The Goodland republic., 1907-02-01

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The Kansas Issue says. Two years
ago there were seventy dry counties in
Kansas Today there are ninety-hTe
counties in which the prohibitOry law
is as well enforced as any other Grim
inal law
And two years ago Sherman coun-
ty was counted in the seventy. What
is the matter with us2 We think we
are a progressive people, but honest
ly now, haven't we been "crawdshing'
on this question:
It seems to me that some OF our
leading citizens-several OF them in
fact-are pulled up nightly with the
mistaken idea that 70 be a real city
we must ape al the vileness OF the
city. I tell you. friends, that It is
fast becoming unpopular to be known
as a wide-Open town in Kansas. and II
we persist in our present policy the
rest OF the state viii wish we were
set on into Colorado territory, where
by our spirit and practice on this
question, we more properly belong.
Did say 'swe?" recall It Every
man, woman and child in this county,
who knows anything about me, knows
that have been, am now, and always
viii be the uncOmprOmising enemy Of
strong drink I have tried in various
ways to arouse the people OF this coun-
try, and especially Of this town, to the
sin, wickedness and danger Of the
non-enforcement Of our benehcent
prohibitory law. It must be that I'm
no leader; and yet I can't see why
God has so laid it upon my heart TO
cry out and warn the people Of this
sin; but remember He had HIS Jere-
miah and the people seemed to care
very little what He said It was faith
fulness God required Of jeremiah and
not success, and perhaps that is all He
asks Of me.
I have been so glad to have this
space in our papers, because I must
cry out if I can do nothing else, and
the cry surely reaches more people
than otherwise could. say, it sure
" does, though I have to take that
for granted, because no comment,
criticism or cOmmendation OF anything
I say in this column reaches me
The largest city in the state is free
from the saloon curse. Shawnee at
last has a county attorney who seems
to regard his oath of Office as some
thing sacred. Junction City has had
two raids on its saloons by officers and
is awakening to the fact that she is in
Kansas.
A resolution was introduced in the
state senate by Senator George Tuck
er to instruct the Kansas congressman
and senators to vote for the Littleheld
bill. The resolution is as follows:
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Of the house OF representatives Of the
United States has by a decisive vote
recommended the passage OF a bill in
trOduced by the Hon. Charles z. Lit
tlefeId Of Maine, which provides in
substance, that the interstate com
merce character Of all shipments Of
intoxicating liquors shall terminate
Immediately upon their arrival within
the state or territory in which the
place Of destination is situated, and
Whereas, Kansas has carried on
the struggle to enforce her laws in the
interest Of temperance and sObriety,
for more than a quarter Of a century
against the combined influence and
efforts OF the liquor interests OF the
states situated on her border and has
received no assistance or encourage
ment from the federal government;
and,
whereas. The passage Of said law
would be Of the greatest assistance to
the state OF Kansas, and all other
states which have laws prohibiting the
sale Of intoxicating liquors, or strictly
regulating the sale thereof, in enforc-
Ing the same; now, therefore
BE it resolved, by the senate Of the
state OF Kansas, the house OF repre-
sentatives cOncurring therein, that in
asmuch as the state Of Kansas viii be
greatly benefited by the passage Of
said law, we request our senators in
the senate Of the United States and
our members Of congress to work and
vote for said act and to use all means
which vigilance, energy and honor
may dictate to secure its passage
c. W. Trickett in his Junction City
Speech said: "a wave Of reform is
sweeping this nation. It is the pro-
vince Of Kansas to lead and not to fol-
low. We have blazed the path Of great
reform in the past, and this genera
ton will not fall below that Of its
ancestors. There is a star rising in the
middle west, shedding its luster Of law
enforcement athwart the national hOr-
ion. and its name is Kansas
A majority Of the county attorneys
over the state who took their Office on
the 14th at once commenced active
operations against the dives and joints
of their county. To mention the names
Of them would take too much space.
Suffice it to say that never in the his
tory OF the prOhibitory law has there
been as determined an effort to make
it effective as at the present time.
What Do You say?
Did you ever know a saloon to i'm
prove
A boys scholarship.
A girls mOdesty.
A woman's purity.
A mans ability.
A neighbOr's helpfulness-
A citizens honesty
A neighborhoOd's quiet
A towns cleanliness
A party's integrity