The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-09-21
IN HOG SIGNO vINCES!


HE serves his party best who serves his
country est.''-President Hays, March 5,
1877.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
Moved thereunto. by the humiliation Of
the condition of the Republican party and
urged by hope that we may reinvigorate.
reinforce it, and maintain that supremacy
which is ours by tradition, inheritance
and sound political wisdom. this paper.
"Eagle-winged." is sent forth to the vot-
ers Of Kansas:
"A party. even as a ship, should not
rely on one anchor or in brayado risk a
precious cargo, in seas whose waves float
the hulks of splendid vessels Epictetus-
Germane to the idea of Prohibition. l find
an idea from Hume. viz: 'Of all science s
there is none where first appearances are
more deceitful than in the application of
practice TO an Utopian theory in politics. -
Germane TO the spirit of unrest that
moves Kansas today on this Prohibition
question, that makes. it beat the bars that
cribs and cabines it, that causes moral
upright frugal men to curse the hour the
present executive was firmly seated.
Burke caught the idea and embalmed il
for posterity, viz: My rigor reIents, 1
pardon something to the spirit of liberty
l cannot draw and indictment against the
people,
Without fear of successful contradiction
l pin TO the wall, with the arrow of my
hope. the following assertion: That for
fourteen years, by spasmodic, fretful, in
termittent spells; pulsating political per-
iodicity; oscillating moral msnstruaiion,
this Prohibitory law, its amendments and
epidemic enforcement has harrassed every
trade, worried every profession. menaced
every class. damaged every species of
proprty, and has been a positive injury
to the material interests of the state in
every business point of view. even as
prism. in the sunlight, no matter how
turned. reflects the rainbow. business no
matter how viewed reflects the baIeful
light and color of the Prohibitory liquor
law.
Germane 70 nv idea, is the thought to
which Judge Foster first gave wings, viz:
Prohibition IS net a tenet of the Re-
publican party. 1t is the high prerogative
as well as duty, of the Republican nation
al eonvention-duty convened TO define
RepublicaRism, and by platform fix the
national issue No Republican conven-
tion has made Prohibition a cardinal doc
trine Of the party"
Who can deny that the present condi-
ton of the Republican party is more
traceable to that element in the party that
deied and still holds Prohibition as the
only political theory worthy OF support
or preservation?
The assertion of Judge Foster has never
been denied; therefore in good faith we
urge the voters Of Kansas, who favor
the principles advocated by the national
Republican party, and who oppose the
political polity OF the local. or state. man.
ayers, in regard 10 the Prohib.tory law,
10 speak out
CO1ce-ie that the party. as unit. seood
shoulder Is shoulder IN iSso, on this idea
of al amendment 10 prohibit the sale OF
liquor; admit that the party desired the
legislature 20 carry out the peoples VII
al its first session after ne Adoption OK
the amendment: grant that as il65v.d-
uafs. the party honestly tried % enforce
this law. and despite opposition. persisted
in i year oy year. even asking. dSla1d-
ing and ioTc5ns more stringent and d-as-
tic amendments % she law acknowledge
that the party Is tie only political factor
thai honestly bslieved tbs theory. AID
that 70 now ovr. that Prohibition Is not
successful VIII be q humiliation % the
party II Kansas. Yet what has z az
aucVa ted to- What has the party gaizs.I
or lost By this amendment? What the
gain or loss - the state. HnaoclzHy or
morally. BY the law Oren ne books
charge mp losses. credit gains. strife The
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