The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-15
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men are rapidly arriving TO condition
in which they loose their respect for
law. and are aided and supported by
their elders TO disregard officers and
the law. l believe in stringent high Ii
cense as being the best way by which
10 control the liquor business. and will
give city governments and citizens less
trouble that the present existing law.
GEO. II. BROWN. VI. d.
Mayor of City OF Chanute.
Wellington. Kan. Feb. 29.--Editor
Topeka Mail: In reply 10 your letter of
the I'D. asking if / was in favor OF the
resubmission Of the rohibitory amend
ment. Would say that l am. In 1850
voted for this amendment. l was no;
at that time a teetotle. but l was the
father OF a family of boys. and /
thought il was a duty that / owed 10
them, as we'll 10 the other boys or our
city. to do away, as I supposed, entirely
with the sale OF liquor; besides that. "a
a merchant, l had lost a number Of ac-
counts against men who spent thelS
money for liquor and beat me out Of
grocery bills. l believed then, and /
still believe, that if the sale of liquor
could be prevented, that IL would be OF
great benefit 10 my city and the state
of Kansas. / was foolish enough u be-
lieve the promises made by my prohioi-
ton friends at that time that II this
law was passed they would see that It
was enforced. And yet, IN short time
after this act became a law. right IN
this city leading church members, life
long prohibitiOnists, were renting their
old abandoned rooms over their places
of business rooms that could not Re
rented for any legitimate business FOR
s. per month, We're now rented by these
pious frauds for So 70 so per month
FOR joints and blind tigers. And then.
when asked what kind Of business their
tenants were engaged in. they would
roll their piOus eyes toward heaven and
meekly answer that they did not know.
The experiences Of other cities iG try
ing 10 enforce this law. from what !
learn. are similar 10 our own. We have
had prohibition mayors. prohibition
county attorneys, anti-prohibi,.on may
0rs and anti-prohibitiou county at
torneys. and during all OF this time the
sale Of liquor % any one who had the
cash to buy it has been IS regular as
the sale - poztaE. stamps ~ tho post
Office Tho. no %
uas-.- hs,a BEN frf1vu So
IN ilqUor prosecutions .. pL. courts
without accomplishing anything. Men
who have been elected 20 office by the
prohibition vote. and who have done ev-
erythiug in their power o. enforce this
ia ~. have by their failure % DO every
thing that this element desired. been d.
nOunced by them as traitors ana Bene-
dict Arnolds. The fact that every Of
ficer who has tried % please This ele-
meHt has. before the suI ~ h.s term.
been severely censurei and viilfed b.
the prohibit0nists and retired from Of
fec by large majority u ne sought a
re-election. f. today bearing fruit. and
the politicians Of today viii o. well O.
remember IN time The sad fate - The oh
man and the boy. as tod Us i1 EsoY's
fables. who tried 20 please every body
when riding their ass % market and in
the end pleased nobody and lost their
ass. Bes des. as plain. practical man.
7 am uow. and have FOR a nuube- q
wears been convinced that me pr1hibi-
ton law has never. for a day. been Of
forced % Kansas. and never VIII De. TO
matter what man or party is ln power.
And am iu favor ~ t1e resaJrn ~
% the prob bitory amendment % The
voters o. kansas
" r SAVAGE
Navar II Wellington