The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-14

the length and breadth of the entire
state.
Coming from a state where pro
hibition is enforced probably more
strictly than any state in the union,
where it is not a mere unCxcrcised
edict used for political effect, but
where it is an actual established pol
icy of the state and county, as well
as the different municipal authori-
ties, to see that the law is strictly
enforced and the traffic absolutely
prevented, it Is without question, to
any who have made a careful obser-
yation Of conditions, one of the most
beneficial laws that has ever been
/ placed upon the statute books, or
embodied in the provisions of a state
constitution, Kansas, the state which
is here referred to- is probably one Of
the most prosperous states in the un-
ion. Her institutions are undoubted-
/ ly as well established and kept up
as any in the land. Morally the state
will compare favorably with any Of
her sister states. Schools and churcn-
es are maintained with a superlative
dgeree Of benefit, in every hamlet ana
community and crime has been les
sened to a degree that IS a remark
I a Mo aUanu1ittr,, nn1inNv Of tho
prohibitive measures against liquor.
'In nine-tenths OF her counties the
iails are practically empty, the de-
gree of want and penury mas been
lessened to such an extent as to be
pronounced argument in favor of
this laws enforcement and every
where you go, you find abundant evi-
dence of the beneficence Of the law.
"Cities that formerly, under laXity
Of the laws enforcement were, noted
for immortality and crimes OF great
er or less degree have been thorough
ly metamorphosed and today prog
ress and prosperity in all things that
are for the substantial benefit of hui
manity are everywhere prevalent.
The emphatic results that have been
attained in the past few years by this
strict enforcement OF the law are so
pronounced that the student of pub
lie affairs can but acknowledge that
prohibition, practically and risidly
enforced, is a good thing for Kansas
in every respect.
Where poverty prevailed plenty
has taken its place, where crime was
prevalent the courts are no longer
clogged with business and the places
of punishment are devoid of inmates.
Food and clothing for the family
has taken the place of hunger and
nakedness and the temptation to the
youth and manhood of the state to
squander their earnings for drink, to
the neglect of those dependent upon
them and the dissipation of their ply
steal resources, has been taken away.
There are, of course, many who
will insist that Kansas would have
attained a greater growth and pOpu-
lation had the sale of liquor been CIV
en- free reign and the saloon been
retained as valuable asset for the
revenues: but this opinion comes gen.
orally from some agent of the liquor
interests: some fellow who would be
glad to engage in the nefarious traf-
fic and is in no sense substantiated
by any fact that can be found within
the limits of the state and Is most
emphatically refuted by every evil
dence that everywhere abOunds and
which cannot be successfully denied.
What prohibition is for Kansas
would undoubtedly be true Of other
states and where there is a provision
of the constitution and law to back
that provision up, both should be so
rigidly enforced as to make it impos-
sible for anyone to violate the same
with impunity and under such condi-
tons I have no doubt that evidences
fits perfect adaptability for Okla
homa as well as of Kansas will soon
re forthcoming to such an extent as
70 preclude the possibility Of a re
turn to license or local option"