The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-12-04
THE Topeka GLIB.

Topeka is the Capital of the
great State of Kansas. If there
is any place in the state that the
Law should be respected it is AT
the state capital. They ask State
to come there, law
people. Lately they had
over 1000 teachers there, the ones
who are teaching the children of
the state what is right. If any
city in the state should set a good
example it is Topeka. 1t may
have it's toughs like most places,
but surely It's heightened people,
it's business men, it's lawyers, its
respectable people should at least
respect the laws on the statute
book. And one of those laws is
a Prohibition law, another a muir
der law, another DEMONSTRATING
law. Every law is a law until
repealed and should be upheld by
decent, upright people until re-
pealed. The heightened people
have no more right to violate a
law than the tough. The Pro-
hibition law prohibits liquor sell
ing, it prohibits places where
people resort to drink, then it
prohibits clubs just as much as it
does a whiskey drug store or
other low down joint or resort.
And the rich men Of Topeka have
no more right to run a drinking
club than any one else. If they
can do it, then such clubs can be
run all over the state, Men who
consider themselves respectable,
above all others, should be
ashamed to keep a place to re-
sort to get a drink Of liquor, men,
who are really ashamed to keep
it at home where they have de-
cent children and a wife.
Roscoe Stubs was elected
Governor of the great state of
Kansas and swore to uphold
every law he found in or that
was put on the law book of the
state. Before becoming Cover
nor he was member of THE
TOPEKA CLUB of the city of
Topeka, but when he took that
oath he Withdrew his member
ship very properly, well knowing
it was place where liquor was
kept and drank on the place. He
was a law abiding citizen and
Governor, and every member
should have applauded his action
of right.
This week is the 25th anniver-
sary of Judge Johnston becom-
ing a Kansas State Supreme
Judge. Editor Dell Valentine,
a member of the club, decided to
give the judge a complimentary
dinner at the club and pay the
regular charges. He invited his
friends and among them was the
Governor of the State of Kansas.
And now the toughs, the law
breakers of that club, the liquor
drinkers of that club had their
inning. They insulted every de
cent, laW-abiding mem Der, every
law-abiding citizen of the great
State of Kansas, by ordering
that the Governor could not at
tend that banquet WITHIN its
doors and the banquet was held
Shame on such a.
club. Shame on the decent mem
bers of that club. Shame on
that great city of Topeka. But
it has put Governor Stubs on
such a>high pinnacle of fame that
he will be reelected governor for
two years more by an overwhelm-
ing majority and before that
term expires that club will be
groveling on it's knees in shame.
The State of Kansas is too big,
is too upright, its decent people
scorn such and Governor Stubs
should feel proud Of the wonder
full endorsement of RIGHT that
the club have given him
1t has not hurt him, but it should
and will make every decent mem
Der of the club ashamed of him
self. FREESE.