The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-13

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Indiana in which he says: Il satisfied that
whemng majority of the business of Bloomington be-
ieve that the dry regime better for business We Ger
tainly have had of prosperity during this time ne
vets had powerful political backing at the last election but
spite of that fact the town went decisvely dry his in
grown here We regard completely lusory the view
that saloons help make prosperity.
THE DRY POLICY IN KANSAS
We give below additional facts showing the value
of the dry policy Hon John S. Dawson Attorney General
for the State of Kansas little more than yae ago gave
address from which we quote as follows:
I'm thirty years Kansas has forged ahead from in
significant place in national affairs to one OF front rank
Our frontier villages have grown into splendid cities with
clean paved walks modern homes with mu-
nicipa light and water plants Every town has its nigh
school, Almost third of the entire population enrolled
in public private schools We have $6OOOOO worth OF
school buildings and public endowment funds of $4,000
600 know about this because it part of my pub
lie duties to keep these funds invested The growth and ex-
tent of the private and UNCONVENTIONAL schools is
Spondingly large. With hundred newspapers
and magazines in Kansas less than dozen carry any
whisky advertising whatsoever llliteracy has been
duced from 40 per less than cent and that tr
ling almost entirely among the foreign element in
our mining regions OF the southeast.
with hundred and five counties in the state eigh
of them have insane fifty -four have feeble
minded nnetysix have inebrates and the few we dc
have from the cities which deed the law to the very
last. Thrtyeght county poor farms have inmates Only
pauper to every three thousand population In July
1911, fiftythree county ais empty sixyfive coun
ties had serving sentence Some counties nave
called jury try criminal case in ten years, and
grand that half of people wouldn
know what is. In home county in western Kansas
there has been but grand jury in its history and
that twenty-five years ago.
I'm 1880 the bank savings deposits 100000.
j Oday they are S2OO,OOO,OOO.
Kansas has been under prohibition since 1880 and has
had full opportunity out the system Some of us who
have been Kansas within months know that
dtons better off than they little more than
year ago notwithstanding the drought of last summer no
there that read these facts without being impressed
with the tremendous advantage which dry community has
wet where the resources OF the people are vast
| ed in the saloon?
THE REAL ISSUE.
The real issue in this campaign is the saloon we have
had for five past No decision of laWabding law
breaking should be allowed obscure that issue Whether
awabidng lawbreakng the conditions trying 10
rid of due TO the kind of saloon have had The
steadily growing list of drunks assaults prisoners and
these due TO saloons good saloons can
be made then only hope of getting rid of the evils
abolish the saloons Have the saloon dared
Use anything better than what has been.
But just for arguments sake will Mr.. Gordon stake the
case for his clients the assumption and the he
looms Of Richmond have been lawabding. nearly
saloons be made to be? If it be shown that in
have violated the law both in letter and in spirit will Mr..
Gordon plead guilty for his clients and let the people pass
sentence If it can be proven that the blind tigers which
he much President kevS bov than
the real live saloons that know also how wink the other
eye have existed here along with the wdeopen saloon,
will he give it up Will he stake his the all
sence from Richmonds saloons of houses OF
assgnaon selling at illegal hours false returns 70 taxes
and evasion of the law to brewery owned saoons 1T he
is willing take this POSITION stand ready with second
instament of facts-and affidavits.
i If he will stake his upon this then let him quit
beating about the bush and face the real issue.
LIWaVS a Liability