The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-06-21
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! he Sentiments Of the Ann Prohibition
isss at Topeka
Al i meeting vi tue kieksxs o.
pro. Id tion, or. rs the Conaassn wealth
puts il. .,f .'Citizens in favor If sustain
ing the city government BIZ imposing
tx on liquors thereby obviating The
necessity of tie imposition OF : burden
snme occupation Lax held At Topeka
Frsdsy evening the foil wing resolutions
were adopted as Che sense Of the gather
ing:
Whereas. The repealed failures, es-
pecialIY in the cities Of Kansas, during
the past two years having demonstrated
the impossibility of enfOrcing the pro
hibltory law, on account of the needless
~ arbitrary and oppressive provisions
of that statute, which in many particu-
lars goes far beyond what wus the desire
or thought of the sober, intelligent voters
of Kansas NJ the time Of the passage at
the prohlbLtory amendment, ands
Whereas, The experience of every mn
Hicipai government like Topeka, which.
since May, 1881, has patiently and dis
passionnlely considered this vexed ques-
tion only TO demonstrate tho impossibil
Ity III GulOLCAuk LUG RAOlA0ltDE4 lAWa
even by the most costly litigation, has
been thai the only remedy for the reign
of free IiQ0ur without restriction or n.
cense, (which is called for by every con.
sIderalion of decency and OF the public
wellare), is that the saloon business shall
be placed by the local government I'M
der some restriction, thereby leasening
the number of drinking places, and the
eVIl lf the traffic, aud should assist in
paying the running expenses of the city,
therefore be 1t
Resolved, That, believing the citizens
of the capital city are capable Of man.
aging their own affairs, we denounce the
impudent interference of irresponsible
neddlers, paid agitatOrs, who seek To
SOW the seeds of -discord and ill-teeiing
among citizens, and whose efforts To
oYerturn the clearly expressed will OF
the people, as expressed at the polls an
November last at the state election, and
at the recent municipal election, haYe al
ready resulted in arresting the tide OF
prosperity in this city.
Resolved, That IN view of the clearly
defined issue in the recent city election,
Mr.. WEIGH standing as the representa-
tive of the so-cailed "law and order par
ty," and the handsome Endorsement
given to Mayor Wilson and the policy
of his administration, by 751 majority
no more uncalled tor or impudent pro-
ceedIng was ever witnessed or tolerated
by tree people, than this Campbell and
Van Bennett crusade, the publicly an
nounced program of these hired agita.
tors being To subvert the entire order oi
things in this CITY, thus preventing the
| regulation and restriction of the liQuoI
traffic, and depriving this city of Large
| and needed regenue--the whole cOnsti'
| tuting an inexcusable and Insalent pro-
ceeding without parallel and calling
for the severest condemnation of ouI
citizens.
Resolved, That the so-called quo war
ranto proceedings which have been in
stituted against Hon. dos. G. Wilson
the mayor of this city, by these ire
| spOn5ible characters, acting as agents
for few fanatics, meet with no endorse
ment IRON the great body of our Gilt
gems, who deplOre an action which CAT
have no good effect, and which has beer
Enthusiastically aIscOunteuanced by wei
nigh the entire bar of this city.
Resolved, That we emphaticaliy pro
test against the attempt Of fanatica
minority, who, beaten at the polls, ars
now seeking to force a policy upon thi!
city, the ruinOus consequences of which
are clearly shown in depleted CITY
treasury, the arrest of needed improve
ments, the driving away of capitalists
and the well-nigh entire suspension o
the building boom; and We demand |
return to that liberal, commen-sense pol
icy. endorsed by the body of our citi
zens, under which Topeka has pros
pered in the past, and which is the sures
guarantee of its development in the fu
ture