Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-06-14
THE AMENDMENT FIGHTS
HOME GUARDS BATTLING FOR Me-
BRASkA AND NEW YORK.

Preparing for the Struggle in the Empire
state-Nebraska Forces Have Enlisted
to Win--Liquor Men DemoraIized by
the Late Exposures
The Prohibition hosts Of New York
are in no degree dismayed by the ire
mendous odds against them in the head
center of Doodle and booze 1t is fore
seen that the great political journals,
from The Squedunk Screamer down to
The New York Tribune, will fight on the
side that will pay them best. namely, the
whisky side The church organs, even
depending as they unfortunately do upon
the subsidized and befuddled daily press
for their news, will not be informed so
rs to efficiently serve the good cause, and
their usefulness will, therefore, be but
small. In spite of all this the Good
Templars, w. G. T. u and other tenn
perance societies, and more than all the
Prohibition party, will go into the fight
to win. And if the fight is not won, the
Prohibition party will reap victory from
the field of defeat. Party lines will be
held intact. and next April, if the Pro-
hibitOry amendment wins, the PrOhibi-
tionists will strive to put the enforcing
officer behind the law; if defeated, the
gates will be opened wide for the recruits
that will flock to the standard.
In Nebraska the liquor forces are on
the run. Following the usual tactics,
they skulk behind business mems asso-
Citations" but the late exposures are too
fresh in the public mind, and the scheme
deceives t.)body. ROsewater, of The
Bee, is out in labored editorial trying
10 explain his course. but the explanation
fails to do it's work. Meanwhile the home
guards march on to conquest.
The city of Lincoln has d great cam
paign in prospect. A large tabernacle
to accommodate 1900 people is being
erected in East Lincoln, and leading
speakers of the state and nation will be
engaged to address y class of people who
cannot be induced to go into 81 church to
any kind of meeting.
Hon. E. A. Gilbert, of York, "a mem
Der of the last legislature, has already
entered the fight for the adoption Of the
PrOhibitory amendment. He was a
member of the famous investigating
committee that uncovered much Of the
rottenness Of the liquor ring in connec-
ton with the submission battle. He said
his sentiments in favor of Prohibition
were strongly intensified by what he
saw and heard in the legislature. He /
asserted that charges Of bribery were
openly made against certain members
and believed by their colleagues though |
not legally substantiated. owing to diff
cu]ties incident to investigations of that
kind; that, as "a member of the bribery |
investigating committee, he was permit
ted to have view Of the detestable and !
INSCRIPTIONS means resorted to by the |
whisky power that would have conf
PEELED him from IL sense of decency to |
favor Prohibition whatever his personal |
predictions might have been.
: Chairman Bentley devotes four days a
week to the management of the cam
paign from state headquarters in thes
Burr block Capt r. F. Trevellick. of
Michigan, the great labor agitator and
favorite among the Farmers Alliance
people, has been engaged for the cam
paign.
AS nearly as can be estimated there
are now 300 speeches per week being
made in Nebraska, and after June 1 this
number will probably be doubled.
One hundred and seventy Nebraska
newspapers are creating whirlwind
of sentiment in favor Of the home and
against the saloon.
The national committee is still collect