The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-18

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When Billy Smith, president of the
Good Citizenship league called the
meeting 10 order in the First Presby-
terrain church last night the house was
comfortably filed. In order that all
present might know the object of the
league he stated its principles briefly as
follows:
/. To prevent, by persoal effort, the
nomination and election of corrupt can
Gidates and the enactment of corrupt
laws in city, state and nation.
2. To secure fidelity on the part Of Of
ficers intrusted with the execution of
the laws.
3. To exterminate the saloon as the
greatest enemy OF Christ and human
ity.
4. To preserve the Sabbath.
5. To purify and elevate the elective
franchise.
6. To promote the study of social
wrongs and the application Of the re-
medies.
Z. In general. to seek the reign Of
whatsoever things are true, honest, just
pure, lovely and of good report.
The routine business of the league was
hurried through for the reason that a
great majority of people present were
rot members, but had come to hear the
speaking.
Colonel H. w. Lewis was the first
speaker introduced by President Smith
and was received with applause.
He said: "All reform in order to sue
ceed must have enthusiastic advocates.
II was the enthusiasm of such men as
Luther and Knox that made the refor-
nation success. and ground priest
craft TO the dust.
Colonel Lewis tried to prove the JUS
tice of the cause of the Good Citizen
ship league by frequent quotations
from the Scriptures, and he wanted the
people like Joshua of old to "chose We,
this day, whom We will serve"
There is now a crisis in the affairs
of this city. When the prohibitory law
was adopted the temperance people lay
down to pleasant dreams, while the
rum power was all the time wide
awake.
1T enlisted the press of this city in
Its cause. and the daily papers taught
the people to despise the law and heap
anathemas Oh the laws defenders
The voice of God was now speaking
TO the people of Wichita. The fight is
On. 1t is the saloon on one side and the
home on the other. You will be COM
fbelled to take your stand on one side or
the other"
/ He belittled the argument that the
saloons ought to be allowed to run be-
cause the city got a revenue and said,
G'What multitude of sins little reve-
jnue will cover
The amount of revenue obtained
from the saloons has never exceeded
$4,000 and 81 cents on 81. 900 of the cash
value of Wichita will make that much"
IF the leaing papers can be believed
the city Of Wichita is target for the
rest of the state. 1t is ignored in state
convention, and by the railroads and
the rest of the state"
Rodolph Hatfield was the next speak
er. He said: Il feel that this hour
bears burdens of responsibility that
ought TO be met with fortitude and pat
riotism.
Somebody once said. believe II was
bushnell. that the soul of all improve
ment is The Improvement of the SOUL
There will always be men of vicious
habits and purposes and it is for them
the law is made We have one advant
age in the argument against the sa
looms; all parties admit that the liquor
traffic is an evil
Mr.. Hatfield thought the great draw
back in this movement was a class of
people who claimed that the law could
not he enforced. He called them Can
nOtS."
Il 30 not, however, want TO harshly
criticise any one. This is a free country
and every one has right to his own
opinions.
Il read an argument in a newspaper
which attempted TO justify the viola
ton Of the prohibitory law because the
people had ignored the fugitive slave
law
Il cannot see the force Of that argu- |
ment." and then he went on at some |
length to show that the fugitive slave |
law and the Dread Scot decision were |
plain violations of the rights of man, |
while the prohibitory law was for the /
elevation If humanity
Il want to say TO the two daily pa !
pers of this city" said Mr.. Hatfield, |
and to the liquor dealers. bewars of the !
ground upon which you stand. An |
aroused public opinion may yet call !
YOU 10 answer"
He did not believe that the revenues |
the city received from the liquor traf- /
fic made us rich. If we send out SO 4
for liquor and the city gets back 81. il |
locked to him that we were out just Sc |
In the opera ton
Rev. Don s. Colt was received with |
applause, and after il has subsidized he 1
said:
II am only plain Methodist preach
er saying earnestly that the rum power
ought TO go. The voice Of God rings in |
cur ears. and humanity appeals to us
70 stand firm in this cause.
Il have always upheld the good name
Of Wichita: her womanhood and her |
manhood. All we want is an oppor-
tunity TO show that the manhood and
womanhood Of Wichita can close the
Joints.
The judge on the bench ance said
10 an Irishman: The evidence shows
that you threw brick at John Smith,
and Pat Added: Faith. your honor. II
shows more than that; il shows l hit
him
THE stiffeneing Of the governors
back bone shows that the temperance
people have hit something.
Just as long as the present police
commission show a determination - |
enforce the law the good people of |
Wichita ought to stand TO their backs
Eut they want to show more determin-
alton than they have yet shown.
Il have been told that they closed the
front doors OF the saloons. do not
entirely believe that.
Il was in barber shop the other
iay and there was saloon Just across
the street. ! believe they called it
saloon, and l saw squads
IF men go in and come out wiping their
mouths, They had evidently been
drinking and they went n and out of
ih9 front door
tT am doing business on street in
Wichita. and ii is reported that l have
struggled goods in my possession.
han officer looks in and sees me sell
1nuggled goods. He arrests me and
that officer swears he saw me sell those
hoods: he saw me tie them up ana
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