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Prohibition debates and political clashes flash across Kansas
A dense patchwork of 19th century letters and editorials highlights Governor Morrill’s stance on prohibition, fears of state control, and political wars over enforcement. The dispatch cites locals in Atchison and Topeka, pension probes, editorial voices against war, and calls for Direct Legislation, with multiple newspapers weighing in on temperance and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrill
Atchison
Topeka State Journal
Treavenworth
Washington
Teavenworth
J. Pith
Sntigien
Keeley
Edwin C. Wiggenhorn
Wareatt
Morill
Lewelling
Hazen
Topeka Daily
A. W. Smith