July 31, 1917
1! am heartily in . 1avor of national prohibition. Let's get n-ational prohi1 J1tion - m four years- from now-in 19201
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From :McPherson County .Judge Alien Wllber, : police judge of the city of Lindsborg, . states: · : • I have taken the trouble to look af my docket for the' past seven years, from January I. 1910, to January 1, 1917, and I find that I have heard 86 .... cases, of which 47 were for drunkenness. Our population has ranged from 2,000 to 2,200 during · this time. I will venture to say that I believe that one saloon in Lindsborg in three months' time would have brought more business to the police court than I have had in seven years.
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From Nemaha County, the county in which I first settled in Kansas, the county attorney, H.on. Horace M . . Ba:ldwiB, at S ' Seneca, state :
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The best argument for the success- of the prohibitor-y law in Kansas: is that the sentiment oi' the State is overwhelmingly in. its; favor. • • • I suggest that it would be a very pe-rtinent inquiry for you to make of the opponents ofl prohibiti'on, whether or not theycould cite you to any other law which they. claimed to have' been. a failure and yet which grew in popular favor as the years went by.
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.J ud~e .J. L. Musgrov , police judge of the city of Sabetha, Nemaha County, states
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I will give you my experience as police judge, which office I have filled since May, 1914. During this time I have tried 21 li.quor cases .n. in my court. However, of this number one man was tried 4 times, and two others 3 times apiece, reducing the number of persons before • me to 14 for violation of the liquor laws. . . . . .
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· Hon. A. S .. Ross, mayor of the ! CI.ty of' Sabetha, Nemaha County, states : , .
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I wiU say that in ou:r .city we are strictly enforcing tlle prohibitory law: and .we have very little drunkenness, and as a . consequence our poh ce court has very little or nothing to do.
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From NE-osho County the county attorney Mr R. B Smith of Erie states . ' ' . .
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F know that the prohibitory liquor law in Kansas lessens the sale and use of intoxicating liquor and lessens many other classes of crimes, such as immoral conduct, assaults, murders, burglary, larceny, and highway :robbery, for these are .several ~t the classes : of ca:s.es that :bl .. intoxicated meDJ ou · men craving intoxicating liquor are most likely ta commit.
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From Ness County, Hon. AlbertS'. Foulks, j.udge of the thirtythird judicial district, of Ness City, containing nine counties, stu teB •
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So far :u~ . my experience. of prohibition goes, whisky selling has been driven out of this State. except fu case of · transient bo.otle.ggers. D do. • not believe there is a single place in my district where liquor is kept for sale, and it is a: rare thin-g to see an intoxicated person in an,y oL the nine counties to which my duties can me.
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1\lr. A. W. Wilson, the county attorney of Ness County, ojj Ness City, states:
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In the 1 ~ years that I have been prosecuting in Ness: County, K:trui.,. there has not been a saloon OJr a joint opera-ting. . There has been o~ca si:tmal bootlegging, which has been ea:sily suppressed as soon as ltnowm.. Hon, L. H. Wilder; of Norton, county attorney of' Norton County, states:
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Prohibition seems to have taken up its permanent abode in the ~~~~~7I'~e~ngcc~~d~~y;~ do well to · recognize this fact and to govern From Osage . County, Hon. Ben Heilbrun, mayor of Osage City, states:
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I would say conditions compared fO' open saloons is 99 p-er cent ir:t favor of Kansas. I am n"() prohibi1!l&nis1r ffindl oot. hysterical ftil thequestion, yet must say prohibition in Kansas looks good to me.
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person B: . F. Chileott, · mayor- of Osborne, Osborne County, . Jt seems almost foolish for men to talk any - mor>e that prohibitl<~n · does not prohibit . It does . prohibit in Kansas and always will. · From Iilen. George W. Finney, of Larned, county attorney, : Pawnee County, states:
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You know- and r know and every man · w.ho has t'he sense of a last 1 year's bird's nest knows now and have known for years · past that pt:eh!.· bition in Kansas is a success • .
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Mr. . C. M. Mills, , e-f Phillipsburg, county atili>rney of Phillips County, states:
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I f.ee); positive that the prohibition law is a success, . and we hn:•~ many young folks who do not know what a saloon is as they never saw one. We have a few drunks, but I tell you they take ta, the woods quite rapidly, or their friends take them there.
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Hon. Floyd Funnell, :n:utyor of Wamego, POct.ta watomie County, states : ·
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You . will find that prohibition in this- locality is a real success. We do not have 1 drunk now where we bad 30 then. Our po-lice court i~S nearly out ot business. We have not had an arrest for over three · months .
