The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-03
1T WILL Be lively
w. c. T. u. Convention Expect
ed to Furnish Much News.
NJ. N7sAoh &c monO rarsII
Mrs. Mitchner, of Topeka, VIII
Take Prominent Part.
SLATE FULL OF TROUBLE
Organization Has Joined in
Cigaret Crusade in Kansas.
Establishment of Home for
Girls VIII Be Discussed.

Southeastern Kansas may furnish
more than its proportionate share of
headlines this week when the state w.
c. r. U. holds its annual convention
in Pittsburg With Howat and Dorchy
in Jail at Columbus. and the temper
ance workers at Pittsburg, there is a
lively news week ahead. With the
women's gathering but a few days
away, it looks as tho Mrs. Lillian
Mitehner, of Topeka, may be called
upon to fight if she would retain her
throne and dominate policies of the
organization in this state,
There is a whole slate full of trouble
to be taken up at the Pittsburg ses-
sion of the anti-boOze organization.
Coming of the Volstead act and the
eighteenth amendment hasn't ! es-
sened the troubles of the Women s
Christian Temperance union, no mat
ter what the effect may have been on
popuiace driven to- its hooch. Nor
has scarcity of guaranteed drinkin'
fluid removed any of the burdens from
the shoulders of Mrs. Mitchner. who
has been in command of the Women's
Temperance union in Kansas for
numerous years.
Joined in Cfgaret Crusade.
The mere absence of places where
first class hard liquor may be had,
hasn't lessened the activities of the
the cigaret crusade. Relieved of re-
sponsibilities of the Girls Industrial
school at Beloit by Governor Allen, the
T2neka woman hasn't abandoned all
interest in politics. Maybe that is one
of the reasons for a pot of trouble that
is being boiled for Mrs. Mitchner when
she reaches the coal town.
Recently Mrs. ATitchner took chips
in the United States district judgeship.
Under suspicious that her energies
might have been inspired by a Mis-
souri, newspaper more or less time has
been taken for an investigation into
Mrs. Mitchner's opposition to Con-
gresham ]. n. Tincher as a possible
successor to Judge Pollock.
Causes Disturbance in Kansas.
Tincher's friends assert that Mrs.
Mitehner is largely responsible for the
disturbance in this state. They have
declared that Tinchers votes on liquor
questions in Washington have pleased
both Wheeler and Volstead. Now they
are inspecting the sources from which
the Topeka woman received the stack
of chips which permitted her to enter
the game.
That isn't all. Mrs. Homer Foltz of
Topeka is going to Pittsburg to make
inquiry as to the associations use of
the Carrie Nation home in Kansas
City. 1t seems that Mrs. Feltz has
& considerable information to the effect
mat temperance workers ana not the
hard boiled drinkers and victims of
the demijohn have had the benefits
of the home. Several of Mrs. Foltz' S
supporters have pointed out that no
follower of the hooch and home brew
trail ever lives long enough to enjoy
the comforts of a rescue home. Con-
sequently there may be a resolution
inquiring into just the avenues which
temperance union funds travel when
they go to maintain the home dedi-
Gated to the uplift of grog victims.
Membership of 10000.
There is also a bit of sarcasm in
the voices of several temperance
union leaders when they recount Mrs.
Mitehner's references to my 10000"
the same meaning the membership
of the ladies' bone dry body in Kan
sas. Apparently there is considerable
resentment to the manner in which
Mrs. Mitchner has fortified herself in
Nigh places by more or less yelled
threats as to just what her temper
ance union will do under certain cir
cumstances. It is reported that sew
eral Kansas governors have received
more or less direct reference to these
ten thousand votes in discussing poll
cies and patronage.
II am getting tired of hearing Mrs.
Mitohner get up and say that she
represents 10000 W. c. T. U. mem
bers," said one prominent temper