Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06
To the Temperance People of Kan
gas.

To the Temperance People OF Kan
sas.
Topeka Capital.
Once more the contest between the
whisky power and the homes of the
people is on in Kansas. Catching at
the excuse made for them by the SUI
preme court. without waiting for the
action of congress, the liquor dealers
from Missouri, that elysium of bad
whisky and adulterated beer, are sent
as agents to open original package
houses in every town in Kansas. The
outrage of the presence of these
agents, violating the sentiment of our
people regardless of their laws, has
aroused the just Indignation of all
citizens. These agents came to Kan
sas to break down the good work of
years and to build up a defense for
the open saloon which their Kansas
supporters, the resubmlssionists, are
trying to make possible. The saloon
knows no law, human or divine, ex-
Cept force. 6 It Obeys no mandate of
men or courts that does not menace it
with the county jail. The saloon
keeper will never hesitate to sell to
minors or to the poor fellow strug-
Cling with a craze for strong drink
against which he may have battled
for years. The man who sells liquor
over a counter, whether under the
guise of an original package agent, a
bar-keeper; or the sneaklng proprie-
tor Of a subterranean JOINT, is an enc
my to the good order of every COM
munIty, and as the mercenary agent
or proprietor he ills the community
with drunken rows, poverty and
crime, and should be driven out
Kansas has the laws on her statute
books which today will assist the Off
ceIs of the law and the courts in clos
ing up every place where liquor is
sold as a beverage if the public senti-
ment of the various communities will
rally to their support IN a strong and
emphatic manner.
Put these Missouri whisky agents
on the legal rack and keep them there.
If a sympathetic Foster comes to
their rescue put them there again and
again until the expense Of litigation
! forces their principals in Missouri and
! Milwaukee to seek more profitable
fields. Kansas is a good field II
which to make the battle. We car
help Nebraska by showing the people
there that whisky with its barrel Of
money is not as great as the senti
ment of an indignant people. The
brag and buster of whisky will weak
en- before determined officers of the
law. A few days In jail with heavy
costs and bonds to give will cool the
smartest Alexis even If backed by the
United States district court. We be
lieve the time has come for the tenn
perance people to move all along the
line. Don't make any mistake anc
resort to mob law, but put these
, scoundrsls on the wheel of the Law
and break their backs with continue
prosecution. Stand by your county
attorneys, your sheriffs and you
judges Go into the contest to re
main in it until no agent will dar,
to open a house for the sale of iquo
in any sized package. The humbul
Of these fellows pretending to com
ply with the supreme court decision
is too apparent They will sell il
any sized package that means prof
; and an evasion Of the law. The peo
! pie Of Kansas have no war to max
upon the United States Suprem
! Court; congress- will take care Of thai
Our business Is to take care Of on
7 own affairs here in the state and
enforce the statute laws we have tina
: will reach these agents, their Proprie
> tors, or men who rent them buildings
? The temperance people Of Kansa
4 should stand shoulder to shoulde
and dEiEe these border rufiians frol
t Missouri out Of the State.
The Pulpit and the stage.
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