The advocate., 1890-08-27

HlAoAliH I'M iAlAA"n "N w N"'"'H"A
Humphrey failing 10 use the indu-
ence Of his position for the enforce
ment OF the prohibitory liquor law,
remarks:
We would give the fact that he has never, dl-
rectly nor Indirectly given aid counsel or en-
courngement TO the police commissioners Of this
city, when II WAS we'll known that they were en-
forcing the law better than IN any OF the large
surrounding cities
10 IL we'll known that he opposed bitterly the
search and seizure clause by the late state tenn
peranCe convention,
TIM OPEN AvERMENT CONCERNING ATCIusOM
10 Is also known that Governor Humphrey Is
we'll aware Of the flct that the police commits
soners Of the city OF Atchlson license the sale OF
Intoxicating IquoT and that they have practlced
that for the last six years with the exception Of
Intervals OF one or two months mt n time, during
that period. lie knows that saloons there are
licensed 10 run openly no u fee OF $50 per month.
The commissioners who license them In thls
way are commissioned by Governor Humphrey
We have often demonstrated with the governor
about this, but he has always Coldly and ndf-
ferently stated that II WAS subject over
which he had no control There are to-day over
sixty saloons In AtchsOn thus licensed The
same or similar situation exists In Kansas City,
Kansas.
We speak from what we know 10 be true, that
the state officials Of Kansas, for six years, have
not encouraged the officers Of the law to enforce
prohibition In any Of the leading towns Of the
state.
A FEW TALES FROM REAL LIFE.
Colonel ID. r. Anthony further
says:
We also know that the ring which exists In
the state, which says who shall DO nominated
and appointed 10 Office and who shall not, arc
Indifferent 10 the enforcement OF this law. We
are aware Of the iaCt that This ring makes use OF
that law and only Outwardly supports 10 In so
far ~ II seems necessary for them 10 do and re-
tain control OF the party We have been In To-
peka when these leading republicans and state
officials have been engaged IN drunken Carnlyals
In private rooms, at the hotels In that city, In
some instances their condition was such that
they were unable TO return 10 their homes until
n sufficient time had elapsed for them to sober
up
II Governor Humphrey iayors the enforce
ment Of the law, why does he retain the commits
sloners IN Office at Atkinson? Why does he
promote dlsOrganIzatlOn Of the Loayenworth
commissioners? Why does he permit n noted
resubmissionist In the board Of metropolitan
police commissioners In the city OF Wichita? II
Is certainly his duty to set us nm example,
WHY observation-disclosures SHOULD SUPPORT
HUMPHREY.
The Times speaks with great plain
ness Of speech in the following OK
pressive utteranCe:
Governor Humphrey Is certainly entitled to
tho resubmlsslOn vote IIe has acted In way to
prove TO the most skeptlCal that he Is not u true
friend OF prohibition In the rural districts he Is
perhaps prOhlbitlUnlst but In the large cities
and IN the privacy OF his Office, he is iar from It,
Tho resubmlsslOnlsts, II they can assure him OF u
majority, can count on him,
In giving an account Of q grand
rally in Chickering hall, Of resubmis-
sionists, the Times said;
by sl5 the large hall was packed with repre-
sentative republican audience, u few democrats
and prohibltlonists being lntermngled.
Be it remembered that the forego-
ing testimony is from the pen Of
D, r. Anthony, republican journal
list; and that it relates to a state ex-
ecutive elected by his own party-a
party that has a prohibition plank in
it's platform; and a very little investi-
CATION will serve to disclose the fact
Il.A III Al, ,,,.l, ;I,;t;c,, tI,orn "a IN Tho