The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30
BRAvELY DONE.
After Everybody Else Has
Jumped Upon the Governor
With Both Feet and He is
Thoroughly Down,
PREACHERS RUSH IN
And Administer a Heavy Body
Blow.
PREACHERS RUSH IN
His Gothenberg Idea Trium-
phantly Torn to Tatters.

All the ministers of the Topeka Minis
terial union were talking about Gov.
Morrill, this morning. They said harsh
things about him, but this required no
great amount of bravery, however, for
every body is censuring the unfortunate
governor because he expressed a liking
for the Gothenberg system of dealing
with the liquor traffic.
The resolutions adopted at the last
meeting of the union aud addressed to
Governor Morrill, were read again and
President Norrbom opened proceedings
by suggesting that of course all the min
listers mad read the papers during the
last week and knew what had happened.
Every body nodded assent, and Rev.
Charles M. SheldoI. said: 81 want to go
on record as opposed to anything like
the Gothenberg system. 1t is nothing
but a legalized saloon system. It is
but a recognition by the law of the
saloon as a business. and l, for one,
| cont recognise it as Christian business
believe we ought to demand the en-
| forcement of the law we now have, l
think l read the "Outlook'' fully as
carefully as Governor Morrill, does, and
| it has during the last two years printed
both sides of the Gothenberg system,
and it is not such system as we want
! in Kansas"
! President A. Norrbom said: "The
| Goshenberg system was good thirty years
ago. That is it was better than what they
had before, but it would be several steps
back for u.s."
DR.. II. D. Fisher: 81 would like to have
the resolutions adopted last week, refer
to the complete success in the enforce
ment of the prohibitory law in Topeka"
Rev. Stewart Sheldon: sit is not CON-
plete success in Topeka. There are
| joints here and it is not as much of a sue
! cess as it ought to be-"
! Dr. Fisher: 81 think the other towns
| in Kansas would be satisfied if the law
were as we'll enforced in them as it is
here. l think Topeka ought to be held
up as a model The trouble is that the
! governor and the whole tribe of his Of
ficers are trying not to enforce the law.
| This would not be tolerated in Sweden;
the people would rise up and put him
| out'
Rev. Stewart Sheldon: governor
Morrill, says he is a temperance man.
| He is a Sunday school teacher, church
mem Der and Christian and says he
can't enforce the law. We say he can
enforce the law"
Rev. P Price: "If he can't enforce
the law let him come down and let Trout
man take his seat"
DR.. II. D. Fisher then introduced the
following resolution which was adopted
after considerable discussions:
| "Resolved, by the Topeka Ministerial
union, that we are fully persuaded from
all the evidence we have been able to
obtain that an honest effort to
enforce onr prohibitory law al
ways brings success and meets with
the approval of a large majority of the
intelligent loyal citizens of the state and
that the prohibitory law as an expert
ment is a grand success wherever rea-
sonably enforced and that Kansas is not
ready to adopt any untried and doubtful
experiment which is just as liable to vio-
lation as the prohibitory law and more
difficult of enforcement"
]. B. McAfee said: "Dr. Fishers res
olutions are not strong enough; we want
to go on record against any plan of legal
zed liquor traffic"
Rev. ]. W. Dill: ave ought to simply
renew our demand for the enforcement
of the law"
DR.. Fisher: "Governor Morrill, has
evidently abandoned that plank in the
Republican platform, which was built ex-
pressly for him, We demand the enforce
ment of law"
After the resolutions were adopted the
following committee was appointed to
present them to the governor: DR.. L.
Blskesley, DR.. H. D. Fisher, Rev. q. M.
sheldon, j. B. McAfse, Rey. R. Wake,
Rev. j. c. c. Owen ana Rev. S. B. Alder
son.
Dr. Blakesley at first objected tc
being put on tho committee. He
said: 81 went to the governor once
on a mission of that kind and it did nc
good and L don't care TO go again" He
afterwards consented to go.
The union then adopted a resolution