Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-16

either vote for q license law OF any KING or
vote for member Of Congress. VINO by
bis ynte would authorize the United States
IA ;.sus authority TO deal In liquors, and
raeaiv.nax for such license or authority,
sra vet every Senator who signed either
sc ~. two veports has done such things,
s,d thus by their votes endorse men who
baln legaliz, the dealing in intoxicating
ljnacrs. Now Mr. President ! am well
aware that those favoring license law are
not rslrsscntsd upon this floor Take nv
own county Us sample, there has been
petition of over thirty-one hundred voters
sen; from my county to this Legislature, IA
vorin. judicious license law. And this
sir, from county. only voting about forty
three hundred At tho last election. This
makes the petition signed by over two.
thirds Of the voters Of the county, and
from my knowledge Of the voters Of that
county, think can safely cay that four
fifshs Of them ere sos sjudicious license Law.
And yet, what do ~ 6nd IN this body With
two Senators from Scott county, one 10 for
sad The other against. This Of course. will
not b. % at the next session Of the Legs
lation, and iesl fully authorized TO assure
you, that no more Senators will come from
Scott county, who Dc not favor . license
Law; and although know less OF o'hsf
counties than Of my own. am very conn
dent that the action Of many Senators To-
day in opposition to . judicious license Jaw
will preasnt them returning here ss such.
Now Mr.. President, there has been
ssnt TO this Legislature petitions from
probsbly fifty thousand citizens, al
Of whom. without single exception, are
either fer the proposition Of the Senator
| from Muscatine, or a judicious license law.
And vet VIC find here that many Senators,
including three Of the committee on the sup
preston Of intemperancs, headed BY the
Senator from Washington, think these fifty
| thousand petitioners do not knuw what
thsy want, or else, sir, they take method fol
fear Of political consciousness. Now. MT
President, l know that those who petition
from my county know just At they want
and unless other Senators shall assure Vi
that citizens Of their counties, who hav
sent petitions to this Legislature, do no
know what they want. can imagine n
reason except, a. have said, for fear Of pc
litical conseausnces, that can induce AM
Senator 10 do other than cast bis vote .
he may think, either for the one or the 9th
Or of these two classes Of petitioners whicl
represent the sentiments Of his constituents
BY no other rule could my vote be CONTROL
Cd. Now, sir, the friends Of license wish 4
bs recorded. and wish, too, that the name
Of those opposed TO license shall be record
cd. For upon this Issue we arc dstsrmins'
the next Legislature shall bs elected. Upol
this question, We can and will have n
compromise until We shall have . fair vot
in each county in the State
This We know No can have, 50 far at leaa
a. the election Of half the Senators and q
the members Of the House in October, 1855
whom W are confident Of carrying the POP
ular branch Of the General Assembly, if no
the Senate. But, sir, if defeated to-day
our trust is in the people, and to them sha
We appeal.