The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-02-24
PRoHlB1rlos PROHIBITS.

The work has .ecn finished and We have
the result OF one Of the most intense agita-
tious TO which q State was ever subjected.
The Legislature has passed n law to enforce
the prohibitory amendment, very full syn
opsis of which we present elsewhere and
which We hope every one will carefully read.
As to our opinion Of the measure. IL was
gwen long since. Time will determine
whether we were right or wrong. The meas
ure stands without parallel in the history
of civilization. 1t il extreme In every feat
IRE. The House refused to except cider and
wine, manufactured in the State, from the
operations of the prohibitory law, by vote
of % ayes TO IS noes. II refused to except
preparations Of druggists, according to the
Pharmaceutical Association formula, by u
vote of 40 yeas TO 81 nays II refused TO ex-
cmpt all patent medicines, recognized rs such
by the Commissioner Of Internal Revenue,
by vote of II ayes to 20 noes Mr.. Russclrs
amendment to the seventeenth section, eX-
cepting wine for saefamental purposes from
the operations of the act. was defeated by
vote OFF, ayes TO 10 noes. Mr.. Clicks sup
Elemental bill, providing for the payment Of
a compensation for the damage TO property
of wine growers and brewers. who may lie
injured by the act, was defeated by vote OF
u ayes to 40 noes. The final vote on the
passage Of the bill. was 100 ayes to % noes.
We don't know that we can cOnstrue the
the bill as to its practical workings but II IN
fact prohibits at every point and in every
conceivable instance. II prohibits the sale
of perfume les Of every Kind aud all kinds Of
tinctures in which alcohol is ed by letter
and in fact. The purchase OF tincture of
camphor can only be made ON the prcscrip-
ton Of physician under oath. Wine and
cider can be manufactured but cannot be
sold after they have commenced termenting.
and then only to those having permits. A
farmer can make cider. but if after it is n
week old, or when il begins 10 ferment. ne
barriers, or sells, or gives away glass OF IL,
directly or indirectly. he is liable 10 heavy
fine, and for the third offence, imprisonment.
40 cluD or association can Keep any Kind OF
liquor, anu, under this law, any minister can
be arrested fol- giving wine at the sacramento
al board; aud Ii the county attorney don't
prosecute all cases he IL to he removed from
office, but for every one he convicts he gets
fifteen dollars cash aud ten per cent OF the
forfeited bond No physician can prescribe
ale, beer or wine. for weak persons. lie
must swear that they are ''actually sick
Druggists are liable 10 forfeit S25'W any day.
The law ruins large number Ofpeople.
and wipes out a half million dollars invested
in brcwcrics. For these and that other class
offorcigncrs who haze. in the river. ountics.
gone into the growing OF the wine grape on
mn extensive scale. the law is ruinous. For
counties like Scdgwick that have a large |
German farming element. the law will be |
very expensive. In the course Of very few |
years we shall probably lose this elias of
Woodworking and successful :iiiers. The
law will also completely shut of all fO-eign |
immigration. Already the agents OF other
States at the port Of New York, are notify
ing foreigners that to 20 to Kansas means
the REIMBURSEMENT ola beverage that they
have held 10 be innocent not only from
childhood Int for generations.