Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-12-05
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= isa enforcement. Probably the
&c -. to life from gun-men and
- ! greater in Chicago than At
sass tin,e in the city's history. Il Is
.lsfmed by Investigators that fuliy
ne hundred thousand Of Chieago's 5
,.sraIation are criminals, Many Of
-, are of the most dangerous type
sg8 have no regard whatever for
VIE Wbst the city administration with
80 aid Of Chief Collins and his police
-sa = NAV be able to do in curtailing
~ criminality of Chicago is a ques-
-, For more than score of years
- Chicago crimial has been per-
s,'.fsa to breed and thrive under con-
l..;.es that are not found in the
mailer cities of the state.
l. i easy to lose ones identity in
y,eaf city. And consequently the
.r;ninal eseks the haunts where he
ssg more easily lose himself and
sscsne detection. This is what makes
Chicago and every other metropolis
BAD.
In the Twin CITIES conditions are by
m means law-abiding. The criminal
H. i growing. The cities have
sprouted scores of bootleggers who
are conscienceless and why prey up
ON theif victims without regard TO any
principles of honor.
The stuff that is sold is vile poison,
which is slowly but surely sapping
the lives of scores of men from all
wslks of life. There should be some
way to harrass the evil until the
tyafTickers become frightened into
obeying the laws, even if they do not
change their ways at heart.
During the last two weeks Sheriff
GRAY has made numerous arrests.
He claims to have sufficient evidence
10 secure conviction in most cases.
Probably a few will escape. But at
anv rate he is harassing the evil,
though it is sure to manifest itself IN
other forms. Jailing few bootleg-
gers. fining a few more and other
wise harassing the traffic, Will not
ston II. but the action of officers and
courts indicates that the authorizes
are at least doing their duty. For
this they should be commended.
What is needed in the Twin Cities
is a revival of the old fashioned re-
form wave. The citizens should rise
enmasse and support the officers Win
their endorsement. They can do nttie
more. The average respectable ciu-
zen knows nothing about lawlessness
from personal contact, and only those
who know the inside Of lawlessness
can come with its trickery.
Churchmen will be helpless in at,
tempting to aid the officials. Because
they are helpless thev are likely to be
over-critical and say that many of
the officers are in league with the
traffic.
The writer of this article knows
practically every police officer and
4 deputy in the Twin Cities and can give
them one and all hearty recommen-
dation. 1t is our personal belief that
there is not a single officer in the
Twin Cities or within the county, who
is in league with any form of vice.
But they are handicapped. They
are well known to all of the lawless
element, and this makes it doubly
hard for them to make arrests, or to
ferret out the criminal classes.
They need the backing of all re-
spectacle citizens. Not their criti-
csm.
What minister of the Twin Cities
will tsir his congregation to a sense of
the city's condition with respect to
lawlessness? If he has no informa-
ton that will be of value in sermon
izing along this line the Review @ill
gladly give it to him.
UNION LABOR IS LAW ABID-
ING. 1T STANDS FOR LAW EN-
F0RCEMENT w II + T II f r 1T
WHOLLY AGREES WITH ALL THE
4 WRITTEN LAWS UPON THE
STATUTE BOOKS OR NOT. IT
WILL BACK ANY MOVEMENT
FOR A BETTER, CLEANER AND
MORE DECENT CITY.
UNFORTUNATELY THE DAILY
PAPERS OF THE TWIN CITIES