Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1911 — TALKS UP TO GOVERNOR [ARTICLE]

TALKS UP TO GOVERNOR

Lake County Assistant Prosecutor Speaks His Mind, Indianapolis, Sept 22. —A letter reached the governor’s office from Martin J. Smith, assistant prosecuting attorney of Lake county, in answer to an order from Governor Marshall to investigate chairges of liquor law violations at Cedar Lake. Smith, in effect, advises the governor to keep his hands off Lake county affairs. He says Lake county is no worse than other parts of the state and refers to alleged law violations in Indianapolis, French Lick and Ohio fiver cities. Smith quote a statement from Governor Marshall’s commencement address to the law class at Valparaiso university before he became governor w>n he said: “Even though it be written in the statute books, nothing is law unless it is backed up by the sentiment of the people of the comI munity.”