The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-08-26

sale Of Intoxicating Liqanra
sca a.. The raPse ofaas 90
UT! heresfls. taks - aAre nsAs FAs|
OF retailing insexsanag lsasa. has q
r,sae IN ti,se ooa,no< mes 81 ricle sfl
merchandise is pox prakaaa,ed =
as. TIE resailsf intoxicating lsq-
sars u The manner which IS cosnxnenly
asnoG;aased s.ty the gfsss q "hg The
lrarsa Is herehy prohihsed. and the sale
! Of hescrs IN amy qnansisy Nth s'sH o
,beH teang drank On ca ahoa, The prem
ses is ceiling br the dram within shs
aeanssg q tbs session- :. :. :. = !.
oa6~ TIE places commonly known y
dram sAcYs" are hereby prchibitsd and
declared puSlic nuisanoes. and shei' es-
tahisAsnens sAall be he'd Tne=anpove
evidence OF the vsola,scu Of the provision
contained In the preceding seaion.
a97. The establishment, q the keep
ing Of . place Of aRy desSrps,on what.
ever, and whether w1shln or without =
banding. ocming within the spirit and
neens Of this chapter, and the establish
mens oE the keepang paare II any des-
c-irsiaa where other persons are aocs-
TONED 70 resort, rsc~iding their cwn kq-
uus Of the prohibssed character parclns-
ed elsewhere and drinking then there
shall be taken to be wpinn The meaning
OF This chapter. ~ 1a1 @
as. Every person engaged in any
Of the Acts above prohibited or ia any
way aiding or assisting in such Illegal
traffic, whether as principal or clerk, bar
keeper, OF otherwise shall Be subject to
the penalties herein provided.
go. Ccurts and iuries are required
10 oons,rue this chapter 80 a. TO prevent
ensions and suherfages and 30 as to
ocrer the &C, Of giving As we'll as OF sell
ling in the places above prohibited.
Above We give portion OF the presen,
Liquor Law OF Iowa, tina, all who are
not in possession Of the ''eods," may un.
ders.anc the la~ On this subject. There
are some who contend that this law is
good enoryh for Us at presen, tina. il is
in keeping with pablo opinion on the
subject. @ s-#
Now j, is our failing to differ with all
such. We believe that the public senti-
nens Of Iowa is a, leas: one age in ad.
vance Of this law; FOR MISTAKENLY the
fr~ sec, Of this law !, will be seen tina,
the oiicus epi.he.s of ..ram seller" "bar
keeper" and "whiskey peddler," which
public opinion would fass-n upon the Ii.
ouor vendors, have been worked over BY
virtue Of ihis statute into more paliiable
ocgnomens; tina, is, they are merchants.
BY virtue OF Law, as "arfieIes Of mercAan.
die are no. prohibited" This is what
we call aiding he reputation Of this dis
reputable traffic |, is BY law, rnerchan-
die. and the rum seller merchant
The law clothes him with this honorable
apenda.e; b. pubic opinion will not
This IS ns Objectionable 10 the practical
working Of the law, ha, shows the dis.
lance the law IS behind the presen, age.
b. he p sec, j, declares the retail in
the manner commonly denominated "by
the glass" or "by the dram" to be pro-
Libs.ed then arises the nice distinction
between the sale Of i, as merchandise"
and "by the dram" But here to save the
statute from being dead letter upon the
book and % sare /, from being bur.
iesq lie apoa law generally--lrom non
s-nse--comes In clause declaring the
sale, with view to lis being drank Oh
or about the premises 10 be sale "by the
draaa." This IS isuiy saving clause,
Is wI,nous il the whole thing would be
without meaning.
Tn- law also declares places where Ii.
4aor Is sold VIGOROUSLY, and repusnan,
10 the sentiments Of the pnblic, to be nui-
sances; but II will DC observed that in To-
calIties where friendly feeling exists
for the crittsT, that The law may be made
to yield 10 existing sentiment; and thus
II possesses and india rubber quality, ben.
eaciai to the traffic. and that unless pub
iic sentiment was strong agains, it, i,
could Dot be made efficacicus.
ON present law is not even an apo!o-
gy Tor what we want. l, is bu, a small
minority who indulge in intoxicating
drinks, and that few ought to yield to the
wishes OF the maryland the majority
ough, to have their requests granted them
By our lav-making power, and it is TO
be hoped that before the close of our mex,
legislature, a Prohibi,ory Liquor Law
will be passed, in the fullest sense OF the
word. A law to demoli.h the traffic en-.
tirely.