The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-04-19
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Br1efsyaopais Of ss.s Great APOSTLE.
ADDE'S saturday Night.


cause for which he was battling to the
great reformation headed by the i'm
mortal Luther at tie conclusion OF
his well-timed remarks, Elk Governor st
john stepped upon the platform, and
after few preliminary remarks, waded
boldly into the subject he had come to
discuss. lie considered the sub.
jeet Of temperance the greatest
that had engaged the attention
of the American public since the sur
render of Lee al Appomatox, and II
would continue to lie the uppermosi
topic of current times until the traffic Ol
liquor was stamped out from one end Of
the land to the other, and this time
would come, despite the harangues and
most desperate efforts of the trucklin
politician to the contrary. The time
wasycoming when these vile cumberers
of the earth would even crawl in the
dust TO- secure certificate to the .effeci
that they had always been and always
intended TO be defenders and advocates
VA PlOnA1ibApua .stE fftsf- as f--.s ~
There were three important features
of the temperance question which enter.
ed into the discussion and consideration
of that subject.
The first was free whisky, which ad
mitted of no restrictions or Instructions
whatever, SO far as the brewers and re-
taiFvenders were concerned
The second. as compromise between
free whisky and prohibition, was
high license, which would legal
ize the practice of dealing ou
death and destruction by one man te
another, and at The same time enrich ths
Golfers OF the town, county, state and
nation. This was the scheme OF the
politician who did not possess sufficien
manhood to take q stand on the side Of
propositions which for time nigh
jeopardize his aspirationsto name anG
fame in the nation. But the time wa:
coming when these fellows, too, would
have to haul down their high license
banners and JOIN the prohibition ranks
or sink into oblivion as ignominious q.
befell the traitor Judas.
The third feature of the question wa:
prohibition, and by this he stood anC
proposed to stand to the last moment
of his lite. As yet it was but local Is
sue. The time, however, he believed
was not far distant when prohibi
ton would figure as conspicuousIy
In national politics as did thu
| slavery question and many othel
great matters which had but small
and weak beginnings.
A great hue and cry was raised agains
this last method of dealing with thu
liquor question on the ground that i
was a violation of the constitution of thu
United States, inasmuch as it interferet
with the personal liberties of the clti
zens thereof. This argument was uset
| up by the speaker in a most pitiles.
manner. This part of the lecture SHOULD
be heard 10 be appreciated, as it abound!
| in the most unanswerable argument:
which are made doubly effective by the
cutting sarcasm for which the Governor
has q most enviable reputation. Cht
brewers and saloon keepers raised the
personal liberty cry, and the politician
who had more concern for his political
neck than he had for his integrity as &
man, had taken 1t up and
sounded 1t from the ward caucus
the political stump and the halls o.
legislation. The time was coming when
the voice of these trucking sycophants
would be heard no more forever, and
even now he pitied them from the bot
tom of his heart, and invoked for them
the mercy of the Almighty Ruler. Ex-
tending the responsibility Of the ques
ton Of prohibition. he said that the
party which attempted to dodge it mus
sink into oblivion. That party which
championed the prohibition question
from this time forward was the one thai
would immortaliZe ITSELF If the Repub
lican party shifted this great response.
bilitY on TO other shoulders It must die
as did the old Wing party for its timld.
ity in handling the slavery question.
With regard to- the. prohibi.
ton. question in - Kansas, st
John said the most infamous
lies were circulated abroad, and he re
lated an incident which took place in
isthe fremont House, in Boston, during
his recent visit there. A young mar
who carried q rattan cane, parted hi:
hair in the middle and was unable tc
give the name of the capital of Kansas
or approximate the boundary lines OF
| the state, except on the west, which he
said was California, was enlightning q
crowd OF by-standers as TO the workings
of prohibition in this state, and particu.
larly. here in Emporia, where be sale
there were twenty open saloons. st
John came to the rescue and wanted tc
know how he knew all this, and il
turned out, so the little coxcomb SAID
that the attorney for the Brewers AS
sociation had impaired this. wonderful
information. Just such stories a!
these, and with just as much
foundation, were being circulated
by the enemies of prohibition. They
might have their effect against thu
cause for awhile, but the time was no
far distant when even these vile perYer
sions would prove harmless whereYe
poured out.
Reverting to the license question thu
speaker related the experience of So
loon keeper at Salina, Kansas, with I
government license Sweeney was hi
knsme) and through the untlring effort
OF the county attorney of Saline count.
The, with all the other scape graces VIII
had been trying to carry on the liquor
traffic with simply government license
was brought to grlef,and on the end of tn
government permit, which. the speake
held up TO the audience, Sweeney ha4
written these words: "a government
license in Salina amt worth d-n."
Statistics were quoted showing, cor
trary To tue reports circulated abroad
that KanSas was in the front ranks @
prosperity, and that prohibition was No
Ia failure. Through this law 81 brew
SIfCc noA OCCA W Ak1O0Ou oAN SAONSo-SN
of saloons had heen forced to close thei
l'doors; and for every brewer and saloon
keeper that had left the state, one bur
Jred good. industrious citisens ha
seeme in, and thus it would continue t
Ebe. The number of convicts i
the state pehitentiary were 10
In favor Of prohibitlon, instead c
IS against, as had been. circulated b
malicious busy bodies.
4 The temperance people, SAID th
speaker, must be consistent in their ur
4 dertakings, or rather the professed ten
perance fellows. They can't osrEy
Sunday school OF & chasOhOn one shoa
Ger and saloon on the other. The
must be square toed on this question,
After relating an anecdote or two /
illustrate point, the speaker closed b
: ,5-n-,fuS, utafura a0Sn n.r;ru tho :,