The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-11-14

rying on manufacturing of all kinds.
MISTER NUzE EDIToRs.-it is not of
ten we complane about ennything, but
we think we have some just causes for
complante now. We are cityzens ofem-
pore, and are alive to the best interests
of this here city. Last spring we voted
for kownslemen what we knowd was
in favor of granting licence, and they
was elected and we had the licences
granted. but the salone keepers had to pay
an Outrageous price, which is the first
grounds for complante, for they could
not give such full glasses, and then they
had to put in more water, so we all
have to suffer on account of this un-
Just law which makes men in one i'm
portant branch of industry pay licence
and lets all others go free. Now don't
we spend more monny in the salunes
then we do in the drygoods stores and
grocerys together? then why hante it
more important TO us? The seckond
thing we complane of is the poleesman
putin us in jale for nOthin' but fftin' !;
hante we got rite to fife If we want to !;
they say we disturb the peace; we'll some
times we do make little noys but we
don't bother nobody. One day we had
fore fights in one salune and nobody was
hurt much, but the keeper hit with a
beer glass, and that want his falt be
cause he had nothin' else 10 throw at the
man. Third, we complane because pub
lie opinyon makes the salune keepers
shut their front doors on Sundays and
lection days; then we have to run over
heaps of stone, loose brick, piles of lum-
Der and such stuff to get in the back
doors. Now Mr.. Nuze cultures, what is
the use of putin such restrictions on a
large class of good cityZens who want a
glass of grog on Sundays. Why cant we
have the front doors open as well as the
back doors Here are about seventy-five
or hundred of us who have to run
round that old printin' offiis buildin' to
got in the salunes every Sunday, and an
other thing sometimes the folks
about finds falt and then the
the officers come and growl because we
ante sly enough, and one of the officers
had the impudence to come and tell
saloon keeper that he was goin to watch
him the next Sunday. So the poor fell
low got scared that sunday and had to
keep his back door shut all day. Whot
we want is this false notion the public
has done away with, people must feel
fire to go in saloons whenever they want
to, now there are lots of fine gentlemen
who are ashamed to be seen goln around
the buildings with us on sunday so they
have to sneak through some of the other
business houses to get to the back doors
of the saloons and lots of other gentle
men are obliged to buy the grog in bot
ties, and this hurts our feelins for then
we miss their treats. The waterworks
would never had such a majority of the
people generally had known that the
back doors of the saloons was open on
lection day, there is another outrage,
many were induced to vote for water
who never drink il, now mister NuZe
editurs whot we want is the frunt doors
open all the time and sundays and lee
ton days as well rs all others. and we
have hopes of having public pinion SO
edicated that it will be considered onor-
bic to go and treat your friends on
Sundays. Haven't we got majority of
the sity government in favor OF free
whisky, and there don't seem to be any
opposition by the tee-totlers. If there
are any here, God bless Emporia. There
told they cannot get an audience when
they get temperance lecturer. Don't
that show we are gaining popularity
And now there are two more complaints
we want to make this time. First, when
we get purity full and go behind the sal
unes to rest, Their smart ledger fellers
throw cold water on us, this they think
is smart, but the first chance we get wei
ter hall hante quite careful enouf
when he comes in his stable otter hay.
The other mornin he came near stabbin
my conrad with pitchfork of course he
did not see him as we was hid under the
hay. but then he out to feel careful
when he known so many of us sleeps in
his stables. We shall let you here from
us again soon if these things haint sot
right side up.
AN OUTRAGED CTTYZUN.