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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1885
Page
4
Extended discussions of President Cleveland's inaugural address cabinet sketches and misgivings over reform measures. Reports on Kansas freight, a Topeka rail strike, and editorials criticising government appointments while calling for honest, capable governance amid labor unrest.
The piece surveys President Cleveland’s inaugural address praised for its practical business sense and commitment to a government for all people. It stresses restraint on public expenditures, nonintervention abroad, sound finances, tax relief, protection of public lands, and enforcement of labor and immigration laws, with emphasis on reform and conservatism in governance.
The text expresses a strong favorable view of Grover Cleveland's administration, describing it as admirable, promising, and likely to be highly successful. It argues it will be difficult for Republicans to criticize and asserts high confidence in Cleveland's leadership.
The cabinet lineup pleases Republicans and Democrats, with Westerns like Baxano and Laman poised for high posts. Manning, Garland, Enprcott, and Vizas bring seasoned expertise to Treasury Navy Interior War and Postmaster General roles. The roster, praised as the best in twenty four years, signals strong governance and party unity.
The Reflector voices strong opposition to Kansas prohibition, decrying the new law as rigid and arbitrary. It urges Republicans opposed to prohibition to join the Democratic Party, arguing only Democrats can repeal or resist the prohibition framework and calling Gov Marr to enforce the measure while detailing key provisions and political context.
A historic Kansas act imposes strict controls on liquor prescriptions. It requires pharmacists to preserve two years of prescriptions and affi davits, makes false statements punishable, and mandates open prescription records. It details penalties for officers, county attorneys, and carriers, and designates nonlicensed sale or delivery as a nuisance with fines and imprisonment.
Local notes reveal church tensions over dancing versus skating moralities and a boom in courting. Reports on new Marshall Avenue restaurant, farming upswing, two recent knock-downs, court cases, and a busy trade day with farmers visiting Chapman. Also mentions protracted Methodist meeting, Dr Gunn’s care, and local commerce forecasts.
Gentle southern winds bring growth as courthouse and new jail near completion. Railroad engine house dismantled for relocation by the new depot site. Questions arise on postmaster, while Mrs D D Baird’s residence frame rises on East Fourth Street. A church gathering draws a large crowd. A fire damages a haystack and shed near the Catholic church with unknown origin and corn losses, and the fire engine’s absence is noted.
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