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From Reno County, Hon. F. F. Prigg, judge district court ut Hui!chinson. states :
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I have ru>t seen a, drunken man. ill Kansas for so many years that I have not any recollection of when I did see one. All of this talk about . prohibition not being effe-ctive ·n Kansas is simply nonsense anll oot worthy of very much consideration.
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From Republic County, the sheriff, Mr. A. T& Huntington, of Belleville, states:
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We have a city of about 2,30.0 . r 1 d() net believe- tba.t tbere bas lleen a. drllllk. iTh the city jail for six months. • • • Prohibition in Kansas i-s a srr<lcess.
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From Riee County, .Judge · :1. C. Antrobus, police judge of the city o:ll Sterling, . state5:
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l ll::nre beeu pollee judge in this town two years and only six men have been brought into court for being drunk. This is a town of 2,500.
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The county attorney of Rice: County, . at Lyons, Hon. H. C. Crandall', states:
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It is folly. te argue against the question of national prohibition. All fax eeing men c:an Sl!l?' the necessity of such a law, and it is only a question of time until national prohibition will actually be here, Kansas has- found : prohibition a success, as b;:1.v.e. other States which have tried it.
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From Riley County, the sheriff, 1\Ir. C. E. Schermerhorn, l of Manhattan, states:-
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Prohibition in Kansas is a decided success.
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Juflge Alfred S. Porter, . po-lie.e- j11uge · o:f t.fie · city;. of l\lanhat· tan, states:
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I am more than . pr-oud , of the fact that 1 reside in a dry State and / only hope that . soon it may be · Nation wide.
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From Rush County, the county attorney, Hon. Frank U. Russell, .. at La Crosse, writes: ..
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Let's {lissEYJve the partnership . between: " Uncl:e Sam and booze. It is I I a. disgraceful alliance.
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From Russell County, Hon. J. c: Ruppenthal, of Russell, 1 judge of the twenty-third judicial district, comprising · six western counties: states: ·
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This judicial district is an average district of the rural parts ot ~a:na.sas. Ten.. y~ars ago there were considerable prosecutions: for the violation of the liquor law, and these have grown steadily fewe-r and fewer until a liquor prosecution is rather rare in any county of the dis- ' trictt: a nil at the same time j'oints aFI:' unknown and oo~tleggers are sea.rce. Hardly anyone · e any longer defends Ol' ex-cuses the violators of this law • or upholds the regular use of liquor for beverage purposes. • • • In no uep, rtmen-t of bmdnes.s--finanda.I, soelaJ.,. educational, o.r other activity--is there any disposition on part of anyone to curry favor · with the liquor interests, but instead all are united against it.
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F s~rT . "ck: rt~crn'Li'T. • m~t- . I ted · w· *
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. ll'Ollb cu.gw.I . ~uJ..LL.,r, . Jn w IWJ IS oca IChttn., the ~o~lt largest city in the State-, Hon. Thornton W. Sargent, district . JUdge, states: : . . .
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Take · the State as · a: whole, my observation is that there: is not onetenth of the drunkenness i:n, Kansas that there- is in the wide-open states. Over- 90 per · cent of th~ child . 11 en of Kansas: ha;s never seen a. saloon; a large majority of the children do not know what a saloon means except from hearsay. ·
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Hon .. Thomas <?· Wilson, district judge at Wichita, in ~e same county, states: . · -
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Prohibition in Kansas- is a: great success. In the thickly populated centers the law is violated more or less, and until we have national prohibition it will be impossible to absolutely prevent the sale of intox:i- eating liquor. • • • It is- a rare ~ception . to see a drunken man on the streets, and. the · bene-fits of prollibition to the rising generation are inestimabl:e. ' The ~you · of Wichita, Hon. 0. H. Bentley .. states:
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m my judgment the · solution ol the- problem Is. national prohibition, From Saline: CountY, . the county attorney, Hon. L. . W. Hamner, of Salina, states":
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There · Is DOl question. no . r can · there be any successful contro.versy over the fad that prohibition d06 prohibit. In our own c~mmtmlty here we have practically no drunkenness. Crime of every nature has decreased since the enforcement of the prohibitory law, conservatively, 50 per cent.
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._. From Shawnee County, in which is · located the city of To , peka, the county attorney, Hon. ,V. E. Atchison; states: .
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We have no saloons In Topeka and no joints. A few bootleggers remain, but they are being so constantly hounded and prosecuted by the officers that their business is exceedingly small. There is less drunkenness in the cities of Kansas than in any other cities of which I have any know!edge.
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Hon. George H . Whitcomb, judge of tile district court at Topeka. states:
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There are, in my judgment, no evil effects resulting from the prohibitory law, but, on the contrary, the results have been entirely in the way of the promotion of sobriety and law observance and the saving of money for increased expenditures for the betterment of schools and homes and generally for what goes to make life more worth while.
