The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-18
Law Observance and
Enforcement Ser
mon Subject
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ficcr who is proven to be unfaithful
in his duties.

1lccr VINO IS proven 60 De unIaltn1ul
in his duties.
Officers Are Not To Blame
"As matter of fact, have no
reason whatever to believe that any
such criticisms are justified con-
corning our present officers in this
city and county.
you find lack Of law observance
and law Enforcement, the blame is,
to great extent, on many of these
people who claim to be 100 per cent
American citizens. want to en-
phasizc the responsibility that is on
the American citizen today. Do you
citizen when he wants to break the
laws himself but wants Others to
obey them? This is the kind of man
who cried for war, but neither he nor
his son wanted to 60 to war. lie
wants to break the speed law but
thinks others should drive carefully.
He wants to buy drink for himself
but is not willing to have boot
logger sell booze to his son. So
many men say in effect, 4 want to
be law unto myself These men
cuss the grafters, and break the law
by smoking in public dining halls
while they are cussing the law
breaker. Do you call a man good
citizen when he claims he wants the
law enforced but he refuses to make
u complaint against q man he knows
is violating the laws and also refuses
to be witness against him? Some
officers have told me that the aver
age citizen is q coward when II
come to standing by the officers and
helping c0lfvict the criminal by their
testimony and help. No one has
4 right to charge another with vio-
lation of the Volstead Act, or any
other law, unless he knows what he
is talking about and, if he knows it
to be true and does not use his in
fluence to punish the violator, he
is no better than the law-breaker and
is party to the crime. S
Easy To Make Statements They Can.
not Prove
GLOW often we hear people Say,
There is more liquor drank today
than before the prohibition law was
passed. Why put UP howl then?
1t is men who make such statements
that favor plenty of booze. Of course
such statements are made to make
the gullible think the prohibition law
is so useless that it ought to be re-
Eealcd, or modified. The man who
says that, may himself be drinking
more than he did before and, il he
is, he confesscs he is law breaker.
sSuch man ought to present his
proof to the proper officials. All
government reports and statistics
prove to the contrary. Among the
other benefits of prohibition is that
of bringing about the divorce OF the
saloon. br6thei and gambling den.
This trio almost always went to-
gether.
Il am talking tonight about, men
and women being good citizens by
their voice and conduct and helping
in every way they can to enforce the
laws. Do you call man or woman
a good citizen who will take advaIl-
tage Of the weakness Of q fellow man
who is bound by the habit Of booze
drinking, or any other bad habit!
The moonshiner and bootfegger has
jumped at the opportunity to satisfy
the. hsbitual booxer and make money
thereby. Are you any way respects
BILE when you, for policy's sake. make
no protest against IL? Some people
dcspise the bed-bug because Of his
way Of making . living! How much
better is the moonshiner and boot
logger?
Lawless Element At Trials !.
liquor trial? Does the so-called good
the Judge and jury; Or, does he al
less element to take the room and
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