The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-15
People Who Promised Help in
joint Crusade Weaken.
HIS PLAN OF WORK.
Announces That 1t VIII Be
Through InjunctiOns.
Ready to Proceed Against Six
OF Eight Building Owners.

Some OF these people who were so
profuse with their offers to help me
before I was appointed assistant at
toTney general for Shawnee county
have not come I'D to the scratch, and
unless they do so pretty quickly I
shall have to prod them up about it, %
said Judge Z. f. Carver Saturday
when asked about the campaign which
IS 10 be waged against the jointists in
Topeka very soon.
II cannot do it all myself said the
Judge e'Ehat is an impossibility.
when was urged to take the posi-
ton which I now occupy I received
funumerable offers OF help. But 1
have not seen them turning out very
material results as yet I viii have to
have a great deal Of help in this mat
ter. ] have been very busy during
the past two weeks on other matters
ont Of the city. have to go to
Marion again today. but shall return
by Friday and viii then get around
and see what the people who prom
ised to help me have done"
what is the plan Of your cam
paign2" was asked of Judge Carver.
Getting out injunctiOns against
property owners" he replied. THAT
seems to be the best mOdus operandi-'
How many are you ready now to
proceed against ga
ooh. about six or eight" he replied.
lu tell you il is mighty hard to get
evidence, While there are lots Of
places at which we are sure that liquor
IS Deiug solo, 1t is hard to get evidence
to that effect which we can present to
the courts. But shall get at them as
soon as possible and get the cases be-
fore Judge Dana and have him hurry
them with ali possible speed. A good
many OF the jointists, I understand, or
at least quite a few own their own
places. But that viii make no differ
ence we can proceed against a man
VINO owns MS own building and en-
Join him from selling liquor in it, as
Wen as any other person. That is the
programme we have mapped out. But
7 have to have help on the matter.
AnESe people VINO promised to join
with me ia securing evidence must
come up to their part Of the agree
ment.
That is absolutely necessary. They
cannot expect me to do it all myself.
lit is a bigger job than one man. can do.
7 am going to have a consultation with
those who offered help and ind out Just
how far they have gone in the matter.
They have not 50 far d0ne what thew
promised. I must have their help. That
is all there is to it"
when Attorney General Coleman re-
turns from Washington viii YOU confer
with him further a. to the crusade to
l.
"Why no" he replied. st do not know
OF anything farther to talk about with
him in the matter. It has been decided
among US to try and drive out the joints
in Topeka by the Injunction method and
there is nothing to do but go ahead and
follow that out
The other day Frank Foster one of
the hardest prohibition workers in To-
pelzas was asked about the situation
and ne said: Gust wait until Attorney
General Coleman returns from Wash
ington and then there win be some
thing breaking loose
what is the plan?'' he was asked.
.We cannot give it out as yet was
The answer.
j.. 3. Cowgirl, another prominent
prohibitionist made a similar talk
and though he refused to name the
scheme which would be followed fr
the tight, he said that he believed the
Injunction method to be a GOOD one.
Judge Carver yesterday positive