The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-08
EVANS ina JOINT.
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/ in liquor.
Second. it is a business which yields
/ immense profits to those concerned.
/ There is no other commodity which
has so much profit in it, year in and
4 year out, as a barrel Of whisky
Third, the failure on the part OF
I officers of the law to do their duty.
Thus three great obstacles are IN
/ the way of the enforcement OF the
law; passion greed and negligence.
Should Control Elections.
THE Christian people of this city
and state should control the elections
There are 1900 church members IN
the city Of Topeka, and out OF that
number I believe there are enough
voters to hold the balance of power
/ In any election. In this state there are
SOS publca lions. and out of this num-
Der, only 20 carry liquor advertise
ments, and five of the 20 are published
In the German language. rms IS the
only state in the Union, so far as L
know where the state bar association,
after a fun and fair discussion, voted
20 dispense with intoxicants at the an
nuaI banquet
The people have the right to call
upon the governor of the state 10 en-
force the laws. He has the power TO
/ issue summons for the county at
/ torneys of the states to GUST them from
Office if they fail to do their duty. IL
is not question of getting evidence
against these county attorneys; the
evidence is all ready. These people
I have no right to ask for time; the pro
hfbitOry law has been on the statute
books for 90 years, and everybody IS
familiar with its provisions.
"Our governor has given the as
surance that he is an out and out pro-
hibitionist in principle He is the one
person who can do the most. The peo-
/ pie look to the governor for action.
The governor said to me few days
ago when I called upon him, I am
prOhibitiOnist in principle. me
churches and the newspapers nave
very little influence compared with the
influence of the governor. A word
from him and the fine system viii be
abolished. The jointists do not fear
publicity. They do fear the governor.
We have every reason to believe that
the governor will do his duty
Flstey Didn't Score officers.
Because DR.. S. S. Estey does not
believe in personal sermons, ne
did not mention or comment on any Of
the local conditions in the temperance
sermon which he preached at the
First Presbyterian church on sunday
morning. Neither were any resOIu-
tons passed by the congregation rela-
tive to law enforcement.
mo" said DR.. Estey, "I do not be-
lieve in making my sermons personal
I did not score any of the local Of
ficers or compliment them in my ser
mon because I believe that to be
outside of the province of church.
never have believed in such procedure.
I look upon the passage of resolutions
the cause of temperance from its own
personal value and its natural in
duence upon fellow men"
More Reading Rooms.
At the Railroad Y. NJ. c. a. Sun
day afternoon, the resolutions drafted
by the Ministerial union were read and
adopted without dissenting vote by
about thirty people were present at
the afternoon meeting, and only part
of them were members of the Organi-
cation. The resolution was read by
the secretary after a temperance ad-
dress by Rev. D. A. Shut, pastor of
Walnut Grove church former rail-
road man who left the car shops for
the ministry. He did not rant but
discussed the liquor question in sane
and intelligent manner. He said that
he had found places where men con-
gregated at saloons because there was
no other place for them to go, unless
they went to bed or sat out in the
cold, and advocated reading rooms.
He said that the liquor men were or
gained and the only way to fight
them was by organization, that their
organization was broken twenty-four
years ago when they spent thousands
trying to prevent the passage Of the
prohibitory law, and that it could be
done again.
Service in North Topeka.
Special temperance exercises were
held in the evening at the Kansas Ave
nue. NJ. E. church in Notrh Topeka.
The evening was given over to a num-
Der of the representatives Of the local
". c. T. U. Miss Olive Bray and Mrs.
L A Case were among those who made
addresses. Mrs Case stated that it
was the intention of the w. c. T. q.
in the state to ask the various tobacco
| dealers to refrain from dealing in cigar
/ cite papers or cigarettes. The members
Of the union will make the rounds Of
/ each of the dealers in person and ask
/ them to sign, pledging that such sales
viii not be made.
Take Constitution as Whole.
Rev Francis L. Hayes, of the First
! CONGREGATIONAL chursh, had on the
pulpit at the service Sunday a copy Of
the statutes of Kansas and he read
therefrOm the oath of Office admin
I istered to all city and county and state
( officials when they assume their Of
/ fees. Rev. Mr.. Hayes also read from
article 5 giving the duties Of mayors
and other officers and calling atten-
/ ton to the fact that they are to be
diligent and vigilant.
Rev. Mr.. Hayes alluded to the fact
that this week we are celebrating the
/ Of a prOhibitory clause into the con-
stitutiOn of the state and he con-
graduated the people that it has been
+ effective. He called attention to the
fact that in other states the per capita
consumption of liquors is 10 gallons
and in Kansas less than two gallons;
he referred to 40 counties in Kansas
with no paupers and 81 counties where
there are unOccupied jails. He re-
ferred to the fact that there are a
few places where the prohibitorv
clause is not uniformly obeyed and
here and there a public officials who
has not faithfully kept the oath of
office.
"As citizens have a. right to be gov
erned by our constitution as a whole. -
said Rev. Mr.. Hayes, 1--WE will not ask
officials to heed one clause more than
another but to heed all and prosecute
all criminals. It adds a burden to the
public official to put upon him the duty
+ of estimating the value of laws or 10
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