Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-03-29 | Page 7 | And the Minister Was Right

AND THE MINISTER WAS RIGHT There is is' one minister in Chicago who Is right whatever right whatever may be said for the rest of them He has been boon cited cite for contempt of ot court And he heis heis heis is guilty That is where he be is right It was this way One of the judges ordered this question to be placed upon the ballots to be voted Voled at a special election Should the saloons which do not obey the Sunday losing closing law be closed 7 Voters are expected to Indicate their answers to that question question ques ques- tion and thus the tho officers of or the law may mar know whether or not to enforce the law A minister In speaking of the matter matter mat mat- ter in a newspaper Interview declared the tho action of ot the tho judge was simple anarchy He makes the tho point that the law Is there to be enforced and that thata a judge who treats it as os an open questIon question question ques ques- tion is conceding the tho right of saloonkeepers saloon keepers and officials to ignore the law if a majority of ot those voting want the law Ignored The man Is right We Ve shall shan never ne feel that he ho has made his case unless he shall shan bo be fined for contempt What is the difference what a number num nuni- ber her of ot voters may think of ot the matter matter matter mat mat- ter Tho The one thing for the jUd Judge e to consider Is 18 that the law demands the saloons shall shan be closed on Sunda Sunday By B- his question f forced on the thc ballot the judge puts It Into the tho power of ot tho the public to nullify law Jaw a without repealing repealing repealing re re- re- re pealing It Any Judge who does that makes I a mistake If It the law canno cannot be enforced it is to the vast discredit of the people where the law Jaw Is found If H that law does oes not express the sentiment sen sen- and will and anel purpose of ot th the people then It should be repealed That is the only onh thing to do with It and the judge who opens the tho door fo for Ignoring it is himself in In contempt o of that larger law to which even a Chicago ChIcago Chi cago judge should know ow himself amenable amen amen- able