Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-24
WHISKY BY THE BOTTLE


WHISKY BY THE BOTTLE
The Wichita EAGLE contends that
the supreme court Of Kansas long
since settled the fact that city might
not only compel drug store to take
out license. but that city might dis
criminate as between drug stores.
That being the case, let's have the IL
cense of 81 200 Immediately imposed
upon whisky permit drug stores. We
see no need for further delsy .-Leav-
enworth Times.
But supposing you were in the fix
Wichita is, the mayor owning drug
store, the president af the council
owning another. and the city marshal
negotiating for partnership in a
third institution of like character?
When the EAGLE suggested n 81 200
license for drug stores, rhr election
had not taSer place, which electi' n
( demonstrated that The cit, wss more
| liberal towsr, drug stores than was
| the EAGLE, wi lch made all the differ
ence in the world. II has been def
niteiy settled hat the great religious
| daily of the reat Arkansas Valley
will not be ne nitted 10 dictate the
whisky policy or the great city of the
said Valley aforesaid. which fact is
really in the interest of the drug
wumps Bnt we earnestly advise
Leavenworth 10 close up her saloons,
which are run 10 defisncc of law. and
TO turn her attention 10 exactiug IL
cense from the legal and recognized
whisky channel
The drug store offers many adyan
tages over the saloon even though
whisky be just as free in the one a. the
other. There can be no treating in
drug stores: boya cannot cons regate
at drug stores to smoke aud loaf aud
learn to gamble snd throw dice for the
drinks. Drug stores will have no
screens up before their doors from be-
hind which loud laughter and obsccn-
ity was wont 10 reach the -treets from
the saloon. Ladies are frequenter, of
drug stores aud their liable presence
will enforce deceucy and order If
whisky must be drank. which it seems
is fact, the drug store is of all places
the least Objectionable plsce for its
sale. better than the grocery store, the
dry goods store. or even the probate
judges office The truth is what hurts
the feelings of Leavenworih, Wichita,
Topeka and other places, is not the
fact of selling whisky by the pint in
stead OF by the drink and in drug
stores instead IF saloons. but il is the
loss of nty-live or thirty thousand
dollars of annual revenue in the way
of licenses the raisiGg of which under
the old system the average TAXPAYER
did not feel. Th4t simple,
lite. though obtrusive fact,
is wha, downed the EAGLE
this spring in its fight for "the home
a. against the saloon" Wichita is "a
sober a town, as moral aud religious a
CITY for its size. a. the state affords. |
bu. il is made up of class who all |
seem to individually size up well as |
financial experts and as goes the dol |
lar So goes their vote, every time. |
The majority downed our ticket this /
spring not because the tickets indi- |
vidusl make up was Objectionable, but |
because of the sneaking idea entertain
ed that the election Of Il liberal ticket |
might be followed BY some kind OF a |
Dodge, whereby a revenue would be
returned to the city through the sale |
of in;oxieants. The only mistake the |
liberal side ma, e for themselves was
running the thiag So largely into drug /
stores. Still on hope and chances are
greatly with i.eayenworth II she
and other town permit open violation
OF the law for the sake of the filthy |
liceDse-delar, hen in spite of the
EAGLES good example aud all that it
can say. Wichita will follow suit. AL
ready fellows have threatened 10 open
out unless lleavenworth closes up SO
much for example.
Let US take il straight, by the pint,
OF the dug store, for season, at
least and u,iil we have thoroughly /
and practically demonstrated the wis
dom or unwisdom Of the law. Our
back ards may in little while pre-
sent rather an unsecinly array of emp
ty bottles, but even these will not be
without their effect in rebuking MS for
too frequent indulgence. Certainly it
is not wisdom for ms who value "per-
s0nal liberty" so highly and who ques-
ton so seriously all attempts of the
stale 90 regulate appetite, to permit
the destruction of the Republican
party-which party stands a. the ex-
ponnet OF ali we belieye.to be true
touching our political happiness aud
prosperity through an eternal jam ,
borec and jangle over question F.,
which will sooner or later settle itself
if kept out OF party politics. The Re-
publican party is just as strong, just
as invinciblc in Kansas to-day rs it {
ever vas outside of this whisky drink
ing proposition And while nothing
can be said by anybody in favor OF 7
whisky IT is still and everlsstingly be- :
ng injected into our political organi- q
sation until The party maneuvers as if G
/ were drunk itself. in detail and in !.
he aggregate.
Let u. then, down with thi. single Il
,euscIess Democratic catch-howl of :
whisky. Whisky!." r
The mugwump in Mr.. Cleveiand's 5
has had his day and e
viii now be silently dismissed nor asked :,