Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-09-21
THE w. c. T. u. AGAIN.

have been passed by the W. {. 7. U.
Col. Weldy in his Galena Republi-
can says:
"Perhaps there Is no man on earth
so fastidious about liars as ourself;
yet even we can be satisfied, and
the person or persons who assert
that the Interstate reui.ion has
'degenerated into n resort for the
immoral and vicious of both sexes
pleases us exceedingly. They en-
body all the requirements of first
class iiar-net. We are pleased TO
know that the W. C. T. q. were not
present at the reunion. 1t gives us
reason to feel that they are guess
ing at things and not maliciously
lying; they are expressing an opin-
ion about something they know
nothing about and not misrepre-
senting something they know all
about. Ii the W. c. I. L. had been
present they would never have
passed the insulting resolutions.
They would have known that there
was never gathering of such num-
bers OH earth where there was less
viciousness; less immortality; less
drunkenness; less of the evils
charged by them, not excepting
any assemblagc of the W. c. I. L.
There was more viciousness; mo. c
immortality; more cussedness in
the framing and passing of those
resolutions than could be found on
the reunion grounds during the
entire week. The cause of temper.
ance could receive no greater blow
than was inflicted by these resolu-
tons. The thousands of reputable
people who with their families
camped on the grounds; the greater
thousands who did stop at the re-
union; the wives, daughters and
mothers, as pure, as good as these
'holier than thou people. know that
no more orderly. temperate, moral,
assemblage ever existed and they
will resent the uncalled for, unwar-
ranted insult by these Incorporate
people who admit that they did not
stop at the reunion. hence are in
capable of Judging fairly. We say
for the lowest drunk
ard that ever disgraced his Maker
is no more Incorporate than people
who will thus insult the thousands
of old ldiers and their friends.
hundreds and more hundreds of
whom are members of the W. c. I.
U.and better, more consistent mcnn-
bcrs than they can possibly be.
The old soldiery of this section is
getting tired of being classed rs
immoral and vicious by n lot of
self. styled regulators of morals.
who show by their acts that they
are incapable OF regulating them
selves. Personally we are very tired
of theiI abuse aud serve notice
right now that in future when they
heap insult upon the old soldier
they will get it back. insult for in
suit, with liberal interest Last year
they roared like the blatant calves
they are because Of the gambling
fakes licensed by the association. AS
they falsely put it. This year there
was nothing of the kind on the
ground, yet the roar goes on just
the same. The reunion is open to
the world and of course immoral
people mingle with the throng; but
il not this true of Fourth of July
W. {. I. L. couven-
tions, fairs, churches, camp mee'-
ings, aud in fact every public gath
ering? Why don't you jump onto
them: Why single out the old sol
dier as victim of your malice! 1t
is about the only real enjoyment
the veterans have and why any set
of people, claiming to be good,
moral christians, should seek 10
deprive them of it is mystery To
us aud is certainly not in accord
with our ideas of temperance, 10y
atty, humanity, christianity or
common decency. Ii these over
good people, who haven't sufficient
faith in their own strength to min
gle with their own neighbors-
they were all there-without fear of
let them stay away.
That is a glorious privilege they
have, but when they howl and roar
and insult aud abuse their neigh
bors for exercising the same right,
they are going beyond the bounds
of good citizenship and as before
stated, are working their cause a
great injury because an hundred
thousand visitors to the great reun-
ion will bear witness that they fall
sify when they say the Interstate
has degenerated into re-
sort for the immoral and vicious of
both sexes.'n
F. All kinds of tin work done
in a first class manner at