Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1913 — WHISKEY AS EASY TO GET AS WATER [ARTICLE]

WHISKEY AS EASY TO GET AS WATER

Correspondent Says That Remington Police Officers Have Been Busy Handling Drunks. “For the past few days the officers have been busy handling drunks. Whiskey seems as easy to get as water.” '' ; The Remington correspondent to The Republican sends the above paragraph. We believe that there are enough temperance people in Remington to put a stop to such conditions and they should regard it as their duty to get busy and find out enough on which to base affidavits. ■ As The Republican remarked recently when The Press hurled its criticism at' Prosecuting Attorney Longwell and Sheriff Hoover, these men are not detectives and their office does not presume that they shall act as such. Their duty begins when the people have secured the information on which they can reasonably expect to secure conviction and not before. If there is illegal liquor selling going on in Remington, it would probably not take much effort to locate the guilty parties and if they are found we can promise for Prosecutor Longwell that his prosecution will be relentless. A conviction or two with a jail sentence, will be an emphatic means, of breaking up the bootlegging joints. Let those who know anything speak up and start the ball rolling.