The advocate., 1891-03-18

and said report was accompanied by lot
ter signed by tho president aud secretary Of
the board, from which WS extract tho follow
Ing, Tho number Of arrests for drunken
noas does NOT cOrrootly indicate tho amount
Of intOroants sold hsro.) The inclosod
statistics arc as full as wo oan make them,
and wo prepared them al tho very earliest
poriod after ths reception OF your lottor'
which reached us on the 2lst, and the 22d
being Sabbath We did not feel free In using
that day In such work, not considering II a
case OF such urgent necessity 40 70 warrant
such use Of tho Sabbath"
John L. Stewart, OF Fort Scott, tsstiaes
that tho metropolitan police force 10 detri-
mental 10 any city whore they exist, that pro-
hibiMon was not now and never had been
enforced since tho appointment Of said
board; that thors was q scare over the APP
pOintmont of your committee, but no posi-
lively know Of three saloons running wide
open, selling intOEioants over tho counter,
and that theFo are probably Afty iointsi in tho
city, and numerous poker rooms.
W. A. Simpson, president Of tho metro
pOlitan police force Of Kansas City, Kansas,
presented a statement showing the aggrs-
gate collections from April /, 1889, 10 April
1, 1880, 10 have been S39,025,47, and from
April 1, 1880, TO January 4, 1891, from all
sources, S28,925.2O. When asked 10 explain
tho large increase over former years, he tes-
tilted that II was largely due 10 tho increase
In population and more complete s0t OF or
dinanoeS and their more general applica-
tion. There was also exhibited papers, GER
titled 10 by tho clerk OF Kansas City as be-
ing partial copy of tho records Of tho po-
ltCe Judge which showed that the revenue
from tippling shops from April 1, 1880, 10
February 1, 1891, inclusive, had been from
S1,7AO TO S4,5OO peF month, and gambling
from SS77 10 1853 per month, agregatins
in ton months, $2s,6S. He testified thai
there wero few places whore intoxicating
liquors had been sold by the same person
for the past four years, and chat tho only
convictions that had been made were by the
sheriff of the county in tho district court.
Your oOmmitte believe there is collected
under bhO ordinance $50 40 cash forfeiture
In most CasOB, and chat there is no further
punishment.
LRAvENwORTH AND TOPEKA TESTIMONY
The Leavonworth board is AZ present CON-
posed Of thTOO aged men, the president,
william Fairchild is over eighty years Of
age. They were said 10 have been selected
boOauso Of their recognized belief In prOhi-
bition and prohibitory laws. Prior 70 this
appointment there have been changes made
In tho board a number Of times. The presi-
d0nt's testimony, which was confirmed by
the secretary OF the board, was 10 the effect
chat they had tried 10 enforce the law and
ordinance governing the city, but had failed
10 suppress tho ''iointB" and were now try
ing 10 abolish the houses OF prostitution;
that there was little gambling known 10
them Of the forOo In said city. They testi-
Hed further that there were many places
whore intoXiOantS we're sold, and that they
we're now permitting fOrfeituT0S Of cash
bonds in the interest Of a depleted treasury.
They stated their belief chat corrupt
methods had been resOrted 10 by certain
ones Of their employees, who collected money
from jOintsiSts, and did not turn the same
into the public treasury.
Peter Berry swOre that no had delivered
tO Marshal Roberts a horse presented by the
GiaOOmini BrOg., and had also paid him for
his own uSo seven or eight different times,
aggregate amounts Of money y. collected
monthly from certain iOintists, His state