The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10
CALL FOR MONEY.
Secretary of State Temperance
Union Wants Si5, 900.
He Reports on Conditions Over
the State.
BAD HERE AT HOME.
Says Conditions in Shawnee Are
Not Improved.
BAD HERE AT HOME.
Glad Two Great Parties Have
Declared for Law Enforcement.

State Temperance union are the secre-
tary's report and the programme map
ped out by the committee on plan of
work. The latter will not come until
the close of the present convention on
Friday night.
Secretary Robert Morris read his re-
port this morning. He sounds a note
of good cheer, but takes a tack some
what different from preceding secre-
taries. It is his theory that money is
a very essential quality in carrying on
a temperance campaign, and he makes
an outright and fiat statement that an
immediate cash sum of $4,000 is
needed to anything like effectively do
the work now IN sight
Mr.. Morris covers nearly the whole
state in his review and tells of the re-
suits in various counties and cites,
where the crusade has been particu-
larry hard fought. With regard 10
Shawnee county, he says that condi-
tons are not much improved, but sees
hope ahead in the. results of the recent
Republican primaries.
Qualification is expressed over the
fact that both the Democratic and Re
publican parties in this state in their
recent conventions placed affirmative
planks in their platforms concerning
the enforcement of the prohibitory law
Mr. Morris report follows in part:
Law enforcement has been the
great cry of the people of Kansas, and
this department of the work has been
given the greatest attention. It has
been enlarged and systerna tized by Mr..
COddfng, assisted by John Marshall,
who is giving all his time to the work.
These, and some four or five others
who have conducted some prosecutions,
have brought 95 Of the los counties d.
rectly in touch with the union. A
great deal of advice has been given to
county attorneys who have not made
special study of the prohibitory law
and its enforcement. Thousands of
blanks and forms have been furnished
and a great deal Of direct work apart
from this in the way of prosecution has
been carriedGDn.
VERY few defeats have been record
ed. the people generally throughout
the state being willing to give the pro-
law the same standing that
other laws on our statute books have
This department has been to a large
assistant attorney generals that havo
been appointed. and II. most cases have
advised with them aud assisted them in
the work of proSeeHt1on, In. fact some
pointment unless assured of assistance
by our force.
-Four or five months work in Kansas
City, considering conditions has accom-
plished even more than was hoped for.
On the 18th day of February the unions
forces went into thescity nineteen strong
and held thirty meetings during the
day with a workers. conference in the
afternoon whereby some plans were put
on foot for aggressive work in that
city The city is no longer in partner
ship with the saloon business Assist
ant Attorney General Mechanism, assist
ed by the attorneys of the union, has
won some victories. Attorney General
COleman's custer suits have been all
that could be expected Gov. Hoch's
appointment of a new sheriff gives
q good man to serve a warrant on a
man who violates the law and the OUT
look is good for law enforcement in
that great city of eighty or ninety thou
sand people.
However. ex-Mayor Rose resigned
and ousted by the supreme court was
re elected mayor on last Tuesday, and
it would not be safe to predict what
the outcome of this controversy will be. !
But the issue is well defined: Which
shall be greater. the state of Kansas
with its supreme court which has rem
dered decisions, or Kansas City in
state of anarchy openly ignoring the
laws Of the state and the rulings Of
the court.
1T Is with regret that we must re-
port that Shawnee county, and Topeka
especially, has not been very much i'm
proved. ne uH4OIl never Has put KS
force directly into she fight in this
county. However. through the faithful
work of the committee of two hundred,
which is very closely connected with
the union, and the Ministerial union, /
some splendid men were elected to city
offices and men who are radical on the
question of prohibition have been nom
mated as candidates for county offices
to be voted on at the fall election For
these rea sons the outlook in Shawnee
county is most hopeful.
THE union Is gratified over the ex-
pressions of the two great political par
ties with regard to the enforcement of
the prohibitory law Whatever the
Democrats may have stood for in the
past they were wise enough to see that
the enforcement Of the proh1bitory law
would conserve to the best interests pr
the party in Kansas, and the Republic
can party could turn down a resolution
for local option, completely ignoring It,
without giving it vote or second.
The temperance people throughout
the state have responded generously TO
the call of the union for money to carry
on the work over $500 being contrib
uted to its support. However, this is far
short of what is really needful TO carry
on the work of a large and growing |
state institution that is expected TO
cover the work of the whole state The |
demands that must be met require an
increased field force and a correspond
ing increase in the finances, and we be |
lieve as the work is carried forward
that the people of Kansas, who are al
ways ready to meet every need, will not
be wanting on this line. But remember,
friend- it is a real need and must be
met The union should have at least
s15. 600 to anything like effectively do
the work that is now in sight
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