Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-29

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IN Republican team in Scott county are be
coming more and more baulky every day.
aud If not feiuced to better discipline, viii
soon pitch tbs chsriot III the trseh with all
its prec;'us load of hungry ole. seek~s -
Fos aIsae tDs he 0ssman eisssens es tha,
party Vas - absorbed in securing the negrs
bis inal;~usbie rights that il forgot its own.
VI late, it has become awakened to the i'm
portance Of the liquor question When the
county convention passed resolutions favor
ing the repeal Of the Prohibitory Law, IN
order To pacify the mslcontents, we he'd Sc.
rious doubts ss to its ability to play "Good
Loid, good Devil" With success. A portion
Of ito delegates protested against the resolu
tions, but this looked 30 much like IN old
polt cal trick to blind the confiding people,
that ~ believed oil contention would there
end As we expected, the Gdzette shelved
its conscientious scruplcs, and ssooo by ths
whiskey ticket All was quiet for fe~
weeks. When the Davenport Baptist Asso
ciation cenvsaed, being almost entirely com
posed Of Republicans, and having consider
able local influence q command. the resolu
tens passsa in ssssrd to theLiquos Law wer,
decidedly sndisaaive Of trouble. Its mem,
bsrs gave abundant evidence that they could
not stand on the same ticket With our Ger
man citizens. though they did not deem il
expedient to announce the fact in A straight
forward manner.
After the publication Of their proceedings
the Ga@tttc seemed to vccr little towart
the old temperance platform. and even vcn-
turcd to administer rsproof 10 certain ''Sab
bath desecrators," though in such . mild
brief manner as TO cause the sinners 4
smile good humoredly at the blow. Tn,
plain, blunt manner in which the Ant,
Mainc Law Convention announced its inten
ton to proceed against the obnoxious Law
somevha. startled our neighbor, and place,
it on its good behavior again. Since thel
it has cautiously avoided tie vexa,ious sub
ject, As though intent ON gliding by oil oh
siaclcs as smoothly ss possible until afte
the e'ection when We may again expee
customary and regular ont breaks. Thi
morning it gives place to the proceedings Q
Temperance meeting in LeClairs township
composed of Republicans, 1t which som
very significant resolutions we're passed
condemnng the course Of the County Con.
vention. and making some very se,iou
threats tr the future. II will not be yer,
long before the Maine Law men, and Anti
Maine Law men Of our county will discove
that they cannot stand shout
des to shoulder together, and however mucl
diplomacy mny avail at present it will b.
found unavailing in the attempt to ming
oil ard water. Wh.n the republican coun
~ convention assemblies. and de
clsrcs itself IN favor Of the repcalo the Pro
hibitory law, aud is followed by Repu ,licau
me tings in favor Of the very opposit,
course, it looks very much a. though thtr,
| would soon be trouble in the camp. On,
portion Of The party pledges itself to vote fo
no candidate who is not in favor Of main
tanning the Liquor Law, and another porto,
pledges the time aud fortunes of its mem
bcrs to the repeal of that law. The ICON
serya,ive wing" is chiefly composed Of Of.
fcc seekers who are trying 10 straddlc bot
platforms. Throughout the back part o
the County, the ticket is known % tn
"whisky ticket" and large numbers o
voters whom Bro. Russell has educated (
temperance principlee. now utterly rsfus
to vote it. This 10 indeed bad state q
affairs, requiring the most careful attention
The only hope for future harmony. is (
bring the Niger upon the stage again. Il
sympathizing over his wrongs. and scram
bling for his rights, the interests of th
whns man may be forgotten once MORE
We recommend the trial of the experiment