Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-02-08

No matter what Our position in the late CAM
publicans, all Populists-but all Americans and
all Kansans. We were the means of defeating
suffrage (applause). We also helped along
little toward defeating prohibition. You don't
care much about this, but you would like to.
Prohibition must die-and that's the way it
looks to Democrat" (Applause).
If we had an abundance of space, we would
print few of the speeches made on this occa-
sion, but must content ourselves with this one.
The Topeka State Journal, the leading Re-
publican paper of the state, says of the banquet:
"The spectacle of the Legislature of Kansas
and large number of the public men of the
state taking part in banquet at Leavenworth
at which the prohibitory law was openly violat-
ed is one that will arouse censure among the
believers in law and order in this state.
"While the members of the legislature were,
indeed, the guests of the people of Leavenworth,
and might in one sense be held not responsible
for the outpouring of liquor that accompanied
the banquet nevertheless their action in CIV
ing countenance to an affair of that sort will
not be without effect on the people of Kansas,
and the effect will be bad. The ordinary citi-
zen will say: IF the members of the legsla-
ture can take part in drinking jamboree,
can, too 1t is an encouragement to the clubs
and joints.
"The people look to the Legislature to set an
example in public decency They have not
done so in this Leavenworth affair, and they
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action, very soon"
And the Topeka ministers are all worked up
over this banquet. These gentlemen Of "the
cloth' were very anxious to see the Populist
administration turned down, so that the dear,
good redeemers could jump onto the violators of
the prohibitory law and stamp 'em into the
earth. Poor, misguided preachers! the slick
politicians fooled EN- trip.
Well, at meeting of the ministerial union,
on the 4th, Rev. Charles M. Sheldon read
mighty interesting paper, goodly portion OF
which is devoted to the Leavenworth affair. O,
that paper is scorcher! The reverend gentle
man calls spade spade. If we were print
ing blanket sheet, we'd reprint the paper
entire. Here's one little passage:
"The Republican party, at that banquet, re-
port of which went out all over the state, en-
couraged drinking by having an unlimited
supply of liquor on the table, and encouraged
the enemies of the temperance laws to believe
that, after ALL the demand of the party for tenn
perance was not very strong, and, more than
that, set the example to every boy and young
man in Kansas of drinking liquor"
Here's another item:
''Of what use is it that we cover our statute
books all over with laws against the sale of
liquor if to indulge our own selfish appetites we
express into our homes and clubs and banquets
the very same stuff that we forbid the profess
sional saloon-keeper to handle? 1t is all a
travesty OH temperance and lava sight for
angels to weep over and devils to exult in"
But, we must quit, now, and close by advis-
ing our ministerial brethren to always vote as
they pray, and they'll never vote an old-party
ticket and they'll not be near so likely to get
left
We will have more to say about this at some
future time.
ACCORDING to the Topeka State Journal
(Rep.) of Feb. 4th the house of representa-
tives (Rep.) is making record which makes
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