New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1925, Page 5

HINTS AT CLEAN-UP AGAINST LOTTERIES (Continued from ‘Wirst'Page) sell, buy and drinklinported hara liquors, and ‘those who make, sell buy and K bootleg lquors, The two chief Yuoving forces with both clagses seem to be first, quick and large profits, and ‘second; a hang- over appetite for u beverage. polson. The remedfes, ‘ot reform, must come along two lines, first, moral and legal suasion of disloyalty, second second, physical peril, We hold that o man in the United States or its territories can today clalm to be a loyalists if he makes, sells, buys, drinks or transports beverage intoxi- ants, any more than were he to buy, cll or us¢’ & slave, We also hold bat no man of moral will power and ntelligence eanput a bottle or glass 0 his lips,. nor be a party to his neighbor's doipg the same., We be- ieve it to be our duty to put the btrongest emphasls on persuading he citizenry of the desirability of loyal obidience * to the prohibition aw “We do well to remember that a yery large proportion of the citizens pf New Britain either brought with hem from some other country a alse Idea of liberty, or are the child- ‘en of such. With them we shall have to be fair, as well as kind and irm. All second offenders should be o dealt with by our courts as to eave no desire to repeat the offense, “There is gemiine and urgent need or pledge signing campaigns. Too nuch has been left to the executive; here has been too little agitation nd educational work by the church- 8 and other religious and moral Don't Let That Cold Turn Into “Flu” Ruab on Good Old Musterol That cold may turn into *Flu,” ppe or, even worse, Pngumonia, inless you' tdke-care of it at once, Rub good old Musterole on the con- sted parts and-see how -quickly it prings relief. Colds are merely congestion. Mus- erole, made from pure oil of mustard, amphor, menthol and other simple ngredients, is a countet-jrritant which timulates circulation and helps break ip the cold. Aseffective as the messy old mustard plaster, does the work without blister. Just rub it on with your finger-tips. ou will feel a warm tingle as it enters e pores, then a cooling sensation that rings welcome relief. To Mothers: Musteroleis also made in milder form for babies and small children. Ask for Children’s Musterole. 35c and 65c, in jars and tubes. forces, The best loyalists are such' because of their religious and moral convictions, not because they are constralned or restrained by law. When we have convinced our good citizens of Itallan and Pollsh ances- try and some others of the adven- tages of drinking water, milk, tea, coftee and soft drinks, over the' dis- advantages ‘of drinking alcohollc polson bevnruel our troubles as to prohibition will be practically over in New Britain, ! Attacks Lotterles “There 1s urgent need for agita- tlon against lotteries in New Britain, In this matter will you go so far with us as to admit that we are cor- rupt? We all know of these lotteries and many of us are participating in them, Many of us do so without the criminal intent, So was It with the saints of old. But there Is no know- Ing violatlon of the law without the complete criminal offense; without lowering of the moral ton: nd in a matter of open, public violation the greater number of persons Involved the more serious and demoralizing is the effect. The saloons of New Bri- tain were closed by action of out- glde authorities. Why? Shall we con- tinue to engage in lotteries until out- glde authorities stop them? Do*we ‘wish -that kind of reputation? We earpestly wish that every church, lodge, and club'which has in past been gulity would voluntarily vote to become clean in this regard. We earnestly hope that it will not be ne- cessary for us to call upon either 16cal or outside authorities to invoke the law. We are deliberately pur- suing a course that will make it im- possible for any person or organiz tlon or group to plead that insuffici- ent notice was given, to enable them to make other plans. “We wish more of our citizenry and officlals would take seriously the citizens’ and officials’ oaths, We wish that not only our children but our adults could become convicted of the idea that no person can hon- estly repeat the pledge of loyalty to the country, the while standing at salute to its national emblem, and go out to knowingly violate the laws of that country. Better to refuse the form than to violate both the spirit and the letter. We wish that no one would think, much.less say, that because he does not belleve in a law he feels free to break and ig- nore it. Charges ]mp;flp«-r Penalties We must once more voice our protest against penalties by our courts which do not fit the crime, nor deter the criminal, It is in this connection perfectly fair to com- pare the Volstead act with postal, counterfeiting and dope traffic laws. Here reference to these at once sug- gests the leniency of the lower courts in cases of violation of the Volstead act, We appreciate some- what the difficult position our courts have been in as having to exercise s0 wide a discretion, and we look hopefully for action by our sitting legislature which will materially re- lieve them of this discretion. All honor to those justices and prose- cutors who have taken so high a view of thejr civic duties as to frame and introduce the proposed, much needed laws, | “May we suggest that in discus- sing the prohibition question and situation we be conservative, and try NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1925, hard to