The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-27
CALL ON GOVERNOR.
Home Defenders Ask Him to
Help Suppress Joints.

A committee of Home Defenders COM
posed of Miss Blanch Boies, Mrs. E. NJ.
Coleman and Mrs. J. w. Stout called
upon Governor Bailey today and asked
him to help suppress the drug store
joints in Topeka
Governor Bailey said that he was
powerless to do anything unless he is
appealed to by the authorities after they
have been unable to enforce the law
You should elect the right man TO Of
fee" said he.
I'VE thought we had the right man
when we elected you, said one of the
women
Governor Bailey blushed at this deli
cate compliment but said he could do
nothing more than to advise them to
make formal complaints to the mayor
The women presented the following
formal address TO the governor:
To Governor W. J. Bailey.
God reigns His judgments are mani
fold. No Bible believer can doubt for
a moment that Divine Providence rules
in the destiny and career of cities, states
and nations as we'll as in the lives and
affairs Of individuals and men. Noah's
food the awful plaques of Egypt the
biting fiery flying serpents in the wild
erness together with the destruction of
Sodom. Gomorrah, Tyre and Babylon
and the angel of pestilence Staying thou
sands for David's disobedience in num-
bering Israel the repeated captivity Of
the Hebrew nation for idolatry. the final
destruction of Jerusalem and dispersion
of the Jews all reminds of Jehovah's
justice and power The Almighty holds
rulers and pOpulace alike responsible,
individually and collectively. The trag-
ic death Of the wicked Ahab and Jeze-
bel. the cruel HerOd eaten alive by
worms as Wen as the sparing of Ninevah
and adding 10 years to d kings life be-
cause he repented. are lessons to be re-
membered. The defeat of Napoleon at
Waterloo was the triumph of the pTinci-
pies of the reformations as was the de-
struction of the Spanish Armada with
splendid victory in Manila bay also de-
terrnined the future religion and civili-
cation of the world. God is dealing with
Topeka and Kansas.
The whole state has been bowling at
the feet of Bacchus the god of drunk
enness, lust and vice Carrie Nation. Z
prophecies of God and prohibition.
warned the people and stirred the state
from center to circumference J. T.
Mcfarland ]. D. COuntermine and
Chas. NJ. Sheldon echoed her warning
in tones of thunder. The issue was
squarely put But the courts We're
turned into a farce and travesty. JUS
tice was turned away backward truth
fell in the street and equity was
strangIed. The Parker administration
sOWed to the wind and the harvest will
be the terrible tornado. Touch not
mine anOlnteds and do my DroDhetS no
harm is written in the same book that
says Woe unto him that buildeth a
town with blood and establisheth a city
by iniduity-a
More than 40 drug joints. temples to
Bacchus, are running wide open in To
peka. Instead of suppressing the trea-
sonable, damnable traffic. after the pop
ular verdict at the polls last spring the
very idol of the liquor business has been
appointed probate judge, a defiance Of
Q Cs judgments, and an insult to ev-
cry law abiding, patriotic voter. In
the name of am that 1 am we ask
YOU to undo this. wipe out the worship
Of debauchery and avert the pestilence
that may be lowering over us all. BE
not deceived. God is not Knocked Sure
" every intelligent conscientious Bible
4 believer may tremble and stand in silent
expectation in the presence of such con-
ditiOns.
our prayer Is that the new mistress
at the governors mansion may prove
/ the Queen Esther to intercede in be-
half of right against wrong and hang
the Hannah of notification and con-
spiracy at the bar of loyalty and public
opinion by order of the chief executive
of Kansas. In the name of God and
humanity we make this appeal
COMMITTEE HOME DEFENDERS.