He found that the Denver saloons had wine-
rooms, and that not only boys, but girls, were
allowed in them and ruined. The law forbade
these places to women, but the law wasn’t en-
forced. Why ? Everybody knows, in a general
way, why. Denver is a typical American city
government, and Lindsey, a former member of
the Democratic State Executive Committee, knew,
in a general way, the reason for a “liberal”
excise policy. It helped business. When cow-
boys and miners and other visitors came to town,
they wanted to have a good time, and it was
good for all business to help them spend their
money. But the Judge saw that however good
for business it might be to neglect to enforce
the wine-room law, it was bad for the children;
and he put that view of it before the Police Board.
He knew well the president, Frank Adams, and
the members of the Board. Frank is a Democrat,
like Ben, so Ben urged Frank to enforce the law
in the interest of the children. The Judge also
addressed the Chief of Police. The Chief
couldn’t do anything but refer the letters to the
Board, which wouldn’t or, at any rate, didn’t,
do anything. The Judge then proceeded in his
own way to compel the Board to enforce this law.
Colorado is a great place for injunctions. The “interests” there use the courts very much as
