The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-24
TFIE LIQUOR rRAFFlO I'm EN-,

1t IL admitted on all hands that the
back bone 0t the opposition 10 the en-
fDreement u the prohibltory law in En-
poria and Lyon county IS broken, and it
Is an open secret that the LIQUOR dealers |
are suing for terms with the authorities |
to the cad that they may avert the fate |
of utter .tintnciAl rum aud i'm
prisonment which has already oyeriaken
two of their nunlber. The temper ofthe
people Of Lyon county in regard 70 the
Law Is too plain to be mistaken. There
is a fixed determination IN their
minds that prohibitions, ss the setIled
policy Of the state, shell prohibit here,
and they have made up their
minds that this end shall not be
longer defeated by witnessed aud jurors
subsidized by tbs liquor interest, or by
the sopaisticat eyssions Of cunning law
yeis These abtsrfnges. which have
served the vlolAsors OF The law too long.
have had their day, and public sentI-
ment, al the Sepismbef term ofcouTt, en-
tered such forclble protest against
these means OF defeating tic ends Of jus
lice that they viii not be repeated.
The liquor men Lave besn quick to
apprchend the situation, aad the demon
alizalion which prevails among their
ranks proves that they feel that the day
OF their reckoning is at hand. Two of
the most persistent offenders against
the lAH are in jail, and the readiness
with which the aidcis and
abettors OF The AaloonIsts Tor
merly became their bondsmen has given
way 10 nervous anxiety to Withdraw
from al snch obligations. The men en-
gagged in the traffic look forward With
fear and trembling 10 the next term Of
the district court, when thelnformAtlons
filed against them will be submitted by
prosecutor determined 10 do his
whole duty 10 tie state, without respect
TO fear or favor, and it is not difiicuit toi
them TO forecast the resnlt. They have
finally come TO realize the utter funliS
Of iawless minority making wal
againsL the will and wishes of The pso
pie, and stern experience has brough-
them 70 an accurate appreciation OF th,
irresistible force Of popular sentiment
The fight has been IohgAnd bitter one
presenting many encouragement
and difficulties To the friendi
Of the Jaw. but The dsy Of vic
tory Is dawning, and the eagle
have perched upon the temperance ban
ners. The ddelity of our county aitor
ney to his trus, aud tue honesty of III,
presiding judge OF this district in TIA
conduct OF the liquor prosecutions whiel
have been brought before him have &C
complishtd work which should nov
be supplemented by every advocate o
law and order in the county. The deer
sive moment has come for a united aul
supreme effort against the adver
sary, and If the friends Q
the prohibition law will now work .
! well as talk for the suppression of ia
drink evil, he whisky saloons in En-
poria will soon become "A thing of III
past.
' AS TO settlement of the pending case
, against those engaged in the traffic
which We understandable s,ioonists has
: proposed there is of course only one pla
! form and that is unconditional surrende
It Is the victor aud rot the Yanqaishe
! who makes terms ofadjuslmeni, and a
entire abandonment Of the traffic is Ii
! only basis upon which the offenders ca
hope to stay the prosecutions pendin
against them. This matter, however. is
II the hands OF one who has proved loyal
e the county and state IN every emergenc
q and We feel warranted in predictiI
= tina, no step viii be taken IN this rega
n by our county attorney which will n
a fully yindicate the supremacy of the IL
IT and the.d'g nity Of the commonwealth