The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-10-22
WITHDRAWS.
PROHIBITION CANDIDATE FOR AT.
TORNEY GENERAL NOT IN
THE RACE.
d. W. Kent, the Prohibition PartT's
Nominee, Urges Every Temperance
Man to Vote for l.. Z Kellogg.

Nominee, Urges Every temperance
Man to Vote for l.. Z Kellogg.
To the Voters of Kansas:
HUTCHINSON. Oct. IL. 1S9O.-Havlng
been nominated, on the 4:h day OF July.
1890. by the Prohibition state convention
as candidate for attorney general. an
nounce to the electors of the state OF
Kansas, that l do hereby withdraw my
name as a candidate for the office of at
torney general of the state of Kansas. L
am in favor of the election of Hon. l..
b. Kellogg, the republican nominee for
that office. for the following reasons:
First.-My candidacy on the prohibit
ton 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 auti-rum leg
islatiOn of the state. and placing in pow
er and official station an enemy of our
cause.
Seeond.-L. b. Kellogg is a practical
prOhibitiOnist and has done his daty as
attorney general for the last two years,
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 enemy
of the re-submissioHists and they are
fighting him. and in their convention at
Wichita they took especial pains to per-
sonally 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 plat
form. If he does no honest man can pre-
tend that he is friend of prohibition
and desires to protect the home against
the debasing influence of the whisky sa-
loon.
Fourth. 1t is within the power of the
attorney general of this state to make
pretended enforcement of the laws farce
and to nullify all 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 gain that |
stronghold of effective power. l say no,
step out of the way to allow our people |
to face the issue for this office squarely, |
SO that our genuine prOhibitionists may
not be blamed or accused of assisting the |
into power.
Let every prOhibitionist in this state |
vote for l.. B. Kellogg for attorney gen.
eral. Our state ticket will be distributed |
in 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 prohibitiOnists, some laugh |
and say that you are but few. but | say |
you are many; will you support resub-
missiOnist for this important office and
allow our enemies to Outwit us III 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 a republican before l was
4 prOhibitiOnist. and that have return
ed to my first love aud hence the appeal.
Do not say so; for have always voted
he democratic ticket of the high license
order. In 1884 L was a delegate to the
state convention from Nc
Lean county, Illinois. l moved to Kan
'as in 1856, and from lawyers stand
,oint, soon saw that prohibition half en-
Orced beats high license fully enforced,
md true to my convictions, l became
bird party prOhibitionist and have re-
NAMED and am now prOhibitionist for
alone. So think have the
light to appeal to you and ask you to
carefully consider this question before
you vote this fall. What shall we eX-
)ect from the prOhibitiOnists in all par
les? l can not see how any man pro-
essing to be prOhibitionist from con-
'ictiOn can vote fora resubmissiOn can
lidate for attorney general and there
lfter dare to proclaim himself friend
# the temperance cause. The peoples
party may say he is our candidate, and
las 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 peo-
oles' party who would have supported
Ives for nomination if he had declared
that he was in favor of re-
and had demanded that it
should be placed in your platform? How
IAN you support him. when he has STEP
ped off your platform and placed himself
squarely on the whisky planks of two
other parties. hope you will have the
to rebuke such an unhOly alli-
,nce 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 re-
party is organized for that
purpose, and that object seems now to
be the sole existence of the democratic
party in 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 l remain yours for God,
home and temperance.
d. w. KENT.