The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-02-19
Some Sensible RESOLUTIONS

The following resolutions which were
adopted at the State meeting of the
A. H. T. 4. at Wichita last October,
are little stale as news, but they
have never been published in Allen
County, and they are so full of good
sense, State pride and patriotism,
that it affords us pleasure to comply
with the request, which has come
from many members of the order for
their publication. The Association
already has 100 members in this
county, and is rapidly, and deserv-
edly, growing in strength and popu-
Iarity. The resolutions are as fol-
lows:
WHEREAS, The Anti-Horse-Thief
Association of the State of Kansas be-
lieves in the suppression OF all crimes,
and desires to band together IN one
common brotherhood all men who are
in favor of the enforcement OF the law,
and the protection of life, property
and the good name of the State. AS
Kansans we are proud OF our state
her institutions of learning, her
churches, her courts of justice, her
magnificent cities, her splendid farms,
her fertile plains. We believe that
the people of no other State or country
are better clothed, better fed or more
intelligent than the people OF Kansas,
and we are glad TO belong to an or
ganization that can and Will protect
them in their efforts to make our State
better and greater in all respects than
it even is now. Therefore,
ResoIued, That we congratulate our
selves and the people of Kansas on
the fact that this law-enforcing order
of ours has grown very rapidly during
the past wear. and that the prospects
are good for a much larger growth
during next year; and we therefore
feel gratified in asking all law-abiding
,uen to Join our order, to extend Its
useful work to all parts of the State,
botn in the countries and in cities, TO
the end that we may be strengthened
numerically, financially and intellect
ualIy, and thereby be better enabled
to uphold the courts in. the enforce
ment of the laws and in the punish
ment of the criminals who violate
them: and, as no dangerous criminal
will long remain in a county where a
dozen of our local orders are establish
ed, we beg our officers to hasten our
works into every county in the state,
so that every criminal may be driven
from our State.
Resolred, That the thanks Of this
are due the National Order, which
lately met in the city of Chanute, fol-
the splendid recognition it gave us in
elevating our own distinguished Pres
ident to the Presidency of the Nation
al Order.
ReSOlred, That the thanks of this
State Convention are due the railroads
for reduced fare; to the newspapers OF
Wichita for generous praise; to the
proprietors of the Occidental, Packer
and CITY hotels for splendid entertain
ment: to the Mayor of Wichita for q
hearty welcome;..to Christian minis
ter for fervent prayer and the read
ing of a chapter in favor of law; and
TO the citizens of Wichita for all the
necessary attentions that an order OF
men could wish for.
ResOlred, That the special thanks
of this State Order are due TO its Of
ficers. who have so faithfully dis
charged their duties doing the year;
and further,
WHEREAS, We believe it is for the
benefit of our organization that we be-