The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-08-15
Kansas state Temperance Union


TOPEKA, Kans., Aug. 13.-The Kan
sas State Temperance Union held its
annual meeting here this afternoon
and evening. Much enthusiasm was
shown. The success of the prohibitory
law was the source of much gratifica-
ton, as expressed in several speeches.
There was large attendance. The
following resolutions, after much dis
cussion, were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That it is evident that the
agitation of the question of resubmis-
sion of the prohibitOry amendment is
not the expression of the sentiments
of any considerable portion of the peo-
pie of Kansas, but that it had its orr
gin in Kansas City, Missouri, among
the liquor manufacturers and dealers
whose business is damaged by the
closing of the saloons IN Kansas, and
that it is carried on by the mercenary
agents of the liquor interests outside
of Kansas, feebly aided and abetted by
their discouraged allies in this state.
men who from the first have resisted
prohibition.
Resolved, that judging by the gen.
eral and emphatic utterance of the
newspaper press throughout the state
and by expressions of opinion given by
citizens of all parties, including many
persons who at the beginning honestly
opposed prohibition, we are assured
that the great body of our people
accept with increasing satisfaction the
condition of things represented by the
words of Senator John j. Ingalls,:
kansas has abolished the saloon.
The open dram shop traffic is as ca
| tinct as the sale of indulgences. A
| drunkard is phenomenon. The bar
| keeper has joined the troubadour, the
1 n RI,
brewery, the distillery and the bonded
/ ware house are known only by the
archaeologist, temptation being re-
| moved from the young and infirm they
have been fortified and redeemed. The
liquor seller being prescribed. is an
outlaw and his vocation disreputable
Drinking being stigmatized. is out o.
fashion and the consumptiOnof intox
i icantS has enormously decreased. In
telligenG and conservative observers
estimate the reduction at 80 per cent.
| it cannot be less than Us
Resolved, That to our friends IL
those eastern states in which prohibi-
tion has recently been rejected, we ex
tend our hearty congratulations il
view Of the heroic struggle which the,
have made, and in view of the fac
that though temporarily defeated, tn.
large number voting in favor of thu
amendment insures them final anC
permanent triumph, since this defea
promotes discussion and knowledge
and successful temperance Legislation
can only be the product of genera
intelligent temperance sentimen
among the people.
Resolved, That we have every rea
son for believing there is a close ant
logical connection between our liberia
and advanced legislation. protectin,
the people against the cost and cursl
of the saloon, and our growth as :
state in population and in every de
partment of industry and IN every ele
ment OF progress, and that it is the i'm
movable purpose of the men and wo
men of Kansas to maintain every incl
of ground that they have gained il
their fight with the organized lfuuo
power, which shows itself as adroit AMI
and tireless in its scheme to nulIifr
the authority OF the state as it is ne
mOrseless and murder0us in its as
saultS upon the power and hearth
stones of our people.
Resolved That the metropolital
police system, SO far as EMPLOYED &
this state has accomplished satisfactor,
results and that we believe that tfli
separation of the police departme1
from connection with municipal poll
ties as secured By this system. and tfI,
| placing Of the appointments and con