Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-26

without going to the stage, but the club
| would not have it that way, and in due
time he was on the platform.
He said he did not know until recently
TINT anybody doubted his position. He
| wanted to be understood as in favor of re-
| submission by the shortest cut. This
| was responded to by yells. He added that
| If any one could suggest shorter cut than
| a constitutional convention he would be
glad Of it, and if resubmission direct
| would bring resubmission quicker than
the way he had suggested he was glad OF
it, and at any rate he was always willing
to abide by the rulings of the majority,
and that being his faith he was certainly
willing to have the prohibition question
| resubmitted and let the majority decide
what kind of laws they wanted. He had
never heard good argument why any
proposition should not be submitted to a
vote when the people wanted to vote on it.
In the proposition of prohibition let it be
voted on and if voted up ali right, and if
voted down all right. and no honest man
could want to keep anything in the con-
stitution against the will of a majority of
tne people concerned.
No one wanted saloons, but as compared
with the joint decided improvement. A
man had visited the joints some time ago
in this city and found many young men
there and an evil regulated was less an
evil than when unreguiated.
Wichita did not want to say what To-
peka must have, and why in pane Of COM
mon sense should Topeka want to say
what Wichita should have. He thought
saloons under local option decided I'M
provement under the present system.
Mr.. Douglass was most enthusiastically
cheered often in his speech.
Mr.. Henley was called and said every
thing seemed to be one way and little
chance to make converts. He said Cover
nor HUMPHREY would not act on the Ques-
ton in the absence of an expression from a
respectable per cent of the respectable peo-
pie. A few counties all right on the ques-
ton, but vast country not agitated and
not wanting any extra session. The
Wichita club might meet night after
night and discuss it. but this could not
get an extra session. He urged
organization smaller towns and in all
counties and get an organized movement
all over the state. 1t would take work to
organize to get substantial petition to
appeal to the governor and would be fol-
lowed with results. He suggested a CEN
trail committee, a state central committee
to 60 to work Systematically, He said
Kansas people were almost adverse to any
session of the legislature, much less an
extra session. This was received with ap-
plause.
He said Judge Foster was right in say
ing it was fight of the politicians against
the people. The speaker was opposed to
the principle of the prohibition law. He
thought some of the Kansas Jaws decidedly
Puritanical. He said that it seemed the
police board had come to the conclusion
that the people of Wichita ought to govern
themselves, as they had made marshal the
last city marshal of the people. Any law
that took away the right of the people to
govern themselves was subversiye of lib
erty itself,
The speaker referred to the fact of intox-
icants being sold in Kansas and that
prohibition was impracticable, and
that it would be best to regulate
an evil always. The speaker closed by
urging organization and such organiza-
ton as would prove effective. The gov
ernor must understand the movement
comes not only from Leavenworth, Atchi-
son, Kansas City, Kan, and Wichita. but
from all counties and the sober, honest
people of the state everywhere. He also
referred 70 the fact that Governor Humph
rey gets more lies pumped into him by
politicians than any other man in the
state and had a less opportunity to know
the real sentiment than anybody
Mr., Henley made very sensible speech
was the unanimous comment, and had
something to do with the situation aside
from telling or reiterating what he per-
soually thought of the question.
Judge Martin was called and said he was
not a politician, and it made him feel
good to be among business men. He was
a Republican formerly and now Resub-
mission Republican, and he could not see
WHY any Republican is not Resubmis-
sion Republican. How any Republican
could object to allowing the people
to vote on any question when
they wanted to have rehearing
on the question. He wanted rabid prohi-
bitionists to understand the prison cell is
not the only reformatory. The prohibi-
tionists had put in the statutes the most
dsmna5le law ever known. 1t had been
endured for time but the revolution
seemed to be coming. The speaker dealt
to some extent with the financial ques-
ton.
Col. Jocelyn moved an executive COM
mittee of five be appointed by the chair to
with other clubs in the state.
The chair said that department had been
provided for by an executive committee of
nine when the colonel asked pardon, for
he had not reached the hall until that had
been done.
The president announced the club would
meet next Monday night.
A MAGNIFICENT PRIZE.