Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-04

other criminals-desd beats and hummer
with the "bolters and kicker" of last yeaz
are 6gctirg him, and why? Has he done
anything since his appointment BY the Gov.
ernor and hearty endorsement BY the Com
nonvcatls. that shows that he is lacking in
ability" or tina, be is not "woIthyY No
His only cfiepse is that he has proven him.
self TO be loyal to the constitution and law
Of the STATE. Olly this and nothing more
tApplause
They tell Us We should have harmony and
get together and hold q convention and
nominate q Republican Judge. They are
very anxi US to have harmony now when
they iced it What consistency!
Il is not q question as to whether
temperance lie right or wrong. 1t il
a question whether We shall obey the
laws and be loyal to the constitution. These
men who oppose the closing of the saloons
are in sympathy with the violation of Law.
l want you TO stand by A. 81. Vance, the
county attorney, until the saloons are closed
if it bankrupts the county. No people can
afford to set price for the right to trample
their laws under foot.
AOu ACulemDCk . COuVCLblUh Al SHlCdkO
during the war which said the war was q
failure You remember a met ting in this
opera house s1me tiUe ago which declared
prohibition failure.
Well the boys went ahead an /! sup pressed
the rebellion regardless Of the convention
in Cbicigo; and Vanee went ahead and
prosecuted the whisky men until every one
tried was convicted. Applause.
LIE: US never take a step backward. Let
US go on until prohibition is enforced in
every town aud the temperance banner is
planted everywhere. Applause.
This is fight between the saloon an the
home; one or the other must go down in the
struggle, and by the hslp Of God it shall
never be the home. [Great applause.
Hon. A. b. Jetn,ore
spoke substantially as follows: 10 be able
to iLtelligently discuss the issue now excis-
ing the public mind in this State, and to
build upon the solid rock, of truth, We
should clear away the debris. We should
first ascertain that upon which we all
agree, and examine and discuss the ques-
tons about which We disagree. He as
serted that nothing good ever had, or ever
would come out OF the liquor traffic as
beverage, that nothing hut evil had
ever eminated from it. If any person
present could point to one good thing
that was ever produced by, or came from,
the liquor traffic, let him epeak; and
paused for reply. That it is bad from
center to circumference, from top 10 bot
tom, and in every respect. Tina. it is
murderer, that 1t murders boys, your hus-
bands, your friends, and he was in favor
of treating it az a murderer, and strangle it
to death. That it isa crime against So
ciety. Was surprised TO find an advocate
outs ide of the rum seller. But there are
those who, in the interest of temperance"
as they say. favor high license, rather
than prohibition. As if high license
would relieve society from drunkenness,
or that whisky sold in gilded saloon
would be lees likely to make a man
drunken. than that sold in low doegery.
The Supreme court OF the United States
has decided that the same police power
that author z,s tie state TO impcss
a license, authorizes ito prohibit the sale
of Intoxicating liquors as beverage. So
that, the difference Of opinion upon this
que,tion is only OF policy, seeing that the
principle in both is the came. But the
advocates Of high license claim, that they
would embrace prohibition, and indeed
perfer it, but for The fact that il is i'm
practicable and cannot be enforced,
thereby increasing the use of intoxicauts.
end drunkenness among the people; but a
license Law could and would be enforced |
and decrease the use o, liquor and drunk |
enese. And at present all of the saloon |
keepers of the State favor license for the |
same reason, they desire 10 obey the lars !
They refuse to obey the prohibition laws,
bet Of course would OBEY license law, as
they are doing in Missouri at this time
All the whiskyites Of the State, favor |
high license, but do not say that all who |
favor high license are whiskyites. Have |
but little confidence in the temperance
fights Of the man who opposes prohibi-
lion, and goes to bed with the saloon |
keepers. 1t seems, il he is honest in his |
temperance principles. he certainly would |
perfer prohibition as temperance meas |
IRE, it being the only one offered by the |
people of the State, rather
han to oppose it, and ask for license,
seeing that it is impossible to secure it
'or the next four years. And to aid the
1u,li6ers, 8 minority to defy the |
and laws. the crystalized |
will Of the people, because the majority |
10 not embrace the views upon the ques-
ion. Kansas is the only State in the
Union that has adopted constitutional
of the manufacture and salc
VI Intoxicating liquors as beverage, and
g entitled to a fair and honest trial. |
The clamor of the high license is a
,ubterfuge of tho enemy to destroy pro-
]ibition, to deceive and divide the
riands of temperance. The advocates OF
high license are either in open resistance
o the constitution and laws, or give no
lid or encouragement in favor of their ex.
.cutiou. All the evil which has arisen
rom the use and abuse of Intoxicating
liquors SIS beverage, has grown up under
he license system. This has been the
,nly regulative system in the country for
,ver three quarters of century. 1t has
been an entire failure for good, and con.
iemned by the people. There has al
Fays been license laws in the State. The
erritoYial legislature enacted the first
license law in 1855, which provided for
pecisl election by the electors to deter
nine whether or not license should be
granted. This law was amended in 1859,
~ providing that the applicant for license
hould present a petition signed by
majority Of the householders in the
ownship, county, or ward where the
license was saught. In 1857 the law was
gain amended go that the petition for
license should contain majority Of the