Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-10-25
a MAN OF PRlNcrpLE.
ALseter or Withdrawal Which Pro-
hioiuonIsts Should Read.

Hon. D. W. Kent, Of Hutchinson,
third party prohibitionist nominee for
the Office OF attorney general, has writ
ten letter of withdrawal from the
race in favor OF Hon. L. B. Kellogg, the
republican nominee. He states at ler 9Th
his reasons for Withdrawing. Among
other things he says:
My candidacy on the prohibition
ticket might contribute to the defeat of
General Kellogg, and by this means the
prohibitionists of the state would lose
an en- rgetic public officer, who has used
every effort to enforce the anti-rum
legislation of the state, and placing in
power and official station an enemy to
our cause.
al. B. Kellogg is a practical prohi-
bitionist, and has done his duty as at
torney general for the last two years,
and further, he is pledged to do more
in the future than he has done in the
past.
HE is an open and brave enemy OF
the re-submissionists, and they are
fighting him, and in their convention
at Wichita they took especial pains to
personally abuse him; and they Joined
in the nomination OF Ives, the peoples
party candidate, who has so far not re-
fused their endorsement; and as they
made certain specific declarations
against our prohibitory legislation, it is
fair to presume that Ives accepts their
heresy and cordially endorses their
platform. II he does, no honest man
can pretend that he is friend of pro-
hibition and desires to protect the home
against the debasing influences of the
whisky saloon.
ut is within the power Of the attor-
rey general Of this state to make
pretended enforcement of the law a
farce, and to nullify all the honest
efforts of loyal county attorneys to
vindicate it; hence, would it be wise for
us to close our eyes and allow an open
enemy to gam that stronghold of effect
i've power? 1 say no. 1 step out of
the way to allow our people to face the
issue for this important Office squarely,
SO that our genuine prohlbitionists may
not be blamed or accused of assisting
the rummies into power.
LET every prohibitionist in this state
vote for l. B. Kellogg for attorney
general. \ Now.
my democratic prohibitionists, some
laugh and say you are but few, but 1
say you are many; viii you support
resubmissionist for this important Office
and allow our enemies to outwit US in
this way? Can you expect any good
results to flow from the election of
Ives? You know what Kellogg is.
There is no risk to run when you vote
for him. You may say that ] was re-
publican before was prohibitionist,
and that have just returned to my
first love, and hence this appeal. Do
not say so; for have always voted the
democratic ticket of the high license
order. In 1884 I was delegate to the
democratic state convention from Nc
Lean county, Ill. / moved to Kansas
in 1885, and from a lawyers stand
point soon saw that prohibition half en-
forced beat high license fully enforced,
and, tr to my convictions, became
a third party prohibitionist, and have
remained, and am now, prohibitionist
for principle alone. = I cannot
see how any man protesting to be
prohib:tionist from conviction can vote
for resubmission candidate for attor-
ney general and thereafter dare to pro-
claim himself a friend of the temperance
cause. Is there a
single prohibition member of the peo-
ple's party who would have supported |
Ives for nomination if he had declared |
beforehand that he was in favor of re-
submission, and had demanded that it |
should be placed in your PLATFORM
I hope you will have the manhood to
rebuke such an unholy alliance because
the peoples party was not formed for
the purpose of placing the power of
our state government in the hands of |
the rum-sellers; while the resubmission
party is organized for that purpose, and
that object seems now to be the sole !
existence of the democratic party of
this state.
proclaim to the world that from |
your hearts you believe what you say
on the question OF prohibition by voting
for L. B. Kellogg.
''To one and all I remain yours for |
God, home, and temperance.