Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


The following platform and resolutions
were adopted by the State Temne-a nee
Union at its late session in Topeka:
We, the temperance people Of the stata NJ
Kansas, IN convention assembled, trusting in
God for the rectitude of our intentions dc.
clare as the sense of this meeting: ~
i. That the effect of intoxicating lio,,o,. ne
beverage is drunkenness, and "a . n,,biic
and private wrong, injurious alike to The cifi.
ism and crime and to aid to rid the do,sIp ~
this curse Is the duty of every phiIa ~ ~ roIiSt
and patriotic citizen in the land
:. That the State has no moral or 1ee,a1 r;c,bt
10 license any wrong, but should enact only
spch laws as will promote what is ri0ht and
prohibit what is wrong wv
3. That the prohibition of the sale ~ ;,.ox
lcating liquors as beverage is a moral oi1es.
ton, and Is right i'm principal and in nractice
ana it y the duty of all good citizens to foster
ana aid and encourage the vigorous euforce-
ment pr all laws of the State enacted for this
purpose. A"A 'AA'
~ :; That the win of the people, expressed in
and supreme power of the state 10
which all citizens owe unconditional obedi.
ence. To refuse such obedience in tho CHI.
zen, or a failure of and law officer 70 eTecntc
the law in good faith, is treason to the state
ana should receive the condemnation OF ali
good citizens.
D. That we are not only in favor of tho on
forcement of the Prohibition law as against
the liquor seller, but we favor an active. Wig.
men, by appeals 70 their higher nature 70
cease the habit of drinking. In other words
we are in favor of prohibition for the louor
drinker.
q. That we are opposed to, and protest
against, any attempt by the Legislature TO
strike prohibition from the Constitution by
submitting an amendment for the purpose of
the repeal or the emasculation of the law al.
ready enacted for the enforcement of the
same.
ReSOlred, That the issue before MS in this
state is, shall the will of n majority of the
people as embodied I'm our Constitution in the
Prohiblt1on amendment and in the law to en-
force the same be carried into effect or shall
the VIII OF the minority prevail in repudiating
both Constitution and law" That we prompt
ly accept the issue forced upon us, declaring
our belief that under a constitutional govern
nent nothing can be more hurtful than the
tyranny OF a law-defying minority, and our
lmmoYable purpose to resist to the uttermost
and the last doctrine which strikes down at
one blow the supremacy of law and the SOW
ereignty of the people.
That we will not aid the election of any per-
son 10 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 tavor of such amendments
10 the Prohibitory law shall remove from
II any features that to its friends may seem
unjust in their operations. and we call the at
tention of the people To the fact that the
efforts made in the last Legislature to secure
sucn amendments were opposed and defeated
by the saloon power.
That we express our severe condemnation
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 discharge of their
sworn duty under the law.
That the theory of high license though sim
cerely held by some, is unsound and impracti-
cable; that ii is mainly used as subterfuge
on the part of the minority to defeat the will
OF the majority, and in the interest of the s;I-
looms, and that it is specially odious because il
discriminates in favor of the rich against the
poor. 49,. ~ 20 .-r-T ~
That the efficient labors of the President OF
the Union, the Rev. A. b. Campbell, to enforce
the prohibition laws of the State, and espc-
cially in the city of Topeka have our hearty
approvai and thanks, and we pledge him our
individual support and co-operation in the flu
ture, in all legitimate means necessary TO the
closing of all the liquor saloons in the State.
That as the saloons of the State are Ilrotect-
ed by some corrupt City Governments, Il will
be the duty of the next Legislature to change
the laws relating to the form of City Govern.
ments, so as to provide by specific statute for
a summary removal of all officials who defy
the Constitution and laws. without waiting for
the slow process of the common law s--
That the thanks of this Convention are due
and arc hereby extended to NJ. V. ID. Bennett
for his efficient and gratuitous labors i'm the
interest OF the cause advocated by the State
Temperance Union.
That this Convention does hereby heartily
thank James A. Troutman for his efficient and
arduous labors as Secretary of this Union.