Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-02-01
KANSAS AefrAToR eARNHrr, KANSAS. FED. /, 1895
WHISKY WINS AGAIN.


stand upon the Omaha platform, but it does not
propose to endorse the acts of Populist officials
and lawmakers just because they claim to be
Populsts- "because they belong to our party,
we know" We condemn the Republicans and
Democrats for so doing, and we would be worse
than foolish to eat Our words and do as they are
doing. 1t is our intention to practice what we
preach-at least, as nearly so far as possible.
But, before criticising the Populists, we have
few words to say to and about the Republic
ans-that God-and- morality, holier-than-thou
party that made promises to the church, but
made binding pledges to the liquor men.
During the whole of Governor Lewellin's adj
ministration, his enemies continually charged
that he made no effort to enforce the prohibit
ory law, but that he appointed whisky men on
the police boards, ETC., ETC. They also assured
us that the Republicans, if elected, would rig
idly enforce the prohibtory law and close up
all the "oints," lotteries and gambling holes.
Well, how is it?
In the first place, the Republicans in the leg
islature undertook to get away with the metro
politan police law, but the Populists said mo"
So, Gov Morrill, had to make the best OF it,
and he proceeded to appoint new police boards
for the six cities of the first class. AS Wichita,
Leavenworth and Atchison are ruled by the
whisky crowd, he appointed straight whisky
boards, with the explicit understanding that
saloons would be run wide open, on the month
lv-fne plan. AS Topeka, Kansas City and Fl.
Scott profess to be Temperance" towns, he
made pretense of appointing men to satisfy
the temperance" element, although it is said
that there is no kick coming from ode gang" in
Topeka and Kansas City. Indeed, things APP
pear so gauzy that the Topeka preachers who
worked so hard and talked SO long and loud to
defeat the wicked Populaists and elect the Gre
deemers" are beginning to think they made
mistake. A number Of "the cloth" visited Mr..
Ashamed Kansas and interviewed him on the
subject and he gave them to understand that,
in cities where the temperance sentiment pre-
dominates he would appoint Temperance"
men, but where the people were more "con-
SENTATIVE" he would appoint boards according
". The preachers are not satisfied.
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A few evenings ago, swell-up society affair
took place in Topeka, where Roman punch was
the chief refreshment, and it is said that the
person who "flled up' the oftenest on punch
was member of "the cloth''-and it was a
strictly Republican blowout diamonds, silks,
satius, low-cut dresses, patent-leather boots
etc.-no Pops allowed to enter.
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We wish we had room this week to pile up
the evidence to prove that Kansas is now ruled
by a crowd of 6ne-haired wine-drinking violat-
ors of the law, but must pass on to the Populist
senate, which has just committed most eyre
qious bunder. Ignorantly? Hardly!
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We refer to the action of the senate with regard
to q constitutional convention. Nearly every
Populist senator voted for it. Why' Did the
people demand it? No! Who has for years
been urgently clamoring for constitutional
convention? Why, the same fellows who are
trying to get rid of our prohibitory law-the
old gang of re-submission yawpers, who have
tried everv means within their power to get rid
of the law. They at first thought to accom-
plish re-submission through this legislature, but
they found that wouldn't work, as the senate
opposed that move; so they concluded to try
the constitutional convention racket-and that
worked like a charm-the senators who opposed
re-submission (either from sentiment or be-
cause their constituents opposed it) fell right
into the trap. Doubtless, some OF these senat-
ors acted ignorantly in the matter, but that
does not excuse them. Others did not do so
ignorantly, as other acts will prove. For in
stance, Senator Householder, member OF the
state board of charities, takes such lively in
terest in the liquor-selling druggists that he is