The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-28

FOREIGN LIQUOR POLICY CON
DE8INED.
"CD-We depIore the fact that an ad-
ministradon OF this republic. claiming
tha right and power To carry cur flag
across the seas and to conquer and annex
( new territory. should admit ITS lack OF
power to prohibit the American saloon on
subject soil or should openly confess it.
self subject 10 liquor sovereignty under
that flag. We are Inundated, exasnerat-
ed and grieved by the evidence. painfully
abundant. that this a1ministrat ions pol
icy cf expansion IS bearing SO rapidly is
fruits Of drunkenness. insanity and crime
under the hot-house sun OF the tronics.
and when the president II the first T IL
ippine commission says It was unaortun-
ate that We fptroduced and established
the saloon there. to corrupt the natives
70 exhihit the vice q our race. we charge
the iuhumauity and unchristianity u this
action upon the administration q VIII
lam Mckinley and upon the party which
elected him and would perpetuate the
same.
eve declare that the only policy which
the government OF the United States can
rightly establish - 70 the liquor traffic
under the nstional constitution, upon any
territory under the military or civil con-
trcl II that government, is the policy OF
orohibition: that TO establish Justice. -
cure domestic tranquility, provide cor the
common defence, promote the general
welfare and insure the blessings q HI
ertv 70 ourselves and our posterity," as
thu constitution provides, the liquor traf-
dc must neither be sanctioned nor toler-
ated. and that the revenue p0licy. which
makes our government a partner with
cistfllsrs and brewers and barkee2ers Is
q disgrace TO our civilization. an OUTRAGE
u1cu humanity and a crime agains- Cod.
we con 5snr tia present a2z1iaiztra-
ton Al washington because Z has re-
pealeI the prohtbttory laws IN Alaska
and given over the partly civilized tribes
tha-e 20 be the prey % the g-og shop,
and because II has entered upon license
policy, in our new possessions ~ incor-
r,9~atfrr the same recent act o congress
8, The code az laws f1r the sTTeru11ezl
az TIE Hawaiian Islands. We cal a-ten-
ton 70 tie fearful fact that sxp5rtsti =
os liquors from h United States % TIE
PhHiu7ine Islands increased from 80 II
7ss to $50. rs IN the srst Ten months q
the fiscal year ending June 1. $50, ard
that while our eyyoCtztton q liquors 70
Cuba never reached 5000 q year 2-sVi-
,us - American occupation O that lsia72
oar exports OF sUca liquo7s % Cus7a dur
ing The ascaI year Of 50 reached t1le
sum Of So =.
.-t5)-Ore great religious body fshs Bap-
tists) having truly declared Of the ll3zsr
r-sfl, -th6t 81 has 10 detensi5ie rlsht 20
exist. THAI = can never b. reformed and
that Il stands condemned BY SIS 1nrs Zhte-
Gus fruits IS 4 hing unchTtstia-- IN
American and 1ersious utterly 70 every
interest n Efs'. another great religious
BODY ,the Ms-h97ls5sl having as Truly as
sz~-sz and reiterated t1st 70 2c.stea-
party has 4 right 70 expsct- no- shah Z
receive. the votes e Chrfsr1zn men 80
gr-r as II stands co-n.r-s1 % th@ e
cerze system - refuses - put ttSsE on
recard IL Al attitude q o7el hostility .
re saloon: othsr great religious 51s11sz
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gaaze vlala ard uzsqsziv a-c2l, a. . tAe
ll,zcx t-z1sc ard the duty e Cnrtsria7
citizenship n opposition thereto: al the
Ezcs hsl-E pain ard u-t1iasse tnat 80
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salem a-5 Ire cA-ras1. wfFls tEe r.
publican party. :. 7oi;sT s-4 s6n1lzzserz-
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and -evsnue reform, %s declare oc-zesFss
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