Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-04

We 20 back in the history of our own st.ts
when our people ere battling to make ths
sell of Kansas free. There wers
men in Kansas then who advocated
African slavery. They said il
was q divine institution and was right.
We told them then as We tell them now
that slavery slavery of any kind-had no
place in Gods law snd should have no plsce
in mans Law. We we're told then that We
were fanatics; that the agitation Was spas.
modic and would soon pass away. Sc
We are told now that prohibition is spas
nodic and will soon pass away.
You remember when our bows
marched away to lay down their
lives for the Union, there were
political towards who said ''you
can't put the rebellion down.
but We did put it down. So they say, "Y on
can's suppress the drsm-shop," bu. We are
suppressing them, and, by the help of G ID,
We will suppress them.
You remember that in 1910 James
G. Birney found only 1890 per.
sons in the United States who crys-
talized their convictions against slavery
reached nearly 2.G00, 600 and made Abrs
ham Lincoln President of the United
States.
The women's crust de sprang up and out
of it grew the Womsn's Christian Temper
ance Union the most effective temperance
organisations to day in this country, snd
out of that grew almost every other open
temperance organization. Oar army of
Temperance has grown urtil it numbers hun.
dreds of thousands throughout the country.
In Minnesota you will End a temper.
anoe sentiment that 1, surprising, and it
has grown chiefly within the past tive years
Oae of the pleasing features is the fact that
many foreigners are espousirg the cause of
prohibition.
In Iowa prohibition earned the State and
the Supreme court decided sgsinst it. Yet
this is not the first time that the Supreme
court has decided against the will of
the people. You remember the Su-
preme cour, decided the black man mad no
rights that The white MAJ was bour d to re-
spec:. Bu. that did no. hinder the people
from setting il aside and crushing slavery
out CT existence. Iowa is marching on. ard
it is only question of time when prohibi
ton will win. A state like Iowa that
has the least per centsge OF illi,e.acy of any
s ate in the uaion, will never surrender to
the rum power. [Applause We, in Kansas,
are not d1ing al! the fighting that is
being done. There is lighting all,
along the line. In New York, New Jersey,
Mime s)ts, Pennsylvania, and even in
Canada, the 6gh; is going 90; and the eyes
Of all these are upon Kansas, and their
IA inds are upon her pulse. 90 men we
When Lincoln called for 10 O my but it
thought that was grand arcane for
was not long until the cry espohded:
more men and the loyal people rm, 600,-
we're coming, Father Abrahampersrce
600 strong So you NAV say, te 100000
friends, to-day: "we're coming very
strong"
Ii whisky is wrong no amount Of money
can make it right. love nv country as
we'll as any man; have gladly given the
years of my manhood to its sup
port and love nv country
still. But if there is one thing
for which l criticise my country it
is its dealings with the dram shops. II
should be the duty Of the government to
extend protection to every citizen. But
this protection is no: and will not be given
tunity to the s,ioon keeper to destroy the
homes of the people. Down with The sys
tenn of deriving revenue from crime ZAP
plause.
Some sly let US take the lesser evil, or high
license. High license is simply second |
Missouri Compounds, and God will never
allow any compromise in the interest Of
wrong.
Has the city msyor In Topeka ever tried
to enforce the Law? No. Has the city mar
shall ever tried to enforce the Law? No. |
Ye. they stand back and say prohibition |
is failure. While prohibition has not sup
pressed the liquor traffic entirely it is
gradually accomplishing us ends. Whisky
men themselves ackno Wedge that whisky |
is disappearing from Kansas. Where is
the distiliery that was in North Topeka?
Gone to Missouri. Why? Because of pro.
hibition. Last year there were only 735 |
saloons in this State as reported by the COM
mercial agencies, over a thousand having
been blo.ted ou', and two.thirds of the
pre weries and one-hslf OF the Wholesale
liquor houses are gone. Prohibition did it.
Applause
Says one, prohibition is depo oulatipg
he State" Compare the census and you
will fiad We have increas, in wealth about
S35 ,000, coo and in popu alton nesr 10000
Says one, "If you talk on prohibition you
will hurt the party" Who says this? Only
hose WIN are in sympathy with whisky.
Who started this as q partisan measure?
The whisky men. 1t was organized IS a
non partisan measure by those who loved
heir homes better than the dram shops, an !
you'll have remained 90 had it not have
been for the whisky ring bringing it into
it is in politics now-ani
here to stay too-a, long as there is
Tram shop in the State. Applause.
They talk about harmony and concilia-
lion. There is no s1ch thing here IN Tope-
"a or elsewhere in the State of Kansas as
harmony with law breakers, never should be.
Applause
Those very men who last fall boiled and
the ticket now ask you to Join in
with them and be brotherly and harmonious
What harmonic with nuilifcstion? Never
Applause
After the election Of Governor Click
John T. Morton, Republi IAN resigned and
] ohm Martin, the Democrat, was appointed
nis successor. Mr.. Msr.in had been the at
orney of TIE whisky meu in Topeka and
i was thought that he was just the man
hat the saloon element wanted, and the
Topeka Commonwealth in lis issue of Janua-
y 24th gave TO John Martin the follow wing
unqualified endorsement:
John MAEryN