The Kansas Prohibitionist from Osborne, Kansas • 2

In the public eye, and for her to talte other gentlemen have so far Lad eny- Democracy and Harris on Governor Hoch, the Man The Kansas Prohibitionist a decided otnnd for the enforcement tliing to aay on tho enforcement of tho prohibitory law. Mr. Harris la much exercised over the "Katy" affair, and Mr. Overmeyer is much of the prohibitory law and show the nation what prohibition really means, Law Enforcement and Prohibition. (Concluded from first page.) Who Does Nothing, Promises Nothing.

(Continued from first page.) worked up over 'trie railroad; and Entered as second class matter, December 12, l'JOS, at the potolTicc at Kama City, Kantian, under act of Congrtof March 3, 179. would be to give an object lesson, the Influence- of which would be Irresistible. It would start the national prohibition flro that would sweep -tho trusts, but neither of them treat tho prohibitory law as an Issue at all, They ignore It entirely. tent whatever, been known as an advocate of prohibition, law en weak efforts that bid Is being made for tho temperance voto for Mr. Hoca this fall.

An article last April print' ed In the Union Signal of Chlnniro. Family told the writer that he. one of the leading Democratic cam forcement nor temperance. He has always been a consistent re I'ublinlied weekly by Rarlc K. Delay and Rdwin C.

Hartley Kansas City, Kana. paigners, did not lrnow Mr. Harris' Why don't Kansas Prohibitionists position on the question. W. C.

T. U. paper, and written by a Topeka correspondent. Is nn excel submission Democrat, standing as get to work? The Kansas City Star of August 17 contained a short article stating that lent sample of the ch'us being made-for the governor. That article claimed that Governor Hoch had spent the a party leader and public official upon his party's resubmission platform; and right here let it be Mr.

Harris told soma member of his committer 'to tell thwe who wanted Just Once More. Thero aro Just about six weeks morn until election. They are the nvo years or "first working up a good fojndatlo.i for said that Mr. Harris did not de to know, that he would enforce the prohibitory law if elected. This Is ex ceeding "round-about" and untrust a general assault on the Jolntlst? all over the state, and that ho Is befit weeks of tho campaign.

Politics mand that his party declare for law enforcement as a condition of his taking the nomination. The has been uninteresting to most people far In tho campaign. More Interest will be taken by tho voters dur ready now to luunch that assault as soon as he Is re-elected. Of course there Is neither sense nor truth In anything of tha sort, but many will condition he did make was that worthy information In view of tho fact that Mr. Harris could In a very few minutes and In few words In each of his peeoh.s wake his position clear-'y known, and iIh fact that he does not do that locks decidedly suspicious.

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David Ovcrmcycr, the leading rc- ing these nix weeks than all tho rest submissionist and anti-nrohibi- listen to men picas nevertheless. But I ho most important Indlcaiioi of the campaign. What can wo Vro- We are told that Mr. Overmeyer, when told that tho people wero want of Mr. Horn's Intended future course, bltloiilstH do to secure a hearing for ttonist of the state, be put upon the ticket as candidate for attorney general.

it re-eiected, Is found In his own plea ing to know what was his attitude on our cause during these Important the prohibition enforcement question, ror re-election published some weeks ago. In It Mr. Hoch does not try to Mr. Harris has issued a letter make tho sanio dodge as ho did two years ago about "no issue" and "no of acceptance. In the Chanute liladc tins letter occupies about Indignantly Inquired whether or not people believed tho Democratic candidates were men who would keep their oaths of office if elected, and advised all who did not to vote the Republican ticket.

A very definite an power," but defends his past course by claiming to havo been careful and weeks? Tho greater! good can be dono at least ex penso by using good literature, lint literature cannot be made nor distributed without money. Wo ought to havo enough money turned Jn within tho next ten days to reach thousands and thousands of vot 400 lines of space. In this letter discreet Instead of rushing indiscreet the tan IT question seems to be ly and unpractically into the matter recognized as the paramount is as his critics had desired him to do. swer, Indeed, to Mr. Overmeyer, If to no one else.

sue, with the railroad question Nor must It bo forgotten that Mr. Harris Ignored entirely an Inquiry and some others as secondary, to a more or less extent. Of these ers during the last month of tho cam He takes tho glory for the work done In Kansas City, Kansas, and defends himself for not pursuing a similar policy in other cities, such ns Wichita, Ft. Scott and Leavenworth, by from a Leavenworth minister as to his attitude on this question. 40 lines, 25 of them, or just one paign.

