Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-06
v.s i FAILURE AND A FAKE.
,,ncunSr OF KANSAS rEo-
Isil or r,r on PnonInIrroN
.,roey mas Been Fighting
p ~ .. Fraud Long Time and
|hs Are Now BeEinninS
P'h" ~, in the Same Liaht.

s,..s Fraud Long Tme mn"
- W. Are Now BeEinning
=" m in the Same Lisht'
nan. Nov. 4,-Until recent
'sps ,Ss campaign cry which always
',,s a. the democratic vote OF kan
'a'ns' down with prohibition" In
! w IN the Democratic party reach.
w, n water mark and cast 10000
h'sn W. ,Tnited states Senator John
g ~ a. governor. prohibition was
'' 'as,., issue Of the campaign. In
'i's. .,,.ra following, the Farmers
saur ,novement, which drifted into
|la n.snlo's party, placed this aues-
i'. ". background, and the result
y ~ xansas is honeycomhed with
|iaA' Int. .'speak-easies" and holes
|Ds' w." ali where the bibber can
" Ms thirst as often as he de-
n'' ,,n,t, recently. the vendors OF
u
~. ~, ,,ouors concealed their
l'" N back rooms, which could
h's coached through long and
uroys or cellars and base
with openings into the alleys
y. streets. Within the past rev
y. y. v,ol,tors of the prohibitory
~ become more bold and open
80 moved their former joints
airs into ground floor rooms
l, ,rinclpal streets OF the towns '
~. ~ the state, where the bars
~ AIRED mn. which are adorned
~ r,ost costly cut glass ana an
,-snhernalia necessary III 'iS
r, n urst-class saloon.
'uav ~ Of the towns the club Is
very popular resort. rms Is pa et
IN true OF Topeka IL WVuau
~. metropolitan club man star ,i
:. me combination OF material
~. 10 make up the club rooms
inota Some OF these CLUBS are
W nnstairs, with the stairways
rnostentatiously into the rear
~ ssFca or store, or billiard room.
s recognized among the IN
..rs AZ the city, the membership
msSe up OF the best citizens
,Swn In the majority of CLUBS
4,,ansive locker system Obtains
sicne one side of the room are ar
~ square boxes, each with
~ and belonging to n member
.'sieaIiv his personal property,
beLer is always well stocked with
!, llduors. when he wants Il
san Of beer. he takes out u
from his locker, deposits IL with
harkeeper, and receives IN eN-
- cool beer from the faucet. That
dops this In theory, and If put
NJ witness stand, Is sure that he
"a The fact is, he simply eN-
.ges a dime for the beverage. ana
. the supply In the locker to
An with old age. In some of
,hbs persons do not get beer,
IAN for hop tea, and they get
decoctIon that smells like beer.
q like beer, but, as an old rounder
II NJ won't won't make drunk
~ lust what hop tea Is no
mas nfcn uplt " Afii, AhS -
ker confesses that he cannot de-
any adherence between 1t and
and then when he comes to the
hess stand ne cannot swear that
l1uor was other than the most
cuous OF Beverages. The DIS
Ter Of this stuff is thus protected
he courts, because hop tea is not
ldered Intoxicating, and for this
Oh he catches his victims both go
and coming.
lb membership IL not difficult to
o. nor Is there any chance OF
Mailing. There is no committee
Ts4ntlals, no balloting. no formal
ne candidate is introduced by
J III manager to n coarse, black
b which is written the consti-
r q the club. This merely sets
the name and specifies that the
aiauon ls for mutual improve
Gives the object as being &c
! aitY the club members, and de
that none shall be responsible
Fsels or obligations.
AIRY respectable club has ne
pc In getting several hundred
3 on Its roll, and as no one Il
10 anything, nor can testif.
aylng purchased anything no
.ueally his own, being a part o
luo Belongings, there Is n bomb
stability that satisfies the Kan
eonselence, and makes the no
and drouth seem less severe b!
hts.
7 4 ne Kansas thirst continues I,
V lsnehed, and the Kansan doe
wy 10 go beyond the state lin
T. " In addition to clubs. Joint
svr,nueggers, the festive pony" o
keg Is shipped In by the car
J, spted In Ice houses and tappeI
sAsseding frequency by the boys
nel very difficult to secure
" elght or ten to oflciate O.
yseaslons-lndeed, no failure ha
ssen recorded.
suol'ion TO the clubs and othe
snere liquors are sold by tn
we multiplicity OF drug store
z .aaas Indicates that prohibitio
nos Prohibit, and that the longe
E. ssilnalns on the statute book
1871 Is violated, People hay
In M ~ Nle pronibition ques
w state, and seem to regar
allure and the sentiment fc
snon and high license Is grow
nv, we larger towns and cities
/ NJ me woman suffrage quei
lsh,s women of Kansas are give
y vote. may change this sci
Irnano IL may be that throug
y o,e ENC. the prohibitory law MI
Il ~ ,senerally enforced than ev,
~ iact, some Of the spealtel
ma LUMP declare that II the me
( su.t the ballot 10 the womS
Iei va nae they VIII show the worl
ar N, ,ass Renee. one Of the moet 1,
rs ~ ~ SOBER, enterprsing and 81
M eommonwealths OF Ii
'eFro hoy Murderer.