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From Scott County, the county attorney, 1\Ir. H. A. Russell, of Scott City, states:
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Prohibition prohibits in Scott County. There is no liquor used in this . county except what is privately . shipped ' in from Kansas City, eondition s. Mo. · There are no sales and there are no drunks. • • • Prohibition prohibts in western Kansas, the wet advocates to the contrary notwithstanding.
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From Sherman County, Hon. George Kelly, mayor of the city of Goodland, states:
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I think we are at least 90 per cent better off than we were before, as we practically have no poor people any more; the people in general all pay their debts better, bold their jobs better, and it is a very rare thing to see a person under the influence of liquor. While I am not a strict prohibitionist myself, I am sure against the saloons, for I know we are much better off without them.
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The county attorney of Sherman County, l\lr. Elmer E. Euwer, of Goodland, states:
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I am only a young man, but I believe I can say with authority that prohibition is not a failure in our State. I was born and raised in ‘Topeka, Kans, having lived there 25 years, and I was 20 years of age before i ever saw the outside door of a saloon, and then I had to go to Kansas City. Mo , to see that. I can further say that I have never seen the inside of a saloon, nor have I ever touched a drop of liquor in any shape or form, and owe the fact that I can make that statement to prohibition in our State.
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From Sumner County, the mayor of the city of Caldwell, one of the principal border cities, Hon; I. 1\I. Horton, states:
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My conclusions regarding prohibition formed from a long observation of its workings are that prohibition does prohibit in spite of the · fact of the liquor interests arguments to the contrary. * • * Previous to the enforcement of prohibition the police court fines ran into hundreds of dollars per month, while for the whole of last year (1916) the total fines collected for all misdemeanors was $94.
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From Washington County, the sheriff, Mr. D. W. McLeod, of Washington, states:
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I can say that prohibition in this county is a success as far as I know in regard to the duties of this office, and I am safe to say that when Nebraska's dry law takes effect that the duties of my brother if you wish. officers along the State line will' be somewhat lessened.
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From Wilson County, the mayor of the city of Fredonia, Hon. J. ,V. Moss, states:
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I am a native of Missouri but have lived in Kansas for over 36 ' years. and anyone who says that prohibition in Kansas is a failure misrepresents the facts . There is not as _ much misery and crime caused by drunkenness in the entire State of Kansas as there is in one of the larger cities of Missouri. We have a few cases of chronic drunkenness and a small amount of bootlegging, but taken altogether it is not a drop in the bucket as compared with States where the open saloon is allowed.
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The police judge of the city of Fredonia, 1\Ir. :f. H. Mattheus, states:
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The effects - of prohibition is plainly apparent on every hand, to • every unbiased observer making m _ more happy homes, a better and cleaner citizenship.
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From Woodson County the mayor of Yates Center, the county seat, Hon. L. R. Wallace, after reviewing the situation, states: This leads me to the firm belief that our Nation ought to be a dry Nation, and I believe the greatest piece of legislation our Congress could pass . would be the submission of an amendment for prohibition.
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From Wyandotte County, my home county, in the city o.f Kansas City, which is practically a part of the great city · there, nearly one-third of the population being on the · Kansas side, the judge of the district court, Hon. · W. H. McCamish, writes: If Missouri, or Jackson County even. were dry, it would leave us with no'Problem to contend with along these lines. · ·
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The sheriff of the same county, Mr. R. L. Hinch, of Kansas little to do . City, Kans., states:
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There was a time in Kansas when prohibition did not prohibit, but the day is gone, never to return. Whisky has been the downfall of millions of good people. The saloons were closed in Kansas City, Kans about 10 years ago. Kansas . City, Kans., has prospered ever since; business rents commenced . nced to increase when the saloons were closed here. There are no vacant business houses in Kansas City, Kans., and has not been since the saloons were closed, excepting some building that was erected :In the resident district by brewery companies for the purpose of selling liquor in . At this time most of them are occupied. So I could go on all through these letters, but I have already shown from every section of the State the same unanhu· i ty of opinion.
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The letters arranged alphabetically by counties, which have not been read in full, are as follows:
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ALLEN COUNTY.
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lOLA, KANS., January - ~. 1917.
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Bon. 'WILLIAM H. THOMPSON, United States Senate, Washington, D. a.
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HONORABLJ!! AND Dear Sm: In reply to your favor of December 30, 1916, regarding the prohibition regulating the sale and manufacture of intoxicating liquor in Kansas, will say that I have been a citizen of Kansas all my life (having been born here), and have been all over the :State and ba,·e had a good opportunity to note the effect of the liquor traffic in and under both conditions. For the past seven years I have been patrolman of the city police department, the last three years chief of the department, and in this locality we, as elsewhere in our State, can not prevent the importation of liquor. We do prohibit its sale, and lf those whose duty it is to enforce the laws will do so it can be eliminated from any community. I firmly believe that the prohibition l~w in K . Kansas has be e n the main cause in reducing crime, poverty, sickness, and distress from 75 to 90 per cent as compared to former
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Yours, very truly, THOMAS J. CHniSTY,
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Chief ot Police. loLA, KANs., January . ~. 191"/.
