The Advocate and news., 1898-11-16

bition be made to prohibit?" Mr.. Stan
ley said:
"Well, now, l will answer that Ques-
tlon frankly. Much as dislike to admit
it, truth compels me to say that l ac-
cepted the Office Of Police Commissioner
Of Wichita, believing that could close
the joints, but l was unable to do so,
although and my associate, Mr.. Lewis,
made conscientious attempt. We had
all the machinery Of the law back Of us,
but the joints were not closed Still I
do not like the idea of the legalized sa-
loon. The legalized saloon is a monster
consCienceless monster. Give It the
license OF law and 1t dominates politics,
and rides rough-shod over good morals,
over the vote Of decent people.
Wouldn't 1t be better, after all, to give
the people home rule and hold the pro-
hibitory law over the joints as q menace?
Then II they get too gay apply the law.
And, by the way, they got just little bit
gay in this campaign Indeed, they got
so gay that they drove temperance peO-
pie to my support Look at Peffers vote.
Instead Of $4,000, he received less than
1000, That was because the buns got
too gay
THAT scare was foolish. It drove from
my support many liberal Republicans
along the river and elsewhere, good men
who honestly believed that / would cut
off home rule / am not finding fault
with those men. / was sorry TO lose
them; that's all. But the buns l ex-
pected to lose, and knew where 1 could
get votes in their place.
"How about the metropolitan police
system?"
THAT is gone. I will not re-establish
it. l mean by that that will not Of
my own motion re-establsh 1t. But 1t
is remote possibility that the people Of
a town may in self-defense demand it's
Te-establishment, and in that event |
would reluctantly restore 1t. Please do
not understand that | would seek q
chance, under the cover of a local de-
mand, to re-establish 1t. l would restore
it only when | should become satisfied
that the great body of the people wanted
1t. However, look for nothing OF that
kind. Let 1t rest with the declaration
that will not re-establish the metropo-
itan police"
Would you sign an act repeating the
metropolitan police law"
Eyes. will exercise the veto prerog-
ative only in extreme cases. The Legis-
lature is nearer to the people than the
Governor, for the reason that 1t comes
from small constituencies and / would
hesitate long time before overriding
its enaCtments with Veto"
A. He has humane and extremely
cOmmendable idea of prison reform.
There is," he says, "a chance for reform
in the penltentiary. The removal Of the
stripes from the better class of convicts
is a step In the right direction, but !
would go further. / would establish
graduated merit system, the final reward
to be a parole. The way to reform men
Is to give them Christian, human treat
ment, and proper beginning is to place
moderate confidence in them. It inspires
q man, no matter how low he may have
fallen, to feel that he is not wholly un-
worthy OF confidence"
Il believe the State Board Of Pardons
is an evil. It should be abolished. It
has come to be court of review, instead
Of court of mercy. 1t sets aside the
work of courts and juries,
and turns loose convicts without regard
to the question Of mercy. Pardon means
forgiveness, but this board interprets it
to. mean justice. l think the Governor
aided by clerk could take the place Of
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