Wo would havo It If every Pro-hlbltlonlut who so far hns contributed nothing would do something even though very email. sixteenth, are devoted to the en saying that ho used up all his emer Friends Is It not clear that Mr. and his fellow candidates do not forcement of the prohibitory law, gency ruiid on Kansas City, and had no means with which to proceed Intend even to recognize the enforce which matter could not be icrnorcd against tho other cities. To tho care I wish to make heroin just one more ment of tho prohibitory law as an Issue? If he does so recocnlze it why entirely if Harris was to pose as a appeal for more money. Wo have had less reader this plea sounds plausible and the Kansas City Journal and does he not discuss it? Why does he refuse to state his position openly a very meagre response from the ap law-enforcement candidate.

Mr. Harris says: other Hoch papers have been working. and clearly. peals to far cent out. Can we not "Prohibition of course has taken havo more? Every cent that comes In If he regards It as an issue now, since when has he done so, and why, an active place in all of our politi on thla appeal is to be turned over to Kansas Prohibition Ticket.

Kvr Governor, COL. J. II. COOK, of Chetopa. For Lieutenant Governor, W.

H. JONKS, of Wichita. For Secretary of State, W.M. MARTIN, of Arkansas City. For Treasurer, C.

F. WOLKK, of Ottawa. For Auditor, T. D. ALMA IX of Hutchinson.

For Attorney General, W. CLYDK WOLFR, of Ellsworth. For Supt. of Public Instruction, I'NOF. O.

W. NEWBY, of Sterling. For Supt. of Insurance, P. J.

THWAITKS, of Humboldt. For State Printer. F. II. SWEET, of Lawrence.

For Judges Supreme Court. G. M. MARTIN, of Medicine Lodge. J.

I). M. CROCKKTT, of Kas. City. W.

C. FOG LB, of Williamsburg. GKKBNE, of Bazaar. For Railroad Commissioner), WALL AC GIBBS, of Kinsley. G.

C. McFADDEN, of Burlington. A. L. KVKRS, of Dillon.

10 a nnisn. But the governor was unfortunate In choosing his excuse. He Is the chief executive of the state. It Is his duty to see that the laws are enforced. He Is supjMised to have tho whole authority, power and executive machinery and how sincerely? It is no more an Issue now than II cal campaigns, and while the Democratic party has not favored Brother Hartley for literature.

Tho amount of literature that goes out will bo governed entirely by the has been In many years past when Mr. Harris was a political leader in and this method of meeting the evil of the state at his dlsosal with which an official of the state? Is it not plain to every honest, in with which we contend, yet it is amount of money that comes In. How the law, and the parleying and telllgent person that the Democratic much shall Jt be? I desire very much to send out party and Its candidates do not ree perversion upon this subiect re agnize this question as an Issue quires that it should receive spec thousands of letters and circulars to any importance and have taken no ial mention. With an honest ministers, religious workers, church honest sincere stand In favor of it? reverence for all law this would people all over the state calling at Is it not plain also that nothing can be expected of the Democrats If not be necessary. No patriotic tention to our issue and urging Its elected? citizen or honest official can sepa Is it not clear that the person who claims upon them, but It takes money to do it.

professes to expect! any better en rate one law from others for his recognition and acceptance; as There are many other plans Hrother forcemcnt of the prohibitory law from a Democratic success than we have long as it is the law it must be lladley and I have vhlch will do much had in the past, is simply advertising treated with the reverence attach good for tho cause, but It will take MONEY. Neither of us is in shape to himself as an exceedingly gullible In dividual. ing to all law, and a faithful observance and an honest dis take any risks financially it Is not charge of duty requires the same right thi't we should do no. So we can Correspondence. efficiency and zeal in enforcing not carry out any of these plans with Edtor Prohibitionist.

I wish to call this a all other laws. You charge, out your financial co-operation. your attention to the fact thai many of our ProhlbHIon friends in this part of the state are being and justly charge, our opponents This is YOUR fight, friend; it is jour campaign. Will each one not with accepting favors and campaign contributions of the law to vote for one or more candidates on send in something to help push the battle during the3o last important other thereby -losing their count as a Prohibition voter. Many breakers with that gratitude are not aware of this fact, but think which is a lively sense of favors weeks of tho campaign? Wo await your reply.

To save pre to come. that if they vote mostly the Prohibition ticket! that It will be counted as "If I am ever govornor of Kansas the flag that floats over the Capitol shall represent the loyalty, con-stitution and laws of Kansas." J. B. COOK. The Opportunity.

Never In the history or the party In Kansas has there been such an opiior-tunlty for the Prohibition party to nc-eonipllsh something as 'that parly faces now. That old tlmo bitter, Insane hatred bestowed upon I ho party has died out. The clean persistent fight the party has kept up for 'twenty years and more lit this slate, lias ckiua tlmo send all repliea direct to mo at Emporia, Kanras, which will be a Prohibition vote. Would It not be well to warn all voters In regard to A careful reading of the above gives as little, or less, for a temperance man to grow enthusiastic this, so that their vote may count on my headquarters for the rest of the the side of right on election day? over as does the platform. Mr.

