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for law and demoralize a whole neighborhood is 

 both remarkable and deplorable. That way lies 

 anarchy. In such a community, any upright man 

 who boldly denounces lawlessness and upholds the 

 majesty of the law is not only the best citizen of that 

 community, but he is also a public benefactor. 



About 60 per cent of the American people are 

 like sheep always ready to follow the boldest 

 leader and be swayed by the strongest man. This 

 being true, the duty of the good citizen to openly 

 and insistently demand the observance of the law 

 is, in every lawless community, quite as impera- 

 tive as his duty to cast his ballot on election day. 



One determined man who is right can face 

 without fear one hundred who are wrong. Such a 

 man has the right to demand the support of all 

 good citizens. Were I a game warden, or a forester 

 with a game warden's authority, I would, as my 

 first act, print and post a proclamation calling upon 

 all men of lawless tendencies to obey the law, and 

 also calling upon all good citizens to give me their 

 active support in securing obedience to the law. 



In Putnam County, New York, in 1913 we saw a 

 county-wide vote-selling industry of many years 

 standing and great popularity absolutely stamped 

 out through the moral courage, determination and 

 aggressive industry of one private individual, Mr. 

 Thomas M. Upp, who accomplished his task almost 

 unaided, save by the local newspapers. 



A lawless community, whether in New York or 