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Hon. WILLIAM H. THOMPSON, United States Senate, Washington, D. a.
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DEAR ~J:NATon: In reply to yours of December 30, 1916, regarding prohibition in Kansas, will state that the writer has resided in Kansas 27 years, and has, of course, seen a few persons under the influence of liquor. My belief i · that prohibition does not, nor will It ever, pt·o hibit the importation of Intoxicants so long as our Government permits its manufacture and States permit the traffic. While the allove statements are true, the fact remains that prohibition in Kansas has eliminated at . least 90 per cent of drunkenness, crime, and poverty since 1t~ adoption. WbeP. you learn that 50 oer cent of our jail!> and poorhouse have no inmates, and compare this record with the Stat that permit the sale of intoxicants, it will be very easy to conclude that the reason Is the cause of John Barleycorn in one State and the freedom from it in the otl:er.
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Trusting that this may be of some use to you in your efforts toward forwarding the cause of national prohibition, which I am certain will meet the approval of all good Kansans, I remain,
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Ycurs, for national prohibition,
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J. J. VARNER, Mayor.
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ANDERSON COUNTY.
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GARNETT, KANS., January C, 1917, Hon. WAI. H. THOMPSON,
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Washington, D. a.
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DEAR Sir: Replying to your favor of the 2d Instant 1n regard to prohibition in thi s part of Kansas, I beg to say that there have IJeen but two cases of drunkenness in the police court of this dty in the pa s t two years and but few cases or bootlegging In justice court during the same period; and in my · opinion, the prohibitory law is not violated any more than other State laws, and there is no doubt in my mind that prohibition does J essen drunkenness in Kansas. • You have my consent to use this in the Senate for what ~t :Is worth,
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Sincerely, yours, J. E. CALVERT.
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Police Judge and Justice of tile Peace. GARNETT, KANS., January 5, 1917 .
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Hon. WILLIAM H. THOMPSON, Washington, D. a.
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DEAR Sm: In regard to prohibition in Kansas, will say that it certainly is one of the things that is pushing Kansas to the front. We have less crime, less insanity; . and I am in favor of national prohibition and hope to live long enough to help put the United States on the dry list. Kansas has less crime than any wet State in the United State.s. Hoping you will be successful in your work; and can say that 75 per cent of Kansas people are with you. .
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Respectfully, B. F. ACUFF, Mayor.
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ATCHISON COUNTY.
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ATCHISON, KANS., January 6, 1917.
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Mr. WILLIAM H. THOMPSON, Wa .~ 1 ~i11gton. D. 0.
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DEAR Sm · In reply to your esteemed favor of December 30, would say the present city administration is fairly successful in enforcing prohibition, there being only one retail Jiquor license i n the city and that being held by a wholesale drug firm.
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Of course, it is rather hard to prevent the delivery of liquor and bootlegging by the East Atchison saloon keepers and liquor dealers. East Atchison, a~ you have probably heard, is known as the wettest spot in Mi ss ouri and is a di grace to that great State.
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This city and suburbs have a population or about 20.000 people. Last month there were 40 arrests by the police department and $128 fines collected in the police court .~ Probably one-half of these arrests . were drunken persons who came from East Atchison. The other arrests were for petty- stealing, violating traffic rules, etc. Wet·c it not for the conditions tn East. Atchison our police force would have very The present city administration of Atchison Is very mudt in favor of national prohibition, and you are authorized to use this letter in the • Senate if, in your judgment. it would help to accomplish somethmg along this line. Thanking you !or your interest in this matter and hoping this Nation will soon follow the example of Kansas, I am,
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Yours, truly,
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LOUIS TiEINAIAI\, Mayor.
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_ ATCHISON, KANS., January S, 1911. Hon. W. H. THOMPSON,
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United States Senate, Washington, D. a.
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DEAR SIR: Yours of December 30, asking me, as prosecuting attorney of Atchison County 1 Kans., to give you the result ot my observations as. to the otrect of the prohibitory law in lessening drunkenness and crime and t h e effect morally and economically to our people, received.
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1 have act e d a s county attorn E- y of Atchison County for four years, during which time my opportunity to observe the E>ll' c d or proh1b l tlon in Atchison County (which is · a border county of the State) has · placE-d mf' in a -pc~Ulon to judge of its workings among our people, anti. it ~s my unqualified opinion that prohibition has been and is resulting .m Jes s drunkenness, less crime, and 1n a hlgh e L' standard of morality among our people, and my opinion in the matter is being reflected b.v thousands of others in Atchi s on County, some of whom have heretofore been strongly opposed to the prohibitory law.
