Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-12

Its Organization lm Dubuque -
Nhma 10 Proposes 80 Accesn.
lpli-os Opposition 90 ahe Fro.
klbisOry asaQHOr LAW.
Some days ago the Times newspaper, OF
this city, announced that some scheming
politicians from Davenport had visited thIs
city for abe purpose Of organizing a society
OF Germans opposed the prohibitory liquor
law and in favor Of a license system. II
also pretended 10 give an account Of their
failure, aud departure from this city in
shame mud disgrace. We had no doubt Of
the falsitv OF their statements and only
delayed making the contradic;it n for the
reason that the society referred to being u
secret organization, we thought Il not nee.
essary 20 contradict statements which must
appear false I, every reasonable person.
How should the br ken winded caloric con-
Germ d. Tn .hc street know the proceedings
of tIls organization when the PuritAns who
run y are confessed to be ineligible for
membership! But the false statements Of
the Tunes have been copied with great elee
by the newspaper advocates Of prohibitlon,
ai.d an authoritative contrad ctlon seems
called for. Tn organic 1t ION Is preparing TO
throw "G the mask OF sc rccy, and will
hereafter give the Temperance fanatics all
the open light they wall relish
a member OF this society, q prominent
6ermau Republican Of this city, Informs us
that 80 lar iom being IA failure, the move
men, is a con lite success. The gentlemen
who Visited Dubuque for the purpose OF
occurring tho organization are not
schcmins politicians. Mr.. fischer, one
81 thctu, - the publisher oil the
fksy.trnrt Ham 4 r.t IN. H. t..Vu.an IN
publican paper ia Iowa, and is two well
nova as gentleman 10 suffer from the
Sian ferrous imputa,ioa OF selfish motives
pat upon him by the TINES. Mr.. Harding,
the Other gentleman referred 20 by the
Times. Is a merchant in Davenport, a res
pablicin IN politics. it is true, but in no
seuse "A politician, much less an Off e seek-
cr ~ charged hy tho Tunes.
The society has been organized in Dubu>
qle. aud though only two meetings have
been held. tho membership numbers be-
tween one aai two hundrei, aud is daily
increasing. In Davenport the society has
a rnemN"r hip of between eight aud nine
hundred. Ia Burlington, Keokuk, aud in
tack. all the river towns, and not u few in
tie interior, there arc strong societies or
gained Of men who are determined 10 fight
the oppressive liquor legislation fastened.
and proposed to be fastened, upon this
STATE.
The organization ~ political only so lar
as this liqaor question ia concerned. II the
food Tcnplars' secie, societies are political
then IN 80 tar as the counter organic ,tion
seeks 10 defeat thcr attempts to continue
and Increase the odious liquor legislation.
they may he political, aud no farther.
When the Tnes, AID kindred sheets, chars
ges that the leaders in the nov NJ arc
"scheming politicians and oiiice.seekcrs,'
they make the charge against the best men
who acted with their party. Ii will be seen
how f.r they have failed when the votes
are counted for the prohibisory liquor Law
candidates after the next election.
Meantime the Times will do well to have
care how it bellies such men as Msssrs.
fischer aud Harding. OF Davenport. and
souc Il the best Germans Of this city,
Lu6ngne Herald.
RADICAL officers, radical lawyers, radical
ludges, and radical party screws have saved
Gov. stones secretary (orwig) from the
Penitcntiary, for stealing, epbezzting $780,
o Of the Iowa swamp land fund. The
Des Moines S~tdttsmdn, in an article on this
subject, says:
"F,r the recover; Of this sum, the re-
source Of the State is to levy on Orwig's
property. This, We are informed, consists
eli private residence, . worthless paper
mill on Coon river. and . brick block on
Fourth street, oil mortgaged to other par>
ties TO such nn extent a. to prevent the
State from raising more than . very few
thousand dollars from the whole lot. To
condense the matter down 60 q fine point,
the state has been swindled completely GU,
Of about $50. o00-pluudcred IN regular
Dick Turpin stvle, under the glorious reign
VI radicslism and has no recourse for the
recovery whatsoever. All the people have
TO do, is to shell out their hard earned green.
backs to pay for the bungling speculation,
Of dishonest employees. The law. il ther
seems, is utterly pcwerless TO drag the cul
pri; to justice. The indictments fount
against Orwig ~ q prior term, tone for EN-
b,szlenen, and one for forgery, we believe.
were, when the court assembled a few week.
$50. found to havc been purloined. By
whom, or through what influence this va,
donc viii OF course remain a mystery 10 tn,
people who have the taxes 10 pay. And
low. II seems he has again Skipped his
noese. There is certainly ground for the
common nuelC suspicion among q certain
class Of the people that orwiy is the mere
scapc soat for the iaches Of others more
now erful than he"
Tgs Germ sas havin; held meetings in Ali
the eastern and western States and passed
resolutions ~denouncing the radical party on
account OF its proscr,ptive puritan,cal prin,
ciples and the chronic propensity OF il,
leaders to steal every dollar Of the publ,
money they can lay their hands on, the rad
have been convinced that it is the determin
alton Of the Germans, a large number o
vhom haze hitherto voted their party tickle
10 vo,e hereafter with the democrats. II
countersct the loss Of the German voters
Ashley, . leading msmbsr Of Congress, in
trsducsd I bill, 1t she late extra session, /,
amend the co~nstitution Of the United State
20 as to prevent anybody from voting here
sr(ers who cannot read the constitution .
the United States in the Rng,ish l~angusg.
That YES specialj intended 70 cut dow
the German vote.
A Monster Cherry Tree
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