The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-04

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not to be Commandments to &C
Right Oh and Pull Everything in Sight
Tells all About His Energy and Great
ness-Does not Think Morrill, will
Desert Him at all.
Topeka, Kan, Jan 3.-(SpeciaL)-The
Topeka Capital has the following as
founding interview with W. P. Camp
bell:
Hon. W. P. Campbell of Wichita, as
: sitant attorney general for Sedgwick
county, returned TO Wichita last night
after two days visit in this city. He
has been in consultation with Attorney
General Dawes with regard to some le-
gal questions involved in the prosecu-
( ton Of violators Of the prohibitory law
at the next term of court.
/ Mr.. Campbell says the whisky prose-
cutions are going on at an even tenor
and that the cases are being prepared
for trial just as any other cases are;
that there is no excitement attending
| the trials
Some of the joints" says Mr.. Camp
bell, ARE doing a precarious business,
without profit. The Carey hotel joint
has been moved to the fourth floor and
the business done by it is confined
principally to the guests of the house.
The citizens of Wichita do not patron
ize this or any other place where
/ liquors are sold.
THE warehouses are not storing any
beer. for fear of seizure. The practice
of delivering beer from the refrigera-
tor cars in which it was shipped, was
engaged in to some extent. The local
agent of the Rock Island delivered
from the car a portion Of car load Of
beer to one of the wholesale dealers,
and suit and seizure followed 1 had
the men arrested who were delivering
it and the local attorney for the brew
cry company ordered the beer reship-
ped to Kansas City, but it was seized
before it was sent out. Injunctions
were secured against the Rock Island,
to prevent such action in the future.
However, the injunction was dissolved,
the district court holding that the in
terstatte commerce law permitted such
car delivery"
Mr.. Campbell says the interstate
commerce law offers no such protec-
ton and that the shipment of liquors
from adjoining states to this comes I'M
der the same provisions as shipments
made from one point in this state to an
other.
1.-The jointists are discouraged" con-
tinued Mr.. Campbell when the were
running in full blast, they had three or
four professional bartenders. The fight
has compelled them to assume a posi-
ton embodying economy and the force
Is reduced to one man, or perhaps only
negro porter. Two-thirds of the
patrons, at a time when the joints were
partially respectable, have quit drink
mig, or at least have quit visiting the
Joints. They are avoiding the publicity
arising on account of their names be-
ing reported and used as witnesses in
the prosecutions.
IF the saloon men could be convinced
that the policy of closing the saloons
is permanent they could be compelled
to quit. AS 1t Is a number of the old
salooniSts have quit business and have
left the state. Others admit their in
ability to continue in business in OPP
position to persistent and determined
prosecution. Every now and then,
something occurs, or representations
are made which cause the violators to
expect a change. They have great ex-
pectations growing out of the complica-
tons OF politics at this time, basing
them, of course, upon what has trans
pired frequently before.
They also have an idea that the
prosecutions in Wichita will have a
tendency. finally, TO bring about resub-
mission, and this in part reconciles
them to the situation. Whatever may
have been said to the contrary, in my
opinion, the saloon business in Wichita
has been permanently disabled. If they
were now allowed to open freely, after
the first month or two it would be very
Il 60 ion of tn ao+
their monthly forfeitures. A change Of
the policy at this time would develop
a good deal Of public sentiment in favor
of prohibition. The howlers are now
on the side of liquor, but a change
would make the howl come from the
other side.
Some of the people engaged in at
tempted violations of the law have an
idea that Governor Morrill, is vacillat-
ing in his policy and that he will give
UP the fight. They also believe that he
may be brought to face this condition
by outside political influence. But the
fact remains. that the fight will con-
tinue and / will continue the proSecu-
tons.
LAS to Attorney General Dawes they
believe he is absolutely incorrigible
and have given him over to hardness
of heart and degeneracy of spirit. AS
TO myself, they have abused me until
they are out of breath and have quit"
In speaking Of his visit to Topeka,
Mr.. Campbell said: 1.-THE first thing
1 will do when 1 get home, as a re-
seult of my conference with the govern
or and Mr.. Dawes, will be to seize a
joint"
1t has been reported that Mr.. Camp
bell was called to Topeka by the gov
ernor or attorney general for the pur-
pose of acknowledging their inability
TO enforce the law by removing Mr..
Campbell. This is wholly untrue. Mr..
Camphall came to Toppka of his own