People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-02
Temperance Mass Meeting.

There was vigorous temperance
mass meeting at the NJ. Z. church
Monday evening. Rev. F. V. Stevens
stated the object of the meeting and
told the audience about where We
was at" 10 Wellington. He said there
were seventeen licensed vendors Of
innocent drinks" that they were
doing a thriving business, had an.
parently driven the boot.leggers to
the wall, and that there had not been
an attempt made to prosecute viola.
tors OF the liquor law In the city for
over six months.
He was followed BY Rev. Woods,
pastor OF the N. E. church at Cald.
well, who. was prepared to eYemplify
his faith by his works, being this
week engaged in prosecuting the
joints at Caldwell. Hon. /. p. Camp
bell, OF Wichita, an attorney who has
been employed to assist in the prose.
cution Of the Caldwell jOintists was
called upon by Rev. Botkin and re.
sponded in a stirring speech Of denun-
citation, commentator and exhorta.
tion. He said that over in Harper
county they had Judge, who knew his
duty and dared TO do it. Judge Nc
Kay permitted no jugglery in his
court. At Wichita they had a Judge
who knew mis- duty, but would not do
it. In this county he said he was sat-
isned we had Judge who would per.
form his duty il the people would only
put the cases before him and push
them. He said that Governor Hum.
phrey had made it impossible for
them to enforce prohibition in WITCH
ita. There was good deal Of vino
ing on all 81 les as the speaker hurled
his statements into their ears, but
they had to go. City people had been
led to look upon Judge Mckay as an
old "mossback" farmer, but the
speaker gave them quite revelation
on this point.
The climax came, however, when
Rev. BOtkin took the floor. He re.
cited how Rev. Woods had been pub.
| licly cursed by under sheriff Hender
son on the streets Of Wellington and
denounced him as a drunken, vii
famous coward" He also extended
his denunciatiOn to City Attorney
Dill, Of Caldwell, and said he was wor
thy Of impeachment. He urged the
people to rally to the support of those
who were conducting the prosecu
tiOns.
Rev.. Woods then explained hi,
trouble with under sheriff Henderson
more fully than had been explained
Rev. Harlan put himself on record a.
in sympathy with the cause.
County Attorney Pool walked to thu
front and asked to be heard. He TOLD
the people he had employed detective.
at his own expense and brought liz
uOr yiOlatOrs to court only to have
them turned loose on false evidence
What was needed was public senti
ment and lively interest manifested
that would enable him to gather the
necessary evidence. He cited Geuda
Springs, which was now free from
joints, as an example OF what could
be done If the people would take hold.
He stood ready and had always stood
ready to do his duty il he could have
the support Of the people.
A resolution was passed commend
ing him and all Others who had made
efforts for the suppression Of the traf-
flc.
Mayor Thompson spoke briefly, say
ing that he was amazed that no at
tempt had been made for six months
to suppress the traffic. He pleaded
that II he had done wrong in signing
the malt ordinance it was through in
adyertency and not with desion