The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-27

Total ....................S7,s76 A
| Balance i'm treasury. ............. 1+5 81
OF the SO, ITO received from life member
| ships S2, $50 were paid by individuals, and
$500 by organizations, churches, Sunday
| schools, lodges and societies. These organ
| izatiOns represent an average of one hun
ired and fifty persons, showing an indirect
connection with the Union during the year
of 49,s08 persons, which, added to hast
| years work, makes an approximate menu
bership of 100000. The amount given as
local aid was exr ended under direction of
local committees, while the sum spent i'm
litigation, as givnn above, was under the
direction of the Executive Committee, and
includes $239.65 paid In the quo warranto
cases against the Mayor of Topeka and the
city of Topeka, pending in the Supreme
Court when the last meeting was held.
Resolutions were passed regretting that
Rev. A. b. Campbell, who had served two
terms as President, declined to accept the
Office again.
The committee on resolutions presented
the following:
Temperance Union have been emphatically
Endorsed by the people of the State in the re-
cent election in overwhelming rejection of
the present occupant of the executive chair,
and in thus placing the seal of condemnation
on his unlawful usurpation of power and the
exercise of executive clemency in behalf of
convicted saloon keepers we congratulate
the Prohibitionists of Kansas on the evil
dence of the growth and strength of sound
temperance sentiment, and recommend the
adoption of the following resolutions:
Res0lred, That the Democratic party of
Kansas. by adopting an anti-prohibition plat
form and making an avowedly anti-prOhibi-
ton campaign, have made it impossible for
consistent Prohibitionists to give ii their sup
4 ~ . r. ftrd n
Resolved, That the Republican party OF
Kansas by adopting platform that was sat-
isfactory to the mass of Prohibitionfsts and
by putting in State officers and u Legislature
pledged to require the enforcement of The
Constitution 10 the end that the full effects
of prohibition may be realized, has done all
that reasonable Prohibitionists should de-
maud, and is at this time entitled to the cor
dial support of the temperance men.
Resolred, That as long as the attitude of the
two leading parties OF the State remain I'M
changed we are unalterably opposed to the
formation of and maintenance of an indie
pendent Prohibition party, and we cordially
return and act with us in the future.
RcsDlrcd, That such an expression of pub
lie opinion in favor of the enforcement of
law and against all persons and parties
whose influence has obstructed such en-
forcement that we express the hope ard ex-
pectiou that all officers of the law will Wig
orously discharge their duties
These +, solutions called out an animated
debate which was participated in by num-
Der of delegates both for and against Gov
srnor st. John, amid much confusion. rose
to speak, and being recognized by the chair,
said:
~ come here as one who had Just a little
to do with the temperance work both i'm this
State and the Nation. am not here to de-
papy or Of Ra But hs re
to enter my protest against this resolution
now under discussion. 1t is equivalent to
saying that 70 man can be a Prohibftionist
who is not a Republican. This Union was
not organized in the the interests of any
party. / see before me some of those who
were present at its organization, and know
It was not organized in the interest of any
political party. IL it is to be a Republican
organization, will get out. 1 have been en-
gagged in this work for nearly forty years
md by the help of God shall stay in 1t. As
n Prohibitionist am willing to unite with
every temperance organization, every tenn
pcrance man and woman in this State and
N the whole 1Sn county, for tine suppress
to surrender my RICH rs an American citizen
and vote according to the dictates of the
Republican party, or any party. III step out.
have yet TO hear of a reason why i should
not vote rs please. and propose to to vote
as my conscience tells me so long as l have
power and WELD the ballot. GCries of
'Bosh 1Geutlemen you may call 1t "bosh"
but it is principle, the same conscience which
ed me to vote for Fremont in 1866 and men
said 1t was "bOsh" then. God was behind the
WOFk tueD, anu ne is Deniuu IL yet Iuey
may parade the streets and hang us in efiigy
to the telegraph poles and burn us in cfiiigy.
but they cannot burn up conscience. For
ue, as an American, there is no fear of any
party, no more than there was when voted
for Fremont. There was q God then and
there is God now, and to Him / shall look
and know that the Prohibition party of this
country will triumph i'm the end. y"
After further debate the latter clause OF
the third resolution was amended to read,
land we cordially invite all to cooperate
with u.s." and the resolutions adopted.
The following officers were elected for the
Coming year: President, B. Keller, of Win
field; Vice President, Joab Mulvane; Treas
urer, P. /. Bonebrake, Of Topeka; Secretary,
J. A. Troutman. of Topeka. Executive Com
mittee: A. b. Campbell, of Topeka; G. w.
e. Griffith, of Lawrence; W. B. Sl0sson, Of
Leavenworth; r. Wake. of Abilene; Albert
Griffin, o! Manhattan; Philip Krohn, of
A:chison; j. j. Buck, of Emporia; W. Ii.
Stout, of Fort Scott. and IL. w. Lewis, Of
Wichita.