The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-10-02
RESUBMISSION In KANSAS.
Past, Present and Future.
How the parties stood
in 1891.
SOME STARTLING FIGURES
As to the Cost Of Prosecution of Liquor
Cases, as Compared with Other
Cases. Cost Of Grand Jury.
SOME PROPHECIES.

play It's part III pOlltlCe kHlu IuIe 1911
/ have been for come time collecting
the facts and results. to resubmit the
amendment adopted: in 1880, that
went into effect May /, 1881. All the
figures are from official sources and
can be relied on &c correct.
There were cast at the election in
1880, I9s, 23s votes. The vote cast fer
the amendment was 92,SO2, against,
81, SO4, giving q majority of 1898 for
the amendment, 2l,6S2 not voting
either way.
Some of our Tesubmission friends
Say the people of Kansas did not
know what they were doing when
they voted to adopt the amendment.
Meetings were held for and against
all over the state from June until the
election. 1t has always seemed TO me
the people of Kansas knew pretty
well what they were doing, as the re-
suits of subsequent elections will chow
farther on.
All who were in Kansas at the
time will remember the red hot re-
submission campaign of 1882, the year
after the law went into effect, when
the change from a license to a no.
license system created the disturb
snce that such a radical change al
ways does, and how the liquor element
of the whole country made Kansas a
storm center to undo what had been
done two years before. The law was
more unpopular then than it ever will
be again and yet what was the result
of the election?
When the Legislature met, a resolu.
tion was reported to the House to re-
submit the amendment. The report
of the committee to which it was re-
ferred reported to reject the proposed
amendment and vote being had, 116
votes were cast. The record shows
that 65 votes were cast to reject the
amendment aud 81 for it. To result
NIT an amendment to the constitution
it must have twO-thirds of each house,
consequently in the House it would
take So votes to pass a resolution to
amend the constitution, 81 votes have
been the nearest to the SO votes
necessary and nearer than ever will
be got again. But more of this later.
In 1885 Thomas Moonlight ran
against John A. Martin on a resub-
mission platform pure and simple.
Il was declared time and again dur
ing the campaign that a vote fol-
Moonlight was vote for resUbmissiOn.
Still when the votes were counted
Martin had 9,6l5 and Moonlight lis
6e7, Martins majority being S3,94S
1t would seem by this time that the
people of Kansas would begin to IN
derstand what they were voting on,
In 1888 Judge John Martin ran
against L. U. Humphrey. Hum
pkrey's vote was 1SO,S41, Martins
10I, $50. 1 mention this to show what
the vote was when it was bet Seen
Republicanism and Democracy. 49,
600 republican majority when party
lines are drawn, $4,000 when result
mission was an issue. OF course the
increase in population would make
some difference but not near enough
to make the difference in the vote. II
would seem from the above that there
are about 10000 resubmission repub-
licans in the state.
Again in 1890 resubmission was
brought before the voters of the state
and every effort was made by the rum
power to elect a legislature that
would pass the amendment. The bit
terest opposition was brought against
every candidate who was not a resub-
missiOnist.
MIR. Douglass, of Wichita, present
ed the proposed amendment and ad-
vocated it with all his elOquenee
and power. While never touching
liquor himself he thought the people
had a right to vote again on the ques
ton. No one could present the cause
in any stronger light than he. For
two days it was debated in the COM
mittee of the whole. 1t was q hattie
worth hearing. Finally a motion
was carried setting Feb. 26, at 2 o'clock
for a final vote. The whole afternoon
was spent debating the resolution.
At five O'Clock vote was had with
the following result: ~ against, q
for, q not voting.
The analysis of the vote shows that
of the 81 Alliance or Populists in the
House 81 voted against rssubmission,
and of the "a republicans Is voted the
same way. There were democrats,
none Of whom voted against the reso-
luton. The negative shows that Is
pOpulists, republicans and 6 demo-
Gratis voted for the resolution. In
other words, little over 81 per cent
of the populists voted against resub-
mission. and almost exactly the same
per cent of republicans.