The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
Interstate Liquor Shipments
Only Obstacle to "Drys."
Temperance Convention Will
Strike at Heart of Matter.
SEN. CURTIS TONIGHT
United States Senator en- SEN
ate Temperance Committee.
John Marshall Preparing Briefs
-Supt. Stahl's Report.

Interstate commerce legislation
which would work to the end of the
disfranchisement of brewers and 9TH
ers from shipping liquor into prohibit
ton territory will be endorsed by the
legislative committee of the State
Temperance union when they report
late this afternoon at the regular busi-
ness meeting and election of officers.
Following only shortly after this ac-
tion will have been taken, Senator
Charles Curtis will address the assem-
bly, tonight on the subject of Needed
Legislation" and it is thought that
perhaps he will wander from his sub
ject far enough to answer Governor
Stubs explanation of how the state
contingent fund has been increased to
an amount $4,000 larger than ever
before
Senator Curtis, who is a member of
the temperance committee on legisla-
ton of the national legislature, now
has a bill introduced in the senate to
prohibit the shipping of liquor into
dry, territory The committee will
meet December 2 next to consider
matters important to temperance, and
John Marshall, first assistant attorney
general of Kansas, at Senator Curtis
own request, is now preparing br1ef
for use of the committee at that time.
Report of superintendent StahI.
With pointed statement that public
officials, both county and municipal, In
most all parts of the state, are doing
their duty, the report of Superintend-
ent Frank M. Stahl of the union was
made before the conference today. In
part he said:
Through the work done by the at
torney general in connection with the
State Temperance Union, the joints
have been forced from all public places,
in several of the larger towns, and from
many counties where the lawless ele-
ment have had their own way so long
that they seemed to think they were
a law unto themselves.
After a few rounds with public Of
fcials like Jackson, Marshall. Coddlng
and Shukers. when blows came thick
and fast and 500 to $500 fines and 80
to 80 day sentences in jail followed
with lightning rapidity, costs of trials
became oppressive and tiresome. In
iunctioas were thick as tbistles, strik-
the paddock and lockout came it was
the solar plexis blow that made the
law violators throw up the sponge.
1.-The standup and open fight in the
public arena is a thing of the past. The
of the prohibitory law Goes
not advertise his place of business any
more He has become a poltroon,a double
dealer, a pariah' and sneak Toiera-
ted to some extent by his patrons, but
hated and despised by all, you find him
IN the cellar, the attic, the shed, the
alley, in out of the way places. He or
,anizes chip-in-keg parties, sneaks
around and sends word to the boys
that the keg has arrived and VIII. pc
ready for them at night at the usual
s'Complaints like this are common, |
and the question is What shall we
io?'
1--WE say one affair like this may be
.eyond the control of either public Of |
icers or local helpers, twice brings the |
PARTIES near the danger line, and re
oeated a third time makes it drink |
ng place and a nuisance. and clearly |
under the ban and in violation of law.
Here is where the local workers
must take a part in the work: either |
through a we'll organized committee
oy the minister. or some man or Wo5
nan, facts and data can be gathered
which will form the groundwork 1or /
successful inquisition.
I'm case any county attorney is care
less, incapable, or wilfully wrong, or
refuses to take cogniZance of 1nforma-
ion gathered ard presented such infor- |
nation sent to the attorney generals |
office or to the State Temperance Un-
on will be placed where results Will
follow, and either the lawless element |
,r the delinquent official will sit up |
and take notice.
'.The State Temperance union is
sending out booklets to places where
a fight is being made against the IL
tory of the cleansing of a great city
has been sent out by hundreds of
in lots of from ten copies
to as high as 5000 copies to single
address, to England. to Prince Ed
wards Isle, to Russia, to Canada, to
Maine to California, and to many
other states.
Big Work at Little Cost.
I'VE are sending out forms for or
dinances to be used by incorporated
towns or cities covering the prohibi-
tory liquor law, the cigarette law, the
gambling law, the pool hall. and the
Sabbath desecratiOn law:
II think it is safe to say that no in
stitution in Kansas can show the
amount of work done by. the State
temperance union at so small an out
ay of money. The general statement
shows bills due and unpaid october
[, 1909 to be s2,543.5s; subscriptions
s1S,S27.6s; fees $3.50. The out
1855. The outstanding debt is $2,-
tO1.74, a reduction of $933.S1. The
iebt at the present time is decreasing
1T the rate of about 500 per month.
rhe financial outlook for the union
n the future is promising. The peo-
oIe of Kansas recognize it's work,
know what it has done, and is now
ioing, and are showing their appre-
citation in a substantial way
Addresses Made Today.
Addresses were delivered before
he convention this morning by Rev.
Robert Norris, Rev. Clerin Zumwalt I
Rev. Harlem T. Davis, Wichita: Rev.
Julius Smith, Baldwin; Imri ZumwaIt,
Bonner Springs, and A. B. Pomeroy,
Topeka. Mrs. Lillian Mitchner had |
charge of the w. CT. U. hour which
was followed by the ministers hour at
which time short addresses were de-
ivered by Rev. F. N. Lynch, pastor
First NJ. E. church, Topeka: Rev. NJ. |.
Z. Laybourn, pastor First Presbyter- !,