Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-07-24

measure No. 3 is an Eastern yellow
! journals scream, a summary of At
torney General Dawson's and Gov.
Hodges Kansas political speeches,
with request to write and ask Gov
Hodges if he tells the truth or not.
Dawson's printed speech, page 7, not
quoted in argument" admits chat
there is some Illicit selling in Kansas
is often said that prohibition does not
prohibit. And that is true" The pur-
| ported facts" are half truths, the
most vicious form of special pleading.
Some Kansas counties "have no pris-
oners in JAIL" but some counties are
too poor to have jails. }Ottowa Her
aid, January 6, 1914, gives Jail pop
ulation in 1913, three counties miss
ing, as 1888, or one in 1868. Some
Kansas counties have no poor
farms" The reason is they board
OUT paupers. See page 1872, second
report, Kansas board of control, char
table institutions; page 1856, same
report, says there is doubtless real
increase in the percentage of insanity
in Kansas as elsewhere" In 1909,
$500 federal liquor licenses were is
sued for Kansas, one for 344 of pop
ulation.-Rep. Kan. Coll. Int. Reve-
nue., 1909. Wet Nebraska, Kansas
neighbor, had one license for $50
population. In 1913 arrests for drum
kenness ran per 1000 in Coffeyville,
20; Topeka, 1876; Wichita, Is. The
Leavenworth Times, January l, 1914,
gave drunkenness as 80 per cent of
all police arrests. According to
United States Census Bulletin NO.
1853, Kansas has the lowest percent
age church membership of twelve
North Central states. Topeka State
Journal, July s, 1913, showed that L.
100000 quarts of liquor month,
100000 a year, were shipped into
the state in individual packages. In
December, 1911, United States Cen-
sus Bulletin, Kansas is shown to have
$50 convicts for 100000 population
to 1O8 in Missouri. Kansas assessed
valuation per capita is not $3.50.
According to page A, United States
census report on wealth, debt and tax
alton, it is $1,468. and Missouri is
$1,147, not $500. United States
comptroller of currency report, 1913,
page 40, gives Kansas bank deposits
$1O0.12, not $40, and Missouri
$137.43, not $40. Kansas had $4.12
per capita in savings, Missouri $3.50.
Page 976, above census report, shows
Kansas spent s4O2,999 on police and
$11O,954 on jails, to Washington's
$232,032 police, and $41,077 jails.
Most of "best arguments" figures can
be exploded by reference to abstract
of the census and other official docu-
ments. Above are official citations.
"Best argument" gives none.
Bishop and Governor.
If writing to Gov. Hodges, also
write to Bishop Lillis, Kansas City,
Kan, who (Harper's Weekly. Deem
Der "a, 1910 said: absolute pre-
hibition has proved impracticable, If
not indeed a dismal failure" Glow
ing assertions of the Anti-Saloon
league, given in the best argument"
will also be found to be dismal fair
ures.
The liquor problem is the mos,
complex facing humanity. 1t rs not
simple as prohibitionists claim. No
act can dispose of question involv-
ing religion, public and private NOR
ais, taxes, revenue, industry, business,
mental and physical health and well
fare, politics and each individual.
Prohibition is un-Christian. Grapes
and their natural fermentation are
the Creators acts. Christ drank wine
and made it at Cana. Biblical wine
was fermented alcoholic wine, not
mere grape juice. Genesis xix. -,
refers to eyes red with wine"; Eccle-
siastes x. 10, to wine maketh mer-
ry"; Isaiah v. II, to "Wine inflames
them; Proverbs xxx. I, says: "Give
strong drink unto him that is ready
to faint and wine unto them that be
OF heavy hearts; while Ephesians v.
IS, says, BE not drunk with wine,
wherein is excess" These and other
texts show that the Creator and HIS
Son intended that men may use al
cohol in some form at will, but in
moderation.
Prohibition is unscientific, ignor-
ing vital facts of biology, physiology
and psychology. stated by leading au-
thorities, American and foreign, who