The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27
KANSAS Rr>r.rr> SANDERS

o-ly .ho liquor interests would be so in
scrslpa4ea= as 10 deta1nc the name NJ a sovereign
stat Ire siqgo- interests hesitate at nothing
a39ever. vAere tae ltte OF their business is at
STAKE. kansas has always stood as the best
81.as;ras5au & t.e BENEFITS Of prohibition. Of Tia
-aess e@e-e.ra enforcement. the most popular
@4-ao-g nd tie most universal satisfaction. II
as therefore leea fHe favorio theme Of liquor
s.4vceates 20 attempt N every occasion 10 be-
s,1se TIC Se7eatea. results ot prohibition IN that
state
kaaSss herself las 5een the greatest stumbling
bIeek in tais process, The facts in the case have
6eea SO overwhelmingly conclusive in favor Of
prohibition that only absolute misrepresentation
Aas been possible for those who would belitte
he heneaceuce 81 prohibition In that State Had
Kansas been willing to stay QUIET and ALLOW this
misrepresentation, the facts have been so patent
that all the world would have been able to de
toct, by little reasoning the falsity and IN
reliability Of the LIQUOR peoples contention.
However. the world has not yet thoroughly
learned tho lesson that the liquor interests have
never represented accurately a single fact about
prohibition. They could not DO so and maintain
their position before the people Because the
weird has not thoroughly learned this lesson.
although in the last few wears II has made great
advance on the road 70 know ledge, il has not
always reasoned out the contentious Of the liquor
Interests and detected the falsity Of the reason
ing.
However. such effort on the part OF the world
had usually been rendered unnecessary by the
action Of Kansas herself whose representatives,
private public. business and professional
religious and secular, have, at every msrepre-
aentation. forward with the facts. and
given the laugh and the lie 10 the whole tissue of
gaIsehood so carefully woven in skilfull argu.
rnent and inuendo. Subtle intimation and yelled
statements have been met aud overthrown by
official records and facts
So far have the liquor interests gone In their
campaign against the good name of Kansas that
he whole State has been aroused to the in.
Justice shown it, In tho unprecedented advance
Of prohibition in the last few months since Wiz
ginia voted dry, the liquor interests have sur,
PASSED even themselves. In opposition the r-o-
ple OF Kansas in all ranks and stations. have
united 10 denounce the liquor tactics The Tir
This State II able to expose the misrepre
xentatious mace Of conditions In Kansas and
0tner States 1t did not have as full statements
az have since been made by the officials Of Kan
sas. the Governor and the Legislature, although
previous utterances of great force and point
a. hand and were used
But the test effort Of the liquor interests
have so reused the people OF this stalwart pro
hibition State, that tic Governor Of the State
has gathered in an official document the most
important testimony from all sources. including
men and organizations in every walk OF life
In that document issued over his own signature
and published IN The Ttr9tHian today is given
,te most complete AND thorough statement Of
the real conditions in that State We have Yet
been privileged 10 publish, We trust our readers
wi1l study It carefully. It bears ont every state
ment made By this paper with regard to condi.
tons in Kansas and contradicts every one made
BY The liquor interests, II is a conclusive pro
rouncenent. $50