The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-01-19


PRACTICE WHAT YoU PREACH.
In connection with some comments
on an article which appeared In this
paper, comparing the state OF Kansas
and California, and incidentally refer
ring to prohibition here and none on
the coast, the Topeka State Journal
calls attention to Kansas City Just at
the present moment and declares that
because the city st the KaW's mouth is
not under prohibition rule is why
there is such a reign Of terror and
footpads.
1t is not much over year ago that
Topeka, Emporia, Wichita and nearly
every city Of any consequence in Kan
sas was suffering with just such an ep-
idemic OF highway robbery as Kansas
City now is. The Journal. nor any
other paper. then thought to lay the
blame on the prohibition law, because
it was in a state under its workings
that the crimes were being perpetrated.
While we thoroughly agree with the
Journal in its assertion that whisky
and crime go hand in hand, yet it is
the expansion Of this idea by the radi-
Gals Of the prohibition party that is
doing temperance much harm.
While all intelligent persons know
that saloons cause crime, yet all in
telligent persons are not prepared to
have 1t crammed down their throats
that all crime is caused by saloons.
When so-called temperance people
whenever or wherever a crime is per.
petrated, make it a business to i'm
mediately hunt up some string to pull
that will lay the blame Of the crime on
i-prohibition-eyen when it is self
evident that whisky is not the cause
then they do the cause of temperance
more harm than good.
The Journal man also says, in the
same article, that Liquor and wine Ii
most insidious liquor" and we guess
that the Journal man is right, although
we haven't the least idea what HI
means. We never took ours that way
A little lemon or straight was goOC
enough for US before we came to Kan
sas and became a prohibitionist cleal
through-that is, a prohibitions
where we can enforce the lawn oul
own person and in our own family.
Charity begins at home" Ever
man connected with the editorial o.
business department of this paper is ;
prohibitionist of the above kind. CaI
the Journal, or any other paper in Kan
sas except John Rastall's say as much
We think not.
If there is a sure enough tee-totler IL
the State Journal Office We are not &C
quainted with him. And we know
most every one on the paper, from edI
tor to devil.
This isonot intended as persona
journalism. There are very few per
sons in the state of Kansas for whom
we have greater regard than the editor
of the Journal. But we do, honestly
and sincerely, think that this thing o.
advocating doctrine for other people
that is not made applicable to self Il
wrong, and especially so in the editor
and proportion Of a great paper.
Now we propose that every editor il
the state of Kansas who breaches pro
hibition be required to take a dose O
his own medicine-that is, he take thu
pledge to abstain from the use ofaIl in
toxicating liquors as beverage.
P. S.-After carefully considering
the above, we have come to the con
clusion that the writer will not atten'
the next regular meeting Of the Kansa
editors, as it is more than likely h
| would be asaassinated the first daY.