The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-11-10

county. It is only fair to add that the
corn crop OF q large section Of Kansas
was nearly ruined by drouth, while
more favored localities produced q
crop Of from 30 to 40 bushels per acre.
Kansas leads our State in the items Of
corn and fat cattle, but / am inclined
to think that Minnesota is. getting q
good lead in creameries aud dairy pro-
auctions, and that on account of eli
matte differences, it always will lead
in these particulars.
SIS
Speaking of corn, reminds me of
corn juice and the Kansas prohibitory
laws against it. My observations lead
me to believe that no thirsty soul need
go dry in most towns of Kansas on
account of the laws. At the same
time, I saw no open saloons there, and
no actual Drunkenness. While there
is occasional talk heard in favor of q
re submission of the constitutional
amendment, the general testimony
which | heard on that point was that
Kansas would never go back on the
amendment. There is more or less
complaint over the poor enforcement of
the prohibitory laws almost every
where. In the larger cities, especially
those on the border, there are plenty
of ''joints" where liquor can be OBJ
tanned, and in few cities these places
are so far publicly recognized that
their proprietors are regularly arrested
and fined every month or so. This is
the procedure at Kansas City. Kas +,
at Wichita, and probably some other
towns. At aiawatha veteran news
paper man, who he's been identified
with the battle for prohibition, told
me that the law even there was so
poorly enforced that the issue would
be doubtful in case of submission.
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Thus it will be seen that prohibition
is subject that politicians fight shy
of. Gov. Leedy did not distinguish
his administration by enforcing the
laws vigorously, and in a speech which
he made at Hiawatha never 80 much
as referred to his position on the sub
jet. The burden of his talk was
wholly in regard to his alleged fight
against corporations, and if he is elect
ed it will be on that issue. Leedy's
administration has made q strong play
for popular favor by drastic measures
against insurance pooling, against
alleged extortion by the stock yards
companies and publishers of school
books, etc. The governor claimed
that these measures had already saved
the people of the State several hundred
thousand dollars. The only reference
Leedy made to the silver issue was in
telling the venerable story about the
capitalist taking one thousand dollars
in gold and buying with it two thous
and dollars of Indian silver coinage
and purchasing Indian wheat that
would bring him two thousand dollars
in the Liverpool market. OF course
his excellency was talking through his
hat, but I suppose some of his popu-
listic audience thought his argument
was hot stuff.
**
Ex-senator PETER and his whiskers
are issues in Kansas politics this fall.
The ex-senator is candidate for gov
ernor of Kansas on the prohibition
ticket. Radical prohibitionists are not
satisfied with the attitude of either of
the other parties in regard to the en-
forcement of liquor laws, and it is not
unlikely that enough of them will be
drawn to PETERS banner to change the
result on election day. The returns
will soon tell the story.
The fact that the prohibitory amend.
ment does not absolutely prohibit
must not be taken as an admission
that it is total failure. It is pleasant
to go through large towns like Topeka
and Hiawatha and see no drinking
resorts or drunkards, and statistics are
in evidence to show that the consump.
ton of intoxicants in Kansas per capita