The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-27
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m. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.
ABOUT PROHIBITION IN THE REPUBLICAN PLAT


ABOUT PROHIBITION IN THE REPUBLICAN PLAT
FORM.
A. A GODDARD, attorney general the state of Kansas
who says going out politics at the end of his pres
and, therefore, little personally risk so
far future success of the Republican party of Kan
concerned IS in interview in which he advo
the policy putting prohibition plank in the next
Republican state platform. GODDARD is proProhibion-
is Of the sctest But he is probably inspired by
late report of officer of the State Temperance union
as to the status Of prohibition in Kansas
The Topeka Herald responsible for the publication Of
the GODDARD interview, claims that started
something" That sounds like Joe Hudson GODDARD has
started stopped anything The statistical report
published by the temperance union official to the effect
that the prohibition but twenty per cent
Of the cities not true 1t is not
onehaf true probably onefourth There are three
thousand people in Topeka who could swear they would
and ruthfuy Of personal knowledge
that the prohibition law daily violated Topeka at
many times and in many places. That town is an ex
cepion in which it is violated and daily We don't
believe there is such exceptional in state
It question, become one in most Of the towns
of home government and of local regulation.
But that nor there so far as Godards adj
vice concerned Prohibition already law and must be
left with the law, officers majority Of the
people who elect the moment you make the
Republican party responsible you have predetermined
its defeat To act proceed upon the advice GODDARD
upon the presumption report referred
TO is true Republican party in
the state This is not guess but experience The plea
made by the authorities referred toas by radical
prohibition element which never votes with or for the
Republican party-that by the putting prohibition
plank platform viii secure large Prohibition-Pop
ocrats bosh The average prohibition Democrat would
rather drowned whiskey that the Republican
party any platform This as true of the
prohibition Pops which two combinations never winked
at or for prohibition when they we're in power It would
be safer the party Mr. GODDARD those
who with him would prohibition plank back
the platform than to follow their advice If it is true
deny that a majority people of the
including all the parties favor Of prohibition
they the constitution and laws put there by
themselves then why put it party Platforms which
mostly of sounding brass and tinking cymbas still
the power Of holding scattering votes While
it that the average Democrat blind adhesion
party viii for his nominees though they stood
prohibition platform, equally there is
large element of Republicans will vote the party
ticket prohibition platform. These Republicans are
inst true Republicans the Democrats are good Dem
oerats, but the Republicans in being Independent
and selfreant tied down. nor held to support
aekedon which are not recognized Republican prin
ciples and to which they do not personally hold.
The Republican party, after series of defeats and
disaster Kansas in both state localities having un
loaded prohibition party principle will act wisely to
stay unloaded.
Besides the extreme Prohibitionists no element
no class Of voters in Kansas viii wish stronger or louder
longer harder for the Republican party to again put
its neck into the prohibition moose than the Democrats
The Democrat and Pop parties are unanimous for pro
hibition plank in the Republican party