stick to the truth and ac- ouracy, and not be led into error by false propaganda. Great harm can be done our cause by overstate- ments, and unreasoned opinloy, “And may we also suggegt and urge that we all have such an edu- cated and intelligent conviction on the subject that we will be ready always to give a reason for the hope that iy within us. Have an answer ready for the scofflaw, and hand it to him with dignity which befits the issue. We hope you all are subscribers to the regular readers of some zoog prohibition journal, Praises Liquor Squad | "There is much to encourage us. We bear testimony that for the past two years New Britain has had an cfticlent liquor law enforcement po- llco force. Thelr work is difficult, disagreeable, and often dangerous. They need and merit our moral and active support. They are under or- ders, not administrative officers, If they are ordered to disobey the law while on duty they either disobey the law, or lose their position, They are not to be blamed if you and I, by our votes, have placed in a superior office a man who has acted neither wisely or well in his appolntments, and defends his appointees for do- ing unlawful acts. “There seems to be good ground for the belief that soon a gradual shake-up of federal officials will re- sult in practically drying up the outside supplies of liquor. Beer will never come back for obvious reasons. When we secure the law requiring all private stills, as well | as commercial stills to be licensed a very large part of the bootleg sup- ply will also be cut off, And we must remember that in this problem we are dealing with the most revo- lutlonary interstate measure ever incorporated into organic law, and a matter of personal indulgence so subtle, so individious, and so vitally affecting our physical and social sta- tus as to reasonably require much time to solve, “A. W. UPSON, “President.” Resolutions Adopted. tesolutions urging the disposition of all cases on their merits and the destruction of all gambling machines and another commending the bill presented to the state legislature by Chiet Justice George W. Wheeler were passed. These resolutions were as follows: “Resolved: That the New Britain Clivic Safety League, in annual meet- ing assembled, hercby expresses its appreciation of the work of Chief Justice Wheeler of the Connecticut Supreme Court, and the state's at- torneys, judges and prosecutors, in preparing a bill to strengthen the law against illicit traders in intoxi- cants, “Resolved: That this assembly earnestly petition our representatives in the leglslature, both house and senate, to lend their influence and their votes in favor of this bill which is now before thenw “Resolved: That the secretary be directed to tranemit these resolutions to Chief Justice Wheeler and to New Britain's three representatives, “Whereas, it has been a policy for many_years for local judges to or- der, from time to time, certain un- desirable persons and certain nui- sances, such as gambling machines, out of town, be it “Resolved, that this assembly de- clare it to be a better polic; in accord with American principles, not to pass these undesirable per- sons on to other communities, for a repetition of the trouble; but to dis- pose of all such cases on our own ground, each according to its merita. “Likewise, we declare it to be a and the committes lias’had one au. dlence with Chiet of Police Hart, “At the April meeting the facts obtained from a canvass of the cities of the state on the matter of gam. bling was considered, This canvass showed that the standards of our Connecticut cities, 80 far as law en- forcement against gambling ‘is con- cerned, is at a rather low level, Our own city perhaps measured up to an average with others In the state, Here, for instance, the police au. thorities do not move against games of chance, and lotteries run off by churches or even by clubs, in one of Wwhich ‘at least lotterles running as high as $7,000 were disposed of, The canvass showed the need ©f a great revival of public interest and educa- tion on this subject, There is no more excuse or ground for a club or a church to break the specific laws against gambling (which s gener- ally done under the gulse that the purpose is gbod or harmless) than there was or is for the Mormon church to assert polygamy as a re- ligious act, and expect to escape the laws of congress, “On this matter of gambling the committee was greatly pleased to see the police move agalnst a certain vending machine with a gambling feature, after two lawyers had given the vendors a long labored opinion. that the machines were not gams bling devices, and after the city Pprosecutor had failed in one 'at- tempt to bring conviction. ©Over 100 machines were involved and were all ordered out of the city. The league’s opinion was that these ma- chines should have heen destroyed and thus be prevented from heing used again in other places for law breaking purposes. “On this subject of gambling the committee authorized the president to print 100 copies of the president’s last annual report which discussed quite fully the subject of gambling. This was done and the copies were |circulated throughout the city, in- ‘cludinx all pastors and most of the officials concerned. It was voted also that an opportunity be sought ;by the committee to present this | matter to a local ministers’ meet- |ing. | Sunday Games At Memorial Park “In November your committee re- cefved complaint that football games | |were being played in Memorial |park, with admission charged, on Sunday