Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-27


sovereign and supreme power Of the State,
to which all citizens owe unconditional
obedience. To refuse such obedience in
the citizen, or failure Of any law Officer
to execute the law In good faith, IL treason
to the State, and should receive the con-
demnation of all good citizers.
Fifth-That we are not only in favor Of
the enforcement Of the prohibition law ~
against the liquor seller, but we favor an
active, vigorous campaign for the purpose
of inducing men, by appeals to their high
er nature, to cease the habit Of drinking.
In other words we are in favor Of prohibi-
ton for the liquor seller and moral suasion
for the liquor drinker.
sixth-That we are opposed to, and pro-
test against, any attempt by the Legislature
to strike prohibition from the Constitution,
by submitting an amendment for the pur.
pose Of the repeal or the emasculstion Of
the law already enacted for the enforce
ment Of the same.
Resotsed, That the issue before US In thiS
State is 1: "Shall the will OF a majority Of
the people as embodied in our constitution
in the prohibition amendment and in the
law to enforce the same be carried into ef-
feet, or shall the will Of the minority pre-
vail in repudiating both constitution and
law ~ That we promptly accept the issue
forced upon us declaring our belief that
under constitutional government nothing
can be more hateful than the tyranny OF \
law-defying minority, and our immovable
purpose to resist to the uttermost and the
last a doctrine which strikes down at one
blow the supremacy Of law and the sover-
eighty of the people.
That we will not aid the election Of any
person to any office who by word or deed
opposes the execution OF the laws on our
statute book, including the prohibitory
law.
That we are in favor of such amendments
to the proliibitory law ss shall remove from
1t any features that TO its friends may seem
unjust in their operations, and We call the
attention OF the people TO the fact that the
efforts made in the last Legislature TO Sc
cure such amendments were opposed and
defeated by the saloon power.
That we express our severe cOndemna-
ton Of officers, jurors and witnesses who
violate their oaths in order to shelter and
protect criminals, and our hearty approval
of the course OF those who preserve their
personal and official integrity by the dis
charge of their sworn duty under the law.
1ndt tne tneOTy Oh uigu liccust, tuOuBu
sincerely held by some, is unsound and i'm
practicable that it is mainly used as sub
terfuge on the part Of the minority TO de-
feat the will of the majority. and in the in
terest of the saloons, and that tits specially
odious because it discrininates in favor Of
the rich against the poor.
That the efficient labOrs of the President
of the Union, the Rev. A. b. Campbell, to
enforce the prohibition laws of the State,
aud especially in the city OF Topeka, have
our has our hearty approval and thanks,
and we pledge him our individual support
and cooperation in the future in all legiti-
mate means necessary to the closing Of all
the liquor saloons Of the State.
That as the saloons Of the State are pro-
tected by some corrupt city governments,
il will be the duty OF the next Legislature
to change the laws relating to the form OF
our city governments, SO as TO provide by
specific statute for u summary removal OF
all officials who defy the constitution and
laws without waiting for the slow process
of the common law.
That the thanks of this convention are
due and are hereby extended to NJ. WAN
Bennett for his efficient and gratuitous In.
bors in the interest of the cause advocated
by the State Temperance Union.
That this convention does hereby hearth
ly thank James A. Troutman for his eff
cent and arduous labors as Secretary OF
this Union.