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I venture to say t.hat should Atchison County be asked to vote upon the question of prohibition, or resubmission of the question, that threefourths of the votes of the people of Atchison County would be -cast 1n favor of the law. ·
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So well satisfied are the people with the results of prohibition thus far that the question ceases to be any longer an open question for discussion
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I hope that you wm use your great influence in the Senate to bring about national prohibition. ·
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Yours, truly, CHAS. J. co:u.o..~.
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County Attorney of Atchison · County, Kans.
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'BARBER COU'NTY.
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MEDICTN'll LODGE, KANS., January 6, 1911.
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Hon. WILLIAM H. THOMPSON, Washington, D.
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MY DEAn 8rn: Your inquiry of the 3d instant at hand. In answer to · same, will say that there is no question but what prohibition in Kansas prohibits. Ninety per cent of those who are arrested for being drunk are of the old stock, men who .have drunk all of their lives, and were brought ! lp in States where there were open saloons or in Kansas before the law was · enforced. The man who gets it now has to send otr and get 1t , and that fact becomes of public record, and this detPrs him in the liSP. !l.S it affects his standing and business, credit, etc. The bootlegger usually sells it to those old topers, but hardly ever to the young man, because he runs greater · chances of being caught. The bootlegger is usually soon caught, and spends most of his time either Hon. WILLIAM in jail or in the penitentiary.
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'i'bc person who contends that prohibition In Kansas does not prohibit does not know either the- conditions in Kansas now or wbnt they were in the past. There are fewer rpaupers and more families who own their homes Men and women go better dressed. They give better service to their employer ; hence every line o! business meets with bett e t· success under prohibition.
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This is my judgment, ' based upon observation and actual experience as a lawyer and mayor of this city, . where I have lived for 31 years.
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Very truly, yours,
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S<UtUET.. GRIFFIN,
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County Attorney. MED-ICINE LoDom, KANS., January 6, 1917. Hon. W. H. THOMPSON,
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United States Senate, Washington, D. a.
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MY DEAR Senator: Yours or the 2d instant, addressed to the police judge of this city, came to hand this morning, and your humble servant has held that extra responsible position. since April, 1911. an!! since that time there has been on the -t'locket 183 cases filed, of which 79 have been for drunkenness, of which 10 have been against the same men, fl again s t another, and 5 a . against the third, making a 'total ot 21 cases again ~ t three men. These men all have ordered their liquor directly from Kan s as City, Mo., not only by th-eir own statements, but corroborated by the records in the county clerk's office. This Is done under the protection of the Federal Gov-ernment by virtue Qf the interstate-commerce act. During the same time there were 47 cases for disturbing the peace, and a 1ew of these were the direct result of liquor.
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I will here state that the Hon. Samuel -Grlilln. mayor o1 this city and acting as city attorney, investigated each case as it -cam-e up; and we found in most of the cases the liquor had been shipped in by the defendants themselves-or at least they so claimed-which makes it bard to catch th~> professional bootlegger. That we have them there is no doubt as was revealed in a case of a man who got on train at Lake CitY to come to Medicine Lodge. He was sober when he left Lal;:e City, and ere hi' arrived at Medicine Lodge he was too drunk to walk. And we found out from him a ~ng worked out from Kiowt. who bought their liquor and had it s-hipped to a town in Harper Countyr-go there in an auto and get It, then work out on trains ;from Kiowa. One made the trip through here to Belvidere and returned to Kiowa on same train, reaching Kiowa at 1 o'clock p. m.., and another was ready to go out the next morning. The reason they ship to Harper County station was to avoid the mfng with the county clerk a statement by the freight or -express agent in this county as required by statute law.
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Taking into consideration that at an times in the past - six years Barber County has had a population ranging from 8,500 to 10,100 people, and this city from . 1.400 to 1,500, it shows that there is not a bad case here, as some would make out. An incident occurred here a few years ago. My father-in-law came from Alva, Okla., to visit us. HI' wal'l here two - week-s. One day be said to me: "I have seen more drunkenness in Medicine Lodge in two weeks than I ever saw in Alva, with open saloons." I a. R asked him how many he bad seen drunk in town. He told me he had seen six. I said, "All right." . And about two months after I went to Alva. Riding around the square, I pointed out to him 17 drunks. He looked up at me and said: "Mac, never saw a s many drunks in Alva before." I asked him, "Is it not because you have open saloons? You -are so used to seeing drunken men that you do not notice or pay attention to . it." He replied, "Mac, that is just it. When we go to Kansas we look for and note every one, but we are so used to it down here we do not pay any attention to them." .Anti he added, •• I guess a tellow can generally find what he is looking for. but you beat me in the lind."
