The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-05-04
Prohibition in Kansas,

ED. ADVOCATE. Please inform the au-
thor of the articleon Prohibition in Kansas,
who hides himself under an assumed name,
that il is not prohibition but the liquor
traffic that is failure in Kansas; and that
is why the liquor dealers are so anxious to
try by distorted statements to convince the
country that prohibition is failure.
To give you true statement of facts
in relation TO prohibition in Kansas, l will
simply give YOU the testimony of Governor
Martin of Kansas, who it is well-known
was an opponent of Prohibition at the time
the measure was adopted. The Governor
said, 'During the past eleven weeks Ihave
been through all parts of the State, speak
ing at fairs and reunions once or twice
every week. These gatherings have num-
bered from two to six thousand people. My
opportunities for finding out the true status
OF the enforcement of the prohibitory law
have been unequaled. During this time l
have been struck by The entire absence OF
drunkenness. In fact, inereditable as 1t
may appear, did not see drunken man
through my whole ci cult. 1t is my opinion
that not more than one tenth OF the liquor
is sold in the State to-day that there was
before the passage Of the prohibitory law"
In letter the Governor sent to the Associ-
ated Press on the 18th Of July, 1887, he
said, "The whiskev interests predicted that
the abolition of saloons in Kansas would in
| juriously effect the material prosperity of
the State, and falsehoods, intended to con-
| firm this view, are constantly invented and
circulated in every section of the country.
and especially in States where movements
are being made to abolish the saloons. /
| am receiving letters daily from different
states, making inquiries concerning the
effects and results of our temperance laws
| Al. q afol asn1 NfI
terial interests of our State, and these let
teis all indicate that the work of malign-
ing Kansas Is going on in every section of
the country. Permit, me therefore, to give
YOU the real facts. The amendment had
been adopted by very meagre majority.
and the public sentiment in all our large
cities was overwhelmingly against IL. But
steadily and surely the public sentiment
against them spread and intensified. So
the sentiment of Kansas against the liquor
traffic has grown and strengthened until
to-day very much doubt whether, OF It's
100000 male voters, more than 10000
would, If they could, invite back and rein
state the saloon. Eor the fiscal year, 1880,
the percentage of state taxation was 81
mills; for the present fiscal year the total
percentage levied for all state purposes is
only A mills. The most wonderful era of
prosperity, of material, moral and intellect
ual development, of growth in country,
cities and towns, ever witnessed on the
American Continent has been illustrated in
Kansas during the six years since the tenn
reranee amendment 20 our Constitution
was adopted, and especially during the past
two years, the period of its most energetic
and complete enforcement" Remember,
Videx, God has but one method with evil
he prohibits IL. He who approves and tol
crates what God condems, even though ii
be for the thirty pieces of silver-lhe price
of blood. puts himself at war with God,
and If thi, tolera,ion is procured by the
payment of the price, the alienation and
decentralization are all the greater.
G. S. WEISS.
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