Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-03-23
LsQuoB LAw.-We have received copy
n>.~s- WAaptns,

| Logon LAw.-We have received Q copy
Of the report Of J. A. Parvin, H. Wharton,
and A. N. Larimer, the Select COMMITTED
appointed by the General Assembly Of the
State, 10 consider sundry petitions in favor
of repeating the clause in the Liquor Law
permitting the sale Of beer and wine; also
petitions for the repeal Of said Liquor Law,
aai for the en4csing Of License Law. The
document begins with morality and ends
with invectivc. The "Lquor Dealers AS
sociation" il handled somewhat roughly,
ard every advocate OF s.License Law is pre-
supposed to be enc Of the tools OF this so
ciety. The question Of pablic policy is
lett oct, anl ,ha, Of morality dragged in
M.retreseatai is not considered an un-
WORTHY Instrument with which to bols,er up
their views Thus, in their conclusion, the y
say:
After all this eyilcace your committee
are surprised to hear some temperance men
assert that license law would decrease the
c5nsnnp ption ofintox,cating liquors. These
Liquor Dealers" arc shrew0 enough to
kmow that license law will so increase their
sales that they can well afford to sncri
from thirty to fifty thousand dollars per
snnum, for the purpose Of getting a majori.
ty Of their friends in the General Assembly,
aud thereby secure a license law.
1t is not the "Liqaor Dealers half 80
much as il is The people at large, who desire
stringent License Law. II liquor must
b. sold, and so far its sale mas not been pre-
We ted, letus have our legion Of filthy grog
shops broken up, and have the trade pass
into the hands Of responsible persons who
can sell fer . reasonable profit without be.
ing forced to adulterate genuine article till
II is unfit for beasts.
After reviewing the facts bearing on the
case, the committee arriSed at the conclu-
sion that no alteration in our present Liz
quor Law is necessary or expedient, and
reported accordingly.
Bs,bGINo THE sslssiPpI.-Propositien
to span the Mississippi River with Railroad
bridges at various points from st. Louis to
St. Paul, are multiplying. Within twenty
years every through line Of road between
tho East and the Trans Mississippi country
will have its bridge over the Father of
Waters. We deem it entirely useless for
any interest whatever to oppose this sys-
TEN of improvements but what should be
insisted upon by our people and their legis
lators, is, that these bridges should be so
constructed as no. to intcrfcrethc least pos
ible degree with steamboat navigation up
on the river. G1eater care in selecting sites
for bridges Tan has hitherto been taken,
should be insisted upon. The draws Of
these bridges should be over the most icss
ible points for passage of boats, and as
m tier Of vital Importance, that the draw
passsg,e should not be less than two llund
red feet in The clear. This would ensure
comparative safsty, and nothing less should
be tolerated.
DGsrKoy the WcRxs-As very large
Per cent. Of every description Of fruit
plaques and pests lie hidden in the larva
form, few inches below the surface, under
and aboat fruit trees This month and April
ire the best months to get rid oi them.--
Go out every aya4able opportunity, armed
with spade. hoe. mattock, and spade, dir or
turn up as much o. the surface under the
trees ~ you can fnd time for. These
plagued, in the larva state, coi,d up in
their earthen sockets, viii cniure any
amount Of freezing aud thaving out; but
just turn them ou. doors once and one
light fIrzing will finish them up elfectual>
ly. Beside cutting of a million or SO of
incipient destructionists, veu will have con
ierred benefit upon your fruit trees that
will +, pay with compound interest another
season.