Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-06
A Protest.

held at the M. z. church, Sunday night
to protest against the granting OF per
n,its to Delos Graves and Fl. STANLEY
Mustard to sell liquors.
Rev. White, Of the Christian church
presided.
Short speeches were made by Col d.
W. Houston, John G. Johnson and KEYS
Henderson, HOWE, Sickle and Country
man, and w. A.. Trigg, of the Eagle. The
latter proposed that an attorney be EN-
ployed to assist the county attorney
when the matter came before the probate
Judge. Rev. Henderson read the names
of those who signed the druggists pc
titions.
After the speeches, a protest was Gil
culated throughout the audience for sig
natures. Probably 800 signed it.
Resolutions were offered and adopted
in which the meeting Tor those voting)
pledged their support to Governor Stan
ley in the enforcement of the prohibitory
law and all other laws; also pledging the
support Of the meeting to the county
attorney and other officials i'll the en-
forcement of law The meeting then adj
journed.
The time of the hearing of the petition
ers before Judge Stein was Tuesday. at 9
a nj. A number of people were on hand
to protest against the granting OF the
permits. However. the Judge granted
both permits.
Everybody knows the position of this
paper on the whisky question. We are,
and always have been for prohibition-for
the rigid enforcement of the probibitory
law. We are not for prohibition part OF
the time. but we are for it 365 days in
the year We have, in the past, done all
we could to induce the people to nomi-
nate and elect officers who were in favor
of the law. We have not been very sue
cessful, however, in the main, although
we have helped to elect few men who
are true friends OF law and order-and
one of these men is Hon. J. d. Stevens,
who stood by the law and it's enforce.
ment on all occasions in the legislature.
In the main, however, we have been
ppposed by people who shout prohibit
ton on such occasions as that of last
Sunday night, but work and vote tor
whisky men on election day. Some of
those who entered their protest to the
granting of those permits were honest,
consist people, but we cannot say this of
majority. We saw some taking an
active part in that meeting who did all
they could to accomplish the defeat of
known prohibitionist for navor of Gar
nett. One of them took his carriage and
hauled voters to the polls in the interest
of the other candidate. Why? Because
he was the nominee of "our party'-the
Repuhliesn party. We haye no patience
with such people
We do not think 1t Is necessary that
druggists have permits, because we do
not believe the sale of liquor is necessary.
We prefer. however, that liquors he sold
according to law. We cannot work with
those who oppose the election of tenn
persnce men to Office, and howl about
The violation of the law during the re.
mander of the year, or whenever little
temperance breeze Is raised.
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The permits have been granted, If
these druggists do not sell according to
law, 1t is the duty of the probate judge
to revoke the permits. Let the friends of
the law keep a lookout, and if they find
that these druggists are violating the
law, let them see that they are arrested
and punished, and We are certain that
the probate Judge will revoke the permits