The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-20
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NH. MURDOCH. Editor.
L. Drastic - rIeasure for Kansas.

Because of a radioasa inspired of fanatcism, prob
ably more properly from results growing out Of at
tempt to reach the unattainabes Of tanscendentalsm in
government through the Of politics the
Republican party Of Kansas was showed under and out Of
sight for years by conservative majority
There has been an this who have rem
oezvoued at Topeka through the claim Of its
being the purest municipality and of which ele
rnen the Topeka preacher would do all things terres
trial only as they are IS fair type to
which element can directly the gradual loss Of
Kansas former eighty Republican majority and
the partys final defeat The leaders Of this element com
Ing to Kansas the settling down in To-
za under the impression Of its conspicuous holiness
town having nothing dominating that town
has steadily endeavored to entire state,
through Topeka pressure on legislature, with what
success we leave It to others say Legislative
have been formulated and urged by Topeka bodies made
Up Of both men and women offensive and OF
pssve character approaching the value Of
sonaI freedom under government the people could
would brook Following the legal condemnation Of boy
10 life Imprisonment acting the agent Of his drug
store employer in drawing few glasses Of harmless beer
the imposition Of unreasonable and buhensome fines upon
people who had committed against their or
public conscience together with the provisions for assistant
states attorneys for every county independent police
commissions all named Topeka the government Of
sn the first class cities state the proposition to
pass law empowering officials to enter and
search the private citizens liberal and
leveheaded majority finally revolted and all
the more important counties state the in
which Topeka located lost to the Republican party
In ignoring an extreme statute which to the
pnitentary for forty years selling keg Of the
glass; by the adjustment police commissions in leaving
each community to regulate morals and enforce
right living according best lights connection with
The prosperity coming Of national Republican adminstra
ron Kansas finds herself safely back in the Republican
party once more
But is this fact ascertained by the returns
than o-d comes from Topeka from this PharisacaI town
of forty-one uquor-deang drug double that
number Of joints from this hypocritca corruption
within month conferred citizenship
outside bully, arnng him with commission enforce
search ordinance which Topeka judge
held as nagrany UNCONSTITUTIONAL which word or infor
nation is to the effect bill drafted
suggestion Iowa importation. who paid money
to roam Kansas over during the late campaign which bill
IS to create the office Of high state commissioner who
shall rank the attorney general assistant attorney gen
erals and all other county and local officers for the more
caused loss of wealth. Of population self
respect to state say nothing Of
Republican party. The Topeka papers announced last
Saturday that the friends Of the movement that town
had get together and the measure be one Of the
introduced upon the converting Of the first Republican leg
jslature in Kansas in years.
The introduction Of this measure which is to add
burden the taxpayer and set every larger mun
raIi+. state aa~e COUNTING
5anges hearth urnngs which in menaong prop
ey values dsoouraeing outside capital drive
Republicans party by scores in such com
lobbed by the Topeka Ministerial Union
10y the and women Of the state Temperance Union
and whoopsd up from 60 by the Topeka papers
by large contingent Of political denagogues who
nothing people party or state farther than
they can work these for a living
While temperance is undeniably highly commendabe
incuatea in home and in the school and insisted
upon by the pulpit and church. extreme and arbitrary meas
ues mean the defeat Of the party originating and attempt
ing enforce them creation Of this proposed high
saaried calphc comnssionership win mean the re-
relegaon Of the Republican party in Kansas while yet
failing Of obvatng drugstore whisky trade Of Topeka
alternating the hypocrisy OF that jont7dden com
snunlty
The Republican party win be held wholly responsible
for legislation Of winter But small minority Of
the element which always urging upon the Republican
party these drastic are ever found supporting
The the ballot box Temperance is good tenet
for pary-for all parties-but Topeka prohibition re-
bounds only the profit and success Of the opposition to
the Republican party Kansas which opposition is com
posed part Prohibition party itself which hates
and Sights though st seldom fails using the Republican
party for Che fltherance of its fanatcal assumptions