Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-03-02
WHAT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT LEAGUE CAN DO.

We have been cacd-"lIi,crcd" as it we're because we had
the terery to suggest to the La Sale County ufurccuu.
League that would be very easy thing for the league e. ,t
the good purposes OF that organization cndga.orc o r
their efforts lar We believe and sand ST., that n the rg m
dictate whom all the candidate, OF the bic r, snail
be at the coming election that they viii arouse I'M g , m
defeat their very purposes We assured that nothing the kind
IS contemplated nor is 1t the purpose the league do \u
the same breath the made after All nomination. a
pes are filed that ticket viii be selected endorsed and i'm case
two men running Tor the office might both be acceptable nc
VIII be requested to Withdraw favor o the selected all
IN the organlzation which can he influenced M H. 9 be .
the chosen candidate and taken other Now t, NAV not
be seeking control far lies in their power the nominations,
be made but our enteebcd intellect 10, like distinction with,
out difference, particularly of the d e, not see m m with
draw in the other fellows favor
II the efforts be concentrated on the candidate tr me
office the present the office u sheriff seem, to be the ONE m
pernost IN the thoughts of alb would different NATTER
but the field to be covered according published reports saw,
THE ticket presumably including every The idea which
we wished convey that the league might take hc
ScaPPer VINO announced first that he could lick any man I'm the
room and gradually enlarged the statement first include the town.
then the county the state and finally the world and wound up
getting good drubng His explanation that ne took in
much territory We believe the league accomplish
their efforts ceneed but also believe that when they take in
the whole ticket including the all Offices hc are ta
ing in much territory"
As being opposed or ukcvarn on the proposition of
law enforcement (and we have been accused 81 most the u
the decaogue since the editorial question appcaed the FREE
TRADER vRNA can only refer to it, past record We think
uthuy say that paper published in La Sale county has
abored more cosccnrousy or consistently or law H rccmcn
than has the lREE RAIDER orRN In the last election selected
the man believed represented that element position that really
counted and without interview with him the subject
worked for him in and in vacation and we haer our
selves contributed in his And the only
cSn has ever made OF our present Law enforcement officers
been when appeared they making yery possible
effort to enforce the lawwere going they might
their efforts
We believe in and highly commend the purposes Of
Law Enforcement League and offered suggestions order that
the league might accomplish something's and defeat It's real pur
pose by arosing antag by taking much crtor The
league right in their contention that there enough law abiding
and aw-repectng people La Sale county to elect any candidate
they may but very questionable ii they pick
whole ticket by endorsement and elect when the anagous they
are bound to taken into consideration if they their
efforts all the offices The Law Enforcement League
power or good in the county they will get down cold facts
and be carried away with their enthusiasm or resent every ~
gehCn offered because implies that their field for good at he
present time limited No league rgauzed stand, firmly
for IaW-enforccment than does thi, paper