The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-06
HE SAYS 1T WILL WIN
Colonel Ellsworth VIII Help to XIII OF the |
Prohibition Fraud.

Prohibition Fraud.
Colonel G. s. Ellsworth Of Massachu-
estts is IN the city and will give little
talk 10 the Mystic Brotherhood at Zein-
niger hall tonight. Friday night he
will deliver a public address at the
Auditorium on resubmissiOn to which
The Q. u b, invites everybody and
especially the ladies.
II Is entirely probable that Colonel
Ellsworth viii take up the standard OF
resbumission under the auspices of the
Mystic Brotherhood and carry the war
on prohibition into every part Of the
state He is said TO be one Of the
r strongest organizers Of anti-prohibi-
tion campaigns in the entire country
He had charge of the state anti-prohibi-
ton campaigns of Iowa, Nebraska and
Wisconsin and made them very success
ful.
A reporter for the Eagle met him at
the Manhattan hotel last night and
found am to be very entertaining
gentleman.
Yes" he said, IT am the same man
that you heard Of fifteen years ago as
a prohibition speaker. ] was one Of
them, but / have long since changed
my mind. Prohibition is a falacy and
] had TO give it up. Don't forget, how
ever, that l am still a strong temper
ance advocate and friend. That is
the reason l am a resubmissionist 1
have held many important Offices in
the Good Templars and L shall always
encourage soberiety.
4 will say. however, that prohibition
IS not only running your state, but it is
running the morals and even the re-
ligion of the people. 1t is the most
prolific breeded of hypocrits and prer-
jurors that exists either in this or any
other country. My heart bleeds when
] see its results in the courts of JUS
tee
IF you can tell ne n single instance
where II has benefited the material or
moral interests Of any state in the
Union I will make you a present Of $50.
It is running Kansas year by year,
driving good people away and max
ing hyproCrits Of q great many of the
good people that remain Has prohi-
biJiOn ever built a church, hospital, \.
". ' - building or school house in
Kansas No. Are the Y. VI. c. \. as
soc.a-i0ns more prosperous IN Kansas
than in the state where a high license
and legal regula tons prevail? No.
Can you tell me a single instance where
IL has done any good? No. 1t has
caused strife in communities. 1t has
placed burdens on the taxpayers; il
has made hyprOcr.Js and perjurers OF
some Of your good citizens: Il has bank
TGpted every city; Il has decreased the
value OF property and il has made rents
low. Has il stopped the sale Of liquor?
no. In Wyandotte county there are
eeyenty-nine joints and l understand
that there are in your city nearly thirty.
Would there he any more. # that many.
under regulation and high license? I
feel sorry for Wichita. II is. 10 my
mind. The prett.est little city in the
country and has as fine 3 lot Of people
as nave ever become acquainted with.
1 met at least 100 men today and there
was not a pin head among them. With
such men and more liberal and sensi-
hIa policy you can't tell me but what
,his would make a grand commercial
city"
What DO I think of the Q. ". 2? I
believe Il has q wonderful! future be
fore It. L viii be the means Of reVolU-
tionizuS the state and there Is no mora
doubt in my mind but what = VIII
wipe OUT prohibition than daylight fol
lows darkness. II IS growing every
wheTe- Il is exactly what the people
want and mark my words when I say
mat il VII accomplish the practical
overthrow Of prohibition before Il is a
year Older Its principles is the only
polItlcs oI thousands Of men and they
VIII make themselves felt n the next
camPalEn and SO emphatically that the
public demand for resubrl ission can
no longer be denied"