Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-04
about the same as any other branch of
business. Rock Leader.

business.-Pawnee Rock Leader.
DOES prohibition prohibit? If not,
why not? IF Larned's city council did
as did the city council of Great Bend,
how much 5etter off would the town be
than if it had regulated saloons? Are
you aware that five saloons are now
running in Great Bend and paying a
license of $40 month each into the
city treasury? Supposing children of
all ages should visit those places and
were able to buy which they
certainly could had they the money and
the dealers no scruples about selling to
them-when, how and where could the
parents Of such children recover dam
ages for such acts? At the rate of $40
each per month those five saloons will
pay into the city treasury So, 900 per
year, enough to make quite number
of improvements in the city, But
why not change the law so that each
one of them would be put under So, 900
bonds to sell to no children or habitual
drunkards? Why not make the license
81 900 year each, raising fund of
So 900, and instead of the money all
going to the Improvement of the city"
why not put it into the school fund of
the county SO that all parts of the
county would receive benefit?
These are few questions that come
uppermost upon reading your comment
above, in which you unequivocally
acknowledge that prohibition does not
prohibit in Kansas. They are ques-
tions which the people of Kansas are
seriously considering, and if you in-
telligently answer any of them you will
ratified, as you did last week, and
! spraddle out over half a dozen subjects
| in as many lines; but try to curb your
wandering intellect and compel it to do
some good, useful work for the benefit
of your readers.
| We will forgive you for all the mean
things you tried so hard to say about
the DEMOCRAT, and will take back
the insinuation we made about
your having any knowledge about
law; we might be even tempted
to fool away little more of
our valuable time and space on the
question as to whether or not Jerry
Simpson could lawfully be voted for by
democrats; we might even do more
than this to please you and smooth
your ruffied feathers if you would pull
yourself together and make trial al
giving an answer to the questions above
propounded.
We would suggest, BRO. Lewis, thai
it was very silly for You to fly off the
handle and try to be abusive just be-
cause we paid you the compliment OF
saying that ''yOur wonderful knowledge
of legal lore ought not to be hid under
a bushel.' We really wanted to en-
courage you to give to the public more
Of your wise and profound knowledge
How are we to know but what you ar
DIR. Koch in disguise? How do WI
know but, with the encouragement o
the kind words We were disposed to Civ
you, you might some of these days dis
close the secret of a wonderful pOlitica
lymph that, applied to the body polite
would forever prevent the spreading o
the pleagues OF protective tariff, mOnop
olies, and trusts, and expurge from leg
iSlative halls such specimens of tuber
culosis as ingalls,, Reed, Mckinley, etc
Our highest desire is to assist in better
ing mankind morally, physically, intel
lectually, and financially and W
always believe and trust that SOM
good may come out of Nazareth ever
out OF the editor of a republican paper
] Hence our efforts to draw you out.