The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-02-23
KANSAS SENATE
REbUKES STATE s.
DETRACT0RS

fuiNh W answer Nlie otdtesS uSNidN-
tors, advocates of the saloon, with
special reference to the lobby In
Utah that worked against the prohi
bition bill. The Topeka Daily Capt.
tai of the 9th gave the following &C.
count Of the action of the Kansas leg
islature
The senate yesterday affirmed its
belief in the advantages of prohibit
ton in Kansas, by adopting a resolu-
ton offered by Senator Arthur Kinkel
of Morris county. The Kinkel reso-
luton is reply to the distorted state.
ment which some of the liquor inter.
ests have circulated about the effects
of prohibition in Kansas, in their eff
forts to defeat local option and state
wide prohibition in other states.
The resolution is aimed especially
against a lobby of alleged Kansans
who have been trying to persuade the
Utah legislature that prohibition has
been a failure in Kansas, and that
the state is worse off with prohibition
than it would be with saloons. The
senate emphatically denied these
statements without dissenting vote
However, Senator Stillings, Of Leav-
enworth, made a noticeable retreat
to the cloak room until after the roll
call on the Kinkel resolution had
been taken. Thirty seven senators
voted AYE" on the adoption of the
Kinkel resolution, Senators Stillings,
Sutton and Overfield being absent.
After the reading Of the Kinkel res
olution, Senator Bale Waggener NOV
ed to refer it to the committee on
temperance and hygiene for the in
vestigation.
rs there a senator on the floor Of
this senate who knows that anyone
is circulating such reports rejecting
upon the state of Kansas" asked
Senator Waggener in support of his
motion to refer.
Shouse Defends Resolution
"Yes, | can state positively that
such was done at Lexington, KY, last
spring during a local option fight
there" replied Senator Jouett Shouse
a native of Kentucky. "The liquor
interests were inserting paid adver'
tisements in the Lexington newspa
pers in which they stated that pro
hibition in Kansas had been failure
| was asked to refuse these state
ments, and / prepared figures and
statements which absolutely contra
dicted what the liquor interests were
advertising about Kansas.
Senator Kinkel blocked Senator
Waggener's motion to send the reso
luton to a committee by demanding
immediate consideration. Following
is the text of the Kinkel resolution:
Senator concurrent resolution No.
SO by Senator Kinkel-Concerning the
welfare of Kansas under prohibition
Whereas, the liquor interests
throughout the country, and those al
lied with them in their nefarious bus
mess are publishing abroad in form
of paid advertisements in the news
papers, certain false and defamatory
statements to the effect that prom
bition in Kansas has caused increase
in crime. death rate, homicides, sui
cides, divorces, and juvenile deiin-
quents, and
Whereas, The saloon trust in max
ing use of juggled statistics, faise
hoods manufactured by criminal In
terests, allied to the alcohol venders'
and derogatory statements made by
a few unreliable and irresponsible
citizens Of Kansas, all with the inten-
ton of creating prejudice in the
minds of the legislators OF other
states, and thus influencing proposed
anti.liquor legislation, and
Whereas, There is lobby the mem
bers of which profess to be Kansas
men, operating in the legislature OF
the state of Utah, and alleging that
evil follows in the train OF prohipi
ton. and that the enforcement OF the
prohibitory law in Kansas has re-
suited in multiplying crime, and de-
teriorating all the mental and moral
faculties of the people OF Kansas;
therefore be 1t
Resolved, BY the senate, the house
of representatives concurring therein
That all of such charges are hpelous
and false, and do not represent the
sentiments Of men who when this
state exiled the saloon, were compel
ed to leave Kansas for her good.
Resolved, That the reverse OF these
statements is true; that the state OF
Kansas is cleaner, better, more ad
vanced in mental culture, and strong
or In moral fiber and conviction; that