Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-11-14
saw a wrong. established and maintain

because more CONTINUOUS IMAM INC JllIct
great historic scourges of war, famine
and pestilence combined Archdea-
con Farrar says that while the British
House of Commons is perhaps the least
susceptible to any sudden passion for
social reform of any body in the world,
yet when Mr.. Gladstone uttered these
words he "never saw anything like the
thrill of emotion that passed through
that very IMPAssIBLE body" He add
ed: sThose words when spoken made
me SILVER; they made the very coolest
member of Parliament SILVER"
The United States Supreme Court,
| in the noted Brewery case from Kan
sas, said: ave cannot shut out of view
the fact, established by statistics &C
cessible to every one, that the disor-
der, pauperism and crime prevalent in
the country are, in some degree at
least, traceable to this evil" The same
court in another case declared: by the
general concurrence of opinion of every
civilized and Christian community,
there are few sources of crime and mis-
cry to society equal to the dramshop:"
and that ''the statistics of every State
show greater amount of crime and
misery attributable to the use of ar
dent spirits obtainable at these retail
liquor saloons than to any other
source"
Public opinion is shown by the CON
stantly increasing contempt for the Ii
quor traffic. The liquor seller in Kan
sas is an outlaw, and is known as Joint
ist," "dive-keeper," or "boot-legger."
! In large portion of the State a man
who is in anyway connected with liquor
selling has no political power. So in
tense is this feeling, that reputable
druggist declined to run for an office
for which he was well qualified, for he
said, Il will be charged with selling Ii
quor and that will defeat me-"
have an extensive acquaintance in
the State, and while | know hundreds
of people who voted against prohibi-
ton in 1880 who are now in its favor,
| do not know of single person who
then voted for it from conviction who
is now against it. Sentiment in favor
of Prohibition has been greatly
strengthened by the wide belief that
the Punishment of the open saloon
makes it safer for the boys and young
men of Kansas The writer recently
heard man who never professed to
be Prohibitionist, and who lives in
city where liquor dives have been toll
Grated, say that the young men of his
city who were boys twelve years ago
are far superior in average character
to the generation that preceded them,
and that he attributed the change to
| the absence of the open licensed sa-
loon. An outlawed traffic cannot be
vice.
1t has been shown that closing the
saloon does not hurt, but helps, all 9th
| er lines of business. 1t is becoming
more and more evident that communi-
ties which hold on to the liquor traffic
do not compare favorably with cities
of the same class and opportunities
where the law is enforced.
Sentiment is growing in favor of
Prohibition. because people realize
that when they violate one law for the
sake of revenue, they open the way
for the violation of all laws. Public
sentiment is helped by the widespread
conviction, shared by the enemies of
the cause as we'll as its friends, that
Prohibition is in Kansas to stay. Di-
rectly and indirectly the voters of
Kansas have repeatedly expressed
themselves, showing that they were
largely in favor of Prohibition.
The people of Kansas are surely of
Leverage intelligence. After twelve years
of trial of Prohibition, they have
the best plan ever yet tried for lessen
ing the evils of the drink traffic, and
we propose to keep it. This is not the
opinion of a few newspapers or noisy
politicians or officials, but the prevail
ing sentiment of the men and women
of the State. We believe that Prohibi-
ton is allied to and has greatly favor
ed the cause of total abstinence, that
is now finding strong backing, not on
ly from science, but also from great
business interests like life insurance
and railroad companies.
Mr. George E. Marshall, stationer,
144-146 Monroe ST., Chicago, will have
the grateful thanks of the thousands
of boys and girls who have contributed
their dimes to the Willard Fountain
This generous hearted business man
has presented to the department of jul
venile work of the Worlds w. G. L. u,
an elegant record book, leather bound,
with beautiful embossed cut of the