The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-24
PROHIBITION
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EDIToR EKwss On the 4th Of Deceua-
Der, / mailed series 81 Questions 70 ev-
cry county attorney, county sisperintesd
ent, and police judge lntae state, for the
purpose Of learning tue effect aud PRES
ens status Of prohibition Replies have i
been received from over eise.tlird Of the !:
six bundled lettsrs sent sat constituting
8 full report from Il yssix Of The eighty. +,
one organized counties OF The state, IN
cludiug ali The popaIoas counties These
replies demonstrete three facts favora-
he 10 prohibition First: TAat il has
materially d creased the number Of So
looms; second, that an unusually large
per sent Of the prosecutions IN
der the law, have rssnltea ia Convictions
third, that the piiaciple Of prohibition
Is growing stronger
Is,must be borne In mind that these
figures come from the officers OF the state.
without reference to their views upon
prohibition. aud are therefore mol sub
ject to The imputztien Of being The pro-
duct OF fanaticism. In our leiters We
stated that we wanted The facts, whether
faxorfb BILE OF unfayofabIe to prohibition
We believe The facts were gwen. aud that
shs figures presented are as authentic as
can possibly be obtiaei.
In these sixiy-six coaniIes there were
7oS saloons prior 70 May Is, 1881, the
date iisat hs prohibitory law took ef-
iect. There are now 10 the came terri
tory, 3i3 salcols- 100. or over half 81
which. are in Lsagenworih; Isaying but
153 salo5ns in the s.xty-six counties. not
including LeavenwoIth. Prohibition.
n less than Two yesrs, has closed 395
saloons. During this time the popula-
zion has increased 1s Ter cent tour
ssioens had kept pace with the popula-
ton, We would nov have 792 saloons;
50 that in reality prohibition has pro
hibited 40 ssloo1s the territory named.
Prior t, May let, 1881, there were sa-
looms IN every one o. these sixiy-six
counties. To-day the 513 saloons in ex-
jseace are confined 10 twenty five coun-
tres, over hall tie number being in q
single county. Prohibition has there
fore absolutely driven The saloons out o.
forty one counties. in which they existed
under license.
you cAn't5coavict The s,loon-keep
ers'' las bsen so often repeated tha
1 many regard Il as an automatic truth
Ia the early stages Of prosecutions i
was difficult to.coaviet. Bat the reports
OF .he officers who have. charge 0
this class 81 cases ehow that, S . genera
prapesiuon, it's far IRON ile truth. II
the district courts Of these counue
there haye been AGO cases tried, result
ing ID s51 convictions, Al acquittals anl
90 hungjurits. or seven convictions on
OF every nins cases tried
Ia Justice courts there have beed 81
eases tsfed with 375 convictions, rs &C
quitlals and 80 hung juries, or convic
lions ia three forths Of all cas- IS tried. /
these cases the fines imposed amount t
S95, POO. In addition 10 these faes Their
have been 81 saloon keepers impTisone
for various periods Of time. aggregatin
1877 mca,hs and 10 days, or II yeats,
months and 10 days
There has been larger proportion {
convictions IN whisky cases than in an
other class OF cases tried, as reference
the criminal docket OF any court in Ii
stale will prove. There are now pc II
ing in the district couris OF the state q
chses, showing vigorous determlnalio
TO complete the @crk so we'll begun.
la fifty oae Of these counties The I
I, ports all agree iaat The principle of pr
hibition Is growing stronger with Il
d people. In seven II is ierosted weake
II While it remains the same in eigf
v THIS. Of course, Is mere matter
+. judgment II prohibit "a can aceon
plish these results in twenty mont
who can say tue experiment has failei
n Or. how long il viii be until the I
yielding sentiment Of loyalty will cru
D, ont the 8l3 struggling saloons still ~
. ,,purS