afternoons, contrary o law. We thereupon protested in writing | to the park board, the police board, |the chief of police, and to the pro- | moters of this sport. These pro- |tests appeared in the press and were serfously considered, at least in one meeting of the park board. One momber of this board, indeed, had |promised us a year ago that a repe- tition of this violation would not he jallowed. Tt developed, in the con- |troversy, that the park board was actually accepting rent for this vio- {lation and the police board was fur- |nishing policemen at so much per |man, but notwithstanding this con- |niving of city officlals with Jaw |breakers, Mayor Paonessa thought |that our communication ought to be |scrapped. His second thought, how- {ever, was a more sober one, for the | corporation counsel advised him that {our position was absolutely right and |the mayor's absolutely wrong. While |this work on the ngmh laws is a serious one, it is nof morous tinge, as for instance when | we read a long drawn editorial in the New Britain Herald on the burden- someness of these ancient blue laws, |the editor being utterly oblivious to |the fact apparently that he was [talking about a modern up-to-date |law passed as late as 1917, We do [not believe that the park board or without its hu- [these things and idiotic to laugh at vored by the judges and prosecutors, led by him, which will strengthen the enforcement code against the il- licit liquor trade. We hope this bill will pass and to help it wo hope overybody here will write letters to Senator Hall, and to Representatives Rdckliffe and Alling, In favor of this bill, “Numerous complaints of liquor violations have come to us during the year and these have uniformly been turned over to the police de- partment, Only a few of these cases are yet pending, Local officlals are alwvays glven first chance, before we appeal to Hartford, “Last year we gave a resume of the liquor cases, aside from drunks, coming Into the police court during the firét six wecks of the year, It showed, as you may remember, a situation not complimentary to the local court, This year, however, we are pleased to report a distinetly bet- ter showing in one respect at least, which indeed, one would expect to find since New Britain has been free from the open bar now for over a year, In this respect, New Britain stands higher than Hartford, “Our survey of the past six weeks of the police court records, how | only 15 liquor cases brought before the court, as compared with 29 casc reported in the same period st year. This is a 50 per cent improve ment in number of ca but we are sorry to report- that there is not the same improvement in the qual- ity of their treatment. For {nstance, last year the fines amounted to 45 per cent of the maximum fines al- lowed by law, while this year fines ran at only 26 per cent of the max- imum allowed by law, and again, last year jall sentences were for 6.2 per &nt of the maximum allowed by law, while this year jail sentences ran at only 5.7 per cent of the max- imum allowed by law. “All of this is additional evidence of the need for the new legislation sponsored by Chief Justice Wheeler, which will make it harder for boot- leggers and Jaw-breakers and easier for judges and prosecutors to do what is right. “Respectfully submitted, “B. B. BASSETTE.” Says Prohibition Is Permanent. Prohibition has come to stay, was the substance of the address made to the meeting by Horace W. Taft, president of Taft school at Water- town and chairman of the civic com- mittee of the Connecticut Federation of Churches. He began by saying that the United States has alrcady been five years under prohibition and an enormous amount of good has been done, including the reduc- tion of a great many kinds of crime, But. many kinds of wrongs have fol- lowed he went on and cited the flood of liquor which is pouring in over the border and from “rum row.” “Every quart of this pays its bribe,” he asserted, “We are facing a frightful crisis, the corruption of our police force, detective force, and prosecuting attorneys and the eating out of the foundation of our honesty, I have seen the tremendous distance which the power of the bootlegger can reach,” He claimed offices {were being sold in congress and that jone such office-buyer had said if he needed the office more than a year he was a fool. 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But the main point is| that there is no chance of repealing gl | The repeal of the Volstead a {as to allow the saln of beer | wines was the second mentioned by Mr. Taft. |voint, he said that a man in this |wet section of the country had no | idea of the dry sentiment in the west and south, which would stop any such action. “As well ask a man at the bottom of the well his opir ion of the landscape as ask a man | lin this wet section opinion of |beer and light wine fecling.” he {said, He said that this would not {stop the inrush of hard liquor, which | {would elude the police. | |there were any honest police left by | {then.” | | The third possibility was lett the law become a dead letter. {would mean the corruption of all th police in. the city and the corruption 8¢ all our young peoy s the saloons would he in existence i e of a law, even it a s0 light possibility On this entiment Against Dry Law. nly way out is to « he stated. “This cannot because public sentiment fs gainst it, but you can do your part v obeying the law, We want more | opinion, but there is more be- ind it than people think. 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