People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-14
It was a Respectable BANQUET.

The Mail takes exceptions to the
"fuss and feathers" that is being
made over the Leavenworth ban
quet. "In the first place." it says,
"nine-tenths of the men who are
making this fuss and feathers never
had the privilege of attending a
real banquet, and pretend to imag-
inc that "a banquet and "a good
big drunk are synonymous terms"
1t is rather amusing to see what
poor success our neighbor makes in
concealing his conceit over his re
cent debut in "sassiety" at the Kan
sas Day Club banquet. His new
habiliments and entrance to the
charmed "four hundred" seem to
have come simultaneously with the
death Of Ward McAllister. Can it
be that he aspires to be McAllister's
successor?
AS to whether the censure admin
istered in this case is "gob Of rot"
we leave the temperance people to
judge, calling attention to the
structures Of the Republican Topeka
Journal and Ministerial Union of
Topeka as quoted in Rev. Sheldon's
paper, from which we publish an ex-
tract elsewhere. And to come
closer home here is lively criticism
from the Mulvane Record:
We look upon this as a disgrace to
the state. These lawmakers (?) or
rather lawbreakers are supposed to
represent the sober, moral, law abid.
ing people Of this great state who
elected them to Office, but they don't.
Most Of the Kansas electors have
some respect for law, order and de.
cency. All who have, will remember
these buns when they come before
the dear people" for Office at some
future time"
Senator Baker himself invited
Gov. Morrill, tc this banquet and
jestingly told him that whatever
else there might be there to drink,
he might feel himself free to drink
only hydrant water" So the Gov
ernor knew full we'll what the char
acter Of the entertainment was to be
before he went, and Notwithstanding
the loud claims that have been made
for his morality and temperance
proclivities, Notwithstanding his po-
sition as executive of the laws of
the great state of Kansas, he en-
dorSed this great law-breaking spree
by his presence.
The Mail suggests that the guests
at this banquet "were composed of a
different class Of people" All,
there's the point They were Gre
spectacle" people. In the eyes Of
the righteous people Of Kansas this
is just what makes their offense
grieyous. A law is just as much to
be obeyed by respectable" people
as by disreputables. The law should
be no reSpector Of caste.
The Mail concludes as follows:
"The question as to whether wine
should be used at such banquet is
an old one. Let the merits of that
question be what they may, we have
more respect for the man or men who
will openly and publicly set wine be.
fore his guests upon a public Occa-
sion than we have fer the man who
will privately guzzle beer Or anything
else he can get hold of and then
through the columns Of his newspa-
per howl about "wine at the Leaven-
worth banquet" and if this class of
men had kept their silence there
would have been very little indeed of
this howl. This statement is meant
to apply to Sumner county as well as
other portions of the state"
We know not whether Ward Nc.
Allister II refers to the editor of the
VOICE or not, but if he does he is on
cold track, for the editor of the
VOICE never tasted beer and never
took drink of any sort of bever.
age stronger than pop in his life.
We are not afraid to throw all the
stones We like in that direction.
Pau OFF the Bonds.