The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-26

In the light Of this fact it is the con
viction Of this assembly that the remedy
for the present condition consists N
such action on the part Of all good
citizens as shall put into the place of
every officer who has proved guilty
such men as are known, regardless or
their political creed, to be not only
friends of law and order but possessed
Of that force of character which is
necessary to an enthusiastic and salts
factory administration Of office.
1t is the sense, therefore, Of this as
sembly that If anything practical IS
done to change the present dangerous
conditions, it must be done at the ballot
box, by movement of the people, choos-
ing men who without doubt can be
trusted, and by the exercise OF the sa-
cred act of suffrage giving these men the
authority to act as public servants who
have nothing to do with the interpreta-
ton Of the law but only with its admin
lstration and enforcement
This assembly realizing that this is
not the time nor place to nominate off,
Gals to fill the offices of those incompe-
tent persons who now stay in them.
nevertheless voices its deliberate con-
viction that the time has come in the
course of the history that is being made
for Topeka when the real remedy for
the wrongs that are forced upon US does
not consist in formulating resolutions
against the jointists and gamblers but
in electing righteous men to Office who
will make such resolutions unnecessary.
And we declare it to be the expression
Of our earnest purpose that at the proDer
place and time, We will. by united and
harmonious action, see to it that those
men shall be elected to public office in
this city and county who shall fear God
more than they love money and do
their full duty in the face of every joint
lst and gambler who attempts to insult
our constitution. imperil our homes and
endanger the souls of our children for
the sake of bloody gain.
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Topeka asserts its faith in those laws
of our state which are a mark of our
4 Christian civilization. We would as soon
/ think of reverting to a life of physical
/ barbarism as of reconsidering laws
which the universal experience of man
/ kind declares TO be for the progress of
/ the whole human family. For the sake
/ of our homes, our children, our churches
/ our schools, and our business interests
! for the sake Of the great commons
wealth of Kansas which we love we as
/ sert our reverence for law. and order
and sobriety, and human progress
around the world"
Judge T. F. Carver was one of the
/ speakers. He said:
/ THE resubmissionist mass meeting
/ this afternoon was remarkable for what
/ was absent in the make up of the meet
I ing. They were afraid to sing HYMNS
I Because why? Simply because God was
not with them. Dave Overmyer was the
principal speaker. They applauded him
t vOciferOusly. But when my good friend
Overmyer comes to talk of the philoso-
/ ply of good morals as he did yesterday,
he is sadly behind the times.
The burden of Mr.. Overmyer's adj
dress was that the state had no right
to dictate what a man should place in
| his stomach. All have to say is that
the state has never presumed to dictate
what man shall eat or drink The
/ prohibition law seeks only to regulate
/ the sale Of liquors
He also said that you can't enforce
| the law. At this declaration a number
of low browed jointists who were sit
! ting near where 1 was aDDlauded ire
mendously This assertion made a hit
! with them.
People criticize Judge Hazen perhaps
too harshly, and more than he deserves.
1 am sorry that his views are not the
we must give him credit for administering
the law as It Is in everything that IS
past week win show that
We must keep up the fight and wear
them out. Chief Stahl was very nearly
successful at this. Brother Overmyer
called him a crazyhorse. But if that is
what he is 1 say let US have more crazy
horses
II have a great deal of faith in Chief
OF Police Tim Donovan. I believe that il
he was told to close up every saloon and
disreputable house in the city he would dc
It before tomorrow night have a great
deal or talIh IN hlm- He is Irish and his
determined notions would certainly not
be Overruled if he were under orders from
the mayor TO close up these places
Some questions have two sides Il
them" declared Tom McNeaI in his ad
dress; but this one has only one side.
Ine man VINO IS elected to office anC
fails to do his duty is drawing his salary
under false pretenses.
1T doesn't matter what his opinion may
be- As has been said, the office ISM
forced upon him I don't care who it is
If it is the mayor or the county attorney
if they don't like to enforce all the laws
it is their plain duty to resign.
1T may be that we have Jumped ontC
har ton 7c-7f
seems to me that to have to go abou
looking as he does would be punishment
This talk that joints are necessary t.
help business it all rot. Joints are a,
a restaurant
when decent people are at the mere!
OF the lOW-brOWed jOintists, and Whel
the laws are administered to suit thei
wants in preference to the expressed viii
Of the majority of the people who are op
posed TO the laWless methods of the joint
lists, then I say it is an outrage to decen
people. Every citizen should have tn
right. II he doesn't he is not loyal to hi
flag and to his country"
Several days before the election" sal
Dell Keller, Il met Mr. Parker and h
told me that the people who were count
ing on him to stand in with the lawbreak
ers were to be disappointed. I was willini
+ to give him a chance. So was Dr. McFar
/ land and Judge T. F. Carver I Wante
r ( to be fair to him All the time Conse
. quently I waited to find out what wouI
be his policy. I am sorry to see hav
been disappointed in what he told me-"
He said in part:
THE conservative business man, and tn
wage-earner and taxpayer and all VIII
t know the commercial value of SObriet
d are now face to face with this situatiO
2 and must declare themselves. The clair
lhat the present system whether lcens
y ! or not Is profitable one from a finan
cial and business standpoint can not b
5 | maintained. do not believe the gambler
I / and joints are necessary or beneficial in
= terests of the city Money spent for bee
Z and milling would have been spent
5 legitimate channels. Figures show tha
5 / taxpayers are benefited by prohibition.
. Harold Chase was in bad voice and tt
speech which he was to have delivere
was read by Rev. J. D. Mcfarland. Tt
e paper was lengthy and went into deta
e concerning law enforcement as regards Il
j trusts and the liquor proposition as it VIZ
e / presented in New York city recent
= ! Speaking locally he says.
TN dealing with the lawless liquor ell
ment the mayor seems to be a firm b.
= lever in the unstrenuOus life He has ha
q good deal to say about what he cal
4 Ny Policy, but all we know about thu
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