The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-06

organizer; and the duties which he will
perform VIII be to lecture at points
arranged beforehand by the national
committee and after each lecture he Will
organize local alliance. His headquar-
tiers will be at 1918 Manhattan building,
Chicago.
Il shall take my family to Lincoln
where my Wifes relatives live" said he.
and then I go east to take up the work
of national lecturer and organizer
There are about six or seven of these
lecturers and organizers being put out
by the national committee, but in the
course of time the number will be in
creased to fifteen or twenty. The plan
is to keep up this campaign continuous
ly and to strengthen ourselves all the
time. My dates already are being fixed
up by the committee and plan to spend
the winter in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania and other states where Chairman
oliver w. Stewart sends me. Later in
the season I expect to be sent west to
the Pacific coast
1--WE are going to keep up this fight.
I feel that the prohibition question IS
one that must be taken uD and solved
the same as the tariff or any other
great proposition. I think, too, that the
matter is being brought to Il head. L
do not feel sore, of course, at defeat in
this election. but I received / think up
wards of $4,000 votes which / expected
The indications in Kansas are, it seems
TO me that the matter of law enfOrce>
ment is to be brought up until it will
be settled right. There is only one way
to get at this thing, however, and thaN
is to attack it from a national stand
DOint The doctrine of states rights
was exploded long ago and the correct
way to reach the thing is through the
government.
''Win you discuss the result inNShaw-
nee county,
Yes, 1 win say something about the
campaign in Shawnee county.
Certainly | should have liked to see
Stahl and Stebbins elected, but in my
opinion their defeat was due to those
who were with them They were sup
ported by excellent people, but l want
to tell you it was the inconsistency of
the thing that put people against them.
The idea of people refusing to support
two candidates on ticket when all of
the other candidates stand on the same
platform as those to whom they object,
seems absurd to me. Why should
man bolt part of a ticket when he
knows that the rest of it has been
nominated upon the same platform as
those whom he has reiected2 So l say
again it was inconsistency which caused
the defeat of the independents in this
county I do not believe as DR.. Ne
Farland said that the significance of
the defeat of the independents is that
the Topeka people want the saloons, but
that they saw this inconsistency and re-
fused to be led off by it,
In my opinion. too, they made a
mistake in holding a prayer meeting all
day when they could have done much to
influence the election in favor of their
candidates. if they lad only got out
and worked The ladies could not vote
at the election. but they could have gone
out and gotten men to vote. OF course
I believe in prayer. but you must get
out and work too. God helps those that
help themselves is an old saying but
true"
Mr.. Emerson here illustrated his point
by telling the story of an old Scotch
man who, with a young seaman was
caught out in a storm on the water in
q boat. The younger man wanted to
use some other means besides that of
the oars in seeking safety: but the
/ Scotchman insisted that the only way
was to pull.
"Now there is another thing I condemn, .
! Mr.. Emerson continued. THAT is this;
! While I ike DR.. Mcfarland very much.
l I think he makes great mistake in fay
/ ing Mr.. Parker and the city administra-
/ tion of Topeka and at the same time al
4 lowing Stanley and the state administra-
tion. greater sinners. to go untouched.
/ Maybe Parker has not done just the right
thing; but how little is he to blame when
! compared with Governor Stanley and the
! state administration. Everybody knows
( just what policy Mr.. Stanley has pur-
sued as governor and it is upon that
policy that he is to stand as a candidate
for United States senator and in my
opinion is going to be a strong factor