The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-07-31
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IuSso1J eNebio8 occOtdiue " ~
nouneemeHt. The number In atteB-
dance vss about i've hundred, hall
Of whom atisast we're democrats, snd
. moiety Of the rest struight-out re-
pubiieaBs. A few resubmission re-
publieans we're present, but COM
plants by the managers Of the rally
were made that not all Of these had
the sand or disposition 10 attend.
why this should he 10 it IL not our
province 10 cay, for the simple req
son that We do not know. Some may
have been loath 20 20, on account Of
the heat. some for fear Of being class
ed with the resubmisslenists, some
from pressure Of business, some for
other reasons. At any rate the mum.
Der who can he called republican,
resubmissionists present. was small.
There csh be no dIsputlng that fact.
We have sympsthy for the men who
really believe that TesabmissIon will
be the best thing for the state, thoegh
we think they ars misguided In their
opinions and certainly In their acts
In 90 far - they are assisting the
democrats. The meeting was called
10 order by John r. Anderson, after
two pieces bad been played aeeePta-
by the Dispatch hand, wi.ose services
ha1 been engaged for the occasion,
The only speakers present and spesk.
ing were Mr.. Alien Of Topeka and
Mr.. Payne Of Wichita. Mr.. Allen
spoke frat, aSd was followed by Mr.,
Payne, the speech Of the latter sup
plementing tile other very nicely.
Mr.. Lueien Baker and Senator Bent
", Mr.. Anderson stated, could no,
be present, owing to engagements
elsewhere.
Both speakers started out with the
positive assertion that they were re-
Publicans and did not propose to be
read out Of the party, but their words
and arguments were not such - 10
lead one to believe that they were
simon pure republicans. To pitch
into republican men and measures
with % much venom as they display
ed at this meeting was not proof OF
good rspublicanism, Il seemed to Va.
Playing into the hands Of the demo
cratic party unstintedly was not
proof Of the claim made Of republI-
canlsm. Forit 10 plain 70 everybody,
or should be so, thst the defeat Of the
republican party in this state this
fall will inure wholly the benefit Of
the democratic party. The triumph
Of resubmission will be bsrslded all
over the country a. q victory Of the
democratic party. It will be this and
nothing else. The Kansas City Times
would not have display type enough
for headings to cronicle such . vIcto-
~ over so-eallsd fansticism In this
state-the triumph Of the democratic
party.
There was @ very well sustained
but unsuccessful effort on the part Of
Mr.. Allen to prove that the rapid ad-
vance Of Nebraska and Nebraska ci-
ties and the non-advanoe Of Kansas
cities was owing entirely to prohibit
ton In Kansas aud Its absence 10
Nebraska. For instance. Lincoln,
Nebraska, q much younger tswn, was
nearly twice ~ large a. Topeka be-
cause the latter was q prohibition
town, while Lincoln was not. Well,
that may be 30. But there was no
preOf Of it other than the mere state
ment OF the speaker. We suppose he
believed he was stating the true cause
Of the difference In the two cities.
The speaker following Mr.. Allen,
however, upset shat statement when
he inadvertently, In speaking Of the
failure Of prohibition to prohibit,
and In proving that. referred 10 the
city Of Wichita, where, he said there
we're large number Of saloons, and
one saloon In particular where the
bar cost 81 800. Anybody could get
liquor there, and had been able to do
20 right along He neglected 10 say
that Wichita, where the open saloons
were In full blast, n he stated, had
fallen of In population In the past
three years to the tune Of 10000 or
more. He might have said also that
Kansas City, No., had fallen OF in
population In the past year full forty
thousand, aud nobody claims that
there il prohibition In that town.
The people left there because they
had no more work TO do. Men must
provide for their families and the
question Of prohibition 10 not cutting
much Of . figure In that condition.
II there was work for mechanics 10
do In salIns there would be rush Of
them here 10 get the work and mighty
glad Of the chance, prohibition or no
prohibition. A few "rsd-nGsed pro-
hibitIonists. !" a. Mr.. Payne seemed
to delight In calling the republicans
Of Kansas, would not prevent q sim
gle workman from coming 70 Salins
n we could offer them work. All
kinds Of nstionalities would come II
by coming they could provide for
their families. All that kind Of
thing 10 no argument for resubmis-
sion. II IL an appeal TO mems fears
and . presumption that the majority
Of men do not examine for them
selves the questions brought mp for
We could not exact
~ make out what Mr.. Payne was
driving az when he showed 90 much
venom against Gov. Humphrey and
A. b. Campbell aud the "red-nosed
prohIbitionIsts."
We saw no sound argument agalns: |
The republican party and its leaders |
by INDUCING in abuse Of . few pub |
lie men, some of whom mag have |
gone sstrsy.
We do not sdmIt that the men %
whom he referred have gone astray,
Tor we happen positively to know
hat the charge that Gov. Humphrey
vas drunk out In Colorado was sbso.
lutsly false. Generally the people
Know that Coy. Humphrey IN one Of
he elearest headed aud most tenn
psrais men In the ststs. His llfe has