The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-08-25
wEBB SPEAKS FOR HunsRLF.
TorExA. August 18th. 1888

iofkhAi august lJth, 1881.
To THE EDIroR OF THE KANSAS cmEr:-In an edi
torial in the Chief Of the lth inst occurs the fol-
lowing paragraph:
"A short time ago an Atchisou paper stated that et
of that town. who had returned fum Topeka aid
be had seen Judge W C. Webb 70 the counter Of
Webb presented recent liquor in Topeka and his
argument !. pSsshed bro.dsa., throughout The State
from Judge Webb legal argument deInn
the nice pint Of honor in aiding to violate the w,
and thrn prosecuting them for it.
would be pleased at any time to crafty the edi-
tor ofthe Chief and could furnish "a legal uryu-
ment demonstrating the nice point Of honor stated
i'm the foregoing extract would do 50. But can't
make any such argument, and ! never pretended
attempted to demonstrate any such nice point
Of honor" But desire to state, with emphasis,
that any 'eitizen Of Achison. any person. reside
wheresover he may, who says he go up to the
counter of saloon, call for a glass Of beer, and
drink it, simply lies; and most respectfully ask
every paper which copies your article from which
the above extract is taken. to copy this reply.
The argument" to which you refer was made to a
jury upon the trial of q saoonkecper upon a charge
of having violated the prohibition law The nice
point of honor" which l endeavored to demonstrate
was, that there did not to be any sufficient
reason why involuntary witnesses and jurors should
commit perjury in such eases sooner than in other
ton, and upon others, quote from that argu-
ment- the following paragraphs:
Al may say that ny-elf at the polls had voted
sgansf that 1.-THE prohbitory amendment. believed
N ,ns nc, uPSn a winch that m was sub
did not befr the people and make temperance anti
mcnt against the amendment. But as a citizen Of
Kansas having, a- thought knowledge Of the pco-
civil government thought the pruJoscd amendment
Was an unwise movement, and voted against it;
citizen to accept their decision as final and to observe
and oisry the law as IL has been declared .
To listen to temperance specchss No To listen 70 anti
temperance speeches! No. To listen discussions Of the
policy Of the Constitution and the laws Of this state No
Judicial tribunals and juries organized such
purposs The people in their capacity citizens
them: ues instituted for
of that kind and have right to do it, They
mine cethsr the a,e bsen Folafed whether
ought tn have been enacted,
I do say that every no into place ike
Mr.. Znnermans IL under moral obligation make
. complaint ,eOuld not do IT, tiIE But II into
be beer glass Of whskey which knew be whis-
key, "a thing did and hope may and vet
this and paid him for It, would feel obligation
to ..reen him by committing perjury when foreed into
liquor sellers Personally believe them % be average
Respectable eitizens and do not with those fanatics
who hold that they thieves and scoundrl because
they engaged I'm the sale Of Intoxicating liquors do
not biieve with of my Temperance friends that
ho sells Intoxicating liquors should be sent prison
IN hell But do believe that they should obey The lar
and when they violate the w, they should be held gidy
10 account other law -brakersL
The men now under ban for sslling liquors have their
rights; and admit that they have their grievane-s and
to large extent they worthy Of sympathy They
engaged pursuit. that has been recognized BY aw. The
goods in which they deal have been regarded property,
schools and churrhes do not say they all bad
czensi but they zAotsd obserre he lar. They should
make proper and lawful organization, and address them
selvc. not to volence but to the intelligence Of the peo
pie. They siould to the community who under
IL Is
hardship; and they -h"uh ask the next Legislature to
| relieve them. would have them observe the law,
though fur a time it lays burlensame hand upon
them Whenever class classes citizens violate
with impunity they expect other classes or
other violate other laws expecting and demanding
that they, alsn, may do NJ with impunity."
For nearly twelve years I have been a constant
reader of the chief and not willing to believe
that Its editor weud Intentionally msreprcsent any
one; but you too readily accept as true a stupid
libel uttered by ian Atchson paper" and attributed
to "a citizen of that town" tasted of dis
titled liquors; i am not beer-drinker, n wine
bibber; but far from being fanatic believed
last winter and believe now that the sale and Of
beer and native wine ought not to have been prohib
tied. Human nature and human tastes not be
changed by statutory enaetments; hut it is always
the duty of every good citizen to obey the laws
w.C. WEBB.
I'VE will say in reply to the closing portion of the
above, that the Atehison Globe was the paper we
saw the statement in. 1t was not long after the
first OF May, when some sort of u club TURNER'S or
something of the kind,J from Atchson visited Tope
ka. The Globe stated that it had been informed by
Of these parties upon his return, in proof that
the law openly violated in Topeka, that he saw
Judge Webb, lawyer of Topeka, step up to a bar,
call for and drink glass of beer-ED, CHEZ.