Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1922-01-12
GREAT LAW ENFORCE
MENT MEETING

One of the most challenging and
inspiring messages that has been
heard here for a long time came to
Wauseon and Fulton County on New
Years Day. The occasion was a
meeting of the Fulton County Law
Enforcement League. Two meetings
were held, afternoon and evening. G
&. Heise, veteran champion of the
Anti-saloon cause in the county, pre-
SIDED. V. A. Schreiber, the giant
who captains the forces for law en-
4orcement in this section of the
state stated the purpose of the meet
IngS.
The following county speakers ap-
peared: Mrs. B. c. Eldridge, Swanton,
president of the County W. C. T. u;
Rev. S. A. Beall, Fighting Irish par
son OF Swanton, who is making
things hot there for yiolators; and
c., l.. Garfield, Prosecuting Attorney
for Fulton County.
Mrs. Eldridge said: /"The w. C. T
u. is the largest woman's organiza-
tlon in the world. 1t was largely re-
sponsIble for the enactment of the
18th amendment. One of its slogans
is, Work for law enforcement where
i'7ou are" That means first in the
nome, for that is where "a of our
membership are. Second, we are GO
| ing TO see to it that men are elected
to office who are men of vision both
tor the present and for the future
Third, we are helping create that at
mosphere in favor of law enforce
ment, without which public officials
are helpless.
Another slogan is: For God, and
Home and Everyland." Rev. Beall
said in part:
"We have right to insist that
public officials conserve what the
church accomplishes.
Prosecuting Attorney Garfield
spoke very briefly out of courtesy to
the visiting speakers. He said that
his task and that of the sheriff was
impossible without a militant public
opinion back of them. ''No one
knows what we have to fight. But
we are going to keep right on with
our little parties"
Two really great speeches were
made by visiting speakers, and q
good practical humorous one by Johr
Hare, who put it across in Cincinnati
! for Statewide prohibition.
In the faternoon, Roy Carpenter
Steubenville, ex-Prosecuting attor
ney for jefferson County, told his
story Of how, before the present laws
were passed for enforcing the Liquor
Laws, he made it hot for violators
thru invoking the Dow-Aiken Ta1
Law, House Bill 1895.
eve must fight the lying propa
ganda that the law cannot be enforc
ed. They can be. l have proved it
Anyone can who wants to-"
The main speech of the day wal
that of Honest John Kramer" for
!. mer U. S. Commissioner Of Prohibi
= tion. He said:
:. whenever we adopt any radica
change of policy, it takes time t.
, adjust ourselves to the changed con
{ ditions. And in doing so, we max
!, mistakes.
!, Our second mistake was that W
thought the work of law-enforce
ment could be done by a few fedora
agents. This is an absolute impos
sibility. The Federal COMMISSIONS
has 1000 policemen. New York Cit
alone has 1900. All the Feders
? Government can do is to police tn
2 border, and superintend the perm
system, by which it is determine
, what products may legally contai
alcohol.
Local officials are the only one
=, who can see that the law is enforce,
) If they are to do their duty, you mu:
5 stand by them. You must stand bac
stand back of their friends.
Z Law enforcement is no pink te
affair. 1t is the meanest job on cart
Z 1t has to do with the meanest set
s men on earth, Boot-leggers are M
: only violators of the liquor law; the
{ are murderers, for the stuff they Sc
5 is rank poison, and they know it"
9 He told of one case, where tt
s still was located directly under a no,
z pen, where the drainage carried dow
s and mixed with the mash.
e PuDAlS OllISldlI Will lew 6AC0
4 tions, is the most scary individual {
4 earth. We must get behind them.
& Another mistake we are making
5 to think there is no danger ahea
& The agitation for light wines al
5 beers is an attempt to nullify Il
2 law. l would rather have the amen
+ ment taken from the constitute
+ than to have it made a joke.
Z There is one official in the coun
3 that is always overlooked when t
E question of handling boot-leggers
s concerned and that person is Proba
e Judge A. M. Barber. Judge Barb
5 has certainly done his part on the Ii
= enforcement by handing down a fl
= to the parties violating the law wi
8 courage and zeal He does not u
z any discrimination when any of the
5 violators are brought before him.
z The following officers were electe
5 S. A. Beall, President, Swanton:
z B. Heise, Vice Pres; A. E. Fish, 81
+ c. E. Wager, Treas.
8 Executive Committee: C. A. Co
z F. L. Rice, Metamora; DIR. Patt,
- son, Mrs. H. Stotzer, Mrs. B. C. !
z dredge, Swanton; Geo. HUT, H.
5 Tredway, Rev. A. M. Dixon, Supt.