most Of the people who are opposed
1 posed to it only for selfish reasons. Ey-
cry little while you will hear the re-
marx we want the law modified" Mind
! you, the party making such remark is
| too cowardly to say repealed, because
the people were never given a chance to
vote upon it, The Eighteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States was submitted and adopted ac-
cording to the prescribed rule and me-
thod under the present form Of govern
i ment The vote in the House Of Rep
/ hibition amendment was as follows: 2S1
Tor and 12S against. In the United Sta
ties ties Senate, it was SIS for and 20 against
| latures voted to ratify by over S0%
Thirty-six legislatures only were re-
CURED to ratify the amendment. Thirty
two Of the forty-eight states had passed