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I do . not want you nor Congress to think I claim that the prohibition laws of the State of Kansas prohibit the sale of liquor in Kansas any more than the laws of other .States prohibit murder, adultery, perjury, or grand or petty ' larceny. :And while the Feder.al Gov-ernment defends and upholds the shipment of liquor into prohibition territory the lawmakers themselves . are as mo-rally respons.ible for the cr-imes committed as the distiller and the · saloon keeper or · the whole· sale liquor -dealer is my candid opinion. and 1 at your r-equest you can use this in any way you may see fit, and ir I can do anything more to aid you in this fight, command me and I'll be there.
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I worked with J. K. Cudcllngan trying · to make tbi country dry; and what little I can do I will do, yet not for the grown mt>n of 35 or e-ver. but for the young men and women a.nd the boys and girlsthe coming bulwark of the Nation.
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Yours, .truly, W. B. McC'AY~E.
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Police Judge at the city of Med-icine Lodge, Kans.
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BARTON COUNTY.
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G:n.EaT Blil'ND, KANs., January 6, 19n. Boll. WILLIAM H. THOMPSON,
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United States Senate, Washington, D. a. . . MY DEAR SIR: I bav'! your letter of the 30th ultimo, and carefully noted, and am pleased to know that you are standing up for Kansas and for prohibition. -
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What appears to be a question in some quarters as to whether or not prohibition is a failurE' or actually prohibits and thereby tes t-D!> d.runk enness and crime and results to the moral and economical advantage ot the people is no longer a question in Kansas. I have had a number of years' experience as an enforcing officer and have no hesitation in ffiY· ing as a result ot that exper1ence and from my ob ervation generally throughout Kansas as <'Omparf'd with the handling · of tbl' liquor question in other States that prohibition is by all means the best method of handling this evil. .
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With the adoption of friendly legislation on the .part of the Federal Government, cooperating w1tb the State rather than handicapping the State, as has heretofore been the apparent policy of the Federal Government, it c-an be made stili mere f'tred1ve. One step along this tine would be to deny the use 1>f the mails to Uquo-r advertisements another would be to cease issuing bootleggers’ licenses in prohibition States.
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- Uquo-r The scans read: “tiquor” (microfilm scan), “Uquo-r” (main scan)
Wltb best wishes to you in your efforts- along this line of work, I am,
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Very truly, yours,
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0. W. Dawson, Mayor.
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STATE Oil' KANSAS,
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TWENTIETH .TUDICIAL DISTRICT,
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Great Bend, January 4, 19rT.
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H. THOMPSON.
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Washington, D. 0.
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MY DEAR SENATOR: I a · m in receipt of your esteemed favor of the 30th ultimo and hasten to give you the benefit of my conclusions rela· tive to the practical operation of the prohibitory liquor law of Kansas I have lived in this State since 1884, coming here soon after th~ adoption of the prohibitory amendment, and have- had ample opportunity to ob· serve its operations.
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When I came to Great Bend there were in full operation several places wh-ere intoxicating liquors were - being sold ope-nly. and 11 :pros~>rotlon for a violation of the 1aw was rare. and n conviction under surb pro~e cution still mol'{' 81>. Tile impression sN>mt>d to obtain in Great lll'nd that If these places were closed the town would 10l'IE' materially in its trade and business operations This was a conviction that was honestly entertained by - myself and a majority of the citizf'n of the city and county, else the condition could not have existed. As time passed srnti· ment in favor of the law grew and cr :v ~tallized until about 15 yl'ar<~ n~ro the saloon and joint were (Omtx"l!f'd to go. flp to that time drunkenness on our public streets was a common sight. and the court calendar was full of prosecutions for all manner of criminal offenses; so much <' b o that the time of the court was largely . consumed by the trial of the criminal calendar. When the open joint or saloon was doomed, we Wt>rc happily surprised with the result Not only did our business intf'I'Pl"ts advance and improve. but our city began to grow as never bf'foN'. and since that time drunkenness upon our streets is a rare thing indeed. Crime has diminished until at this time. If we have 11 aim.inai caiPn1lal" at all at the beginning of our term 1>f court. six to eight cases are the most we have. and not 1 per cent of them are !iquor casf'il, neither do they grow out or the use of intoxicating liquors. As a result of all this there is no consideration that could induce the people of this State to return to the old system.
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- or The scans read: “of” (microfilm scan), “or” (main scan)
It a law could be devised which would inhibit the shipping of liquors into dry territory and the solicitation of whclesale liquor dealers wt>re barred from the mails entering dry territory the liquor question would be practically solved in this State.