Miller. Lyons. campaign. Yours for the 2.1.000, KARLK It. DE LAY.

Harris has merely attempted a Our is growing In favor with shrewd dodge. He says "prohibi tho people. (Rev.) James Kerr, Al ton. tion has taken an active place in all our campaigns," but is careful To Our Women Friends: not to dwell on the rabid onnost Tho good women Prohibitionists won it the admiration reaped, of tion his party has always waged Bradford at Emporia. KmiHirla.

Sept. O. F. Bradford can not voto but Ihey can nevertheless do much good work to win votes Prohibition candidate fo" congress la the Fourth district, spoke here nn ih against it. He smoothly passes over that point by stating that the Democratic party has not favored this method of meeting the evil." They can see that their localities are covered with literature and that some 11 tit inst.

In his speech he Tint prohibition of the liquor traffic money Is rallied to help pay for it would save men from rum and bring Th 'y can help securo tho lists of many who once despised and hated It. The truths It has told at every campaign and the verification of lis predictions of failure, to secure anything at the hands of the best the old parlies could put up, has secured It something or hearing. Tho temperance people or tho slate are tired of the Morrllls, SlnnleyB and lloehs nn.l are heartsick over the bitter din-appointments theno Sunday school comfort to many unhappy homes He is shrewd enough to say "has not favored" instead of "does not names asked for In another column which Is of far greater importance to favor," thus giving out the itn the country than 'iny of the Issncs a.l and they can take vol era' pledge cards to enforce the law. But in his haste to find an excuse he practically tells us thai the only moans he has to enforce the laws of the state Is his emergency fund with which to hire special attorneys and prosecute in tho courts like any civilian, and when that fund Is exhausted he is at his rope's end. Such nonsense from a man as smart as Governor Hoch Is supposed to be, Is conclusive evidence that he Is mighty hard up for excuses.

if governor lloeh's excuse contains truth, then he has brought forward an issue of the most overwhelming Importance. IF THE GOVERNOR OF A GREAT STATE LIKE KANSAS HAS NO MEANS TO ENFORCE THE LAWS OF THE STATE BUT A DINKY LITTLE EMERGENCY FUND. THEN IT IS HIGH TIME SOME MEANS ARE BEING PROVIDED BEFORE LAWLESSNESS AND ANARCHY BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE. But Governor Hoch's excuse contains no truth. He has power to enforce our iaws, even the prohibitory law, and he doesn't need to resort to his emc-rgw'iicy fund to do It.

Were he to pass the word down the line to every sheriff and county attorney in the state that he expected them to do their full duty or he would see that every last one was ousted from office btJ would solve the problem of Hie law enforcement and ir It became necessary prove that he meant business he would only need oust two or three to make tho rest of these county officials apprpcluto the necessity of getting busy. Above all other things needed in this state to enforce the prohibitory law Is GOVERNOR WHO INTENDS TO ENFORCE THE PROHIBITORY LAW, and no one re-allten It more than tho governor. And (hen Mr. Hoch closes by saying that In tho "future no backward si e.p will takcn," and that the same careful consideration which has been his rule in the past will be his rule In the future. All of which Is very deflnlnte and very promising.

No backward step Indeed! IS IT POSSIBLE THAT A BACKWARD STEP COl'LD BE TAKEN BY GOVERNOR HOCH? No doubt ho speaks tho truth there. He will take no backward step. And without doubt ho speaks the truth ns to his future policy, and his "careful consideration" will result In the future In exactly what It has resulted In In the pust: NOTHING. When tho governor himself promises nothing in the future but a repetition of tho nothing of the past, what sane, Intelligent person can expect anything else? The long and short of it Is that Hoch has done nothing and HOCH WILL DO NOTHING, and tho man that Is fooled to believe he will Is not wise. A vote enst for Governor Hoch's reelection can only be either nn endorsement of his do nothing past or an ignoring of the whole Issue.

But we do not desire to be too harsh with our governor. He Is merely the product of the iiolltlcnl situation which does not recognize the enforcement of the prohibitory law as an issue. With the Issue forced and the right sort of political bncklng Mr. Hoch would make us an ideal prohibition governor. BUT WE WILL NEVER HAVE ANY BETTER THAN HE IS NOW UNTIL WE HAVE FORCED THE ISSUE.

THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT IS TO VOTE THE TICKET HEADED BY COL. J. B. COOK. TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND VOTES WILL ELECT THAT 1SSUE1 and securo signatures.

vocated by the old parties, lie gavo statistics proving that tho revenue pression that that party may possibly have changed front on received from he traffic was only a the question; but he is very far THE WOMAN PROHIBITION! STB OF- KANSAS COULD REVOLUTIONIZE Til 12 POLITICS OF THE STATE fractional part of the expense In curred la maintaining police. Jails, from saying that it has cxneri men have been to them, and many of courts, penltentia-ies, asylums, enced the slightest change of IF TIII2Y ONLY THOUGHT SO AND them are awaking up to the fact that there must be something wrong back either frontor heart. He is careful which have become necessary because of the great amount of crime as a re WENT TO WORK. WILL THEY NOT DO IT? also not to say anything com sult, of the existence of He reminded the Christian voter that mittal as to himself; what his of the men, when nearly every officer of executive power, from governor down, Is a failure and dlftappolnl- he was gone astray when he voted personal views as to prohibition No Better Men. Hotter men than those on tho Pro for the perpetuation of the tralllc; arc; what his estimate of the inv mcnt.

far better to use his efforts to remove temptations and endeavor to lift hie portancc of the law-enforcement issue is, or what he intends to do hlbitlon state ticket r.ro not found in Kansas. They are clean, capable and ft How man to a nioro righteous nte. Mr. Bradford 1s Interesting and log These peoplo are willing to listen to tho plea of tho Prohibition parly If It Is properly laid before them, They will voto the Prohibition ticket If we stand the open for tho principle of regarding the same if he is elect cd, will not be discovered by read leal and presents his subject In a manner that Is convincing. A good National Prohibition and state en audience heard him, who expressed forcemcnt of tha prohibitory law.

can nrou ro a spark of hope- within them that the party can ever accom Your voto ci.st for them will help to themselves as well pleased. JOHN CUNNINGHAM. ing what he has written. The substance of what he says is that law is law and should be honestly enforced without any exceptions; but he does not say he would so plish anything. We can arouso that force tho issue In this state.

The Why of It. Barber County Convention. hope If we show them 'that tho first step to be taken towards betterment The Prohibitionists of Barber will meet in convention at the enforce the prohibition law if of conditlonu In tho state lo the forc ing of our Issue their Issue too and court house in Medicine Lodge, on Saturday, September 22, at 1 o'clock "A continued story, Just for a little bit of moral. Is like an old woman's strawberry short-cake a man has to eat a 'large amount of poor dough in order to get a few strawberries. The that a comparatively small number p.

at which time a full ticket win of voles will do that. Tho 25,000 vot be nominated consisting of represent elected. In many less words than he hao used Mr. Harris could have said plainly that, If elected, ho would enforce the law, but HE DOES NOT SAY IT. What he Boys is no stronger, and just ns weak and meaningless as is the declaration of his platform, or era pledge plnn appeals to them when ative, sheriff, clerk, register of deeds, probate Judge, county attorney, clerk space could be more profitably occu plod." It is presented.

of the district coure, treasurer, super So writes a correspondent from intendent of public Instruction, sur Another thing lhat makes It easy to securo a hearing Is the fact that the veyor. coroner, and commissioner of 'lihe Republican platform, or of any of the "all law" declarations of any past party platforms or conditions. Northern Kansas. Yes, and if there was more profit In running a Prohi First district, together with any other business that may come before the bition newspaper, the space could be old parties are practically without issues and the voters know it and are very apathetic. Tho only danger is convention.

WM. CORYELL, Chairman. filled with "more profitable" matter, we admit. But where there ia no that the Prohibitionist catch the apathy and do nothing to 'take' advantage of Franklin County Campaign. Ottawa, Sept.

15. State Chair the other fellows' apathy. man Earle R. DeLay, is holding nightly meetings In this county and Mr. Harris closes with a sling at the Republicans for accepting favors and contributions from the lawbreakers, which is hypocritical In view of the fact that the Democratic party has always done the some thing whenever it could, and Mr.

Harris can not help knowing it, and Is careful not to deny it. Since the above letter has been published, Mr. Harris has made a number of specthes on the issues of the campaign as he professes to see them. So have Mr. Overmeyer and H.

P. Far-relly, candidate for lieutenant governor; yet neither Mr. Harris nor the profit in the business, we have to worry along the best we can. If the above correspondent is a farmer, we would suggest to him that a nice ornamental iron fence around his farm would look fine but we'll wager our old hat against his that he will con securing a good hearing. Ho has been If tho Prohibitionists would all go to work and Improve the opportunity before them wo would forco our issue this very fall and revolutionize the here all this week and w.ll stay all of next week.

J. N. Woods, the county chairman and also candidate for tho politics of the tate. Kansas Frohi legislature, Is pushing the fight to tinue to -worry along with ugly barbed the finish In this county. The Pro wire fences.

And it won't be difficult bltlonlsts havo it In their power to Urt the Prohibition wave that would sweep the nation. Kansas Is always hlbltlonlsts are cutting a bigger figure here than ever before. for him to aay why..