The Iola register., 1890-10-31
wrTHDRAws.
Prohibition Candidate for Attorney-Gen-
eral Not In The Race.

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State convention as o candidate for
Attorney General, I announce TO the
electors of the State of Kansas, that L
do hereby withdraw my name as a
candidate for the Office of At
torpey-General of the State of Kansas.
am in favor of the election of Hon. L..
B. Kellogg, the Republican nominee
for that Office, for the following rea-
sons:
First-My candidacy on the Prohi-
hilton ticket might contribute to the
defeat of General Kellogg and by this
means the Prohibitionists of the state
would lose an energetic public officer,
who has used every effort to enforce
the anti-rum legislation of the state,
and placing in power and official sta
ton an enemy to our cause.
Second-L. B. Kellogg is practical
Prohibitionist and has done his duty
as Attorney for the last two
wears, and further he is pledged to do
more in the future than he has done in
the past.
Third-He is an open and brave en-
emy of the "Reminiscences and they
are fighting him, and in their conyen-
tion at Wichita they took especial
pains to personally abuse him; and
they Joined i'm the nomination Of Ives,
the Peoples Party candidate, who has
so far not refused their endorsement;
and as they made certain specific dec
lsrations against our prohibitory legis-
lation, it is fair to presume that Ives
accepts their heresy and cordially ELL
dorses their platform. If he does, no
honest man can pretend that he is a
friend of prohibition and desires to pro-
tect the home against the debasing in
fiuences of the whisky saloon.
Fourth-It is within the power
of the Attorney-General of this
State to make pretended enforce
ment of the law farce, and to nullify
all the honest efforts of loyal county
attorneys to vindicate 1t; hence, would
il be wise for us to close our eyes and
allow an open enemy to gain that
stronghold Of effective power? say
no. step out of the way to allow our
people to face the issue for this inn
portant Office squarely, so that our gen.
uine prohibitionist may not be blamed
or accused of assisting the rummies in
to power.
Let every prohibitionist in this
State vote for l.. B. Kellogg for At
torney General. Our State ticket will
be distributed i'm time for you to take
out my name and write thereon in
place of it the name of L. B. kellogg,
and then vote it for the good cause of
temperance. Now, my Democratic
ProhibitioDists, some laugh and say
that you are but few, but I say you
are many; will you support resub-
missionist for this important Office and
allow our enemies to outwit us in this
way? Can you expect any good re-
suits to flow from the election of Ives?
You know what Kellogg is. There is
no risk to run when you vote for him.
Yon may say that was Republican
before 1 was Prohibitiouist, and that
I have just returned to my first love,
and hence this appeal. Do not say so;
for have always voted the Demo
cratic ticket of the high license order.
In 1884 was delegate to the Demo-
cratic State convention from Mclean
county, Illinois. I moved to Kansas
i'm 1886, and from a lawyers stand
point, soon saw that prohibition halt
enforced beat high license fully en-
forced, and true to my convictions, /
became Third Party Prohibitionist
and have remained and am now a
I think have the right to appeal to
you and ask you to carefully consider
this question before you vote this fall
What shall we expect from the Pro
hibitionists in all parties? cannot
see how any man protesting to be q
Prohibitionist from conviction can
vote for a resubmission candidate for
Attorney General and thereafter dare
to proclaim himself a friend of the
temperance cause. The Peoples party
may say he is our candidate, and has
accepted our platform; but is he not
also the Resubmission and Democratic
candidate, and did he not accept their
platform as much as yours? Is there
a single prohibition member of the
Peoples party who would have sup
ported Ives for nomination If he had
declared beforehand that he was in
favor of Resubmission, and had de-
manded that it should be placed i'm
your platform? How can you now
support him, when he has stepped off
your platform and placed himself
squarely on the whiskey planks OF
two other parties. 1 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 gov.
eminent in the hands of the rum sell
ers; while the Resubmission party is
organized for that purpose, and that
object seems now to be the sole ex-
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 vot-
ing for L. b. Kellogg.
To one and all 1 remain yours for
God, home and temperance.
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