The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-05

US from this evil. and to make our police
department a genuine terror to evil-doers.
Every good citizen should strengthen his
hands. And the public should give its
servants, the members Of the city coun-
Gill; to understand that they are expected
to stand by the mayor in this fight with
crime
his understanding that the council viii
tonight vote on the confirmation of Chief
ton of the duty of the members in this
issues to observe. what one doubts,
keepers of brothels desire the confirma-
ton of the chief defeated. Every man
who votes against his confirmation viii be
applauded by these criminals. The citizens
of Topeka should let their aldermen know
that they will be expected to vote for
law and order. No bubbles over small
should be permitted to screen any man
from the hot indignation of the public,
breakers in the work of obstructing the
punishment of crime" Passing to the
county attorney and judgeship contest the
For two of the candidates for these
offices there appears to be a solid unanim-
and those who wish to nulIify the law Of
the commonwealth against the saloon.
These men take no chances on
question of this kind. They are support
ing these two men because they have
grounds for expecting that in case they
are elected they will their offices. as
far as possible to nullffy the law against
the sale of intoxicating drinks For my
self I will not vote for men in whom
jointists and brewers and distillers ana
their sympathizers put their trust" Then
DR.. Mcfarland called attention to the
fact that were all of the candidates for
this office occupying the position accred-
tied to the two mentioned, the liquor in
terests would not be disturbed and there
would be fight. He then referred to
the editorial in the Kansas Telegraph,
which had been translated for the use Of
all the ministers and sent out to them
through the mails several days before. It
was an appeal to German voters and de-
rhn rfr7rr he
forcement of the prohibitory law as
cranks and hypOcrites- This paper proves,
concern Of the opposing element. that the
two men on the Republican ticket are the
business The Telegraph asks why the
-hypocrites' are supporting certain can
didates. Referring to this Dr. McFar-
This. German paper. speaking for the
beer drinking element of this country, in
an article signed by about thirty Ger
mans, among them some notorious for the
violation Of law. makes this answer to its
Because these two persons have SOL
emily pledged themselves to the strict
execution of the fanaucal plans of the
These men-these Germans believers in
the unrestricted sale of intOxicants-these
men who would put a saloon every
principal corner % every business block
for district judge and county attorney,
have solemnly pledged themselves to
strictly enforce the prohibitory law.
Then 1 propose to vote for those two
men. am content to take my place with
the so-cailed 'hypocr1tical rabble,' con-
sisting of the best citizens of this city
and county. who do not propose to per-
nit the saloon, either openly or secretly,
to come back into this city.
And If these men have certainly in
formed themselves concerning the pledges
made by the men whom they are oppos-
ing may we not safely assume that they
know the kind of pledges given by the
two candidates, which without reference
to party affiliations, they are opposins,
SOiGmnlV pledged Themselves n
enforcement of law, is it not quite sure
that they have obtained equally solemn
porting that they will not enforce the
laws against Illegal liquor dealers?"
In closing DR.. F'arland said: Il am not
here as an advocate Of general political
convictions but one of the watchmen
a. cry of warning and to impress upon all
the necessity of conscience, righteousness
and decency being recorded at the ballot
DoX against everything which stands as a
menace to good government and portends
the undermining of the prohibitory law
which means so much to our common
DR.. Mcfarland said that man who re-
fuses or neglects to cast his ballot de-
serves to be deprived of the protection of
the laws of the country in which he lives
and might not be unjustly banished from
a land whose high privileges of citizen
ship he disregards. Such neglect he desig-
mates as criminal"
In discussing the judgment of things
earthly he said: Those who have placed
the accursed stuff, liquor, upon the presi-
dents table; the congressman and sena-
tors who turn the capitol of the United
States into q saloon; and open the treas
of money which is the price of blood:
those who deprive the laborer of a just
ellis who vote licenses to the traffic; citi-
zens who elect such councils and every
legal presence of this iniquity of iniqui-
ties; al OF these, when the account is de-
this country 90 down r. dr1,nI-y,. ~
graves will answer to Gods roll call.