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• • • ‘You can accomplish no greater good for your constituency than to secure the passage of your bill prohibiting the shipm-ent of intoxicating liquors into dry territory; and if you could carry he measure a little further and bar an liquor advertisements from the mails entering dry territory you will have accomplisbf'd . something for which the people of Kansas will never he able to repay you. 1 sincerely wish every success to your entire efforts alon~ tbls line.
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Cordially, yours, . D. A. BANTA,
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Judge, Twentieth Judicial District of Kansas:
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BOURBON COU 'TY.
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FORT Scor.r, KANs., ... January :1, w-n. Mr. WILLIAM H. THOMPSON, .
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Unit e d State$ Senate, Washington, D. 0.
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DEAR SIR: . Answering your favor of December 30, have to say that prohibition in Kansas is a success in every possible wa;y. and any pPrson who says that it is not a great benefit to the State is either misinformed <>r willfully falsifying, and the same is true of any person who says that prohibition has injured the State in any possible way.
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Yours, respectfully, _
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JaMES G. SHEPPARD,
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County Attorney.
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0FF1Cil OF SBEUTFF OF BOURBON CQU~TY,
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Fot·t Scott, Kans., January .f, 19rt. Senator W. H . THOMPSON,
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Washington, D. C.:
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Your lette-r in regard to whether prohibition in Kansas Is a failure, will say that I have been m the sheriff's office at Fort Scott six Jl'i:ll'S and will say that every year liquor is fast going in Bourbon County, Kans. You never see a young man drunk in Bourbon County. It ts some old fellow , that got the habit during saloon days that is drunk As soon · as these oll fellows die there is going to be a marked · <'hange in the n • number of drunkard s . Since the saloons have closed in N t> Nevada and Rich H _ Hill, Mo., our sister State, we have but Little trouble with bootlegging. crime grows less every year in Bourbon County, _ Kans., on account of whisky t}elng harder to get.
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Yours, respectfully,
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J. W. HARTMAN, Sheriff.
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BROWN COUNTY.
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HIAWATHA~ KANS., January 9, 1911.
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- 1911. The scans read: “1917.” (microfilm scan), “1911.” (main scan)
Hon. WILLIAM H. Thompson, Washington, D. a.
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DEAR SENATOR: In reply to your letter of recent date in regard to the prohibitory law will say· The law prohibits absolutely here in Hiawatha, Kans. During the past year there have been 27 arrests for drunkenne s s; 26 of • these were persons returning from across the line in Missouri or Nebraska. The only liquor they brought home with them was in their stomachs. These parties were promptly arrested and placed in jail. One arrest was for drunkenness or sickness from taking too much Hostetter's bitters. "Bootlegging" is unknown here in Hiawatha and has been for several years. In September a circus visited our city , and on that day over 20 , 000 people were in town. Not a single case of drunkenness was reported to the police, and we have not heard that a single drunken person was seen. The prosperity of our city is beyond anything ever known here. Thirty thousand dollars worth of city 4 per cent bonds sold last month for a pl'emtum and that to local purchasers.
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'l'he prohibitory law is e nforced here and it prohibits.
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Yom'S, tru)y,
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GEo. C. McKNIGHT, Mayo1·. HIAWATHA, KANS.~ Jantla1"Y 9, 1911. Senator WILLIAM H. THOMPSON,
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Washington, D. a.
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DEAR SENATOR : I want to say that prohibition in Kansas is a grand success, the prohibition law of the State of Kansas actually prohibits, and we ab s olutely bave Jess drunkenness and crime than our sister Stat e s N e braska and Mi s souri. I know whereof I speak, as I am ln a position to se e and Jearn. Kansas has been troubled some by llav1ng two wet boundaries-Nebraska and Mlssouri-but, thank the good people of Nebraska, they blowed up the wet element Jast election, which wHl make us three dry boundaries, with Missouri going dry slowly but surely. I am for nation-wide prohibition, and I am thankful that Junsas has as grand and good a Senator that has the backbone to tight the everlasting curs(', liquor.
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Yours, respectfully, C. W. BIDDLE,
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Sheriff of Brown Oou !! ty. HIAWATHA, KANS., January 18, 1911. Hon. W. H. THOMPSON,
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United States Senate~ Wa81zingtm~~ D. a.
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DEAR SENA"I'OR: With ret'e1·ence to the prohibitory liquor law in Kansas you can say for me as county attorney and having seven years of 'experience as a prosecuting officer . that the prohibition laws of Kansas are not a failure, · ~ut do prohibit. That the moral and economica ' advantages that come to us from the wholesome effect of this law can not b~ overestimated. Kansas would no more think of giving up its prohibitory liquor law thau it would its public school system 01· the right of the people to worship God according to the dictates of their own conscienc e .
