The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-09-08
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"Ex-Geveinor Robinson OF Kanss,
prominent temperance man, in re,l,
70 inquiries rssi"etiDg the prohibition,
amendinsnt ia that State, says tina,
the PrOhibitory amendment to Ia. con.
Stitution Is mistake, and that drink.
ing u more semmsn now in K.nsa.
than ever before; he quotes leading
newspapers and letters 70 Austain Nj.
position"
After the Temperance campaign va,
fairly opened Ex-Governor RoIdn.ou
came 70 the front ss ons Of the n,os,
active and untiring opponents u pre-.
hi6itien. and was at once the asknoxI.
edged ehsn,IdOB, sfliesaAed drara.shsp.,
ana Al' eo'rSs was enthusiastically en-.
a0rssd and sbFsrsd by svsry distiIIsr
brewer and sNioon-kssl@r in Kansas.
IL hs - knoWH IN the state ~ = '.nro.s
iasnt TEMPERANCE man." sa no. aware
Of the fact lie has nSt ut an, time
dGriae The great struggle with tLs
WAisky Ring In Kansas, for five year.
pass, affiliated with The Temperance
workers Of the State. although he
claims 70 Oppose PsOhibitisn from 9
temPsTAnOs standpoint.
II Governor Robinson, bsis,e stat
lag that drinking is more common /,
Kansas than ever before, !" had examin.
Cd the records Of the PSliss court in th.
city OF Lawrence. near which he re-
sides, be would have found that th.
last I've nanths under tbs old Iicens.
system furnished PA cases 70 thai tr;.
sunAl, against Oaly I09 the f-, fy.
menths undsr prohibition. The citv Of
Newton, in Harvey county, containing
ASeus 5000 population, bad NOT n single
ease si drunkenness in the police court
from The Let, Of May (bsing the date
that the ProhibitOry Law tsOk sfHsct un.
I'll the let, day Of october; and the
District Court thai convened there
about that time, for The 6rst time in
the history Of the county fonnd not a
single criminal case upon the docket.
Ottawa, containing about 5000 POD.
ulation, aitnAte in franklin ecnnty
nakes equally as. god a showing, and
the fsTssoing cities present no better
record than may be found in scores Of
other towns in the State. Even In the
rum-cursed cities Of Kansas, prOhiLition
has been blessing.
The last four months under licsus.
showa l02 sAsss Of drunkenness in tn.
Lsavenworth city police court, agains,
Only Ie cases the 6rst four months un-
der prohibition During the same
period in Topeka license furnished los
cases for drunkenness, against only 90
under ProhibitiOs.
We are receiving al excellent emf
gratisn and Kansaa was never mere
prosperous than abe IL te-dsy. The
assessed valuation fer 1881 Of pcrscnal
PTspsrty in The state was $l0,2Is, ,00C
greater than it was for 1880 under
license, and little over $4,Ooe, ,oOl
greater than aay previous year.
The earnings Of the Atchiasen, To
Peka and Santa FO Railway csmpan,
fer the month Of June, 1881, wsr
$4SS, 600 greater than Ter the CORE,
POnding nsnth in 1880.
The drst ten months Of 1850, unds
free whisky rule, seat in car State pen
itentiary 254 cOnVictu. against onl
l4S the 6rst ten months Of 1871, afte
we had adopted our Prohihitory amend
ment.
For every saleon-keePsr that ha
left Kansas en- account Of prohibition
We have received sufficient numbs
ot sober, industrious, law-abiding cit
zeus to build sehool-house. and X AZ
sas can afford to exchange saloons 70
schOsl-houssa. Kansas may have mad
Ga mistake" but if so, it is certainl
in the right direction, and cur peopl
! are 50 we'll pleased with it that if Ii
+ question Of returning to the old syste,
Of licensing drAm-sheps was sabmitts
} to them, it wenld be defeated by al
overwhelming majority. Gov. Robir
son viii point you to Aethison, TOPek,
: Leavenworth and few other cite
whore the law is hourly being violate.
a. evidence that "prohibitisn does n,
prohibit" but he fails to call your at
tention 10 the fact that these places Al
al exception to the general rule, an
contains only about one-twsntisth {
the population of Kansas, aud that j
the remainder of the State the law is q
honestly obeyed and enforced as is an
ether law prohibiting crime
Prosecutions are being viyorousl
pressed, and viola.ors Of the law ar
convicted and severely punished. A
Salina rum-seller was convicted i
the District Court on thirty-th
) charges, the zines amounting in the a,
gregate to $500, and costs, and thirt
: days imprisonment in the County Jai
This man is undoubtedly convine.
that prohibition In not = fa;l,.a n.