The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-09
MIA. THE CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

prosecution of which would cost the
state more than the cure of a hundred
men. A law should be enacted that
would reach his case And forthwith
he causes a bill to be introduced into
the legislature providing for the cure of
the poor inebriate.
1.-The bill is referred to the committee
on temperance. The committee eye the
bill askance, and also the cured man
who has been accorded the privilege of
being heard by it. His arguments en-
brace the economic and philanthropic
aspects of the case.
Having listened to the doctrine, new
to some of them, that the sick man and
the state would be mutually benefited
by the proposed legislation, the COM
mittee continue the consideration of
the bill.
"Says one, 'It looks reasonable that in
the long run it would be more profitable
| for the county to cure a man than to
support him. L doubt IL such a law
would be constitutional says another.
"a third thinks his constituents would
man than to cure him and make him
self-supporting. He says, it's all right
but my district is not educated up to
it,
There is the point. The education of
his district has now begun. The intro
duction of that bill is the entering wedge
which will reach the inner consciousness
of the hard headed taxpayer.
Captain InSley, the Neal Dow of in
ebriate legislation, having secured in
Colorado the first law providing for his
cure, reports its successful operation
and adds, In years from now, when
every person shall have been informed
of the possibilities of the Kelley cure,
there will be a standing law in every
state providing for the cure OF the
drunkard.'
t'Ex-Mayor Eustis of Minneapolis.
Mimi, whom I met in that city two
years ago, informed that sixty-one
inmates from the workhouse had been
sent to a Kelley institute by the city
and at least 95 per cent Of them had
been changed from worthless drunk
ards, continuing their march from the
court to the workhouse, from the work
house to the saloon Cor drug store) and
from the saloon to the court again, into
law-abiding, self-supporting citizens.
He said he had lately recognized one of
these forlorn objects of charity on the
street, well dressed, and apparently
prosperous. He asked him what he was
doing, and what do you think was his
rep1y?' said my informant with a broad
smile. He said he was engaged in
evangelistic work.
''There is a pointer for the churches.
'fChief Justice Conner of the Usage
Nation has reported the benefits of the
treatment of a number of drunken In
dams, sent to the Kelley institute at
that but one has relapsed, and he thinks
they, the cured ones, will not only be
able to enjoy life but also advance
civilization in a way which will give
satisfaction to the members of the tribe
and to the United States government
itself.
You have all heard of what the cure
provided by the United States govern
ment has done for hundreds of drunken
inmates Of the National Military Homes.
colorado, Maryland, Minnesota,
North Dakota and Louisiana have pass
ed laws for the cure of the INDECENT in
ebriate and the supreme court has de-
cided they are constitutional in every
case, among these, when an appeal has
been made to it. have received letters
from residents in different localities,
testifying to the good effect of such
legislation.
1.-The Woman's Kelley League of To-
peka, after having assisted ten men and
one woman to the cure, was compelled,
for want of money, to delay its efforts
for the rescue of others, begging it's aid,
until such times as a legislature shall
be in session which will listen to its
plea for a law providing for the cure of
the INDECENT inebriate at the expense of
the county in which he resides.
eff there is a disease in the wide
world for which the poor should have
a free cure, it is that soul-destroying
horror, alcoholism. When consider the
helplessness of their condition, their
faculties so benumbed that they do not
realize what a cure means for them,
their nearest and dearest suffering the
anguish of hope deferred, my heart is
stirred by feelings too deep for tears.
lover three hundred thousand have
been cured, and all who desire it may
be cured when laws shall have been
enacted for their benefit.
prohibition laws and cure laws are
each important in their promotion of