The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-03
Kansas New Prohibitory Law.

The new prohibitory law enacted by the
recent Republican Legislature of Kansas is
meeting with much adverse criticism, if
we are to Judge from reports to be found III
their papers. The opinions of the Repub-
lican press bear down the heaviest. and are
unsparing in the use of adjectiyes in de-
nouncing the political jugglery, the
deceit and hypocrisy. the Lying and
fraud" in imposing on the people by the
passage of such an obnoxious law. Not
w~ithstanding the manipulation of a%ssocia-
ted press dispatches, sent East for political
effect, describing in glowing terms the eff
fectiveness of the law. already a storm is
about To burst upon the people Of that
State. by an array of talent which is in
tended 10 show how the masses have been
humbugged. At this distance we can only
Judge from what We read and hear. We
present orr readers but one or more clip
pings from the Kansas press, and they are
from Republican sources. The CoigaJus
(hdn.4 Coauier says:
We are of the opinion that the new law
is not an improvement on the old one and
it would. in our Judgment. have been far
better for the temperance people, to have
pushed the Grand Jury bill to a successful
issue. than placed before the people the
law now in force. The senate passed the
Grand Jury bill, compelling the calling of
a grand jury twice 4 year, but it failed in
the house, in the last hours of the session,
when everything was turmoil and confu-
sion.
On first reading of the new law, it would
appear to be very stringent. and in many
respects is an Improvement on the old law.
but there are several loop holes that are
bad. Under the old law al applicant could
not get liquor except Oh prescription from
some physician. Lndcr tie present lar my
me can get iiq"or, on lis owH writteH or
printed Stdfemeat. in any 0m0Ubt reqVtred,
tie only stjpal0ttoa beiag, fhaf tie hqlor *
MT 10 be drunk on the premises.
II is not difficult to see. how this provis-
ION in the law will work. Those desiring
liquor can always find a complaint. They
viii either he very wet" or very dry"
or have a corn OH the toe, and a thou-
sand other ills to which a man is subject
To. when a drink of whisky is in sight.
merely by c%onjuring up the i'll.
We have only pointed out two of the bad
features, as We think, of the law. 1t is
true. it shuts up the saloon. the open VIC
lator: but it opens wide the drug store, and
gives druggists almost unlimited power to
sell liquor. All he, the druggist, will have
to guard against is that he don't sell too
often to men who get drunk on his liquor.
The Topeka Copitdl. of March 22d, says
its reporter listed a few of the drug stores
the day before. We have space but for a
few of his notes, which we here present.
the number of sales being taken from
liquor sales book kept by druggists for
the purpose. according to law, for One ddys
sale:
civilians & futile, Sixth and Topeka
venues Reporter counted 40, when the
book was taken from him.
Barnes & Co., 1S1 Kansas avenue. 10
sales"
Swift and Halliday, 1863 Kansas avenue,
10 sales reported"
'Orner 4 scrivens, Fourth street, Il!
pints.'
Roe & Wilson, Fourth and Madison
avenues, % applications.
'Sterne & Son, l07 Fifth St, % appli-
cations
III. b. Sargent, 17S Kansas avenue, u
pints."
.Rowley Bros, Sixth and Kansas ave
nues, 90 pints.'
John Wand, sold to 20 persons"
1T is, says the Capital, amazing TO
see how many differents complaints are
mentioned; indeed, every disease and all
ment the human system is heir to, have
received the attention of those wanting
whisky"