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Show '"""I 1 fco that London- is 4 - t greatly excited now over (&W til? BntttUatJU the prolN.tio. method of (renting drunkards who a (Shattrtf ?.w "i11! !H,f,m1.r' f lice magistrate. I hi- system was recently in- By LEROY B. CRANE. troduced (here through NwYorkJuJe. otU of j m,J,, j,. Ham I. Pollard, of St. Uuis, Mo. Judgo l'ollard was given a hearing on (he subject More, 'lie houso of commons, nnd his method is receiving a (rial in (ho Umbn polico courts. I havo used tho method indicated by Judge l'ollard and believe in it thoroughly. When a man comes before ino charged" with drunkenness, I try to isccrtain first, whether or not ho is a confirmed drunkard, and then whether or not ho has n family at homo needing his support. If I find that ho is not a hopeless case, I suspend sentence, and put him on probation for it certain length of time, during which ho is to report re-port oncu a wcol.to our probation officer, and if lie keeps his promise tc tbstain from ull'intoxicating liquors during the probation period 1 dis-jlmrgo dis-jlmrgo him wholly. If I find that tho man before mo has a family, I put him on probation, proba-tion, too, often when I know him to bo nn habitual drinker. Why lock him up when his family at homo needs tho earnings of every day's work ho can put in? And why fino him when' it is taking bread ouj or th( mouths of his wifo and children? I believe, howover, Hint when it comes down lot solving the problem of intemperance, wo must turn our of- forts to tho children rathor than to tho grown-ups. t "fr, "1 beliovo that children should bo taught temperance and r W general morality in our public schools, just os they ore m . 1' taught rending, writing and arithmetic Morality ought U a to bo drilled into them from tho moment they liecomo AflV. )ld enough to understand. If wo get to work on the ngn iT"" mildrcn to-dny, in another generation or two wo won't JSoO hnvo any bother with grown-ups. L if |
