Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-10

them. 1. must Be removed and license
plank inserted instead. So they decided
and then called in the representative Of
the several precincts 10 make the change.
y. twas joyful sound to hear
The tribes of Hir ami devsutly say
Up brethren, to the Court Mouse haste
And catch the Dutch to-day.
And 50 they congregaled. And when
they came to order and transacted some bu-
siness, Brother Thompson offered some res
eaations-ths plank that was to take the
place of The cold water, ::Maine-law plank
and be opened his nouth I, speak for these
resolutions, and he took his text thusly
"whea the devil got sick. the devil monk
when the devil got we'll. the devil a monk
was he"
He then informed the brethren that the
republican party wAs taken violently sick
at spsing-somstims early in April. He
considered The disease . most serious enc,
and several quacks had been putting them
under the Hydropsthic trsatnsnt. He wss
convinced that they were humbugs and
should b. kicked oul He would recom>
mend instead the internal and external sp-
plication Of old Bourbon, and - that effect
offered the following sesolutions:
wnrssA.. The Law known - the .'prehibitosy
liquor law" was. sabm! sion. adoDted BY major
ity sf the votse sfth people and
uonelafion have haeu vai,eA from nuf.i6e the state
WsnzAs. II Is By es.y alleged that twelve years
accomplished the espcesetions Of Its friends and that
present majority Of the people faver icense law
.E.inss q grohj6,sory law Which, in many lseai
wnHaEAs. AL Governments derive their just pow
eD from the consent u the governed any Law under
. repsblican eovernmett to be cSectIve nust accord
Resoirsd That the Republican party hs. heretofore
steadily adhered to the policy Of set mailing party
issue ON the question OF prohibition OF license and In
should still adhere - tkAt policy.
Reaoired. In viow Of tho fosegoins, that the next
Gsnsr. Assembly should on. . s.:st M wen ,sSn'stsd II
and submit the same t. vote Of the people, and In
oaprty vote in favor os the same. that then
cal expression on the merits We believe such eutmis
sion ehould be at epecal election, early prac
ticable after the session.
Rsso1red, That. speskag for our own locality,
(whout regard TO the abstract question Of license
prob bitionJ we ere uaAesitatneIy Of opinion that Z
we'll regulated license sysm s decidedly preferable
to the present condition OF things under the law.
Bro. Applegate considered il time-high
time an effort Was made The remarks OF
Bro. Thompson raised an echo in his soul
Many time had he traduced the Dutch for
their inclination 20 have their lager when
they pleased, but he had tried . glass or
two recently and be was astonished at its
rsvivine powers. lie could now see clear
y that the only way to restors the party
was to introduce lager, and TO that measure
be would pledge his talents and fortune,
and would farther secommsud that reso.
lstion be added bessching the Legislature
TO incsass BY one>half or more the stand.
ard size OF beer glasses.
Bro. w. P. Campbell said he had been
Son Of Temperance, because that freak
was popular once, but now he wished TO be
understood that his cellar contained choice
samples Of ripe old Cstawba. He wss .
Catawba man through and through and
would recommend water As Of no practical
effect except for transportation and culin
asy purposes. lie should vote for a Lis
cense Law. 1t would be sure way OF
making votes and save the party fern ruin
Bro. Els WAS in favor Of . Prohibitsry
Law, yet for all that he would waive his
prejudioes and vote for the resolutions all
but the last one, and for that one, IL neces-
sary to carry the rest. lie would have
something done to bring back the German
vote-prohibi,ion or NJ prohibition. Il
was not matter Of drinks that roused up bis
soul, but potes. Votes meant power With
votes man my become Jupetsr Tonans--
without votes who could tell the foul depths
Of party degradation. Hiram might plant
and John l.. might water, but Il 10 the
Dutch vete alone that giveth the offices, and
that vote, gentlemen. We must have; aye,
or perish in the attempt.
Bro. Leaks arose to sgive speech. He
came right out in meeting and declared
himself License Law man, first, last, and
forever; and didn't care Confederate cop
Pc who knew il. He would not make ID 50
much Of party issue. for that WAS unnsc>
essary. He wanted . liceues luw for Ne
power il would bring. Bv riding he
Maine Law hobby the German vote had
besa alisnased and ws must either throw
eut bait to bring that bAsk, slss ws must
surrsndes sf1eial prosperity.
Bro. Freeman. was sadly on the Iencs-
He would vsss for the resolutions, ~ for
~ that he was Prohibitory man, cd was
opposed to the license lsw. Bat The day
had cone when we must either 6sh Or cut
bait, and be Was going in for the nsh-and
loaves likewise. Hence hs would crack i
through.
Thus spoke the brethren, and the text
vas we'll stuck 10. Tho Devil was unques
tionably sick. and would play the monk in
order that health might BE- restored -
would vote for liquor IN broad streams il
thsrein they could launch The political seows
and paddls into ofiea
And these men went back On this past
history that they might gain much fs'
plundss. Nay, they declared that the Peo>
hibis osy Law. in this county-ths home q
Himm Psics-had worked evil! They would
mend the evils il had inflicted By Liessss.
Nov their mouths parehsd. yet shsy
were sndsr ban, and not . drop
Of whisksy eould they take without brsak>
ing . stringent law. II was snPhse-
ieally-
pssrSos, bsu.bsa svsfywhsrs.
And not drsp - drink.
Wssss and werses h sassyisg ous this
psisc;Ple, ths Cold wsas party was plaSias
osl Il vas wsil snsssh 70 pssssA - tsA.
psranes, but II tsmpssanss drove
away Shsis vstss - then screw deep
the hydeaas and throw sWay he
wrench-unspieet The bsse barrels, and lse
Lager freely fisw forss9. g
Sssh was the reasoning Of the Ooaveas,
sion Of Rssssaican tistes - Sstusday.-
Poor deludsd- 1900 dsauds1 nsrtAls. They
say The 0esmso can ~ bought With hess,
Irish votes hase esssens aaA 6xsd valss In
whisksy. and jos . elsss Of run ~ YAM