The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-02-04

IN THE RESTAURANT.
the correspondent of the temperance
paper was woman, he cried: IL don't
care whether she is a lady or what she
is. | denOunce her just the same for
this outrageous Misrepresentation of
myself"
Great excitement prevailed during
the delivery of the speech. and other
congressman, whose names were men,
tened in the article. were called upon
TO defend themselves. but they declined
to do so. Congressman Funston did all
OF the talking, and he had the sympathy
OF his audience until he made that aliu-
sion to the lady correspondent, who
was well known TO many people in
CO ngress and in the galleries. The lady
afterwards said that she might have
been mistaken; but that a man with
coLktail before him was named to ner
rs Congressman Funston. After she
had been denounced in that violent
manner she declined to make any public
re,raction or explanation of the case.
The other congressman named did
not want to talk about il. because all OF
them knew that the article told the
truth. and only the truth, concerning
what the lady had seen with her own
eyes as she sat at table in the resrau-
rant taking lunch with lady friend
and making notes of things about
her.
The incident referred to manifested
the fact that public men fully realize
the growth of the spirit Of temperance
stand that they cannot with lmpunity
ignore that spirit and sentiment. The
statesmen Of the future must be men
of sobriety and free from alcoholic in
1uences. Some OF the men now in con-
gress do not realize that fact, and un-
less they see new light in the near
future they will be retired by the peo-
pie.
During the last session of congress q
joint resolution was passed by the house
of representatives forbidding the sale
and use of spirituous liquors in The cap
itol. The resolution went to the SEN
ate, but it was never acted uI.on by
that body. Ii it had ever been brought
to vote ii would have been passed. No
seDator would wan, to 80 upon record
as voting against the proposition to
abolish the use of alcohol under the
dome where natioual legslatio is en-
acted.
The sentiment of antagonism to alco-
Eoi has grown measurably in tins coun-
try since the civil war Neal Dow, John
i: Cough and other apostles OF reform
created and fostered public sentiment
by persistent and splendid efforts. Blu.
the real work. the effective work. has
been done by the wives. mothers and
daughters of the nation. Progress has
followed the efforts of the organized
genius of the Women's Christian Tenn
Perance union.
Some OF the great men of the ante
oeilhm generation were almost ho bituaI
drunkards. That is to say. they seldom
went to bed sober. Ii was customary
for nearly all of them. early in the a fter-
noon, when the work Of the day was
we'll in hand. to begin social drinking.
Many time and oft. senators and rem
resentatves with national regulations
would either s,aSger from the capitol
or be driven in cabs TO their hotels. 10
sleep OIL the fumes of the poison which
they had imbibed. No good could come
now OF mentioning their names Let
them rest in peace.
For several years after the civil war
the drinking habit continued War al
ways lowers the moral condition of q
country. The veterans of the armies
were sent to congress. The people of
the north and of the south honorpd
their soldiers by sending them to the
Legislative halls. Here they fra,eruized.
and il was while IN their cups that
union and confederate soldiers buried
their animosities. Many a soldier hero
was seen night after nigh, captured
and controlled by the demon of the