Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-18
Nlr. Price and sAs 1IlQoor aosers
ese N Co0gpesos
II j. r. Stibolt, Editor Of Dw DemokruF:

yQr. Price aaa shs l.1Qoer later
eoe N Co0gpeee.
IL J. r. Stibolt, Editor Of Lw DemokraF:
When our German citizens. and the msss
ibersl portion Of al other people ere ~
dssejv interested IL securing ~ sspsal o.
- odious pusissnieal PrsAioieesy Lqus'
Lav. it 10 impsstant thes thsv shorld koo"
,he position Of our pubic msn, in thsar -
,pecsivs stations, upon the matter.
Il il veil known thas The Hen. Hifao
Pstcs. . candidate ~ Conersss, has In evssy
say e1sssed his influence aea,nse ths Me-
d. q The 0srmans and oehsso - dfssA
~, vine and ether bsvsragss q . sses9ss
uesurs. Bus e.any vho oppose hto essasey
oa shis rsund. say they vill suppsee hAm
fvr Congress, beoanse. thssv his sniIsenes
cannot s. used ese - aeainse ~ tsnpss
eepsues he ssmpssasss issus. lsimPil wish
. pseseae few fact. .fiso nf. Pnco'e rec
srd 70 obsv thas hs kss impsessd oppssts-
a..iss in Csogre.s " strike - thscs ,asss
...ie and absss thus who 1siak vtoe sna
bsse. On ~ 9lst Il Nay. 1eee. I C6sere:s
.ossl 0iebs, = 2.71O) NJ. Bidwsli. ct Calf
iusn,s psopsssd - ssdues The Ast6 % ~
I've vine. He toek The ground that TIE vine
,nssesss of this country was IN IT. infancy.
has il prooised 70 become . great intsssse,
pasticuiasly in Califosnia, taat it would bes-
Ct the people BY giviag them pure wines.
and that tax VI even i've cents PCT gallon
(ajout one third Of arss cost, dedsesi"g V
bur &C., would crush The native vine in
tcsoot.
NJ. Price, in reply. sasd that thsse winss
we're iuxusies, and adds -"Now. | hed
mot thought il would have bsen work Of
.'super, :. ga.ion, would have moved 70 in-
''crease this tax 70 fsre~iy>fpe cents ~
Ion. You have imposed sax Of two do's
"lass . ga.len Un wh.sky; YET wios will
.'msks . pessoa ~ drunk - whisky vii,
''thoush il may require l'ssls 0srs q il.
s'psshaps. But en- old By those whe have
''tried il that b. ing drunk on Wias Is ths
.'u,sane kind Of dfunkenusse"
II is time that the tax on vhisksy wse
Two dollars gallon, end even that poWseful
interest sssggtn under the burdsa. Bot
the infant vine interss, would b utterly
crushed By The in.sd nate tax Of tWensy.Gve
cents gallon which NJ. Price was 20 any
iVua 10 'mp0oe.
Again, en The neat dsy. My 22d, Gong.
Globe. p 97A6.) he Cl@k rcd - sslIows:
''On xnuG. ma"ufacturses Of toseeco ~ any
substitute for tobacco, ground. dry q damp,
picked, seentsd o. Otherwise, ef ~ dsessip.
tions, VIXEN prepared tos uss or sajs, . t,1
Of fsesy cents pr ponnd." Mr. Prize again
melt cheap vine, end immeaioisly ea.d:-
Il move - amend that cause b. striking
vut forty" and inserting ''6llV," 10 lisu
sk.e~mf 49, ekaA aer~oA-roA -, "a
reason that Il has bees ssggsste9 b ne that
this das,penins or picklssy i done Sit4 tie
cheap scisses tkus We talked about yesterday;
sod Il that b the eaae, than il may vSe.
readily pay ssx Of City ssnss pousd.
