The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-09
THE TEMPERANCE MEETING.
The Rev. Bernard Kelly and Noah Allen
Speak at the Observation-Disclosures APP
pointed to Attend the state
Meeting on 10Th Inst

Stanley, Esq, for chairman. Mr.. Stanley
was selected chairman and on reaching
the stage referred to the governor OF
Louisiana, who placed the honor of the
state above money in his message vetoing
the lottery bill. He also referred to the
editorial in the EAGLE on the lottery bill
and thought that editorial would apply to
the temperance agitation in Kansas. The
meeting had been called under peculiar
circumstances-in face of the supreme
court decision, which had temporarily in
terfered with prohibition and also had in
terfered with high license. Under the de
clslon no more right to regulate than to
attempt to prohibit the sale of intoxicants.
In face Of the circumstances there were
people IN Wichita who would keep up the
fight until relief secured from congress.
The state Of things was national
| SANDER and disgrace. The resubmission-
lists and prohibitionists, all temperance
! people alike, and all should agree to urge
congress to pass law to allow the states
to regulate the traffic as it might decide
| The chair announced the presence of Mr..
Noah Allen, and called upon him for a
| speech. He said the liquor fight COM
menced IN 1874 in Pennsylvania, and al
| ways right prevailed and would prevail
| The supreme court decision would re-
| bound in favor of prohibition. The result
mission fellows had been making false
| statements. They said it was impossible
to enforce the law. In crowd of twenty
live resubmissiOnists there were always
| twenty-four who had not tried to enforce
the law. In every twenty-five prohibition
lists there were twenty-five men who had
no regrets over the supreme court decision
The men engaged in the liquor business
have no regard for law or homes or for
anything but money. The time had come
for activity. The lack of activity
IN Wichita had caused the resubmis-
| sion sentiment in the city. If
Sedgwick county had few Bernard
Kelleys there would be less resubmission
sentiment. 1t might be possible to find
boys in Wichita joints but also could find
boys in high license saloon towns. Some
office holders in Sedgwick elected by the
temperance people were going over the
state bowling for resubmission and crying
tha5 prohibition was failure
The chairman introduced Mr. Kelly. of
Topeka, or Of the state Of Kansas rather'''
Mr.. Kelly said he was always glad to stop
IN Wichita. lie was glad to have the
privilege to help rebuff ISLANDERS about
Wichita set going by some resubmission
speakers in Wichita some of whom he
thought in the employ of the brewers as
ISOLATION and he had a letter with him on
that point He referred to a book sent out
by the resubmissiOn club he said it was
a compilation of falsehoods and great men
quoted in way to create a false impress
sion. The statement that 81. 900 men went
out of Kansas last year on account of pro
hibitiOn, he wanted proof to establish the
statement. The people who went to Okla
homa did not get out ofprohibition. Some
time ago the average price of corn in TWEEN
ty-seven towns in the state was "A cents
per bushel and the same day the price of
corn in Nebraska was 10 cents.
Prohibition, he thought, had nothing to
do with the price Of corn.
1t was right to prohibit bad literature,
the sale of liquor or right to prohibit any
thing that interferred with the mind
and body of a man to prevent him from do
ing good. He gave an illustration where a
man had saved money owing to the en-
forcement of the prohibition law in
his town. Also gave an illustration
age house by tioggng the proprietor but
the speaker did not approve force even to
to break up original package institutions
The Opposers Of prohibition offered
mostly as argument stale stories about
prohibitionists. The busted real estate
agent, gamblers, prostitutes and some
pUrchasable newspapers and the brewers
association were opposing prohibition.
TO put down prohibition once it would
come up again in more vigorous form |
The idea of prohibition born of God. How |
a man could profess to be christian and
not be a prohibitionist was beyond his I'M
Some claimed to be Metho- |
dists in good standing and at the same /
time bawling for resubmission. He could /
not understand how a man could do such |
thing. The speaker recalled sew
eral instances where drunken men |
had killed their wives and children and /
from this appealed for support of the pro- |
hibition law. He would rather his son |
should be murdered by bullets than by /
Prohibition was right in |
and the principle was conceded .
all right by all when applied to cattle, |
hogs and money but some could not agree T.
to the principle when applied to protect
ing boys and character The speaker then
told Eugene Wares story about the bust
ed banker and thought the resubmission
lists also had considerable gall. Prohibi-
ton being right il would prevail in every
state in the Union. Prohibition was a
success in Kansas and the man who would .
say it is not would SANDER his mother
The state had the right to protect its ciri-
zens from anything that interfered with
the best interests of its people. Texas has
a fine of $500 for selling the Police Gazette,
yet no one was heard to say that was OPP
pressiye.
Coming back to reSubmisSiOn the speak
ar said that after the next election there
would not be enough found of the move
ment to tell what it is and name it.
High license for years had attempted to
partially control the liquor traffic but pro-
hibition would completely control it. Pro
libition decreased sale of liquors and if it /
lid not the liquor men would be in favor
The Brewers association |
also would be in favor of prohibition if il
the sale of liquor. There was
good authority that prohibition cut down
he sale Of intoxicantS The state officers /
say that prohibition does decrease the sale;
he supreme court members say SO; most
IF the members of the legislature say so;
he Kansas teachers say SO: the preachers
say So The little, Insignificant crowd
wanting an extra session Of the legislature
lad been born too late and were not posted.
They were either not sincere or they did
lot know the sentiment against them.
some of them are going out TO Try it
or themselves and the speaker hoped they