Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-03-15
RrsrrRNIIssION.

Il
The obnoxious part of the prohibit
ory law Is it's violation. The law Is
good one. The best way to test IL is to
give il a fair trial. Comply with 1t
and see what II will do for the COM
munity and the state. 1t has already
done much, but 1t will do vastly more
IL the people will only conform to its
requirements. 1t manifestly shows q
lack of candor and fairness, to say the
least, to persist in breaking the law
and all the while insist that tho diff
Guilty ia in the law aud not in the man
who commits the offense. II we are
to Judge public opinion from the press
of the state-and its reflections are
usually reliable-the people of Kansas
are pretty well satisfied with prohibit
ton. The resubmission shrek OF the
Kansas City Times has a few feeble
echoes from different parts OF the state,
but il has become q general laughing
stock. especially among the influential
politicians. The following is taken
from the New York Independent:
Senator Plumb, who has Travelled
extensively in Kansas during the last
six months, says there is no wide
spread desire for resubmission; not so
much, indeed, as there was iminedi-
ately after prohibition was adopted.
Congressman Perkins says the state is
just as solidly against the saloons as 1t
ever was and that prohibition Is
fixture" Congressman Kelley saws h"
knows of no prominent republican
who favOrs resubmission; but he does
know a number who opposed prohibi-
ton originally and are now against
resubmission. Other congressman say
the talk of resubmission is absurd and
that prohibition has come to stay.
These opinions of representative men
are strong testimony to the success OF
prohibition in Kansas.
AZ to what prohibition has accom-
plished in Kansas, Senator ingalls, is a
witness whose testimony is not open
to the suspicion OF undue Partially.
He said q few months ago:
Kansas has abolished the saloon. The open
aramshop traffic is us extinct rs the sale OF in |
dulgencies. A drunkard is phenomenon. The |
barkeeper has Joined the troubadour, the cru |
sader and the mound builder. The brewery, the |
and the bonded warehouse are only
known to the archeologist. . . This docs
not imply that absolute drought prevails every |
where or that "social irrigation" has entirely !
But the habit of drinking is dying
out. Temptation having been removed from
the young and the in1rm, they have been forth |
fled and redeemed. The liquor seller, being |
is an outlaw, and his vocation dis |
reputable. Drinking being stlgmatized, is ont
of fashion and the consumption of intoxicants
has enormously decreased. Intelligent and
observers estimate the reduction at
DO per cent; ii cannot be less than rs. ProhIbi-
ton prohibits. The prediction OF its opponents |
has not been verified; immigration has not been |
repealed, nor has capital been diverted from the
state. The period has been one OF unexampled |
growth and DEVELOPMENT.
Those who place any estimate upon
their opinion will hesitate before pin
ming their faith 10 the sleeve Of some
Office-seeker or democrat
editor or liquor dealer who shouts
himself hosrse for resubmissiOn daily |
10 the amusement of the masses of the
state. JAS. Z. CooTER.