The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1882-08-11
We will 20 on from Victory to
Victory.
HAxnsnnRo. Jnlr 29. Issa.

IL rs apparent 10 the minus ol aii
who keep themselves posted IN ret
erence TO the prohibition Of the
/ liquor traffic that the friends OF
prohibition are increasing rapidly.
And while there is not as much
demonstration made about lt as
there ought to be, still there
is a tremendous current mnNing
through the minds Of the people Ia
vorable to prohibition, aud it is
going TO keep on moving until We
can follow the example of Kansas
and Iowa. IL is not Il matter Of
small import in the estimation OF
humauitarlans. They feel it to be n
question oil far mere Importance
than any other that calls for our
consideration and action. The pro-
lection of our homes, and OF our
fellowman, is u matter that fur
nishes us with Il determination TO
press the battle against the most
formidable toe to mau's moral, III.
tellectual, physical and eternal
well.being, and we are determined
to 90 forward until we caa rejoice
over victory more important IN 1t.
sell than the overthrow OF radical
ism some seven years ago. Friends
! of God. and humanity let us nerve
\ tor the conflict. Mothers, wives,
sisters, daughters, put forth your
influence to reclaim our land aud
our loved ones from the demon OF
destruction. And "men of Israel,
help" | herewith append a letter
from Gov. st. john OF Kansas,
which speaks for itself,
o. ID. BOWEN,
STATE OF KANSAS.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, 2
Topeka, Kansas. \
Editor Prohibitionist.
Prohibition in Kan.
sas has closed twenty-five or thirty
breweries, maUy Wholesale liquor
houses, aud driven the last distil.
lery IRON the State. Under its
good influence, Notwithstanding
the short crops Of 1851, our people
have teen enabled 10 pay az their
taxes more closely than under the
last year of license. The taxable
wealth of the State has greatly IN
creased. The earnings of the A.,
4. 4 s. 4. II. Il. Co, one of the
largest railroad corporations in the
West, were about l3 per cent. more
for 1881 than for 1880 under Ii.
cense. One hundred and fifty were
tire average sales of school land for
each business day of 1880 under
license, against an average of one
hundred and ninety six acres each
business day Tor 1881 under pro.
hibitimI, aud the average sales for
the month ot Aprll and up to the
18th instant, which | have just re.
ceived from ,be litud office, amount
to three hundred and ten acres o
day. Eighteen hundred aud eighty,
under license, sent three hundred
and six prisoners 10 our State peni.
tentiary, against one hundred aud
uinety.seven for 1881 under prohi.
bition, a loss OF prison population
of one hundred and nine m q single
year.
OF the eighty one organized coun.
ties OF Kansas tits safe to say that
in 1T least sixty.fve OF them the
prohibitory law Is as honestly obey.
ed and enforced as are other crimi
ual laws on the statute book, and
outside of three or four of the
larger cities and one or two small
towns on the border we have cxpe.
riencedno greater difficulty incon-
ylcting violatorsoi tue probihbtory
law than we have in convicting par.
ties charged with other crimes; in
fact, am of the opinion that the
percentage of convictious4 of par
ties charged with violating the pro.
hibitory law is greater than that of
parties charged with murder.
The friends of temperance on the
LIST instant celebrated the first an
niversary of prohibltion,in Kansas.
Large meetings were held at sew
eral points in the State. | have
heard OF no such celebration on the
part of the whisky ring, notwith-
standing It's members are contin.
ually asserting that "prohibitiou is
a failure" We are receiving an
excellent immigration, and Kansas
was never more prosperous than
she is today, aud the frieuds of
temperance are exceedingly we'll
pleased with the progress made un.
der our prohibitory law. As a
whole 1t is a grand success, and the
rum power knows It, otherwise ii
wonM not expend hundreds Of
thousands of dollars of its III got.
ten gains to defeat the measure IN
Kansas and other States. When
ever the whisky ring of this coun
try fdpor prohibition, then, and not
until then, may the friends Of tenn.
perance, morality aud good gov
erilment begin to doubt the wisdom
OF the measure.
With my best wishes for the sue
cebs Of the good work everywhere,
| am, very truly, yom friend,
JOHN Z. 81. J0HE.