The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-10-19


the shape of prohibitory laws, that is
the prohibition of the liquor traffic
Here the speaker slde-tracked to give
st. John thrust in the short ribs on the
thIrd-term question, styling the attempt
to elect IL man 10 such an important po-
sition for the third time as tyranical
and calculated To wreck our free govern
mental system, and declared that
THE FIGHT GOING on
here now was similar TO that which
killed off Grant at Chicago two years
ago, and that the victory here woald be
as signal as it was there
Il was evident at this point that there
were not few anti-third-terrners in the
audience.
The echoes OF applause having
died away, Mr.. Click again tackled the
prohibition question and hammered
away on that for some time, when be
again flew the track to give railroad COM
panies and monopolics Dig. AS con-
spiEators in favor of systems and corpo-
rations of theft and oppression in Kan
sas, he would stand Jay Gould and John
L. st. john On shelf together. He de-
clared that two thirds of all Tie railroads
in Kansas were controlled by Gould and
that st. John was GouId's iight-hand
man in the railroad spells system in this
state. He believed, however, that
tidal wave was pouring in upon this
system of robbery aud op-
preston that would forever bury it out
of sight. He thought the result Of
this campaign would be to
chop off the heads of monopolists
in Kansas, and restore Ia the people
the rights that had been so shamctulIy
trampled under foot by the champions
of the spoils system.
Again his thoughts and tongue were
directed with scathing vchemence
against the liquor question Us now DIS
cussed and advocated by ST. John add
his followers. He thought temperance
was a good thing. He was himself q
temperance man, but prohibition was
not temperance. and hence he was not a
prohibitionist. Prohibition had failed
wherever tried, under its cloak drunk en-
ness and rascaIity were carried on TO q
most shameful extent, such as was neY-
er known under the license system. To
back up his assertions lie cited what hc
considered 10 be
DEPLoRABLE STATE OF AFFAIRS
in Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan and
Ohio when governed by prohibition
laws. In all but Maine these oppressive
and Intellectual Qor good) statutes had
been wiped out. and less drunkenness,
crime and villainy now existed in those
states, compared with their population,
than in Maine, and even Kansas, where
the law stood out in bold relief on the
statute book.
How the honorable gentleman be-
came possessed of the bills of fare he
exhibited 10 show that no less than
thirty odd kinds of intoxicating liquors
could be had at certain hotel in Maine
and fifty odd at another in the same
state, we will not presume TO ask AS
Mr.. Click is good temperance man, il
is safe to say that he did not carry those
menu cards with view to some time
visiting Maine.
In Massachusetts, the excess
of crime and drunkenness under The
prohibitory law had come to be so great
that a committee composed of the lead
ing citizens of the state, assisted by a
hundred az more ministers OF the goa-
pei, had prepared u recommendation for
the repeal of the prohibitory law. The
petition was favorably acted upon, and
since that time drunkenness and crime
had very percepiibly diminished.
An opinion of ex- Governor Andrews
of Massachusetts, was cited To show thai
prohibition was an oppressive measure
that it grossly infringed upon The right,
of free citizens; that no man has right
To cay Ia you or to me that we shall
wear this or wear that, or cat this oil
drink that, or shall not, as the case may
be-
Mr.. Click declared that prohibition
had been the greatest curse that could
have bef4llen Kansas. Ithad been tht
means of
TURNING IMMIGRATION FROM Us.
Immigration agents had everywher.
used our prohibition laws against US
Instead Of the population increasing, a
it o,,,I,s T., l,sz.. damn IL bod 1ae-aasaa
The year previous to The passage of til,
prohibition lew the Immigration 20 this
state was 10000. while the following
year only 10000 new people settled in
Kansas, while double that number hac
gone out of the state.
After telling some of his experience
during the campaign, Mr.. Click pro
ceeded to assure his hearers that he va
strongly in favor of temperance and
platform like that of Governor Foster
of Ohio and which had so signaIiY sue
ceeded in redeeming Michigan from
whisky 10 a temperance state, namely
the high license system. He conclud
ed by assuring his audience that Ii
would always stand by right principle.
and that all who voted for him wouI
never have cause to regret it. If elected
would serve them well; that he woul
be elected he felt very confident. Thi
of course, caused the Democratic POI
ton of the audience TO open their throa
Justify.
| After taxing his scat the band agai
enliyeued the occasion with music.
GOVERNOR ROBINSON
was then presented by Ar. Norton, an
after few complimentary remarks {
the growth, beauty and prosperity
EmDoria proceeded TO say that prof.
bition was not questic
. worthy Of consideration at th
time. Ii was not probat
that the next legislature could do mu'
10 change the present state of affairs
I the liquor question He favored Loo
& option, but thought the people were {
titled to fair trial under the presG