The Topeka state journal., 1900-09-10
DRINKS FOR VOTES
Kentucky Distiller Suggests to
Kansas Political Managers
Unusual Inducements to Be
Offered Voters.
FLASKS OF LIQUOR
In ScreW-Top Patent Emhlaz-
Oned Bottles
Bearing Pictures of the
Candidates For Office
To Be Given Free to Voters of
Kansas.

The liquor men are making a super
human effort to introduce whisky into
the campaign of 1900 in Kansas Ennis
saries Of a Kentucky Hquor firm have
made propositions to the Republican and
Populist central committees in Topeka
and the Democratic central committee
at Kansas City to furnish whisky for
the campaign
The liquor men seem TO have no par
ticuIar party which they wish to favor
but they make the same proposition to
all parties Their idea seems to be to
have whisky take it's place in the cam
paign in Kansas as 1t does IN Kentucky.
But the effort has failed to bring the
desired results
The proposition which has been made
by a diStilling company in COvingtons
Kentucky, is 10 furnish the Kansas state
central committees with an election
brand of whisky at the following prices:
100 six ounce screw top TASKS. II
year old whisky, $3.50.
200 TASKS $44-
800 TASKS so.
400 TASKS $50.
The TASKS are OF a convenient pocket
size for distribution among those who
may be won over to political faith by
a bottle of squirrel whisky"
The representatives Of the company
pleaded with the managers of the diff
ferent parties to adopt this new plan-
Kansas agreed with the Kentuckians
who said they needed no outside assist
ance in running their coming campaign
Neither does Kansas wish outside as
sistance when the methods are imported
from Kentucky.
It is apparent that the distillers of
Kentucky do not understand the politi-
cal methods of this prohibition state
which also makes the giving away or
whisky for election purposes Illegal.
When the representatives OF the dis
tiIIery reported to Colonel Bob as the
circulars say the proprietor of the dis
tillery is afrectionately called in the Blue
less. they We're Immediately called home
and the willy Colonel Bob decided to
continue the scheme by mail
The company then sent out circular
letters to people in all parts OF the state
which read as fellows:
kindly mail Us the names and ad-
dresses of all persons, regardless or
party, who viii be candidates for some
Office at the fall elections 1t is our de-
sire to send each Of them one OF the
enclosed circulars and try TO secure
their order for some of these TASKS
ITO repay you for your trouble in
complying with this request, We Will
allow you $250 commission on every
hundred TASKS that are sold through
your efforts
These TASKS are something novel and
new, and up-to-date politicians will
quickly see their power with the voters.
and should you care to devote some or
your spare llI1e 70 l1c4I SAFE t0 NOAA0
md that with very little effort you
could make some good sales If you do
not care TO do this kindly hand to one
of your clerks who might be willing to
give this attention."
Then without waiting to receive the
long lists they hope to have from Kan
sas the distillery management Is sending
out circular to the candidates in Kan-
sas The circular makes the following
announcement:
Have your picture on flask Of ---
whisky. We are prepared to put up IL
year-old - old fashioned sour mash
whisky in six-ounce, screW-top TASKS
bearing the above label on which can
be printed name and photograph of can
didate, the ONCE for which ne is run
ming and vote for or with compliments
Of or such other words as may be de-