The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-03-02
TAs ohlestseaaAls teetieas.

For the purpose OF explaining TO cur read
ere he ohjecuoss urged By portion Of our
citissas to the &C, arendasosy Of The Prohi,
bi,osy Liquor Law, we repaslish The two
particular secuons which are thsaeht %
ccsaact with each other, The whole sct In
it, phraseoloey, eears the marks Of haste.
Had time permitted an examination Of its
features, not only would iss Objectionable
pasts have been changed in sceordaaes With
the known sentiments OF the Republican
neuber. OF the Legislature, but its Phra.
seolosy would no doab. have been material.
y changed. The irs, section, Is follows,
wsa particularly iDdistiae, ~ officially pub.
lishsd, but We have made 1t express its true
meaning BY changing the punctuation:
Sec. 4. Be il enscted BY the General
Assembly of the State Of Iowa. That all
that pars OF section frst. Ater the word pro-
viSei, In the eleventh line, esctions third,
fourth aud sixteenth are hereby stricken
out.
The material matter changed BY this
amendneat 10 to strike out the words-~aie
porter. lager beer, cider and oil wines AZ
included amsng intoxicating liquors within
the meaning OF this act" Thus the 6rss
section Of the ameAdasory oct distinctly de.
clsres, BY striking out these words, that ale
porter, lager beer, cider and all wines. are
~ Included smong the Intoxicating liquors
fssbiaden By the Prohibi,ey Law from be-
ing sssayacfsred s.d sold. This seems per-
fectly clear. and bad there been no other a.
lusion 10 this branch Of the subject in the
amsndatory scis there would have been no
very determined objection TO It, But now
comes in section ., which reads thus:
Sec. Q. Wherever the words "iHtoxica.
ting iouors' occur in this act or the act 10
which this &C, 10 snendatory. the same shall
Be construed to mean ill spirituous, malt,
and vinous liquors: Provided that nothing
In this section shall be 50 construed - 10
forbid the manufacture Of cider from apples
OF wine from grapes, currents or other
fruits grown o. gathered BY the manufac.
lurer.
This appears to directly conhic, with the
frat section, whether the author Of this bill
meant IL TO do so or not-and what be I'D
mean We hope to soon definitely know BY
letter from himself. Our German friends
think il makes the PrOhibltory Law really
more stringent, a common beer was not in.
terdicted by it, while this calls all mali Ii.
suors .in,oxieating liquors" We think the
eject Of this act will be to seriously weaken
the Prohibi,ory Law, where it is not entire.
y dead letter. II will further extend the
perplexiiies Of ligitation under the law, as
il confases The meaning of portions Of The
law, or the act 10 confused in its own mean
ing. No.w outstanding the 9th section, SO
long ss the frst section stands. we think il
will now fall on the prosecution in suit un-
der the Prohibltory Law, to prove that sle'
beer, &c. are Intoxicating liquors. so econ
% il comes to this, the law 10 almost worth
less, ut ne do not pretend to give sny
legal opinion on the subject a. that is no,
precisely in our line. We have given The
sections TO our readers, and they can form
their own opinions.
This act 10 not calculated 10 be popular
even with those who uphold the Prohibito
y Law. II will please neither the TEN
Desste nor the nan who drinks. Il is Ger.
tsinly great pity the, il was not introdu-
sed into the Legislature at such = time
when II could have been refe ned 10 commit
lee and thoroughly discussed in committee
and Legislature. But hustled through rs il
was 81 the very close of the session, we ven
ture 10 ssy not dozen men in the Ieeisls.
turs were fully acquainted with Ito peculiar
features. That i, was entirely mscon.
ceived, or else that certain of our people |
utterly misunders.snd 1t, lie evidenced by the |
sct tbs, number Of Republicans decidedly
opposed to the Prohibitory Law, voted for
Ibis act, regarding il as an importsn, nodih-
cation Of The Law.
The Case u Harlan aEA Tissl.
We submit to the Democrat tha, there 10