, 1923-06-14
DRY LAWS UPHELD
IN MEETING HERE
Dr.. LANDRITH ADDRESSED RAWLINS
CITIZENS ON NECESSITY OF
Law ENFORCEMENT

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"A revival Of the once famous is
sue of States hishts' Is the manner
in which DR.. Ira Landrith, renown-
ed orator and chautauqua lecturer
last Saturday evening described the
recent action Of New York State in
repeating the state prohibition en-
forcement law.
DR.. Landrith's address last week
delivered in the Methodist church
to q small but highly appreciative
assembly OF local citizens vas the
only one to be delivered within the
state.>
DR.. Landrith is an eloquent and
convincing speaker and it is to be
regretted hat there were no more
citizens In attendance to hear him.
The noted prohibition advocate in
his speech here last Saturday even
ing related at length the principal
facts relating to the growth of the
prohibition movement and stated
many reasons why in his opinion the
movement should and has succeed
ed. He stated that the federal pro-
hibition laws had proven to be a sue
ttSS7d HuSH Sot eu'N'oS' -
said, than anticipated by the ad-
vocates of a dry America. 1t was
the speakers opinion that the eigh-
teenth amendment would never be
repealed and recalled to his hearers
the fact that never. in the history
of the country, had there even been
a constitutional amendment repeal
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that there was no apparent need OF
men boasting Of the fact that they
were dry" no more than it was
necessary for people to make much
of the fact that they obeyed the
laws. On the other hand. he said.
a man who called himself wet" was
, openly making known the fact that
/, he was against the law as 1t now
stands.
/, DR.. LanGrith. in the course of his
= remarks, quoted many prominent
men on the value of law enforcement
and the duty of every good citizen
to uphold the law-irrespcctive of
/, personal opinion as TO the worth of
: the law in question. Among those
quoted last Saturday evening were:
/ Col. Dan Morgan Smith, Benjamin
Harrison. William Jennings Bryan.
: Charles Evans Hughs. Attorney Cen
; eral Daugherty. Josephus Daniels.
I Abraham Lincoln and Theodore
I Roosevelt.
Here are n few of the quotations
used by DR.. Landrith:
when the liquor men are allow
: ed 10 do MS they wish they are sure
to debauch not only the body social
, but the body polite as woll"-Theo-
dorc Roosevelt.
Let every one remember that he
who violates the laws OF tho land
tramples on the blood of the fathers
and tears assunder the charter OF
} his,own and his children's liberty
Abraham Lincoln.
4 "You laugh nj prohibition laws:
the libertine laughs at the marriage
laws: the anarchist laughs at tho
property laws-watch out hat your
son docs not laugh Mt all laws! Lets
quit laughing nj n law.'-Coion-
81 Dan Morgan Smith.
THE man who p~atronizes the boot
logger Is n grade lower In the moral
scale than the bootlorgcr himself.
The b%ootleggcr sins for money: HE
patron puts his love of liquor above
his respect for aw."-William Jen-
Mugs Bryan.
"All government In republic
rests upon obedience to law. Dis
regard for law tears iown the very
basis Of free government. !, n graft
flying that most citizens whether thcv
approve OF prohibition or not. are
observing the prohibition law. Dis
regard for law In the foundation OF