Show BREAKING BR INC THE LAW LAWIt It is probably true that in every evory state In the Union there are laws Jaws upon the statute books book which nobody pretends to observe We Ye case ease our conscience by It b saying Ting a certain action is wrong and aDd pus peas a law prohibiting it under a penalty and lot lilt It go at that No at attempt attempt attempt tempt is III made at enforcement and the enactment remains a dead letter ICan Kan Kansas sag sas has bas ot those these acts which in Inthe the words of or the late Grover Cleveland are ar allowed to remain in innocuous In desuetude The Atchison Globe says sas that practically evory every citizen of r the Sunflower state tato is hn an habitual law lawbreaker la lawbreaker breaker and gives a list Hit of the laws las which an am violated ted with Impunity as a follows follow The law forbidding ld the sale rale R OB on Sunday of anything but drugs druss The law forbidding horse ramS racing on pub public lit lic highways Letting weeds s grow row on the read abut abutting ting hug es eRes enss s premises Having flaying hedges mere mort than five the feet high The Globe alleges that Oi 9 p per r cent of the farmers farmen violate this law Betting on 00 election To give gl gi an office art to anyone in con CR of ot his vote or Influence Dote Doh Doing any work on Sunday except household work Ork ef of dally daily necessity This law n say the Globe Is violated by b practically ever OVerT citizen of the thc state ha la habitually Hunting on Sunday hunting without a n license hunting on premises without Ms his consent The taw law making playing cards f tor fr r prizes a penitentiary offense The law forbidding the Belling selling of or tick Uck Is In any aRT rattle raffle Including church raf rat raffle flee flEIt fleTh Th The law Jaw making It unlawful to neglect to te provide shelter for cattle during bad weather The Globe GI asserts that every een cattle feeder fe in Kansas could be sea sen to the penitentiary under aRder this law Jaw Perhaps PerMIN Kansas Is IB unique in the number of or laws thus disregarded but I It is 18 probable that there is any an amount ef of dead lead wood in the Utah statute books The question naturally arises arl eg egAS as to the effect upon the citizens of oC a state who become me lawbreakers by com corn common common cornmon mon consent Does it not lead to con contempt contempt contempt tempt for tor fill all law lav and Incline people to togo togo togo go the limit Emit and take tako chances chance on escaping escapIng ing lag prosecution pro A law not enforced is worse wor e than no law |