Show V vu GOVERNOR SMITH AND THE REPEAL Fe Few Fe gO have I been brought under a strain quite so o se-lero se e ere ero as that which Governor Smith invited when hen he h proceeded tc sign the bill r repealing the Gage Mullan-Gage state prohibition enforcement act In justify me his act the gO gOer nor cover er nor or of orew o New ew York declared the re- re repeal repeal re repeal peal of the law will iiI not make le- le legal cal Ie-cal gal a single tingle act which thich was Illegal megal during the period of the existence ot of the statute The he said ft be the th repeal does away vay with double jeopardy or the possibility of punishment If that was its sole purpose Governor Smith has taken a most roost dl I step in accomplishIng a comparatively minor result Ans erinc President Hardings Harding's letter Govenor Smith 50 sass S there are ar fundamental misconceptions of ot the relatIOns relation between the states and the th federal government end and much is I being belne em- em employed employed em employed which Is li rather a strong language to employ in replying to the tte president He then announces that the federal law Including the act must mu t be enforced by byall byall byall all state officers as heretofore The only change chane Is that hereafter the prosecution must be In the federal court Then the governor said At this point Rith all nil Ila tle ear car carre that I am able to bring brin trin to tomy tomy tomy my command let me assure the thousands of people who ho ho wrote to tome me on this subject and the of the state generall that the lh roteal rc teal of ot the tb Mullan Gage Gaga Gag law ill pot and cannot by an any pos stretch of the imagination bring brin back into existence the Is 1 and ought to be a defunct institution in this countr Everybody J Ill agree with Gov Gov- Governor Gov- Gov Governor Governor Smith that the old saloon ought to be a defunct Institution but how long lone tIlI it be in coming back if It light liht wines and beer al ale e Ie- Ie lo localized ga There Is an almost parallel con con- condition con condition in Utah brought about b by bythe bythe the Utah supreme court decision on last Thursday Up UI to the tho time of that decision the legal local forces ot of Ogden City operating through the police were ere making daily dally raids and ere vere catching the oper operators operator of soft drink parlors with li- li liQuor li liquor quor in their possession Nearly all the successful liquor raids I were ere based on finding liquor In the th pos pos- pos of ot violators of the law Now the police force fore can continue to maLo inako the arrests but the city can cannot cannot cannot not prosecute the offenders and all the revenue obtained from the fines will go to the state In other orda the police pollee will wll be carrying on the tir duties dutie of ot state enforcement but the compensation comp provided for forin forIn torIn in fines will flow low to the state tato In bt blend ad of ot the city elty attorney and his assistant appearing d against Ih thoc I 5 arrested the th county attorney will willbe willbe be required to sen acne ene e as prosecutor Inasmuch as a it has been almost ImpossIble to C gOt c t evidence to con con- convict con convict vict on the th charge charte of tale sale of li- li liquor li liquor quor as tho o who aho ho would n not t testify and the stool tool pig pit eon eon as a discredited the police were forced to center their efforts on finding Undine liquor in the pOSsessIon ot of those who trafficked In alcoholic the local of ot officers drinks From now on ricers will be compelled to turn all allI those cases over to the state for I prosecution In New N Jew w York state tat II the prosecution Instead of being In the city and state t t courts will wl be transferred to the federal courts courtl Thousands Thousand of dollars have hav been paid into the th Ogden city treasury as fines tines within the past twelve twelvemonths twelvemonths twelvemonths months in cases that were based on liquor found in possession ot of otmen men operating soft drink parlors Under the supreme court decision the city had no PO power er to prosecute and the th money mone should have been paid to the th state |