Dodge City times., 1889-08-01
The Liquor Question.
The great question of whether

better to prohibit OF resnbmit is now
before III. people nf Kansas. And
about d. gGod ~ article ~ she 9ecs-
tio. as wc have seen is ciipped f.nE. Il
New England Tenn, rance reform pa
per, which says, ''that the present con
diuon OF society the ideal method of
restricting the liquor traffic is iu-
possible. Governor Humphrey of Kan
sas approves the language OF Chancei-
lor Kent, which says that the laws
should be made for men as they are and
not as they ough, to De.
These are oar sentiments.
The PEOPLE of kansas mds, not be
haranyued into believing that the cru
SADIE for resubm;>;Hn is in favor OF
drunkenness. Some of their leaders
are trying to thus make up the issue,
but it will not work When an issue
is advanced they eanEot put wire
fence around it and mark it with "A
brand to suit them.
Resubmission is the first step toward
common sens: toward dealing practic-
ally with Things that are. \ hundred
joints il. Wichita ~eil liquor freely and
paw no revenue except aii occasional
fne-wben 1t is collected. Every other
large town in the state is III similar
condition A local option law lets
farming counties have prohibition if
they want it, and the cities handle the
traffic with restrictive and revenue pay
ing licenses.
junes dislike paid informers and
will acquit vender of liquor when they
can under the Murray law. The case
nearly always rests upon the testimony
of AN informer who has bought drink
ir order to ge, his story. Jnries think
that mean business. The law is i; farce
in most towns.
Senator Ingalls, proclaims that the
state is sweetly harmonious over the
law. So does Mr.. Gleed Of Topeka in
the New York Times The later Ma
poleon said the empire was peace. The
grand vizier says the sultan is lord OF
the world. There are 10 mosquitoes at
any watering place, according TO the
hotel keepers Christian science cures
all infirmites because the apostles have
volumes of proof on tap.
Give a man defense Of his trade
and he is inertia itself if he does not
come at you with voluble argument.
Trades circulars are not impressive,
even if composed by senators of the
United States or clever young attor-
neys. Kansas wants to deal with Ii
quor as living presence in the state.
If conditions are different iii the large
towns and in the country, the only way
to reach the evil and protect the tax
payers is to let local government dis
charge its natural duties Laws must
be made for men as they are. Pretty
ideals are all right on paper, bat they
have lodged Wichita, Leavenworth and
Let the towns get reve-
nue. from what is and will be for years
to come. y
It is not question whether the sale
of liquor is now prohibited in Kansas.
As every rybody knows that there is hard
ly town in the state but has from one
to dozen joints, ana what is the con
sequence? 1t makes sneaks of the men
who want and are bound to have wbis-
ky; 1t gives every county attorney a
chance to accept brides. (of which a
large number no doubt take advantage.
1t gives the county attorney a chance
to Subpoena the leading business men
of our city to go and testify and in fact
makes the county attorneys office fat
chance to enter a joint he gets blind
drunk before he leaves on the strength
that the joint is liable to be gone when
he comes again; Spoilers are easily OBJ
tained by the officials, who 20 in take
their drink, and then inform, hence the
iointist moves his place Of business
but never stops selling tie Intoxicating
liquids,
Give US the open saloon, without
blinds. and the man who wants drink
can walk In the front door take it be-
fore the people and 90 on about his
business. instead of the joint or dive
which causes so much rascality. We
10 not believe there is business man
IN Dodge City but what will say that
they prefer the open saloon to the Sc
,ret joint on the plan that the Kansas
laws make them to -day.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Land Oi,ce at Garden City. Kan
July g. 1889.