The Falls City tribune., 1910-11-04
FOR JUSTICE.

has SlOou ulCHdileHSeu lIOLl the ud9
of Ananias and Sopphria to the day
when the whiskey men declared the
citizens of Kansas drink more beer
and whiskey than the citizens OF
Nebraska. II that were true the
brewers and distillers would not fight
prohibition, but would encourage 1t.
1t is the big dollar they are after
regardless of how they get it.
They sacrifice principle for imme-
diate results. The whiskey men
tell you that prohibition does not
prohibit. Is there a law ON the stat
ute books hat strictly prohibits? Not
one. Thou shalt not murder. The
murderer knows to kill and be CON
victed means life Imprisonment, or
a hurl from the seaffold straight into
hell; yet there are murderers. Thou
shalt not steal horses, yet the people
of Falls City know hat horses have
been stolen. Thou shalt not loot, rob
or embezzle Il bank; yet there are six
ty-two bankers in the federal prison
at Leayenworth. The whiskey men
tell you if the saloons were taken out
of the county, there would be more
whiskey drank than there is now.
Jesus would weep and wipe his eyes,
To see those sinners tell their lies"
The whiskey men forget that
it requires a majority to vote the
county dry and the saloons out, yet
they, the minority, threaten to violate
the law; run a blind tiger and boot
logging all the same. They are like
the little boy that stood at the head
Of a stairway saying to his mother,
IF you don't give me sugar, | will
fall down stairs
The whiskey men say if you don't
give us saloons we will board the
ship of intemperance and sail
across the black created waves of
d%amnation.
County option means that every
voter in the county shall have a
right to vote for or against the sa-
looms, or any other interest that he
is responsible for. 1t is the voters
civic right, it is his legal right, it is
his inherent right, not only that but
it is his duty to protect the most val
liable property in the city built by
the county, the court house. Quar-
antinc your cities for two months
against the farmers and as the darby
said, where is your" You would
run limp and lame, knock-kneed and
.pigeon-toed to greet the farmers, as
the prodical son, yet you deny him
the right of ballot, that you your
selves exercise. Hasn't it dawned
upon your adamantine intellect that
you are living on the hard earning of
the farmer, if it hasn't | will quietly
hint that you are. 1t is my humble
opinion, if Dahlman is elected COVER
nor he will share the same fate
that is nov confronting the mayor
of Topeka.
The mayor Of Topeka is trying to
bring shame, disgrace and d%ishonors
to the great state of Kansas and its
dignified capitol. Kansas has had
prohibition for twenty-nine years, the
law against illicit traffic of %intoXicat-
ing liquors are as well enforced as
any other law. The people unanimous
~ the may vi . 4 "
as the dirtiest, most v%illianous Sian
ders ever pcrpetrated on the people
of Kansas, The saloons are the des-
poilers and desecraters of the nations
honors, purity and virtue.
In 1904 fifteen thousand British
ish physicians p%etitioned to have ten'
perance taught in school. In 1909 a
notable syllabus on temperance was
issued officially for use in public ele-
iaentary schools in England and III
Wales. DR.. Williams is authority for
saying the expenditures for whiskey
in England for the year 1908 were
over 120 million dollars less than