Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-07
WICHITA WIDE AWAKE.
Grand Rcsubmission Meeting Held
Great Enthusinsm Showa.


Wichita Special TO the Kansas City
Times: There was nothing but rosub-
mission talk on the streets and in the
city to-day. Old-time Kansans say they
never saw such excitement over the
question since the prohibition cam
paigns. The strong prohibitionists who
are loud against resubmission were
forced to admit that there was won
ful interest shown in the matter, and
were at loss to explain the reason for
it, while the republican politicians and
otlice-seekers are more alarmed than
ever. The cause OF all the stir was the
fact that resubmission meeting was
booked for tonight at the Crawford
Grand.
When the time arrived for the meet
ing there was n crowded house, and
wild enthusiasm prevailed. Chairman
Bentley called the meeting TO order
and made short speech, stating that
the object was TO have Il citizens meet
ing to consider some business propo-
sitions. On referring to the fact that
re-submission was the business question,
he was received with tremendous APP
plause. 1t had been proved, he said,
that prohibition had prohibited busi-
ness aud breweries and labor, and the
saving of money in the city spent for
liquors and he urged IT as business to
work for resubmission in the hope of n
change for financial benefit and moral
improvements.
Colonel Tomlinson, who was TO have
been the leading speaker. was delayed
by wrecked train but was expected an
hour later, and Judge Shields spoke
with telling effect of the local situa-
ton.
|. In presenting the Hon. Dave M. Dale,
Chairman Bentley said that the victory
of November would be q victory not
of the democracy but of resubmission.
The statement was received with tre-
mendous applause. Dale said he wanted
to talk sense and not sentiment. He re-
ferred to the fact that every year for
nine years republican Office seekers had
said. Don't vote in the line of resub-
mission this year, but wait until next" -
and insisted that the people were tired
of it, There were loud cries of Eyes.
yes." The Sunday school police board
had resulted in increasing the number
of joints from fifty to one hundred and
hfty,ln increasing taxes by prosecutions
and increasing the number of joints to
tell without revenue. He paid high
compliment to Senator Bentley(repubii-
CAM for his resubmission speech, and
declared that should resubmission carry
in Sedgwick county this fall the repub-
lican politicians would take the hint
and the next celebrated letter from
United States senator would favor re-
submission.
The Hon. John Eaton, Of Winfield,
was received with loud cheers, and said
the prohibition law had destroyed tie
dignity of an oath in the state. The
republicans wanting Office wanted to
defer resubmissiOn action, but he was
glad to see one county taking the lead
in the resubmission agitation. The
eyes of the whole state we're conferred
on the result of the resubmission agita-
tion in Sedgwicll county. Prohibition
had proved not temperance Legislation,
but led to free whisky and resubmission
might lead to temperance laws in that
it would regulate an evil. The move
ment was against free liquor and in
favor of restriction.
Colonel Tomliusou arrived at 10
o'clock and spoke for an hour on the re-
submission idea and the meeting closed
with three cheers for the resubmission
movement which seemed TO be joined
in by every one of the hundreds pres
ent.
All seemed greatly pleased with the
meeting. Republicans said they were
glad they could vote in the direction OF
resubmission without being called
was held aud insisted that another
should be held next week. They have
caught hold of the idea that should the
next election result in such way as to
show this county is for resubmissiou it
will be the starting of a resubmission
wave that will roll across the state with
wonderful rapidity.