The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-19
CALLS IT ANARCHY
LICENSED JOINTS STIR UP MINIS
TERS OF GOSPEL IN SALIVA.

City Proposes to Get Little Revenue ant
the Preachers Mount Their PuIpits ant
Law DE-. Line Calls It Anarch!
and Kicks Compromising Will
Rum Fear at Topeka That the Pro
hibitson Trouble Will Break Out Agar
Soon.
Topeka, Kan. Aug. 1s.-The greatest
anxiety is felt here by the managers OF
the parties that the Prohibition trouble
will break out in the midst Of the state
campaign.
Neither parry is willing to have the
matter come up, but the Prohibition
question has a singular fashion Of APP
pearing without waiting for an invita-
ton.
The Populists and Republicans both
dread the inquisition of it's candidates
by the Order Of the Mystic Brother
hood. Mr.. Leedy does not wish to ans
wer their questions and Jerry Botkin,
the Populist candidate for congress
man-at-large, will not answer them.
| Governor Morrill,, it is said, has friends
who will prevent the questions being
| poked at him by the 0. NJ. B., but 9TH
ers say he must come up to the scratch.
But what is worrying the managers
more than anything else. even more
than the o. NJ. B., is the signs of rest
lessness in the Prohibition elements in
all parties. At Fort Scott the Prohibi-
ton element is becoming excited again
and last Sunday in Salina the minis
tiers in the pulpit began an active cam
paign against licensing of the joints.
1t seems that the city of Salina has
come to the conclusion that the city
needs some revenue and with that in
view proposed to repeal the ordinance
against joints. A rernonstrance was
passed around and secured the namse of
eight hundred men, women and chill
dren, and as the following report from
Sundays Salina Republican will show
the ministers are actively in the fight:
The Republicans account Of the SER
mons is as follows:
If the jointists OF this town had acct
dentally wandered into one Of the city's
churches yesterday they would not
have felt very highly complimented by
the remarks made concerning them
and their business.
Yesterday morning DR.. Line took his
text from Habakkuk 212-"Woe to him
that buildeth a town with blood, and es-
tablisheth city by iniquity." and If a
city councilman had been present he
might have imagined that it was a pref
ty warm day. The speaker referred to
the liquor business as a generally ac-
evil, and then spoke of the
iewlessness which always characterizes
the business. no matter what the law
may be which restricts it. He defined
the different methods. of dealing with
the liquor problem, giving the good and
bad points of each. He then spoke es-
pecially of the ordinance which pro-
poses to repeal the existing ordinance
and which virtually places license on
the joint business. DR.. Line character
lied the movement against the law of
the state as local anarchy" He paid
his respect to Governor Morril for his
weak and vacillating course with re-
ference to the enforcemtn of the pro-
hiTbitory law.
The sermon was a strong one and in |
creased the opposition among the audi |
ence to the licensing Of the joints.
At the union meeting held in the |
church in the evening DR.. |
tOufkeS preached. He chose as his |
text, Job S4:l7-"Shall even he that |
1ateth right govern" He reviewed the |
fight that had been made in Salina |
against the liquor ordinance, and the |
-epealing Of the old ordinance and the
Of the license ordinance.
He paid especial attention to the claim
hat the revenue would be of great ben
fit to the city, and his remarks did not |
effect very great credit on the intelli-
yence and wisdom of the supporters of
he license system. He said a majority
If the voters of the city were in favor
If the enforcement of the law and |,
against licensing the joints