The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-18

ence we speak of tonight IS the result
of the scientific spirit of the age.
You ask how this can be remedied-
win ten YOU It must be met at the fire.
side, at the school and in the church.
Teach your son to have a reverence for
authority and the law which strives for
the abolition of the bar. The truth must
be instilled into the hearts and minds of
those growing up in our midst The sci
entifc spirit may be imbued with that
love of law and alteration of authority
which alone will make loyal and patriotic
members of the body polite
President Herrlck here left the general
question and took up the matter of the
part taken by Washburn students in OBJ
tanning evidence against jointists Festi-
val week He said:
when I was asked to speak here to-
night it was undoubtedly expected that
I would say something about the part
taken in the Fan Festival by students of
yVashburn college. There has been some
Misunderstanding about this matter, I
believe, and I wish to place the matter in
a true light
"A deIega ton of some of the best and
most mature students of the college wait
ed upon me prior to the festival and dis
cussed the matter Of aiding law and order
in this city that week. I told them that
while the attitude of Washburn college
on the question of law and order was
well known, I did not think that we
would take any part as a college, but
that if there were any among them who
were of age and wished to take part in
a legitimate manner in enforcing the law,
as far as the administration was concern
ed they were at perfect liberty to do so.
All of the students who did take any part
in this matter are young men of excellent
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accomplished anything in aid of law and
order I thank God that they were able
to do So
When President Herrick concluded Mr..
Gleed announced that the report of the
Committee of Seventeen would be read.
and called upon Mr.. Charles Spencer. who
had the report in charge The reading
of the report consumed over 20 minutes,
and was repeatedly applauded.
Bishop Vincent of the Methodist Epis-
copal church made the last address of
the evening. In the course of his remarks
he said;
I'm Kansas we have reached a point in
dealing with the liquor traffic which the
best people of other states look upon with
envy. And when, as a representative OF
Kansas in other parts of the country our
people ask me if prohibition prohibits in
this state, I tell them that in commune
ties where the people insist that the law
shall be upheld it does prohibit. I say
that when the people make the right
choice of public officers, regardless Of po-
litical affiliations, prohibition and every
| other interest of the community prospers
TN tell you what we need in Kansas
and what we need in Topeka. We need
/ deliverance from apathy. Indifference OF
! the part of our best people is largely the
4 cause of our difficulty in Topeka. I know
! that in my own church there is too much
/ Indifference on this subject. There is toe
/ little positiveness among our best people
| P0sitiveness is what we want-pOsitiVe-
/ ness that would show the violators of the
/ law that we meant what we said, posi-
! tiveness that would close the joints and
in the course of time rid US of the traitor
/ GUS officers who refuse to keep their oath'
/ OF office We want that spirit of man
/ hood in the rank and file of our church
/ people which asserts itself on every ques
! ton of right and wrong and which makes
/ man stand up and say I will, so hell
me Cod With this spirit we can pre-
vent resubmission and forever continu
/ that magnificent prohibitory law whicl
! is the pride and glory Of our state"
| Before the meeting was dismissed MI
/ CIeed called attention to the fact that t
pursue its work the Committee of Seven
teen would have to have funds, and aske'
/ that those interested in the work sub
scribe something towards the funds o
! the committee.