The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21

.ver were. Call high license
what it Is, an easy way to raise a
revenue from vice, but let there
oe IA end of endorsing it rs q
or reiorfu measure"
Before the article from which
this extract was taken appeared,
the state of Kansas, during the
regime of Governor John 2. st.
John. inaugurated prohibition or
the iron clad variety. An amend
ment to the constitution prOhib-
ting the manufacture and sale
of spirituous. vinous and malt
liquors within the state was
adopted, which was supple
mented by an act Of the legislat
ure intended t. enforce it's pro
visions. Now let me ask the
Rev. Gonzales, Mr.. Falb, Mr..
Patterson and Mr.. Cox if they
are familiar with the working of
this law. Presenting that they
are not possessed Of the desired
information, I will enlighten
then. It has been the greatest
farce in the historyof Legislation.
In the city of Topeka: almost un.
der the shadow Of the S2,OOO,00
state cspitol building, is saloon,
which, like al other saloons in
Kansas, is called IL joint. This
saloon is patronized oy members
of both houses OF the legislature
when it is in session, and by
prominent politicians and states
men at all times. Scattered
throughout the city are from
forty to fifty other saloons, or
'joints." During the time that
Mrs. Carrie Nation was ram pag-
ing in Topeka, during the win! er
OF 1900 and 1900 IL spasmqclc
effort was made to close these sa-
looms or "joints," presumably IT,
keep her and her contingent of
female and male haJchet WELD
ers from smashing their costly
mirrors, and choppinS up Their
mahogany bars and emptylng
their stocks of liquors into the
ga tters. Finally tile authorities
grew weary of guar ding the prop
erty OF the "jointkeepers, and
Madam Carrie was thrown into
jail and kept there several weeks.
In the city of Wichita, where She
began the smashing, the police
and the courts made it SO warm
| for her that she suddenly con.
icluded her mission as Il retormef
called her elsewhere. For some
j reason known only to herself she
i did noyautempt any saloon wreck
ing inG ansas City, Kansas, dur
ing her numerous trips to Kan
sas City, Missouri, inst across
the state line.
In Kansas City, Missouri, sd
:, looms are licensed, aud as d rule
they are orderly, In Kansa:
}, City, Kansas, which is practicall
continuation Of the same city
there are over sixty open saloons
The names Of the owners ar
i painted in letters OF gold ant
: bronze upon the windows ant
\ m any. them are filed witt
cost fNures and large stock
= OF III eors. In the Missouri cit.
: more than 100000 is ANIMAL,
: collected from the salocnkeeper
in the Way of license, all OF whicl
goes into the public revenuefuno
: In Kansas City, Kansas, whic
2 has Il population in excess OF o.
Z 600, not d dollar Of license is co
4 lecLed from the 'tjolntkeepers,
t and the liquor traffic goes on jus
1 as openly as in Kansas city, Mis-
z souri,, which has d population {
I, over 200, ZOO.
Y In the state of Iowa, after civ
Y ing prohibition a trial for severe
t wears, it was abandoned and Ii
d cal option substituted.
Surely q lesson applicahi" I
L the pending contest in Jenning
e can be drawn from tle failure {
j. prohibition 10 prn.'ioit in IT
= states of Maine, Kansas and low
l. 1t is tl1is:-The iiq nortratic Cal
: not be suppressed, hence,
y should be controlled as far {
S possible. It has been cleared
y demonstrated that prohibitar
, laws cannot be enforced, and tn;
it even he legislators vino sit
e solemn runrlave, look wise ar
A. enact them will Join in their vi
lation. Such is human natur
le and in spite OF ali the finely SPY
J. theories 10 the contrary, votli
&c to suppress the sale and use
"a Iiunnr., will not SupDreSs thet