Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-05-08
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To the Editor Of the Times.
We are all broke m

We are all broke up.
This life seems to be full of trials.
Frank James has about one a week,
and the prospect is that we will have
more than that pretty soon. We were
just getting things fixed go that we
could enjoy life. We commenced by
carrying TIE fall election, next came the
township election, and then in turn the
city election. Everything seemed to be
going just to suit us. When we cap
tured the city government We supposed
that every obstacle to the onward march
of our reform, had been removed. We
have the mayor, the marshals, city
attorney, and police court, all members
of the club, and we are satisfied with
them; they give US square deal. If
any Of us are arrested, we do not stand
trembling before His Horror as we used
to before that old tynnt, Burns, ex-
pccting every moment to feel his well
sharpened harpoon come tearing
through the qulvering flesh, Tut instead,
We walk boldly up, sit down in the
Judges chair, put our feet on his desk,
produce fine cigar, talk over the in
terests of the club, and the matter. is
fixed up to the satisfaction of all con-
cerned. Our friends that have been
away several months for their health
are coming back, and we have a pros
pect of Il fine summer. But there rises
before us the foul spectre of Prohibi-
ton. That nightmare of our dreams,
Campbell is coming back. He was
here about two months ago, and nearly
paralyzed us. He is not only coming
himself butSt. John is coming with him,
and | fear the worst
If they come and stir up the people
to commence prosecutions against all
the members of our club that are engag-
ed in the sour marsh business, it will
ruin us. We are in no shape to fight
the thing. We made a great mistake
when we went back en- Monte Dan and
elected Whitelaw County Attorney.
We cant depend on Jim. He seems
to think the law must be enforced
whether it is to our interest or not.
Mysonpat is all right; but he can't do
us much good. The outlook is gloomy.
When we look over the state and see
what these prohibition maniacs have
been doing, we tremble in our boots.
They have driven our friends out of
Wyandotte. They bounced the county
attorney of Saline County because he
stood up for his friends. At Seneca
they fined woman 5000 for keeping a
wet grocery. At Topeka they drove
the mayor cut of his Office. At Wichi-
ia, they closed up thirty gin mills
wherever they have struck they have
hurt US bad. 1t is an unequal contest.
We make the fight at great disadvan
tage. The courts are all against us.
The decent men Of the community are
against US. The churches, the wives
and mothers, the children, and in fact
all that intend to make the world bet
ter, is in arms, against us, so that we
are rowing against the current all the
time. And then the whisky that the
business men of our club bring in seems
to have bad effect,-as soon as we get
a sufficient amount of it inside of us, to
do us any good, it makes us want to
fight, or break windows or something OF
that kind, and that makes a feeling
against us. Only few evenings since
few of us were having little party
with some lady friends in the Post-office
block, and through the effects Of the
sour marsh one of the windows was
broke all to pieces.
We shall hold meeting at Gam
brinu, Hall to decide what to do about
and St. John. Bill arris
thinks we had better not let them speak
at ALL l do not know what we will do
but 1 am afraid that if they succeed in
cutting off our supplies we will all have
the jim JAMS.