The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-28
That Is What Senator Codding
Said Last Night.
Asserts That County Officers
- Are just the Reverse.
is FOR BETTER MEN.
Says That the Tendency Is in
- That Direction.
Responsibility on the Young
Men of Today.

ttChief of Police Stahl is a hero" de-
clared Senator J. K Codding of Wa
mego at a temper ance meeting at the
christian church on Topeka avenue
last evening. Senator Codding was
talking of the local conditions and his
hearers heartily endorsed his senti-
ments.
- IT can say that your county officers
are exactly the reverse he continued
And I won't have to mention any
names either"
Senator Codding in his opening re-
marks last evening told his audience
that he made no pretentions as a plat
form lecturer. but he declared. Il am
laboring in the cause the same as you
are for a better, g. higher and purer
citizenship
= Senator Codding talked along the
line of reasoning which shows that the
young people of today are the ones
who will have to shoulder the respon-
sibilities of the Inomentous questions
of tomorrow.
1.-The young people of the rural dis
frfcts who go into the cities for their
education, to take up lines of business
and learning will be a great factor in
the solving of the problems of the ris-
ing generation. What must their
training and associations be to MT them
for the responsibilities which will fall
upon their shoulders? They cannot
smoke and drink and retain sound
minds.
= -.'They must be given wholesome,
clean and pure atmosphere The joint
and the saloon are crime breeders and
they must be abolished The nine
teenth century ideas have almost Who'll
~ eliminated the drinking man from
all positions of responsibility and the
twentieth century will no doubt elm
mate him entirely.
Where is the drunken doctor who
used to visit his family and prescribe
for the ills of the little ones; where is
the drunken lawyer who made maudl1n
speeches to the jury, and where is the
drunken engineer who in years gone
by used to handle the throttle and en-
danger the lives of the passengers in
the train behind?
These have disappeared The nine
teenth century idea of citizenship has
made it impossible for such men to ex-
1st. The trend has been for cleaner and
purer men to take these places of re-
spOnsibility. The time is fast coming
when the door will slam in the faces
of all young men who have bad habits
and vices If a young man who drinks,
CANDLES and smokes is still holding a
position of responsibility it is because
there is not a cleaner man to take his
place. But be sure the time will soon
come when unless he mends his habits,
some one will be found to take his
place."
Senator Codding emphasized his state
mentS with numerous stories and anec-
dOtes of incidents which have come I'M
der his own personal observation prov
ing the assertion that the drunken man
was fast being eliminated as a factor
in all lines of pursuit.
The meeting was we'll attended, and
total abstinence pledges were distrib-
uted after the lecture for the signatures
of those who had not already signed
the pledge.
Senator Codding emphasized the i'm
portance of all citizens to their duty in
helping. enforce the prohibitory law. 1T
is the duty of every man to help Chief
Stahl in his work here in Topeka. This
IS the capital city of the state and it
Is to you that the rest of the state |
looks for an example. It is as
much the duty of every citizen !
to help in the law enforcement
move as it is the duty of the county !
attorney All good citizens should do |
all in their power to bring the evidence |
of violations of the law to the notice of |
the county attorney and then do all in |
their power to assist him in the prose- |
ct1tiOn''