The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-04-26

L. s Attorney for this District who WAS last Colo
mel of the Thirty first Indiana Regiment, in VIII ieh
served General Chas. Cruft, who recently died at
Terre Haute, having been the first. HallOwell
listed from county under the first call in the
Eleventh Indiana-three mOnths-and of
the thirteen who had the desperate fight with
enty five bush whackers in West Virginia, in which
fight he killed and wounded five. In the Senatorial
fight two years ago he went his length for ingalls,,
and in due time received this office.
II have, said he. IA very curious illustration of
how this thing works. | am after the revenue
that's my business; if the whisky men beat the
State, let EN- but they must whaek up to your Tn
Gle Sam. I'm around the State spelling Nation with
u big n; and tell you it easier TO catch
and convict the few who try evade the tax There
isn't corner Of the State so remote that any man
can sell liquor without license and escape. With
any kind Of n case the jury always cOnviets, and
don't care what kind of jury-in fact Id rather
have jury Of saloon keepers than any other; but
the man we can convict without trouble can beat
the State with lstte trouble in many counties. 1t
is trouble at all for to get the wtnessesthey
are glad to eome-but when you prosecute under
prohibition, it's dead drag from the start. This
shows that the common instinct in some way recog-
nizes difference in the justice of the two cases.
Now, our Court will sit the second week in April
find = man if you can in this comfy who il selling
without Government license, and any jury we may
choose will convict him. Then let them take that
man before the State Court on the same evidence
exactly, and the same jury will disagree acquit
Then you are opposed to the prohibitOry SYSTEM
Indeed am not. would vote for it sgain-it
would pass by larger majority than before. This
lOOns-the people, where the sentiment is strong
enough drive out all saloons; but whisky is sold
the sly in livery town in the State. The good oft
is that saloons not open to tempt the boys, and
men who would get drunk aud give the thing away
not buy it on the sly. Now, have used some
liquor in my time-you know that; but i have one
hoy. and if any man were to give that boy whisky,
I believe I'd kill the man. Let the old fellows buy
the sly If they must have it, but let's shut up
many saloons can and keep the boys out Of IL.
And such seems the general expression Of those
who admit that the law fails to prevent the sale.
Col Hallowell gave me several curious and anus
ing instances of the difference between the State
and Federal Courts when the thing first opened,
u good many persons in the outer settlements con
cluded that a. they had to risk the State Courts
they might rs well risk the United States too; but
they soon found out their mistake. man can't sell
whisky a week till all the whisky men know wheth-
he has paid, and if he has not, this Office knows
IL afterwards.
I also visited the Police Judges Office, and in
speeted the books. When ! arrived here the tenn
perancers told me there thrty-nine saloons in
Topeka. and the saoonaties said fftyfOur; but the
Judges record showed that only thirty three are
paying license as saloons | suppose they counted
up the larger number by adding the drug stores,
wholesale establishments, elub-roOms, and various
places where customers in another line Of Injuries
get q free drink occasionally and even rs write !
have but raise my eyes to look upon the glitter
ing green and gold sign of Blank & Co,
'wHoLEsALE DEALERS IN LIQUOR,
which looks queer to the eye in prohibition town.
said thIrtythree were licensed, but they don't call
n that do they call IL n fine. for the law