The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-03-04
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Prohibition Va. Legislative Tinker
ing.-Corporations and Beer
Saloons.
The result to the cause Of temperate
and morality from the action Of tn
town Of Upton in prohibiting, by vote
In accordance with IN act Of the las
legislature, the sale of beer aud wine
within its corporate limits has been Sc
incorrectly stated by some Of our ex
changes, and used to build up arguments
% diverse, that we desire to say some
thing, first, in correction Of the CHROME
Gus statements; and secondly, rs to
what, In our opinion, the facts In the
case indicate.
The able editor and earnest advocate
Of reform, J. NJ. Dixon. In = recent let
ter to his paper, the Temperance Stand
ard, writes Is follows against legislative
tinkering, aud in favor Of an outright
prohibitory law:
am truly sorry that the Legislature of
car STATE did not 70 far enough u IT.
last soesion, IN the work Of prohibition.
will jlluslrate Whist I mean. Some
months ago the city Of Upton votsd q
ouesr1ict, within IL limits, the oale 81
su6Oo and beer. 1t was authorized % Do
soAy D recent act 81 the 0enernl ASsen-
blv, (which permitted incorporated cities
ausl,towns alone to vote OH this eutjece
Some weeks after the election, noted
rum seller Of the place erected . liquor
shop aud billiard saloon, just outside Of
the cityiIixsits, where he carried on his
.uriholy business every day in the week,
and every might, too, without let or him
,drNce. Ut was place ofnightly resort
for tlse,yaung mon Of the city, and rs It
recognized no municipal control, aud
was unller no special surveillance Of the
police, lit was the source of constant
trouhle, ,Hebauchery and decentralization.
,Sio0ti men, who voted for prohibition,
.stooal .aEhast ut this terrible nuisance
.anH fountain of disorder. They called
in Nseation the righteousness of the law
which transferred the evil from one
plase, to anot her in the same community.
] AM satisfied that the disastrous result
ut Upton had much to do In deciding
sHaxy citizens Of Oskaloosa and Mar
slsailtown, as well as, of other places to
vote adversely to prohibition in their
recent elections. BY falling to go far
enough, in prohibitory Legislation, SO
a to make the law applicable to coun-
ties as well as to cities, and to the whole
State as well as to the counties, the
General Assembly has we'll nigh made
. solemn farce aud hideous mockery Of
the whole thing. "A the case stands. |
would certainly vote for prohibition UNI
der the law Of last winter; but while |
would do 80, l would certainly respect
the opinions of any straight forward
temperance man who believes that the
law as it now stands to be practically
naischievous and dangerous. Let us go
to the work ut once in educating popular
sentiment, SO that when our next session
Of the Legislature shall have commenc.
ed. this law which IL now SO successfully
lodged and Knocked by rum sellers shall
give place to another enactment which
will apply the principle Of prohibition
to the entire State, and which will bring
back to life and power our old legisla-
ton on this subject. The plaster is not
large enough, for the sore; let us expand
the plaster!
While we are well enough pleased
with the position taken in this extract,
and fully agree with Mr. Dixon that
prohibitory law would be "A vast improve
ment upon the old and patched, but still
serviceable one which we now have, we
are obliged, in justice both to the pres
ent law and to this community, to cor
rect the idea therein conveyed Of the
result Of this Introduction of the sale of
wine and beer within the corporate linn
its Of our village. 1t il true that u large
beer saloon. with bowling alley attach
meat, has been built outside the town
limits, and it is true that the concern
receives . great deal more patronage
than is good for the patrons in particu-
lar, and the community in general; but
it 10 also true that the three saloons
which formerly throve in the heart OF
the town, together, had much greater
run of business and flow Of beer, and
that the resulting noise, broils and Dis
turbances by drunken men upon the
streets were then, at least, three time.
rs frequent IS they are now. And, in
deed, the good results Of the measure ar.
80 manifest and generally believed i'm
that not only are those who voted for it
glad of their action in the premises; bu
many who voted against it would not
now vote to have the old regime res,or
ed. OF course, temperance people wouls
greatly prefer law that would permi
them to Danish from town and country
alike and forever, a business Sc subver
sive of law and order, morality an,
thrift; and equally as matter OF course
they will mako every effort to secur
such M one at ali early day; bat at til
same time, in our opinion, towns viii
find 1t to their advantage, rs q temper
Hance measure, to avail themselves {
the law permitting them to drive tn
unclean thing outside their municip;
boundaries.
We also notice that the Marion Reg
istcr, in an article in favor of eontinuin
to license beer saloons, as heretofore, il
side the corporation, holds up the exam
pie of Tiptenss follows:
The people of Upton, where this (bar
fishing the saloons) has been tried, al
sick of it. An immense lager beer ha
is erected just outside the corporatio
limits, ana from 50 to 100 gather thel
every night, and drunkenness, unrehul