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Drown County. you know , is a border county, 40 miles from Missouri, 1 and 19 miles from Nebraska, both wet States and the chief source or whatever trouble we hav e in enforcing the law. Nebraska is already dry and Missouri will come next and when the liquor d e alers and bootleggers are driven out of these States, there will be little or no trouble in enforcing the liquor law in Brown County. ·
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- or The scans read: “of” (microfilm scan), “or” (main scan)
- e alers The scans read: “dealers” (microfilm scan), “e alers” (main scan)
I will be pleased to give y ou any information that you desire, and I can cite you to many specific instances of my own experience and observation which evidence the wholesome effect of the prohibitory liquor laws of Kansas The United States Supreme Court has just recently given the prohibitory liquor laws a great boost, and for which Kansas is extremely thankful.
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Yours, very truly, w. E. ARCHER, aotmty Attorney, HORTO ~ , KANS., January - y G, 1911, llon. Wli. H. THOMPSON,
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- aotmty The scans read: “County” (microfilm scan), “aotmty” (main scan)
- HORTO The scans read: “TforTon,” (microfilm scan), “HORTO” (main scan)
- ~ Only one scan has this word: “~” (main scan)
- 1911, The scans read: “1917,” (microfilm scan), “1911,” (main scan)
- llon. The scans read: “IIon.” (microfilm scan), “llon.” (main scan)
- Wli. Only one scan has this word: “Wli.” (main scan)
Washington, D. a.
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DE A R FRIEND: Your letter of date, December 30, 191G , at hand and co ' contents noted. lu reply will say l am now serving my third term as mayor of the city of Horton and have been a resident of the city for about thirty years. And I want to say prohibition ts not a failure In I . Kansas, but a grand success. As you know · Horton has a population of about 4,500, and is a railroad shop town, and I can truthfully say it Is seldom one sees a drunken man on the str ee ts, and that is usually some one that comes in on a train f.rom some point in Missouri. There is but very little crime committed . in our city, and I don't think we average three arrests per month, -and our city jaH is empty most of the time. Horton is made up of happy homes, and instead of the laborer's money b e i!lg spent for booze it is s p e nt for the benefit of his family.
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- DE A The scans read: “Dean” (microfilm scan), “DE A” (main scan)
- 191G The scans read: “1916,” (microfilm scan), “191G” (main scan)
- lu Only one scan has this word: “lu” (main scan)
- ts The scans read: “is” (microfilm scan), “ts” (main scan)
- str ee The scans read: “streets,” (microfilm scan), “str ee” (main scan)
- ts, Only one scan has this word: “ts,” (main scan)
- jaH The scans read: “jail” (microfilm scan), “jaH” (main scan)
- e i!lg The scans read: “being” (microfilm scan), “e i!lg” (main scan)
- e nt The scans read: “spent” (microfilm scan), “e nt” (main scan)
We, the people of Kansas, surely approve of your stand on this question. Wishing you success in your fight, and best wishes !or yourself and family, , I remain,
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- !or The scans read: “for” (microfilm scan), “!or” (main scan)
Yours truly,
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J. F. BAILEY, Mayor.
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:BUTLER COUNTY.
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CITY CLERK ' S Oli'FICE,
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- CLERK The scans read: “CLERK’s” (microfilm scan), “CLERK” (main scan)
- Oli'FICE, The scans read: “OFFICE,” (microfilm scan), “Oli'FICE,” (main scan)
El Dorado, Il.ans., January 4, 1911. Senator WILLIAM II. 'l'HOMPSO!'{, , ·
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- Il.ans., The scans read: “Kans.,” (microfilm scan), “Il.ans.,” (main scan)
- 1911. The scans read: “1917.” (microfilm scan), “1911.” (main scan)
- 'l'HOMPSO!'{, The scans read: “THOMPSON,” (microfilm scan), “'l'HOMPSO!'{,” (main scan)
Washington, D. 0.
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- 0. Only one scan has this word: “0.” (main scan)
DEAR Sm: Your letter of recent date relating to the efficacy of th e prohibition law in suppressing lawlessne s s and crime in Kansas at band and noted.
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- lawlessne s The scans read: “lawlessness” (microfilm scan), “lawlessne s” (main scan)
- band The scans read: “hand” (microfilm scan), “band” (main scan)
I feel that El Dorado and Butler County Is in a position at the present time to most thoroughly test the efficiency both of the law and of the law-enforcement o-fficers, in that by r e ason of the recent discovery of large o11 deposits we have gathered within om· county boundaries within the last year somewhere between 10,000 and 15,000 transient population, including oil-field workers, from all parts of the United States.
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- Is The scans read: “Its” (microfilm scan), “Is” (main scan)
- e ason The scans read: “reason” (microfilm scan), “e ason” (main scan)
- o11 Only one scan has this word: “o11” (main scan)
- om· Only one scan has this word: “om·” (main scan)