Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-09
AUTHORIZATION TALK

The following newspaper clippings
show clearly what the anti-prohibtion
sentiment of the state is:
II i safe TO say that DR. krohn
would not take $4,000 for the adyer-
iiscment he received at LeavcnwortiI
Oh SATURDAY. he advertising would
haze been more satisfactory had he
scratched his man, aS Rev. ID. c. Nil.
ner did. The good doctor wa, not
hurt at ali nor did he have Il pistol, rs
has been repOrted.-Atchison Globe.
The city Of Leavenworth allowed
itself to be disgraced by the row
kicked up over an address by DR..
krohn. They should understand that
tins is free country and men have a
right to talk and be heart. The good
people of that city should see 4" it
thai prompt punishment i melted "ut
10 the culprit-. The action in Lcas-
enworth can no more be eDd.'r-cd
| than those OF the people Of Great
/ Bend, WHO hung a murdere..-Topeka
| Commonwealth
| Personal liberty means more than
| the unrestrained use of liqu =: It
means free speech as well a free
whisky, and the Leavenworth gang Of
beer aud liberty lovers who assault ID
| DIR. krohn on Saturday AFTERNOON,
not only did a cowardly, brutal thing,
but their action will do much 10
strengthen the prohibition cause in
Kansas. The respectable an,i-pro-
hibitionists demand fairness for thor
opponents. and they are not willing
TO accomplish by violent force what
they cannot accomplish by means
eff a healthy and intelligent public sem
iimcnt. 1t should also be understood
that the ant-prohibition party of this
state i composed of respectable AMI
intelligent men, and that its councils
are not managed by liquor dealers.
AID that the fighI i not for free wills
ky. but for rational management of
grave question Men like u. z. An
ihouy. f. T. Baker, Sol Miller, q. W.
Click, &. O.. Foster, etc. are not fight
Ing prohibition with view of increas-
ing drunkenness or crime. but rather
with view Of regulating the traffic
in intoXicants. aud avoiding oulrages
OF the Lcdyenworth kind.-Atchis"n
Globe.
This i substantially the astonishing
news which comes from L"ayeuworth,
one OF the largest cities OF the state
and the pri e of the whisky cieiucut.
Al this dist lncc from the cOw.rdly &C
ton OF tbeLcaycnworth mob and il was
little else than that, il looks a if the
power that has so long deticd the
claims of Justice and law breaking.
The determination seems to bc that if
their influence must DIE it must iic
hard. The delirious actions at the
lecture delivered by DIR. krohn, The
attempt 10 hiss him down and mob
him after the speech was concluded.
is symptom of the agonies
that attend the departure OF long and
dearly cherished power Ii was re-
sort 10 the last reserve that the law
less possess physical force. Free
speech has long been recognized in
this country. and this right DIR. Philip
krohu will be the last man to bc de-
prived of. The attempt 10 hush
words viii prove fruitless rs an at
tempt to stop the rain from heaven.
or check the irresistible hurricane.
Free speech Is sacred American pIivi-
lege, esteemed by prohi5itioui>ts and
anti-prohib!tionists alike. and when
the time comes we predict that Or.
Phillip krohn will speak in Lcaven-
worth. these fellows 10 the contrary
notwithstanding -Enporia News.
The people of Leavenworth. and
particularly the genuine and con>cien-
tious amii-prohibilion portion OF eur
population, Will strongly endorse these
uttcrances. -Ieavenworth Times.