Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-06-28
CAUGHT IN rALsEHoop.
The Omaha Bee Again Pilloried as .
Reckless FrevaricatOr.

with its usual haste to prove that PRO
h.bition Don't Prohibit" published what
was represented to be a sermon by Rev.
A. s. Embree. of Leavenworth. Kan,
and in which there occurred sentences
which could be garbled into an attack
on Prohibition. The following letter
shows that Rosewater. though perhaps
fit to speak in Francis Murphy's Mutual
Admiration meetings. cannot be trusted
to tell the truth:
Omaha. May s9.-To the editor of the
Bee: In your paper of May % you pub
lished an article on the Failure of Pro-
hibition in Kansas. as you are pleased
to declare it, Your authority for that
special article attacking Prohibition was
Rev. A. S. Embree. pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal church of Leaven-
worth, Kan, whom you justly credit as
one Of the brainiest young ministers
in that state. Believing that you had
misrepresented him in his position upon
the status of Prohibition in Kansas
sent him the article in question. inquir
ing if those were his sentiments. His
reply is before me, dated May 81, and
addressed to the undersigned. 1t is as
follows:
Yours of yesterday inclosing slip
from Omaha Bee is before me. 1t is the
well known policy of the whisky interest
to misquote and generally misrepresent
the friends of Prohibition. Leavenworth
is not Kansas any more than Omaha is
for rIpbt inf pI tho
enforcement of law are concerned. 1t is
bad town. The majority feeling is at
war with the law of the state: the good
people are not only in the minority, but
in too many cases have suffered them
selves to be overawed by opposition.
began six weeks ago to preach series
of sermons which would awaken interest
and create courage.
my first effort was telegraphed to
The Bee as an attack upon Prohibition.
For that Misrepresentation | have an
a.iple apology in my desk. Others have
spoken falsely of what said. At first
was generally advertised as Methodist
preacher who had seen the folly of Pro-
hibition and taken up the cudgel against
it. Now they call me liar, fanatic,
crank etc, and declare that my men,
bers are leaving me. The one thing they
have not said at any time is the truth,
both with reference to my utterances
and their effect upon my people. My
L,5tion is simply that Prohibition is
right. Prohibitory laws are enforced
elsewhere and can be here. They are
not enforced here largely because of the
apathy of Christian people. etc.
such language does not indicate that
the Rev. Mr.. Ernbree, a representative
Methodist preacher of Kansas, is weaken
ing in his position toward the righteous
ness of the principle of Prohibition or
the ability to enforce it in city like
LeavenwOrth.
ITO thoughtful reader it must seem
strange that you attribute every failure
to enforce Prohibition as evidence
against the correctness of the law, and
then turn about and make those who
seek to secure its enforcement witnesses
against its efficacy.
MIR Embree says Prohibition is right,
and can be enforced even in Leaven
worth Why should you summon him
to oppose the adoption of the prohibito-
ry amendment in Nebraska:
I'm closing Mr.. Enbree says: Let
every one understand that the situation
in Leavenworth is very different from
the situation throughout the state; this
and one or two other points are but dir
ty spots on an otherwise very clean face.
and happy in its cleanliness. God bless
you over in Nebraska. We are praying
for you and have faith for the victory
ssTrustinp that Won may ne willing IN