I" And - IN additional ssasen for
~ amsodmsnt ask the Clesk y rsad ~
extract which I eend . bic dosk."-
The exlrsrt 10 printed in full 10 ehe Gle6e,
on p 2740, but d too long to insert here
There 10 net one wosd 10 i about suuif; but
hs subs'snce Of il 10 that the cheap bssndiss
and wines Of France have utterly dsbesed
the people there; thas the women rival the
men in intoxicstson that eooeequently
their cAi'dsss are idiots; end thet morally
and phyHcaily the people present mslsn.
choly spectacle, etc. This doeent seem
much q reassn 70 tax picked snu9. but
il 10 shout % logical ~ any that Mr. Price
advances on the Temperance subject. NJ.
Kelley took issus with NJ. Price and refer
red him 10 Rays wosk On tie laboring
classes Of Europe, whese be would find Il
proved that "whess cheap wines prevail
there IL an almost entire absence Of intem-
pcssnoe aud inebrie,y."
Nj. Price rej"insd, saying. among ether
things, And an authorized ~ ssy, end
no gentleman wlm undsratands the question
will dispute II, thas Horace Grselsy sadoss.
. the statement the clerk hes read from The
dssk in reference to the prevalence Of
d unksnnsss in counties where cheap vinse
abound. II Is the almost Mnieeyssl tesiimony
Of those srAo haze inrestigatcd this matter.
that Ake xse Of cheap sines IN any cewnsrs
is psudsctise Of osytAisv else than temper>
aace osd morality."
Let ~ 30 bask 70 The 18th Of March let.
Il had been proposed 20 lay . duty q tsa
ceats pr bushsl upoa harley. ~. Price
moved to increase Il - GJtas~ essss pr
bushsl. (p. l,34l Cong Globe.)
n. Brooks enid: II IN euspsissd 70
bear that nosioa cone ftom tie gentleman
.son Iowa, (Ms Pnss) and jvst because be
is . Temperance mes. The beee way 70 pse.
mote te0pesanes in this untry is y hsss
people drink lagsr bsse iastssd Of whisksy
end h'ehw,nes. Now. here is proposision
70 increase the price Of lees to the Isboring
glasses, although gsntlemsn desire " tusth-
o. the cause Of Temperance. The most ten.
persts countries on earth ars those where
the psopls drink cheap ~inss and lager beer
T. : And yet you propose 70 increase
the price Of lager."
In reply, NJ. Psiss says Up. ,s42): "But,
dir. | deny that morality q Temperance heo
ever bsso promoted by lhs increased manu-.
facturs Of lager beer Moro shan shal, ar.
I deny that the iae-dsinking countries oi
the world ere The 0ese tsoperaso couneSioo
of The wssld. knsw thae this hes bssn
stated: cot challenge oay eeolleaon 70
produce tho peoef ! hsve been informed
b. thsae who have Travelled in Europe. end
have had full eppesssnity Of obseevasieo.
that 10 the vine drinking ceuntriso
Of BasupA sses Ae nsMew ers IN
TIE habit o. becsmixg iasoxicoted.-
whss, shsssfsrs, de- assertion is msde
here OF S'sewhees. that H. vine
diieking countries Of ths wes3d ere IL
osee asmpesaes couotsiss Of the Wild, I
dsssso that the ssal of cooda0naeiea shall
b put upoe that aoasstieo. Ne ais; neith.
q lager bssr. vine, nor anything u The
kind. has ever condeced 70 virtue q teo.
pseaaes, nee evss will. The as.uosne oi
the ocsslsman iron New Ysrk, % IT ftsa
u dueioe ~ 70 vete agaamoe tho pend.oe.
amendment weuld Be os add;tionol iadaets
menf, ssvv that neesssasy, for rssiaa IL
other ssy."
hsve presented thess estsacts eairly.
giving ~ ant. esiey in each eose. Il 10
from secerd which NJ. Price sevs csanet
- topsachsd. shs 'elose."
Knswisg that you ihvor bic election (oo
othce gsuunds) win nst tsesposs On yeur
kindnso b saying snythsne further
aea'sce NJ. PHce. 4 ssbm:t ~ Asn, end
casdid mn en- judge froo thea vhsehes
|~ ~ ur. Price can exert On isasenco
agaiase ths liquas interest in Conesuro. "a
whos thas is1usose ~ bses sn5 IN k.
ANn.MAas Law.
T0e Sam Crnnn -o1~> - s~H:~. A. -