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Show I1LM 01 Till 1EE ION I II. Tut diversion of law deslzned for the su j ressaion of a tabooed j rac tice to theer onalendsof the offl rials entrusted with ltscxicntion is not unknown In Utah It ajars to have lien extended to L,reat lengths in Iowa Tiie prohibition law hns oflercd as Inc a fiell for greedy fee fiends as the I liuunds and kindred la as havit in this Tei ritory The Iowa Sla e Fegutcr, a rU-jHil hcan iojr, which favi rs rohlbi tion and therefore dois not speak from jart ground or the ol jections ufrluciIe, nakes tome startlme, s'atemnts on tins matter Au ex nmiuitionof oflicul records thnu.s tl at during tlie first six montl s of 1S9J there has been taken from the treasury for the en meal costs of the justice-!, s courts in Iks Moines alone over 30 OOil of which more than 1 1,030 wapni to five justices the rtmainde- c,oiu to their con I stabler witr e e es jurors i tc Tins exieudiluie was nearly all 'or the s -arching I uslni-ss, orsuch criminal IrisiutFi-asincijci talh grew out of it as ordinary criminal cases go be. fore the pohrc court The wor-t feature of the case Ls that this c,reat outlas no only has not suj i rc-ssed the illegal sale of liquor in that city, but was not uesigued to do so The Pesvier nnkos heiv charges against these grteclyefllei als and says The J3J 0OJ expended on the jus tkes courts has gone into the pockets of the justices consul les and their 'avored gang of &istanta without any hone t attempt being made to slop permancmlv the taeof liquor The coi stab os who maka these searches don i want the tr.ifflc sup-prc-soi for they are gettm rich bv It. Tho jusJces who issue the war rints and pet large fees don t want It snppresed for they a-a making thousands of dollars out of it overr sear nd so the vholo machinery of theo I-etly courts is worked to per petaa e tho business, and vet puncu ato it with lucrative inierrui tions nearlv cverv dav and somims sev eral times a dav This sort jf thing ought to I stoi ped w herever it Is w orked And all respectable jcipers of ever party should use their influence to sujiress it. Tht fee system is a bad one I'av every officer for his ser vices a fair salary, abolish the fee system and thus rid the countrv of the rajaclous nnd ever graspiDg fee-fiends. |